As cool as the beats are, it just barely qualifies as a sequel, and we hope Doom someday peppers the production with original lyrics. Label Stones Throw has been teasing a proper Madvillain follow-up since about 2006, but at some point producer Madlib decided to just remix collaborator MF Doom’s vocals from the original and put it out as the sequel. Not much changed in that one year interval, and the results are in the rhymes. The album benefits from being an immediate sequel, made directly after the original’s completion. II: Me Time takes its acronym from Chainz’s Based on a True Story one year prior. It's a return to former glory with some successful singles on it.īoasting one of the strangest titles for a sequel, B.O.A.T.S. 2 (The Hunger For More 2), saying he wanted to address some stories he didn't have a chance to touch on with The Hunger for More.

Containing songs that were direct sequels to its predecessor (“Slam Harder,” which sampled the Welcome Back, Kotter theme), Bacdafucup II’s greatest strength comes from how much fun you can tell the guys in Onyx had reuniting in the studio.īouncing back after his disappointing sophomore release Rotten Apple, Lloyd Banks decided to revisit his debut with H.F.M. is the best of the three, saved mostly through Keith working directly with underground producers at the time who had the same hunger as he did in ’96.Īlmost a decade after first blowing up with the chaotic singles “Slam” and “Throw Ya Gunz,” Onyx reunited for Bacdafucup Part II. Octagon) his involvement seemed minimal at best. There have been three released sequels to Kool Keith’s groundbreaking Dr. So without any further ado … here are our picks for the top 20 rap album sequels of all time. We also didn’t include albums where sequels were released on the same day as the original, such as Esham’s Judgment Day 1 and 2, and Nelly’s Sweat and Suit. That means no “spiritual successors” and no mixtapes. We’ve revisited all of them, and have cut them down to the 20 best ones.Ī few ground rules: These albums had to be direct sequel albums in title and intent. Whether MCs have wanted to continue an artistic vision, revisit an older style or celebrate an anniversary, there have been plenty of reasons over the years that they’ve released direct follow-ups, to the point where it even started a brief sequel fad at the top of the decade. It's by no means rap's first album sequel.

This August, 10 years after the first Documentary - an album whose success he hasn’t let us forget on any of his recordings since - Compton rapper The Game releases The Documentary 2.

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