Hello all,

As of late, I have been listening to a lot of Hip Hop albums, many of which are considered to be classics and the artist's defining album.

It appears that often, they were never quite able to replicate the acclaim of such an album with their follow-up.

Such albums were quite often followed-up by an effort that weren't/aren't held in the same high regard, but I personally feel were just as good and even sometimes better and certainly deserve more love, occasionally being overlooked classics in their own right.

Such albums that come to mind for me:

NWA's Efil4Zaggin following-up Straight Outta Compton.

Little Brother's Getback following-up The Minstrel Show.

Public Enemy's Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age following up what is generally considered to be a 3 (arguably 4) classic album streak.

How about you folks? Do you feel there are any particular follow-ups to classics that hold there own against their predecessor, but have been unfairly overlooked or maligned?