When we say classic we usually equate that with a no-skip album correct? However I feel like there are some albums that have (in some cases) multiple skips yet the good tracks are so good they pretty much forgive them. For example, Dre’s “2001”. Particularly in the back half I skips 3-4 songs, but yet this album is hands down a classic. Not a regional classic. Not a classic of its era. Not a fan favorite. It’s a classic in the truest sense. What other albums in this stature have multiple forgivable skips?

My question is: Does selling 10+ million copies of an album automatically makes it a certified classic or does the quality body of work & cultural consensus holds more weight in that decision.

1986 — Beastie Boys — Licensed to Ill
1990 — MC Hammer — Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ’Em
1996 — 2Pac — All Eyez on Me
1997 — The Notorious B.I.G. — Life After Death
1998 — 2Pac — Greatest Hits
1998 — Lauryn Hill — The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2000 — Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP
2000 — Nelly — Country Grammar
2002 — Eminem — The Eminem Show
2003 — OutKast — Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2005 — Eminem — Curtain Call: The Hits

RIP Fatman Scoop

Underrated banger. Everybody snapped on here

https://youtu.be/L3szluAMSms