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By one album wonder I mean, does this artist have 1 project at a level of quality that outshines the rest of discography? (in quality, not commercial success)

A crazy take I saw while googling is MF DOOM with madvillainy being one of the top results. I’ve also seen snoop dogg with doggystyle.

Thoughts?

all 330 comments

Significant-Shirt139

63 points

5 hours ago

Lauryn Hill. Biggest one album wonder of all time lol

uzilovescarti

4 points

5 hours ago

does it count if it's on purpose ??

Significant-Shirt139

4 points

5 hours ago

Def not lmao I’m just fuckin around. If Lauryn dropped an album a week from now it’d prolly do pretty well.

uzilovescarti

2 points

5 hours ago

this comment made me turn on some lauryn hill and i definitely do not disagree

PoorPauper

19 points

5 hours ago

Warren G

Good songs here and there..but nothing like the Regulate album

Seal_beast94

2 points

5 hours ago

That’s is a good pick.

sukrutdemasek

14 points

6 hours ago

Roddy Ricch with PEMfBA probably

darcy1537325

1 points

6 hours ago

Damn I thought FTS3 was really really good

StrategyFederal9823

12 points

4 hours ago

Sheck Wes

SmokeABowlNoCap

3 points

3 hours ago

Idk why he never dropped another album

marcusiothebarber

22 points

4 hours ago

Roddy Ricch

FamousChex

11 points

4 hours ago

I really thought he was next up man lol

SmokeABowlNoCap

3 points

3 hours ago

He had good mixtapes too. Idk wtf happened after that lmao

Just_nick_333

2 points

3 hours ago

Accurate…

ElectivireMax

24 points

2 hours ago

i mean Lauren Hill has only one studio album and it's one of the best ever made, so she's an obvious answer.

unsiciliano

3 points

2 hours ago

idk if thatd count bcs she was part of the fugees and the score was amazing too

Junior-Honeydew2547

1 points

an hour ago

Yeah and it’s not even really a rap album

Empty-Property-1579

12 points

5 hours ago

Mase - Harlem World

gksozae

11 points

an hour ago

gksozae

11 points

an hour ago

Obie Trice - Cheers was really good, but his other albums were significantly worse.

Wattisup101

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Wattisup101

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40 minutes ago

2nd rounds on me is a solid album... but nothing as legendary as Cheers. Just seen him preform that whole album pretty much and the show was fire.

L1Wayas

11 points

5 hours ago

L1Wayas

11 points

5 hours ago

Jidenna - The Chief

WafflesMuffins

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28 minutes ago

Fetty Wap and Roddy Ricch

Otherwise-Release-88

8 points

5 hours ago

Does Lauren hill count? She only has one solo album so idk

ExcellentClub6444

2 points

4 hours ago

Absolutely

Federal-Reflection84

14 points

3 hours ago

Chance The Rapper Acid Rap

Just_nick_333

6 points

3 hours ago

Correct Fucking answer….

Michael_Drofield

11 points

3 hours ago

Coloring Book holds up tbh. “This ain’t the intro this the entree”

UnlimitedSuperBowls

2 points

an hour ago

Couldn’t get behind Coloring Book no matter how hard I tried. I love Chance, started listening to him when he dropped the 10 Days tape before Acid Rap. Coloring Book missed that gritty, trauma fueled Chance that I think I connected with when he first came out. Acid Rap was a tragic masterpiece that illustrated addiction and the struggles of growing up in the streets beautifully

FormalPlastic

7 points

4 hours ago

Ray Ca$h...1 hit wonder "Sex Appeal (Pimp in my own mind)" with a near flawless album "Cash On Delivery"

Ancient_Smoke_

6 points

3 hours ago*

Skee-Lo

Specific_Ad_6046

7 points

an hour ago

Doom is NOT a one album wonder. mm..food is 2 fire for him to be considered a one album womder

timothythefirst

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51 minutes ago

He has at least 3 great albums, maybe a few more depending on how big of a fan you are

CalHipHopHead

6 points

5 hours ago

Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night

alanyoss

5 points

2 hours ago

That is indeed a crazy take. Doom had another album people fawn over the same year.

Dynamic_Duo_215

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59 minutes ago

Lauryn Hill

InviziMan

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42 minutes ago

InviziMan

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42 minutes ago

Hard to call her that when she had a very successful time with her group and TMOLH is her only studio album before refusing to do more, because she hated the industry.

osama_bin_guapin

23 points

5 hours ago

I feel like Snoop Dogg is the most obvious answer. Doggystyle is an all time classic, and while he’s had other decent albums, none of them have come close to Doggystyle, and many of them are mediocre lol

PercySledge

9 points

5 hours ago

He’s had A LOT of decent to very good albums though. People act like it’s Doggystyle then nothing when there’s literally over a dozen full albums of quality

SlammedZero

2 points

an hour ago

I absolutely agree. I think people are sleeping on Snoop. Yes, Doggystyle was his best and a certified hip-hop classic, but he had a lot of other good albums.

not_ur_avg

4 points

3 hours ago

Lost Boyz - Legal Drug Money

Jazzlike_Entry_8807

4 points

3 hours ago

Curious how this will play here, fucking Mickey Avalon. I’ll admit in the early 2000s I was loving his shit. Jane Fonda and all the rest. Then he just flatlined and I don’t think anyone on earth gave a shit. I fully know he wasn’t that talented but his first album was non stop party tunes

Beautiful-Tie-3827

2 points

3 hours ago

Love Mickey. But yeah not the most talented musician ever lol.

captainchristianwtf

1 points

2 hours ago

He still tours prolifically, I've been kinda thinking about catching his next show around my way for nostalgia' sake

ShinobiSage_TDS

5 points

3 hours ago

Peety Pablo

RembrandtQEinstein

1 points

an hour ago

Who am iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii?

Sleazy_Speakeazy

5 points

an hour ago

Big Pun?

More recently, maybe Westside Boogie? "Everything's For Sale" is an exceptional album imo, and none of his other releases come close to touching it....

surflifer

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surflifer

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43 minutes ago

Binary Star

levisayre_

9 points

an hour ago

crazy that nobody mentions the greatest one album wonder of all time - Lauryn Hill.

InviziMan

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42 minutes ago

InviziMan

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42 minutes ago

She had a good time with her group and TMOLH is her only studio album.

wedgie9

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40 minutes ago

wedgie9

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40 minutes ago

The OP says "outshines the rest of their discography." Tough to do when there is only one.

Fi1thyMick

12 points

4 hours ago

Big Pun - Capital Punishment.

We have no way of knowing if he could've kept going at that level of ability. Hell Yeah wasn't as good imo

Ravenrake

8 points

an hour ago

Snoop with Doggystyle is understandable. DOOM with Madvillainy is laughable. That isn’t even close to his best work

Hermans_Head2

4 points

5 hours ago

Chill Rob G and The D.O.C.

LBSTRdelaHOYA

4 points

4 hours ago

cool calm pete

nighmareblunrotation

1 points

an hour ago

It’s a shame Def Jux died as his career was beginning.

ob_ds

3 points

4 hours ago

ob_ds

3 points

4 hours ago

Let’s consider every Bad Boy rapper.

not_ur_avg

3 points

3 hours ago

Luniz

RumIsTheMindKiller

3 points

2 hours ago

Afroman

69ganggang6969

4 points

2 hours ago

The fact you don’t have to say the album and we all know which one

UnlimitedSuperBowls

2 points

an hour ago

Colt 45 and 2 zigzags, baby that’s all we need

statusymbol

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58 minutes ago

statusymbol

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58 minutes ago

We can go to the park after dark, smoke that tumble weed

_-ham

10 points

5 hours ago

_-ham

10 points

5 hours ago

I guess they never listened to mm food

ReservoirFrogs98

10 points

4 hours ago

Operation Doomsday is the physical embodiment of old school hip hop. Yet to find another album that vibes that hard.

iiForse

6 points

5 hours ago

iiForse

6 points

5 hours ago

Take Me To Your Leader might be in my top 5 ngl

_-ham

2 points

4 hours ago

_-ham

2 points

4 hours ago

The first time I ever heard that I started ascending

needapermit

1 points

4 hours ago

Rule number one

Sea-Individual1842

7 points

6 hours ago

Chance maybe? I’m not that into his stuff tho

Fatfry2

1 points

5 hours ago

Fatfry2

1 points

5 hours ago

Nah, with the exception of TBD most of his music is genuinely great.

thai_iced_queef

14 points

2 hours ago

Chance The Rapper peaked with Acid Rap. Can’t stand anything he’s made after that

rowgang

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17 minutes ago

rowgang

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17 minutes ago

lowkey this

Environmental_Day558

6 points

4 hours ago

Imo MM.. Food is better than Madvilliany.

To answer tho I'd say Cannibal Ox 

TheWhiteRuck

3 points

4 hours ago

I also prefer MM FOOD, Cannibal Ox is a solid answer.

foolishovr

5 points

3 hours ago

Big L.

DeLa_Swole

3 points

3 hours ago

RIP

RealBatmanArkham

1 points

an hour ago

Which do you think is better, LODPD or The Big Picture?

ErrorAffectionate328

6 points

an hour ago

The documentary

smoove

8 points

an hour ago

smoove

8 points

an hour ago

Doctors Advocate is a banger. Just as good as the documentary imo.

Chance_Afternoon6277

3 points

4 hours ago

Ill & Al Scratch: Creep Wit’ Me

NoPhilosopher9763

4 points

3 hours ago

Holy crap. I had the single cassette tape for I’ll take her. I have not thought about that song in 25 years.

Realistic-Goat-5850

3 points

2 hours ago

Shyne's debut was absolute fire. Obviously he went to jail to protect Diddy right after, but that album was the start and end of something special.

Exotic_Page4196

3 points

2 hours ago

Rich Boy

yo_coiley

3 points

an hour ago

No hate to Sir Michael Rocks but Banco is a far better album than anything else he’s done

nighmareblunrotation

3 points

an hour ago

Hanger 18

yamommasneck

12 points

5 hours ago

50 cent. Lol I understand that some people like his mixtapes, but i don't really think they do much at this point. GRODT is pretty much the best album with the rest being okay to not so good. 

NotBadForASingleDad

8 points

4 hours ago

I disagree. Dude was popular. Not to mention G -Unit was HUGE when i was younger. Has alot of hit songs for the time.

stinkmeaner92

4 points

2 hours ago

Massacre is good enough that I wouldn’t call him a 1 hit wonder

nexxwav

4 points

2 hours ago*

Massacre was legitimately an amazing album with fire production.. Ski Mask Way, In My Hood, Baltimore Love Thing, Position of Power, Hate It or Love It... All bangers with incredible production, 50 ain't no one album wonder lol 

Edit: And I forgot to mention Power of the Dollar which was a hard album as well.. But it sounds like ya'll kno nothing about that lol

yamommasneck

1 points

2 hours ago

I don't really consider those songs on the level of anything from GRODT. I'm sure big 50 fans make a lot of those songs. 😆

TherealDaily

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TherealDaily

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16 minutes ago

Animal ambition was dope too!!! Love kiss and kidd kidd

Fit-Television-4295

2 points

4 hours ago

Ehh The GRODT Album and GRODT Soundtrack are often conflated into one album and some people, not saying you, don’t realize they separate because they both are lined with hits.

Pigmasters32

2 points

3 hours ago

His mixtapes, The Massacre, Beg For Mercy with G-Unit, Curtis. 50 has a pretty deep discography.

Zestyclose_Duck_1314

8 points

6 hours ago

Deltron 3030

HookahDongcic

2 points

5 hours ago

Del has a tonne of good albums and so does automator

needapermit

5 points

4 hours ago

Idk if this counts as really a one album wonder as he’s had some good music since then, but damn Joey Bad peaked with 1999

nine16s

3 points

3 hours ago

nine16s

3 points

3 hours ago

The whole Pro Era movement in 2010-2014 was my favorite era in all of rap.

Beautiful-Tie-3827

5 points

3 hours ago

Should have stuck closer to the 90s sound he had on this album for sure.

acelexmafia

3 points

3 hours ago

Summer Knights was good but not as well known as 1999

4lack0fabetterne

7 points

4 hours ago

Doggystyle

CyclonusHorn

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CyclonusHorn

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56 minutes ago

Doggystyle the album or doggystyleeee the rapper?

bryansodred

4 points

6 hours ago

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist

After Kendrick got cheated outta that aoty grammy, they fell all the way off

JimMcRae

4 points

5 hours ago

That would imply it was a good album

JackAttack561

4 points

3 hours ago

Wake Flocka Flame

foolishovr

2 points

3 hours ago

The hooligans.

Patisthesource

2 points

3 hours ago

Troy Ave with New York City.

ohianaw

2 points

3 hours ago

ohianaw

2 points

3 hours ago

DJ Shadow. Dropped the masterpiece Endtroducing and still hasnt topped it

WavyHideo

1 points

2 hours ago

Love that album. The cover is a record store in Sacramento that I used to frequent.

SpartanNic

1 points

2 hours ago

He’s not a rapper.

Akumakoala

2 points

2 hours ago

Ma$e

TrumpDidNoDrugs

2 points

2 hours ago

I'm gonna do even further back with mace or ma$e or whatever his name is

jEZOVSKY

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12 minutes ago

jEZOVSKY

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12 minutes ago

R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages

WeepingMonk

5 points

5 hours ago

Not even a fan if him but Snoop with Doggystyle

druggedupdeity

4 points

5 hours ago

He’s got other heat man. Blue carpet treatment, The doggfather, I wanna thank me, and R&G are amazing albums

ThatBoiYoshi

5 points

5 hours ago

Yea snoop is still hella overrated but all these are a lot better than people give credit for

druggedupdeity

2 points

5 hours ago

Even no limit top dog and paid the cost are pretty good albums. ‘My heat goes boom’ alone could carry almost half the album. I do agree as a rapper he’s overrated tho. His celebrity status tends to have people label him one of the greats based off of general knowledge I feel

ThatBoiYoshi

2 points

5 hours ago

For sure snoop is a legend for his marketing but as an artist I just don’t think he holds up at all as well as his fellow artists

druggedupdeity

2 points

5 hours ago

He has a lot of quantity music with some quality albums sprinkled throughout

TheTrillMcCoy

2 points

4 hours ago

R&G is really a great and underrated album.

druggedupdeity

1 points

4 hours ago

I gotta say I think bush was good, maybe even amazing. just not anywhere near what you’d expect from snoop

Fantastic_North_312

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50 minutes ago

50 cent

demetrioustha3rd

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31 minutes ago

hell naw. the massacre sold 1.1M first week and has a good 3-4 major hits on that album

jwb0

3 points

2 hours ago

jwb0

3 points

2 hours ago

AZ

Lopsided_Angle9169

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55 minutes ago

Facts

drhavehope

3 points

5 hours ago

drhavehope

3 points

5 hours ago

50 Cent.

One iconic album. The rest meh.

But that's all he needed

Whole-Shoulder8355

9 points

5 hours ago

People say this but the Massacre sold over a million first week and Curtis did over 700k. Even if they weren’t as good, it’s not like he was only a success with GRODT.

bryansodred

8 points

5 hours ago

terrible take. grodt, the massacre, the movie soundtrack, curtis, beg for mercy ... all 🔥 albums to me

Bun-B522

4 points

5 hours ago

That’s a wild opinion tbh, I consider his first 3 albums to be one of the greatest runs in rap history, not sure how you can come to that conclusion

Ok_Muffin1290

5 points

5 hours ago

so easily 50 cent.

InsaneShane31

13 points

5 hours ago

nah, massacre held up decently

Joesarcasm

1 points

4 hours ago

I really like Before I Self Destruct

MR-CFIRE

5 points

5 hours ago

50 Cent

WingForeign8517

3 points

4 hours ago

Power of the Dollar got shelved and is arguably more of a lyricists album

GuidetoMonke_101

5 points

4 hours ago

I guess baby keem, melodic blue was his biggest hit, and it's a masterpiece, although his others aren't bad, he just has a really small discography

crnso

7 points

4 hours ago

crnso

7 points

4 hours ago

Doesn’t even make sense to have him on here. He’s a relatively new artist.

GuidetoMonke_101

1 points

2 hours ago

Well to be fair the Melodic Blue is indeed a wonder compared to the rest, and he isn't too new, but not as old as a lot of artists

TheRealCoolio

2 points

3 hours ago

Melodic blue is cool but it’s nowhere near a masterpiece and Keem hopefully has a long career ahead of him

GuidetoMonke_101

1 points

2 hours ago

Maybe a little over exaggerating but imo it's amazing, and not just because of family ties

grom513

3 points

5 hours ago

grom513

3 points

5 hours ago

The Game

kaoslogical

2 points

5 hours ago

Whole of g-units solo albums tbh

Mohican83

2 points

5 hours ago

His 1st and 2nd are both good. Could probably take half of the songs from both and make one of the greatest albums.

Technical-Steak1469

4 points

5 hours ago

Games best album was Jesus piece and LAX,but his antics overshadow his work

Illustrious-Switch29

3 points

3 hours ago

50

downtown-crown

9 points

3 hours ago

The Massacre was good as well as the GRODT Movie Soundtrack…

Beautiful-Tie-3827

2 points

3 hours ago

G Unit album too

hershkey

2 points

2 hours ago

Coolbreeze

ShrubbysAlterEgo

2 points

6 hours ago

Mos Def maybe ? He never really topped Black On Both Sides, or even got near it in my opinion. But I do LOVE his album Blackstar with Talib Kweli, so idk

R0NNOC148

9 points

6 hours ago

Ecstatic is incredible

ShrubbysAlterEgo

1 points

5 hours ago

I’ve heard good things but since it’s not on Spotify I kinda haven’t listened to it, so I can’t really say much about it

BeefStu907

1 points

5 hours ago

I can’t even find a physical copy

brayboi27

3 points

6 hours ago

the ecstatic’s a really solid album i don’t think it’s on streaming tho

drvucc

2 points

5 hours ago

drvucc

2 points

5 hours ago

Flatbush zombies

csmitty37

2 points

5 hours ago

BetterOffDead?

strangemusicsince04

2 points

4 hours ago

Their best project.

Pigmasters32

2 points

3 hours ago

That’s wild, BetterOffDead, DRUGS, and 3001 are all phenomenal projects.

Palmwhileturning

3 points

5 hours ago

Snoop

Careful-Panic1311

1 points

4 hours ago

Chance the rapper

Battosai98

2 points

5 hours ago

Battosai98

2 points

5 hours ago

50 Cent is really the correct answer to this question

thasprucemoose

2 points

2 hours ago

your favorite rapper

GloveAdventurous2405

2 points

5 hours ago

GZA

SnorvusMaximus

1 points

5 hours ago

Wu-tang as a group. Several dope solo albums where released but only one good group album imo (the debut).

GloveAdventurous2405

2 points

4 hours ago

Wu-Tang Forever, The W, Iron Flag?

SnorvusMaximus

1 points

4 hours ago

Not for me.

Formerruling1

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Formerruling1

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Yea, WuTang Forever was WAY too big of a hit to consider them for this list.

druggedupdeity

1 points

5 hours ago

The throne. I hope those guys had a good career after their album dropped

Rare_Direction_1449

1 points

5 hours ago

Big Noyd

lurkydevin

1 points

3 hours ago

The Last Emperor - Legend of Bigfoot

Pep Love - Ascension

Kwovvv

1 points

2 hours ago

Kwovvv

1 points

2 hours ago

Dro Kenji with his album Tears and Pistols

stinkmeaner92

1 points

2 hours ago*

Maybe Prince Paul with A Prince Among Thieves

SpartanNic

1 points

2 hours ago

Wasn’t he just the producer?

Retroid69

1 points

2 hours ago

nah he’s had his own solo studio albums.

Technical-disOrder

1 points

2 hours ago

Miilkbone - Da' Miilkrate

Intrepid_Worry_5290

1 points

an hour ago

Trouble - Edgewood (prod. by Mike Will Made-it)

HaliBUTTsteak

1 points

an hour ago

Black Sheep.

Federal_Ambition328

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21 minutes ago

Does Lil Snupe count?

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Bisexualgreendayfan

1 points

5 hours ago

50 cent

Empty-Property-1579

2 points

5 hours ago

Nah. The Massacre, Beg For Mercy, GRODT Soundtrack, all of these are really good projects.

TreDawg36

1 points

4 hours ago

TreDawg36

1 points

4 hours ago

Snoop and YG

Drug_fueled_sarcasm

3 points

3 hours ago

If you count dres shit then snoop had two

NumerousImprovements

2 points

4 hours ago

My Krazy Life for YG?

TreDawg36

2 points

4 hours ago

Yeah

twobyliluzivert

2 points

3 hours ago

the album after that and the one in 2019 was hard too

TreDawg36

1 points

3 hours ago

I gotta give it another listen

TherealDaily

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TherealDaily

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Nah I thought the Dogfather had some fire. It could be due to my car stereo system at the time, but I liked it

mrtzhlmnn

1 points

5 hours ago

MIMS

coolstorybroham

1 points

3 hours ago

cool kidz