 | AZ Doe or Die
4.1
excellent
| Ranking: #32 for 1995 | |
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| 5.0 classic | ThyCrossAwaits | May 15th 24 |
For the life of me I cannot figure how this is not a heralded classic of 90s rap. For me this is as close to a flawless hip hop record as it gets.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | June 20th 21 |
An excellent, classic 90s hip-hop album that loses a bit of its coherence in the second half but certainly would deserve to be more in the spotlight in my opinion, and that might easily grow on me. It is crazy how recognisable his rapping sounds from that one and a half tracks he was featured in on Illmatic - which is very prominent eg on 11 here. I absolutely adore the intro track and its brooding bass. 1-5 are very coherent in both style (of Nas-like hard hitting 90s East Coast hip-hop), flow and quality, which is rare even in the classic albums of the time which tend to have skits etc. The transitions into 6 and 7 do feel a bit rough, but that might be a merely prod/volume issue. 7 also introduces a rupture in atmosphere that we'll see again in the second half of the album with a more West Coastey, 2Pacey, Biggie-ey, even slightly 80s atmosphere, a bit away from the darkness of 90s NYC yknow. This comes again on 9 although it is a cool and kinda chill track. If I'm honest I was paying a little less attention in the second half due to work so this might be my fault and I owe this another listen, but I can't help feeling the album never finds the cohesiveness of 1-5 again, though it remains high quality through and through. Second half brings it down to a solid 4.1
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| 3.5 great | lamppostlaunderer | July 13th 13 |
I love AZ and this album to death, but I cannot deny the fact that the production leaves a lot to be desired. Nevertheless, I think any real hip-hop head should have this in his collection for AZ's lyricism alone
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| 4.0 excellent | Gor2615 | September 20th 12 |
My rating is excellent. Love listening to this album high, not high. Dude is the one of the most underrated MC from the 90's. This man lyrically is a beast. & i found out hes Dominican decent to. Makes me like him even more. LOL. Kl3
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| 4.0 excellent | ffs | February 13th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Yep321 | January 19th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Em1994 | August 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | January 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | SinNanna | December 26th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | tellah | November 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | jlsg | September 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | BankZZ | August 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Source | June 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gillie | June 5th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Moshin | April 30th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | TOBD | March 19th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Yeagyu | August 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | January 14th 19 |
| 3.5 great | NateMa | November 26th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Risodo | August 2nd 18 |
| 4.5 superb | K Bowman STAFF | February 15th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | John C. | December 2nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Rambles | September 11th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Simron | July 24th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Nights | November 2nd 16 |
| 3.0 good | Runeii | April 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | theform | October 19th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Sithese | September 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | September 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Huff213 | July 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | swoen | May 17th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | dkkc | January 28th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | "Tab" | January 22nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | ethos | April 30th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | April 7th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | YBG613 | January 24th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | January 6th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | jaama94 | October 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cmilli | September 4th 13 |
| 3.0 good | porch | August 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Goatzy | June 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | urzadek | December 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dask | December 5th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | NJKoolG | November 21st 12 |
| 3.5 great | cuki92 | September 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | FevaPowa | September 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ncbest32 | December 21st 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Sleaper | November 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | tom79 | September 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | JJwins | September 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cadda | August 24th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Jekub | August 21st 11 |
| 3.5 great | BiOZed | August 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | FearUs | May 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Riano | April 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigHans | March 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | qwe3 | December 28th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Hawks | December 8th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Sousa | July 26th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | mobe9 | June 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | WooHa | March 14th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | chaps | March 10th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | bigfave | November 27th 07 |
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