Ahead of It's Time?!

[Mr. Chronic]

Hmmmmm....maybe this is a stupid question, but....

I got to thinkin the other day, and I noticed some people will label a classic album "ahead of it's time." I sat back and thought about it, and wondered just what the fuck does this exactly mean?! Some prime examples would be E-40's In A Major Way or Snoop Dogg's Doggstyle album, just to name a few...but can anyone clarify just exactly what it means for an album to be.....
"ahead of it's time" ????

 

[BAMMER]

Pretty self explanitory.The music that comes out after it decides whether or not it was "ahead of it's time".EFIL4ZAGGIN,production by Dre on that album influenced other people to take tidbits from it later on down the line.

 

[Mr. Chronic]

hmmmmm.....I guess.......makes sense kind of.

 

[TKO]

Ahead of it's time=material that was so mind blowing that you couldn't fathom that someone could come out with something so fucken tight!

IN A MAJOR WAY was definitely one of those records that knocked you off your feet..and went ohhhhhhhh shiiit....that's sick!

 

[og MS]

if you bang that shit to this very day and it doesn;t sound outdated or "old" it's ahead of itz time to me...

some of Outkast's shit is like that too.

 

[bsleezy]

fah sho ... Outkast's shit is ahead of it's time ... I feel like alot of rappers aint doin shit right now but followin a certain trend when it comes to makin a hit record ... The beats comin out right now are doin it for me ...