gonna go pick up new lotus right now...been bumpin it all week but still geeked.

Classic

1. Tales From the Lotus Pod

A Psychopathic classic, no doubt about it. 

Great 

2. Black Rain

To be fair, this is totally biased, since I look back at the 2004-2006 era very nostalgically. It was actually a big drop off from the first album, but I still enjoy it and affiliate it with the good times I had when it came out.

Alright

3. The Opaque Brotherhood

Opposite end of the spectrum here, 2008 is basically around the time I felt Psychopathic had officially fallen off. There's some good stuff here, but for whatever reason none of it really grabs me.

Bad

4. The Mud, Water, Air, and Blood

An album that sounds like a group of guys out of ideas. I will say the first half (which has some alright moments) is a lot better than the second half (which is just bad). 

I'm not gonna try to rank them right now because honestly with the new album just coming out it'll take a while before I can really decide where I place it with the others...really enjoy it though

that being said I don't get all the hate for Black Rain...sure its a bit more lighthearted compared to Tales From The Lotus Pod but I still think it had plenty of darker songs as well...Doornail Dorothy isn't that bad either...mostly everyone killed their verses if anything my least favorite song would be That's Me although I really enjoyed all the songs on there

Tales is very dark but also has some minor flaws...Mars is okay on some of it but a lot of the times he just sounds fucking stupid and out of place...but still sounds better than the terrible, thrown together job they did on inserting new ABK vocals in the rereleased version...had it been mixed better I wouldn't have minded it and would probably listen to it more than the Mars version but shit like that gets to me...otherwise Tales is great though very dark, weird, sinister shit...even the humor is completely dark and fucked up

I find more flaws with Opaque Brotherhood tbh...there's some great shit on there but there's also plenty of times where it seemed like a few of the artists (namely Shaggy and Blaze) got offbeat and took away from the songs as a whole...take Shaggy's verse on "Falling" where it sounds like he's trying his best to keep up...never liked Blaze's verse on "Withered" either...its definitely has an overall darker feel than Black Rain does...also the mixing on some tracks annoys me..on the title track Madrox's verse at the end is just cut off rather than fading out into J's verse right after...little things I know but as someone who listens to a lot of music you kind of pick up on those little things from time to time

I do wish they had put out some bonus songs with this new album like they did with Opaque though

black rain gets hate I think because it followed Tales and it didn't live up to their/my preconceived notions, as tales was such a great record..just wasnt as good as tales.Both opaque and new shit have their faults but they are great  in their own ways too. I also hope they come out with bonus shit for new album like they did with opaque.Be dope.

I really love the darkness on opaque too but felt a few of the songs like black sand,hot poison,witch trapped in this song, keep up, just didnt work very well.The others are all on point.I would like to hear Tech on anything really..

chops said  

1. The Opaque Brotherhood

2. Tales From the Lotus Pod

3. The Mud, Water, Air, and Blood

4. Black Rain

Same for me.

-Jules

Slumerican(Just A Realist)502 said
how yall gonna rank the new album yet? I gotta give it a few months and see if its still in my rotation. As of right now, this album has me more excited for the wicked shit than I have been since W.I.C.K.E.D came out. Strangely it was a reminder of why I love the shit in the first place. I hadn't realized how apathetic I was becoming to psychopathics shit. Best album they have put out in years if you ask me

Precisely why I have not put a ranking out...I agree with all of this^^^