By the way. Never said it wasn't originally in the artists' vision to make them a single album. Just that it isn't the reality now. Hence why KB fit perfectly. Tarantino envisioned it as a single movie, but the reality now is that it isn't.

Toodles.

You preceded to shoot it down as it not being the artist's vision for them to have been considered one album, using Madlib and Tarantino and whatever tf you were going on about. It was, beyond the release of Step 1, and the IG post illustrates that. But it is readily apparent to their community of fans that it was personal tragedies and health emergencies that led to the indefinite hiatus and subsequent discontinuation of their original vision for TGOS. I veered off the tracks in our back and forth, as I bristled at your condescending argument of them not qualifying as one album because they lacked a common thread/story, like all of their releases are concept albums or something. But there isn't anything out there to suggest that the original vision for TGOS wouldn't have been completed were it not for those tragedies. But they did, sadly, and we are left with the reality and events we have now.

My argument was only for ranking them together, and that got muddled in the back and forth. Sorry about the confusion. But you're still a prick. Now I'm done talking to you.

I also never said I'm a bigger fan because I buy multiple copies of their vinyl release. But good job further proving that you're disingenuous and dishonest. By the way, didn't you say, "Just gonna leave at that"? More lies I guess.

It's really weird that you're so eager to pigeonhole your own unintuitive standard over the artist's and basically everyone else lol.

https://ibb.co/BB7n3N2

Just gonna leave at that, as the first two sentences speak for itself. Believe what you want, but maybe stop being so pissy and dismissive about what I believe? That said:

(Favorite track in parentheses)
1. O.S.T. (Keepin It Live)
2. Highlighter (Can't Hold It Back)
3. The Gettin' Off Stage (Back from the Dead)
4. Question in the Form of an Answer (Blowin Wax)
5. Carried Away (Carried Away)
6. Stepfather (More Than You Know)
7. Sincerely, the P (Dream Sequence '88)
8. Or Stay Tuned (O.S.T. Remix)
9. The Next Step (Time to Rock Our sh!t)
10. 12 Step Program (Ste for Reefer)
11. Fun DMC (Same Beat)

Instrumentalist said:
I will agree this is trivial, but your reasoning defies common sense. Two albums released on two different dates with different musical content, literally titled in sequence, 1 and 2, that the artist identifies as separate is in every sense of the word two different albums.

I think it's up to you - rank away! And to be fair as I recall Thes initially referred to TGOS as an album in 3 parts... but they had originally intended to release them much closer together and actually do 3!

It's a really tough call though and I think it's super telling that lots of people will have totally different top 5s. Not only have The P been super consistent (like not one bad record) they are also pretty varied...

Here goes (I've also added favourite track from each record just off the top of my head to see what I can remember standing out most!)

...

Stepfather - These two are on a similar vibe for me but Stepfather clinches it as it blew my head off when it came out
Highlighter
- Pumpin

OST Bumped about 100 times on release.
- The Double K Show

Question In The Form Of An Answer
- Blowin Wax

Sincerely, The P
- Red Onion Wrap

12 Step Program - the shortest album but totally solid all the way through. Underrated choice I'd say
- Break Up Music

Carried Away
- DQMOT

Fun DMC
- Anotha BBQ

The Next Step
- Time To Rock Our sh!t

Or Stay Tuned... - Hard to rank the EPs against the long albums. Damn this is impossible!
- Outrun

TGOS 1 & 2 - I don't even want this at the bottom, it has some of their best tracks !
- Alleys (bada)

disiskurt said:
Different calendar years =/= a year apart. November and April = 6 months.

Making a semantic point like this doesn't help you without explaining why it means they should be considered the same release. 6 months, or one year, it's still widely separate times and distinctly separate releases.

Covers making sense has nothing to do with whether albums are separate releases or not. But the album cover does make sense without the first just by connecting it with the title. And no, you could not argue that there's a story because of the album art. That's as absurd as trying to say the story in kill Bill is the cover art. No, it's the movie content, and similarly, for albums it's the musical content. Of which here, there is no story connecting the albums. Really grasping at straws dude.

And Kill Bill is a perfect analogy. Just like TGOS was supposed to be a single series, but plans changed, Kill Bill was supposed to be a single movie, but plans changed. Both plans changed before the planned final project was completed.

I will agree this is trivial, but your reasoning defies common sense. Two albums released on two different dates with different musical content, literally titled in sequence, 1 and 2, that the artist identifies as separate is in every sense of the word two different albums. Any thought otherwise is irrational bias or misunderstanding the concept. You might as well say the 13 Madlib Medicine Show albums are actually just one release just because they're in a box set series even though each was released separately and didn't have a continuing story arc. That's not what it means to be the same album. Lord of the Rings? All three books/ movies are just one. Same with the Matrix and every other series. The reality is the discrete work being on its own and released as such means its its own work whether part of a series or not. It's really weird that you're so eager to pigeonhole your own unintuitive standard over the artist's and basically everyone else lol.

Really would have preferred rankings instead of this absurdity.