Unfortunately, with the seeming decline of Bad Boy, this would be yet another failure in the long line of failures for the label over the years. This era of Bad Boy wouldn't be complete without a Puffy album. *The Notorious B.I.G.- Ready to Die (1994) So today, our job is to discuss the albums released over the 12 year period, both the good and the bad. After 2006, things changed and Bad Boy would be relatively irrelevant or lacking in attention after that year. Today, we look back at the discography of the label and the albums released over the 12 year period of prominence. From the Black Robs to the G Deps to the Loons to many more, Bad Boy have had a large amount of artists on their roster. Over the years, Puff Daddy would bring in many artists, some who would release albums, some who wouldn't. and Craig Mack, R&B groups Total and 112, and the lone songstress Faith Evans. Calling the company Bad Boy Records, he would certainly come into the industry with a bang, arming himself with artists like rappers The Notorious B.I.G. After his job working with Uptown Records, Sean Combs set out to make history with his own record label. well, as cliché as that may have been, it was a mantra employed for years by Puff Daddy, the Bad Boy Records family, and the parent companies that helped to distribute Bad Boy over the years.
Stress: The Extinction Agenda is an all-around brilliant album that should not be overlooked.I thought I told you that we won't stop. If you’ve ever wondered why many consider Pharoahe Monch a GOAT emcee – study this album and you will know. Stress: The Extinction Agenda is one of the most underrated albums released in the 1990s – this truly is a one-of-a-kind kind of album. The mostly self-produced beats on Stress: The Extinction Agenda are dope as f too – dark and menacing, but jazzy at the same time: musically this album comes off as a hybrid of the sounds of A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang Clan – combining the best of both worlds. Some of the tightest and most inventive rhymes you’ll ever hear are on this album, with the conceptual gem “Stray Bullet” being a particular lyrical highlight. Whether they are storytelling, philosophizing, joking, bragging, being conscious, or simply throwing out battle raps – their lyrical performances are top-tier in every aspect – there is NOTHING cliche or run-of-the-mill about the lyricism on Stress: The Extinction Agenda. Both emcees manage to step up their already considerable game from their debut, they come with phenomenal rhymes and complex flows – bar for bar lyrical Hip Hop doesn’t get much better than this. Pharoahe Monch is and has always been the better rapper of the two, but Prince Po is perfectly able to hold his own – which is incredible enough. In terms of wordplay, flow, delivery, AND content – this is the gold standard. Some albums from this era sound dated now but Stress: The Extinction Agenda sounds as fresh today as it did on the day it was released – the mark of a true classic. This album was way ahead of its time in vision and execution.
Prince Po and Pharoahe Monch come with unparalleled lyricism on this dark, dense, complicated, and intellectual album. They admirably succeeded in creating an album with similarities to the first album, while doing something completely different at the same time. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agendaįollowing their eponymous debut LP, Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po had a lot to live up to.
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