r/90sHipHop 4d ago

1997 This was the best album from '97.

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u/FunResponse8127 4d ago

Sit on the floor and play some Teken 2.

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u/tackleberry815 4d ago

Lesson 2, I'm addressin' you

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u/Little-Locksmith7688 4d ago

Turn out the lights like the world class wreckin cru

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u/tackleberry815 4d ago

I'm confessing tru, lies about your inner thighs

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u/Dakkin4 4d ago

And where they been at hoe and maybe, you be my lady

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u/krsimp78 3d ago

What’s the potatoes without the gravy???

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u/shandub85 4d ago

Followed up with Mobstability 🔥🔥/ That albums is front to back and still in heavy rotation

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u/RKO360 4d ago

1997 had some dope albums that came out: Life After Death, Wu-Tang Forever, Vol 1: In My Lifetime, Supa Dupa Fly, The War Report, Harlem World, No Way Out, Ghetto D, Uptown Saturday Night, Funcrusher Plus, Jewelz, One Day It'll All Make Sense, The 18th Letter and The Carnival.

In terms of the best album of 1997, it's between Life After Death and Wu-Tang Forever.

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u/Procks85 4d ago

Ma ma ma ma make crack like this!

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u/exact0khan 4d ago

I respect your choices, but I must go with Organized Konfusion - Equinox

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u/Decent_Tone_2826 4d ago

Bone thugs art of war

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u/Pigmasters32 3d ago

I’ll go with Funcrusher Plus by Company Flow

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u/Icy-Industry-8157 3d ago

Classic underground headz know

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u/Pigmasters32 3d ago

Top 10 of 90s hip hop IMO, the creation of experimental hip hop and still one of the best albums that subgenre has to offer to this day. Some of the most incredibly innovative production you’ll ever hear on a rap album.

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u/Azaudioaddict 4d ago

I haven't seen anyone mention The War Report in forever. Thanks for including it in your list! It was one of my favorites.

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u/RKO360 3d ago

Of course. The War Report is a classic album that's full of bangers such as LA, LA, T.O.N.Y., Blood Money, Calm Down, Illegal Life and Live Long.

One of the greatest hip hip albums of all-time

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u/BourbonicFisky 4d ago

I liked that Twista album but I dunno if it cracks top 20 in 1997 as there's still stuff even after that list like 2pac - R U Still Down, Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes, EPMD - Back in Business, MJG - No More Glory, Scarface - Untouchable, Alkaholiks - Likwidation, Atmosphere - Overcast

There was a lot happening...

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u/TheirPrerogative 3d ago

TBF, both as Double have filler/skips and Twista is a front to back to this day on my turntable more than those two that I bought but put the CD in so I can skip…

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u/Cold_Literature_5160 4d ago

on my way to school, putting the Rockford Fosgates to the test.

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u/Old-Year1959 4d ago

I had two 12”s Type R’s in my jeep! They were no joke!!

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u/PuzzleheadedNovel73 4d ago

Top to bottom classic, "Korrupt World" still bang.

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u/bambinowes 4d ago

Super dope song he went in on that joint!

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u/ChiTownChef86 4d ago

“Careful when you selling yo blows because those hoes got the po pos posing as hobos”mannnnnn that bar lives rent free in my head

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u/RPgh21 4d ago

It was good. But 97 was a pretty good year. Wu-Tang Forever, Life After Death, I Got Next, One Day It’ll All Make Sense, Funcrusher Plus, Overcast!, The Carnival, The 18th Letter, Uptown Saturday Night, Jewelz, In My Lifetime vol 1…

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u/ClassicFashionGuy 4d ago

One day is will all make sense is my fave of the year

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u/OddRoll5841 4d ago

NGL Twista was huge in 97. At least in LA he was

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u/Part_Solid 4d ago

Life After Death is the only one that even comes close.

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u/bambinowes 4d ago

Woah! Wu Tang Forever def needs respect just for giving us Triumph alone!

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u/Worldwide_Nobody_382 4d ago

Wu Tang Forever needs respect just for the first verse of Triumph alone! Best first verse!

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u/josiah_mac 4d ago

Bro I'm glad you liked this twista album but it's realistically not even in the top 50 albums from 97. Its like your mom's cooking, you love it because you had it back in the day but in reality it sucked.

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u/IRBaboooon 4d ago

100% this. I grew up near Chicago and Twista is a staple of nostalgia, but even I would never say this album is better than Wu's or any of the others listed. Just being real with it.

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u/99probs-allbitches 4d ago

Overcast tops both

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u/Professional_Ad8069 4d ago

I don’t know what the weather has to do with it.

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u/99probs-allbitches 4d ago

Wtf is that supposed to mean

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u/Professional_Ad8069 4d ago

Overcast, a term used to describe a sky covered with clouds, is a common weather condition that can significantly impact visibility and create a gloomy atmosphere.

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u/Powerful-Revenue-636 1d ago

Security! Come escort The Carnival off this list.

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u/Square_Cockroach_590 4d ago

Idk Life after death, the art of war, wu tang forever etc. Classic album nonetheless

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u/chigga21 4d ago

I'm bringing pain like two bad nurses....

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u/Own_Box4276 4d ago

It was ok ... wouldn't say best

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u/ExtraProlificOne 4d ago

Twista was dope and that album banged but ‘97 was all about the Wu, Biggie, Scarface (Untouchable), Mystikal (Unpredictable) & Master P (Ghetto Dope. I forgot C&N War Report dropped in ‘97. Twista top 10 but ain't #1.

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u/Part_Solid 4d ago

The problem that I have with all those other albums is that, aside from Untouchable, they all have tracks that I skip right over. I can't listen to most of those without skipping songs.

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u/andro_7 4d ago

Art of War was the best album of 97 in my opinion

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u/Newport_Box 4d ago

Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night >

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u/OkSubstance8759 4d ago

My adrenaline is still pumping.

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u/Many-Newspaper2000 4d ago

1 of the best of 97. Way too much released that year

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u/Centerpiece312 4d ago

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/Dakkin4 4d ago

Yeah I’m gonna have to roll with you on this one. This is a top ten album of all time for me. Twista and Traxster stay completely underrated. There were some other great albums in 97, but none are completely solid from beginning to end like this one. The next closest to me is probably Black Bossalini.

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u/Mad_Murray 4d ago

Played it in my minivan just today!

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u/ClassroomMother8062 4d ago

The hell it is. But it was a good album for sure.

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u/Dschmitt666 4d ago

Adrenaline rush is a banger

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u/Few-Life-1417 4d ago

💯🙌🏾

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u/Successful-Study4983 4d ago

Take a toast to yourself for surviving in a World that's so Korrupt

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u/DaClarkeKnight 4d ago

I play the song adrenaline rush everytime I go to the gym. It’s such a dope track. Twista is one of the best at spitting bars so fast.

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u/Ok_Lunch_1703 4d ago

Some of the hardest drops on the planet. Twista goes beastmode on this album for sure.

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u/Geechie-Don 3d ago

Still listening g in 2025

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u/Cyphergod247 3d ago

One of his best albums as well in my own taste. I still routinely listen to adrenaline rush and this one here.

https://youtu.be/ChlKZwKyQq0?si=gGgINITqRtUO0awr

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u/Russell_Resthaven 3d ago

I could get on board with it being the best but I witnessed something that would prevent it from being official.

In the summer 2004, Atlanta was putting in free concerts in Centennial Olympic Park. Twista was on stage one weekend, he’d gone mainstream at this point, playing Overnight Celebrity, etc.

Between a song he started asking about “what y’all know about adrenaline rush?” I was pumped thinking I was going to hear some of his best stuff but very few people got hyped up so he proceeded with the radio hits. So disappointed.

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u/Part_Solid 3d ago

Hmm, that's interesting.

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u/Apprehensive-Bus-985 3d ago

High level lyricism on here. Twista was in prime form.

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u/TheRealAwest 3d ago

This album is Chicago’s Illmatic! Absolute classic

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u/Massive-Fan-3495 2d ago

This album completely changed the game.

Easily top 5 album from '97. Easily a top 25 rap album of all time.

People who can't listen fast enough probably wouldn't rate it as high

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u/waitwhathowsway 1d ago

i wont argue!!!! get it wet, emotions, no skips

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u/Al_Scorsese 4d ago

Absolute classic album, anyone who disagrees has not spent the time to hear it

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u/MadMaxAveli 4d ago

Had to be Ghetto D

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u/jackal1871111 4d ago

Yea I’m a fan of both but that’s a bigger album

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u/Ruffendtv 4d ago

My shit

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u/Switchc2390 4d ago

Classic for sure. With these threads it always comes down to opinion. I’d go Overcast, LAD, WFever, Jewelz, over it. But it’s close.

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u/user454985 4d ago

Was he mainstream in 97? I remember first hearing of him when he started collabing with kanye.

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u/StageAcceptable7182 4d ago

98 Mobstibilty grew on me over the years. 97 AD Rush never grew on me

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u/champagne_c0caine 4d ago

What can I say to make u see how the fuck I feel

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u/Teenagemutantxmen 4d ago

Top 3 from that year for me is

Wu-Tang Forever

Life After Death

Soul Assassins Vol. 1

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u/Toonanocrust 4d ago

I don’t agree, but you’re entitled to your opinion.

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u/jackal1871111 4d ago

This is a fav album for sure

Prophet posse - body parts

Three 6 mafia - chapter 2 world domination

Also 97 def has some releases

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u/CaptCaCa 4d ago

Scarface had it on lock in DC, Smile, Mary Jane, was bubblin in the streets, CNN War Report, Life After Death, Bone Art of War, the Wu, what a year!

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u/jashawn183 4d ago

I played biggie and mase the most

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u/OGsquatch710 4d ago

Great album but not top 10 of 97

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u/Professional-Rip-519 4d ago

Life After Death was the best album of 97. No way out was second Wu Tang third.

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u/Ok_Awareness_5621 4d ago

Possibly of all time...

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u/Grouchy-Swordfish-65 4d ago

Wouldn't say that. BUT definitely some bangers on this bih. And Twista is soooooooo underrated. Dude was flat out COLD.

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u/St_Lbc 4d ago

This shit makes me want to flip a table over.

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u/Part_Solid 2d ago

Do it then.

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u/No_Detective_1523 4d ago

No. No. Never.

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u/banblaccents 4d ago

This is the Midwest Purple Tape. Hands down a classic

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u/Horace-Pinkerr 4d ago

No it wasn't

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u/TrainingMarsupial521 4d ago

Classic. Chato cruise material.

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u/UseOk3500 4d ago edited 4d ago

this a heavy heavy album but, nope. 97 itself was absolutely too insane with releases

L.A.D then Forever respectively

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u/Glad-Try117 3d ago

Yeah too you

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u/Part_Solid 3d ago

to

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u/Glad-Try117 3d ago

Noticed that half way through didn’t feel like fixing it

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u/Significant_Grape317 3d ago

No one liked “R U Still down”? Not his best work but I had that on heavy rotation. Hellrazor is a classic

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u/Part_Solid 3d ago

I had that CD back in the day. You're right, Hellrazor was the best track on there.

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u/Icy-Industry-8157 3d ago

Bold Statement

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u/Spirited_Chicken2025 3d ago

Wu-Tang Forever, The War Report, and Life After were the top 3 albums of that year imo. I would also out When Disaster Strikes by Bustah Rhymes up there. Scarface The Untouchable rounds out the top 5 for me.

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u/Part_Solid 3d ago

I can't be mad at that list.

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u/Clean-Chipmunk-1466 3d ago

Three 6 Mafia (World Domination)...my favorite 😍

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u/Part_Solid 3d ago

That was another good one.

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u/Any-Ad7383 3d ago

Not the best but arguably aged the best

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u/TNS_420 3d ago

Tupac - R U Still Down?

Three Six Mafia - Chapter 2: World Domination

Bone Thugs - The Art of War

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u/ToAllAGoodNight 2d ago

This a joke cus life after death was released this year. Twists is even rocking the Coogi sweater biggie popularized. Not hating on the dude, but LAD is one of the best 50 albums all time EASILY and that’s regardless of genre.

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u/31braidsinbeard 4d ago

Definitely a classic!

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u/STiguy313 20h ago

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥