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Top Hip Hop Albums Of All Time
What are your favorite Rap/Hip-Hop albums? 75% of mine would come from the late 80's & early 90's. Feel free to offer a top 5,10,25, etc., or just rattle off whichever standout albums pop into your head. One thing we can probably all agree on: 90% of the current stuff is GARBAGE!
Not in front of my collection, but let me get this thread started with 10 of my favorite mainstream albums (don't forget the underground shit though!): Run DMC: Raising Hell N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton De La Soul: De La Soul Is Dead Beastie Boys: Licensed To Ill Eric B. & Rakim: Paid In Full Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation of Millions... A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory Dr. Dre: The Chronic Nas: Illmatic Ice-T: Original Gangster ...feel free to list soundtracks or compilations too, "Juice" & "Boyz N' The Hood" soundtracks immediately come to mind... |
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP Dr. Dre - The Chronic Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full EPMD - Strickly Buisness Jay Z - The Black Album 2Pac - All Eyez on Me |
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Dr. Dre - The Chronic Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers) Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt 2Pac - All Eyez On Me N.W.A. - Niggaz4life and Straight Outta Compton Eazy E - Eazy-Duz-It Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle |
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth Onyx - All we got is Us Biggie Smalls - Ready To Die NWA - Straight Outta Compton Ice Cube - Death Certificate Mr Lif - I Phantom Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of... Sage Francis - Personal Journals CnN - War Report Mobb Deep - The Imfamous Cage - Movies for the Blind Big L - The Big Picture Wu Tang - 36 Chambers Dizzee Rascal - Boy In The Corner METHOD Man - TICAL Genius - Liquid Swords Nas - Ilmatic Nas - The Lost Tapes Geto Boys - We Cant Be Stopped Prodigy - HNIC Sticky Fingers - Kirk Jones Album top of my head, I'd have to think harder to make a definitive list |
Jedi Mind Tricks - Visions of Ghandi, Violent By Design & Legacy of Blood
Necro - Gory Days |
the best ever: dr octagon
and now, in no particular order public enemy: it takes a nation of millions, fear of a black planet tribe called quest: low end theory nas: illmatic gang starr: first album eric b and rakim: follow the leader, let the rythm hit em bdp: by any means necessary dj shadow: entroducing dj honda: II ultramagnetic mcs: critical beatdown, four horsemen black star (i just like this record alot) more recent dj/rupture: minesweeper suite |
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The 36 Chambers, Wu-Tang Forever
Gza - Liquid Swordz Ghostface Killah - Iron Man Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx aka The Purple Tape Method Man - Tical Nas - Illmatic Common - Ressurection Canibus - Can-I-Bus, 2000 B.C. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides Pharoahe Monche - Internal Affairs Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt Big Pun - Capitol Punishment 2Pac - Makavelli, Me Against The World Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Dead Prez - Lets Get Free Fugees - The Score Binary Star - Masters Of The Universe K-Otix - Universal Gangstarr - Full Clip J-Live - All Of The Above The Roots - Illadelph Halflife, Things Fall Apart Pete Rock - Mecca & The Soul Brother, Soul Survivor De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising Dr. Dre - The Chronic Aesop Rock - Labor Days Black Star Rawkus Presents - Soundbombing 1, 2, 3 I'm starting to draw a blank. I might think of more. Strange Famous and I would get along great. He has my taste in hip-hop. Asta!! |
Knew I'd forget someone
K-Os - Exit, Joyful Rebellion Asta!! |
Volume 10 - Hip-Hopera
Saafir - Boxcar Sessions Das Efx - Dead Serious BDP - By Any Means Neccessary Dr Octagon (Kool Kieth) - Dr Octagonecologyst Common Sense - Ressurection Digital Underground - The Body-Hat Syndrome The Roots - Do You Want MORE!?!? Gang Starr - Step in the Arena Geto Boys - Geto Boys NWA - Straight outa Compton Ice Cube - America's Most Wanted |
I don't listen to much hip hop, but I'ved love Pharcyde's "Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde" for years.
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^ SHIT! Pharcyde how could I forget them??!
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Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Maruaders
Run DMC - Raising Hell De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate Dr Octagon - Dr Octagonecologyst Eazy E - Eazy Duz It The Fugees - The Score Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle |
Anything by Atmosphere or Slug is my favorite
Eyedea - E & A Eyedea - The many faces of Oliver Heart The Deep Puddle Dynamics cd Why? Dose |
darn, all of my favorites have been listed already
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i'm surprsied i haven't seen Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. that would definitely be in my top five list among others that have been listed.
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the 9: cloud Nine and Nine lives
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Deepspace 5 - The Night We Called It A Day
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Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Dr. Dre - Chronic 2000 Lil' Flip - U Gotta Feel Me Jurassic 5 - Quality Control Jay-Z - The Black Album Pretty much any NWA album Wu-Tang Clan - Shaolin Worldwide |
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Also gonna add one Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East |
I also kinda wanna say Apathy... but I cant think of a truly great record he has put out.... but he oughta have.
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"Im the song on the soundbombing CD that you dont like" :thumbsup: |
Ra is dope. For a little while I used to get him confused with La Tha Darkman haha.
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RECOGNIZE THE BAY
in no particular order 2pac - all eyez on me hollow tip - takin no shortz cellski - mr predicter c-bo - gas chamber RBL Posse - Ruthless By Law E-40 - Mr Flamboyant Mac Dre - Stupid Doo Doo Dumb JT The Bigga Figga - Dont Stop Till We Major Too $hort - Cocktails Guce - Pure Pressure i could go on and on but those r just a few, yall should look these rappers up on the net... all r from the bay area |
grave diggaz: the pick, the sickle, the shovel
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Death Row's Greatest Hits
Dr. Dre: The Chronic and Chronic 2001 Snoop Dogg: Doggystyle NWA: Straight Outta Compton Lil Flip: Underground Legend UGK: Dirty Money Nas: Illmatic and It Was Written 2pac: Greatest Hits Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde Jurassic Five: Power in Numbers Three Six Mafia: Ch.2 World Domination Outkast: Every album T.I: Trap Muzik so many others, but those are just off the top of my head. |
R-Dubb,
'Nuff respect to the Bay Area, been a huge Too Short fan since the late 80's. It would be a toss up for me between Cocktails and Get In Where You Fit In as his best album. Gotta give a shout to Ant Banks for producing some of the funkiest beats the genre has ever felt. RBL, still have the single for "Bammer Weed" but don't have anything else. Rest In Peace Mac Dre. Watch out my home doggs in Chi-Town these next few years, especially the D.O.D. (formerly Do or Die) album coming out on February 1st... |
I wonder if anyone remembers Egyptian Lover??? I remember listening to Girls in like 1984 or so as a teenager... I can still hear his influence in club music today...
As far as best Hip Hop albums... Tu Pac All eyes on me Beastie Boys... Liscense to Ill Dr Dre... The Chronic Snoop.... Doggystyle |
Why has only one person mentioned the Notorious B.I.G.!? Aside from NWA, he's the most popular rapper of all time! Ready to Die, and Life After Death were really good albums. Aside from that:
-Common: Resurrection -GZA: Liquid Swords -A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory -A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders -Mos Def: Black On Both Sides -Blackstar: Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star |
Organized Konfusion's Stress: The Extinction Agenda is one that hasn't been said. And i dunno if anyone's mentioned the Artifact's first one or OC's Word...Life
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K-Wise, nice work remembering Pete Rock & CL Smooth's "Mecca & The Soul Brother", definitely in my top 5 list....17 or 18 songs, at least 15 of them bangers...
Great to see so many replies. Gonna go through my collection tonight and see what we may be forgetting... |
...Got a chance to look through everything last night, and noticed plenty of albums that deserve mention...
...note that some of these wouldn't make my top 25 list, but are worth a mention in my humble opinion. A few of these cats may not be lyrically respected, but there's no denying their overall product... Black Moon---Enta Da Stage The Beatnuts---Self Titled (1994) Wu-Tang Clan---Enter the 36 Chambers Black Sheep---A Wolf In Sheeps Clothing Souls Of Mischief---'93 Til Infinity The Geto Boys---Self Titled (Black Cover w/ mugshots) Eazy-E---Eazy Duz It Funkmaster Flex---The Mix Tape, Volume 1 DJ Quik---Born and Raised In Compton DJ Quik---Way 2 Fonky Spice 1---Self Titled Outkast---Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik Outkast---ATLiens LL Cool J---Mama Said Knock You Out 2 Live Crew---As Nasty As They Wanna Be Camp Lo---Uptown Saturday Night 3rd Bass---The Cactus Album Naughty By Nature---Self Titled (debut) The Pharcyde---Labcabincalifornia Ice Cube---AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted & Death Certificate Cypress Hill---Self Titled (debut) Kurious---A Constipated Monkey 2nd II None---Self Titled (debut) AMG---Bitch Betta Have My Money Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics---Diggin' In The Crates Showbiz & AG---Runaway Slave The D.O.C.---No One Can Do It Better ...I tried not to repeat any shit that was mentioned earlier, and let's keep this post going. I've already used it as a good reference for stuff to go after (for starters, Jedi Mind Tricks have some insane cuts)... |
Not including those already mentioned...
DJ Yoda - How to Cut and Paste Vol. 1 & 2. CB4 - Soundtrack. Digital Underground - Sex Packets. Nas - Streets Disciple. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill. Blackalicious - A2G (a 5 or 6 track EP.. but you'll get over it) Straight Out the Jungle - The Jungle Brothers MC Miker G and DJ Sven - The Holiday Rap. :thumbsup: |
Jwoody, i'd just go with Black's NIA since it had all of the A2G songs and was full-length, Blazing Arrow was great too.
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just a few:
outkast - atliens nas - illmatic outkast - aquemini jay-z - the black album little brother - the listening wu-tang clan - enter the wu tang (36 chambers) public enemy - fear of a black planet |
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers) Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus Madvillain - Madvillainy Nas - Illmatic Quasimoto - The Unseen Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique EPMD - Unfinished Business Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane Brand Nubian - One for All Diamond & the Psychotic Neurotics - Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop Grand Puba - Reel to Reel Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion Lord Finesse - Funky Technician Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik Goodie Mob - Soul Food Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde The Beatnuts - Beatnuts I´m gonna stop now. The list is to long |
I've recently been trying to get into some hip hop and have mainly heard Tribe Called Quest, madvillian and public enemy who are all pretty cool.
Can someone make some recommendations for hip hop which has some mad break beats - similar to DJ Shadow's - endtroducing album? i love that whole album :) Cheers. |
^ Not too sure but I used to b-boy check out Pete Rock/Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5, Wu-Tang Clan: Enter The Wu-Tang(36 Chambers), Beasties, Afrika Bambatta, Pharaohe Monch eh drawing a blank I ain't b-boy'd in years oh well.
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Tech N9ne - Anghelic, Absolute Power
Guerilla Black - Guerilla City Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers C-Bo - Enemy of the State Dr Dre - Chronic 2001 3 6 Mafia - Da Untouchables XL Middleton - Matthew Middleton for President |
Thanks K-Wise. I've heard some good things about pete rock and cl smooth, so that's next on my list to check out.
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sleepyjack:
I wish I could help you out (I'd like to know of some myself). I can recommend picking up the U.N.K.L.E stuff if you don't have it. The RJD2 Deadringer album may hit your fix a bit as well - all the RJD2 stuff is excellent but Deadringer is the closest to DJ Shadow |
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Gravediggaz - 6 feet deep IAM - école du micro argent (damn fine french HH) |
^ I love A Prince Among Thieves
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Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol 1 & Vol 2
Wu Tang Clan - Wu Tang Forever & 36 Chambers Jedi Mind Tricks - Pshyco Social & Violent By Design Gza - Liquid Swords Scarface - The Diary Raekwon - Built for cuban Links Smiff n Wesson - Da Shinin Canibus - Rip the Jacker Jeru the Damaja - Divine Design Nas - Illmatic Cypress Hill - Black Sunday & Temples of Boom Ghostface - Ironman Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep |
^ Holy crap where the hell have you been man? Did I just not notice you aroudn or something? Good to see ya again.
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Ya K-Wise, I havent been around anywhere on the internet for along time. Took a break, Good to see you too.
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Welcome back!
Asta!! |
in no particular order...
Atmosphere - Overcast! Sage Francis - Personal Journals Sage Francis - Still Sick....Urine Trouble Aesop Rock - Labor Days Dre - 2001 Eminem - Infinite Eminem - The Slim Shady LP Outkast - ATLiens Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty Notorious BIG - Ready To Die Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers |
This is a great list, keep them coming. Only disc I really love that I haven't seen pop up yet is Xzibits "At the speed of life." Yeah the rest of what he's put out has been pretty weak, that is a great realease.
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Go-Bots: I'm listening to Nine's "Cloud 9" right now, remembered I had that disc when you mentioned it and it's been in heavy rotation since. Good shit...
Nice work by J-woody to remember Digital Underground's "Sex Packets", I don't think I let that fucking cd go more than 10 feet from my side when I was a Freshman in high school... Anybody catch a sneak preview of the new Sage Francis album yet? I think it drops on 02/08/05... |
i HOPE someone mentioned illadelph halflife and things fall apart.
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I don't know if Hi-tek and Kweli's Train of Thought has been mentioned, but we need some more Chi-town up there:
Common-One Day It Will All Make Sense (Ressurection is on there) Twista-Adrenaline Rush |
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De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique both are much better albums than the ones you have listed... but that might be just me... |
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Nobody's going to mention Tricky or Massive Attack? I guess the charge might be made that they're more trip than hip hop, but I dig it all the same, and they've got a similar style to DJ Shadow and RJD2. Tricky's Maxinquaye and Massive Attack's Protection are some great albums. |
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Also, not sure if it's been mentioned, but i got Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher which is very good! the style is called glytch-hop or something :p |
Damn, all the rap fans just came out of the woodwork. All people do in other threads is talk shit about hip hop. It's strange.
anyway Jay-Z - Grey Album (the remix deal; i love it) Wu Tang Forever Outkast - Stankonia Dre - The Chronic (been said 1230978234 times) Eminem - MMLP Black Star Probably some others, not sure. |
Well I'm an emcee myself. IC3 is too last time I checked so it might be a tad hypocritical of us to talk shit about it :cool:
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Wow, Sleepyjack, I just ripped 5 or 6 songs off of Prefuse 73's "One Word Extinguisher" that are ridiculously smooth. Thank you sir...
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ohhh wuuut do or die got a new album?? ill be gettin that one for sure, its been a while since they put a record out. Whaaaat? man, u gotta find ruthless by law it is a must in any underground rap collection, I promise you wont be dissapoited :thumbsup: |
R-Dubb,
The new Do Or Die has its moments, but a bit more of a mainstream feel to it compared to their earlier albums. This was supposed to be their breakthrough, more radio friendly album, and it's a bit of a detriment. Still at least 6 or 7 hot tracks though, which is rare for new releases on record store shelves these days. No denying the Kanye produced single "Higher", which may be my favorite hip-hop song in the last couple of years. Not a "ruff rugged and raw" track, just smooth as fuck with a ridiculous Teddy Pendergrass sample. I recommend it as a must download for all of you guys... |
anything by Wu-Tang or by its members.
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Wu-Tang- 36 Chambers
Nas- Illmatic NWA- Straight Outta Compton Mos Def and Talib Kweli present- Blackstar- Blackstar Jay-Z- Grey Album (AMAZING!) Aesop Rock- Labor Dayz (has anybody heard his new album "fast cars, danger, fire, and knives?" Scarface- The Diary Dr. Dre- The Cronic Eminem- Marshall Mathers LP (gotta add Em...he basically changed the face of rap) Has anybody heard the new PAUL WALL AND CHAMILLIONAIRE album "Controversy Sells." I was highly impressed...I'm waiting for them to break out of the underground now. |
Im pretty much a fan of everything that has been listed so far - all great albums. A few of my favorites I dont think have been mentioned:
DMX - Its Dark and Hell is Hot (Mediocre follow-ups and shitty movies aside ((Belly is cool)), this is an incredible hardcore breakout album) Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik The L.O.X. - We Are the Streets Method Man and Redman - Blackout Westside Connection - Bow Down Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era Busta Rhymes - The Coming, Extinction Level Event 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin (Yeah, Yeah... Its played out and really mainstream but I would be lying if I said I didnt like every song on that disc) Oh yeah and great call to whoever mentioned Camp Lo...Uptown Saturday Night is really fresh. |
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