title is bait but look

who’s to say certain factors make an album a classic? i think this is where a lot of people get things f***ed up. i base classics heavily off of replay value, nostalgia (in some cases), and a few other factors. that’s only relative to me. another person may base it off of impact on the culture, originality, and sales. some people place time constraints on albums in order for them to be deemed as classic, or rules such as a project cannot have any skippable tracks or else it’s not a classic. i disagree. i think it’s important for people to keep in mind that we typically don’t follow the same guidelines when discussing classics

just an example: the general consensus is that MBDTF or 808s is a classic. it wouldn’t be to someone born in say 2004 because they'd grow up with a different music experience than the people who believe so. their guidelines of a classic may be entirely different as well.

thots?

They do, it’s just y’all don’t know what a classic is

I didn’t read any of that but they do exist

I think the biggest issue people don’t realize is that time is a factor but nostalgia isn’t

Classics are timeless albums that have a significant value to the culture. S*** can be cult classic or whatever but s*** that’s truly a classic has a lot of other things tied into it. Just because you might not like the album doesn’t mean it isn’t a classic lol

They do. People just throw the word around loosely or don’t know what a actual classic is

live love asap
acid rap
1999
trilogy (the weeknd)

@TroyAveStan

They do, it’s just y’all don’t know what a classic is

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@jeans

I think the biggest issue people don’t realize is that time is a factor but nostalgia isn’t

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@CaptainRay

They do. People just throw the word around loosely or don’t know what a actual classic is

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tell me your definitions of a classic

Thread is wrong

@Hi_C stated it itt already

A classic can be a personal classic.

No. That’s just liking an album LOL y’all just making definitions up do you can sit here and be like “X album is a classic”

who constitutes those guidelines and why should we follow them ?
is everyone just supposed to agree with what he says ?

Everything I enjoy is a classic because my taste is so elite so if you ever wanna know if a certain project is a classic just ask me

Not my responsibility figure it out

lol

Lmao no

You can have an album thats classic to you personally then there are albums that are classical pieces of work that impacted the culture in some way.

50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Trying for example. Thats a classic album, not a personal one.

Thing is many people exclude quality when talking about classics

as they should

wtf does subjective quality have to do with an album’s impact

Drake stan spotted

stopped reading at title is bait

Drake classics do not exist, that's all I know

I mean doesn't that come with the territory though?

I was about to make this exact post

idk i wasnt born when ready to die was out but that album is defintely a classic