02-24-2004, 10:29 AM
I have to agree with High on this one; to me "ranking" Hip discs has always been a fruitless exercise, for a very simple reason. I've grown up with these guys...from my final year in high school (EP) to humble frosh at university (UTH), through the various trials and tribulations that 4 years in that setting bring (RA, FC), to grad school (D4N) and my first job experience (TATH), followed by the birth of my two boys (PP, M@W) and on to the present (IVL)...
Trying to pry each disc out of their specific place in the "soundtrack of my life" is next to impossible, as listening to each one brings back memories (good and bad) of that time, and my prevailing thoughts on any give CD are biased as a result...
All that said, for what it's worth, IVL is still one of only 3 Hip CDs I can listen to first to last track without feeling the need to skip somewhere along the way (the others being UTH and FC)...take that for what you will...
M.
Trying to pry each disc out of their specific place in the "soundtrack of my life" is next to impossible, as listening to each one brings back memories (good and bad) of that time, and my prevailing thoughts on any give CD are biased as a result...
All that said, for what it's worth, IVL is still one of only 3 Hip CDs I can listen to first to last track without feeling the need to skip somewhere along the way (the others being UTH and FC)...take that for what you will...
M.