Reasonable Doubt > (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
According to Last Week's Poll
Lost in this bullshit supposed beef between Jay-Z and Noel Gallagher of Oasis, at least in the hip-hop community (where so much has been lost), is the fact that Oasis aren't just some random cracka-ass crackas from England.
I remember reading about this shit on some of these hip-hop sites back when it first began to pop off, and obviously a lot of people failed to realize that Oasis are one of the biggest groups evar, maybe even more so than Jay-Z. (Consult Wikipedia.)
Furthermore, for what it's worth, Oasis managed to put out two really good albums before their output experienced a substantial decline in quality, whereas Jay-Z only put out one. (You'll notice there was no 10th anniversary tribute concert for In My Lifetime Vol. 1.)
Last week's poll had to do with which album is the best, Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, or Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Check the results.
Which is the better album?
- Reasonable Doubt (73.7%)
- (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (26.3%)
Total Votes: 390
When I put this poll up last week, the few people who gave a rat's ass, i.e. both of them, complained that (What's the Story) Morning Glory? isn't Oasis' best album, Definitely Maybe is. Maybe that's the case, maybe it isn't. But, having received most of my circa 1995 cues from MTV (back when you could be proud of saying such a thing), I'm more familiar with Morning Glory, and I figured everyone else would be as well. Nullus.
Anyway, I figured Oasis would have an uphill battle. I'm a big fan of both albums myself, and I wasn't even sure how I was gonna vote. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the shit, of course, but Reasonable Doubt is a singular hip-hop album. And they're so different, it really kinda comes down to what you'd rather be listening to on any given day. But that's just me. And I'm sure this site's readership is more familiar with the Jay-Z album than the Oasis album, even though the Oasis album outsold it by orders of magnitude.
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You had to know someone was gonna put together a Jay-Z-Oasis mashup album. I haven't bothered to listen to Cookin' Soul's OJayZis, but the few clips I've heard of it sound like it might actually be listenable. Check the trailer for it after the jump.
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Next week's poll, which I just released into the wild for your voting pleasure, has to do with whether or not the homeless should be required to sleep in camps. Vote early and vote often.
