Remember Our Top 20 L.A. Rap Albums? Here Are The Worst Records By Those Artists

Hip-hop doesn't respect its elders. At least, that's what the elders are always saying. But there's truth there: while rock music continually informs itself with stylistic elements of decades prior, when was the last time you heard some rapper trying to tongue-flip like Das EFX or use that fake record scratch sample a la Swizz Beatz circa '99?

All in all, a rapper's reward for making a single classic LP is the ability to coast on it for decades if they so choose. And, sad to say, some of the artists in our top 20 greatest L.A. rap albums list have done exactly that. And so, while it's fun to rhapsodize about greatness, let's not forget that these artists have also produced their share of clunkers. Here, then, is our by-no-means-complete list of the worst albums from our best artists.

Somehow, a work with "Gimme That Nutt" managed to tarnish Eazy-E's legacy. It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa can't be described as anything other than a vengeful stopgap release from a time when the video for "Dre Day" was ubiquitous. This was a moment when Eazy-E was about as credible as Tim Dog. We don't need to remember him this way.

No one in their right mind would've expected much from Game after L.A.X. proved as soul-deadening as its namesake, but the more The R.E.D. Album got delayed, the more you could talk yourself into believing it might morph into something palatable. But instead our boy Jayceon somehow regressed to having even less of a personality than he did on The Documentary, shapeshifting into a guy who gets murdered on his own shit by Wale and Drake. While I guess it somewhat redeems itself by confirming that Nelly Furtado is still alive, it's the rare rap record that makes you actually feel sympathy for the label. I really hope no kids have their Christmas ruined because of The R.E.D. Album.

With Body Count, Ice-T fancied himself a groundbreaking innovator by serving as a hip-hop fan's ambassador to a far lower form of music, hardcore. And while it's nowhere near as soberly serious as follow-up Born Dead, thanks to the "Cop Killer" controversy, people actually bought this album, subjecting themselves to tracks like "Evil Dick" and "KKK Bitch." It was the sort of entry-level bid for shock value would have even Willie D shaking his head in disgust. To make matters worse, the censored versions of the album (sans "Cop Killer") contained a remake of "The Iceberg," featuring Jello Biafra, which somehow made it worse.