Best hip-hop albums ever

[nikalodeeun]

this is probably gonna be the same list for everybody... haha
in no particular order...

dr. dre - the chronic
b.i.g. - ready to die
wu tang - 36 chambers
dmx - it's dark and hell is hot
n.w.a. - straight outta compton
lauren hill - miseducation of lauren hill
2pac - all eyez on me
run d.m.c. - raising hell
snoop - doggy style

umm. i know i'm missing some.:confused

[CitizenUpwrite]

Gangstarr - Hard to Earn
BDP - Criminal Minded
KRS One - Return of the Boom Bap
KMD - Mr. Hood
Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Method Man - Tical
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Soooo forgetting some...

[cpud]

GZA - Liquid Swords
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt
Lord Finesse - Return of the Funky Man
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mos Def/Talib Qweli - Blackstar
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Nas - Illmatic
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Warren G - Regulate

[CitizenUpwrite]

Originally posted by cpud
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous


Big L rest in peace! :crying :king :beer

[cpud]

Originally posted by CitizenUpwrite
Big L rest in peace! :crying :king :beer

:( :lighter too bad i never got to see him live

[Wes]

Originally posted by cpud
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Dr Dre - The Chronic

+

Ghostface Killah - Ironman :slayer
2pac - All eyez on Me
Biggie - Ready to Die
Cypress Hill - Temple of Boom :ganja

:bandit :monkey

[Flagrant]

Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
GZA - Liquid Swords
Method Man - Tical
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
Nas - Illmatic
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Dogg Pound - Dogg Food
Too Short - Get In Where You Fit In

[dubfr3sh]

deltron 3030......
dialated peoples - expansion team

[MikeDiggity]

damn.. citizen upright and dubfresh seem to be the only people who know quality hiphop.

myne tho are..

1. atmosphere "god loves ugly"
2. eric b and rakim "follow the leader"
3. bdp "ghetto music.. the blueprint of hip hop"
4. epmd "strictly business"
5. john rueben "hindsight"
6. ugly duckling "journey to anywhere"
7. Hieroglyphics "Full circle"

hmm..
it's kinda hard to pick whole albums...

but.. i could give you a list of the greatest songs...
if you had a few hours to kill..

and none of this Dr. Dre / snoop dogg bullshit..

[MiQL]

Originally posted by MikeDiggity
and none of this Dr. Dre / snoop dogg bullshit.. [/B]
How is it "bullshit?"

[Consumer]

BDP - By All Means Necessary
BDP - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-hop
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Black Sheep - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Run DMC - Raising Hell
De La Soul - ...is Dead

...those are the classics for me.

[cpud]

Originally posted by MikeDiggity

and none of this Dr. Dre / snoop dogg bullshit..

why is it bullshit? too funky for your ears?

[CitizenUpwrite]

Originally posted by deepfreq
De La Soul - ...is Dead



Jesus Crips, I left out De La. :eek

[MikeDiggity]

Originally posted by cpud
why is it bullshit? too funky for your ears?

no.. i'd say that it's too..
full of the lack of lyrical skill, depth, originality, ect....

[MiQL]

Originally posted by MikeDiggity
no.. i'd say that it's too..
full of the lack of lyrical skill, depth, originality, ect....
I disagree, but, you'll have to specify. Both The Chronic and Doggystyle
were quite the innovative albums incorporating heavy Funk elements
(hence the G-Funk era) into their music that *no one* was doing.

Snoop rides a beat quite well and and his flow is accurate and never
forceful (especially on 'Tha Shiznit'). He is probably *one* of the best
story-tellers in hip hop. To say Snoop lacks lyrical skill or that Dre's
production isn't "original" is borderline hateration.

Loosen them back pack straps.:crackhead

[Preecha]

Those 2 albums are classics. My weed smoking days in High School were made complete with those cuts.

[MiQL]

albums in no particular order...

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
DJ Quik - Quik Is the Name
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
Freestyle Fellowship - Inner City Griots
Nas - Illmatic
Bahamadia - Kollage

[cpud]

Originally posted by MiQL


Loosen them back pack straps.:crackhead

:up haha

[cpud]

Originally posted by MikeDiggity
no.. i'd say that it's too..
full of the lack of lyrical skill, depth, originality, ect....

they dont wear trucker hats, but they got the funk, a decade before some of these people you have mentioned ;)

[srixon]

deltron 3030
souls of mischief - 93 til infinity
del - no need for alarm
gang starr - hard to earn
beatnuts - street level
tribe - low end theory

[MikeDiggity]

Originally posted by MiQL
I disagree, but, you'll have to specify. Both The Chronic and Doggystyle
were quite the innovative albums incorporating heavy Funk elements
(hence the G-Funk era) into their music that *no one* was doing.

Snoop rides a beat quite well and and his flow is accurate and never
forceful (especially on 'Tha Shiznit'). He is probably *one* of the best
story-tellers in hip hop. To say Snoop lacks lyrical skill or that Dre's
production isn't "original" is borderline hateration.

Loosen them back pack straps.:crackhead

i keep the backpack straps tight.
the problem with the chronic.. especially "gthang".. was that the whole song was sampled... it's almost as if dre didn't do any thinking of his own.this has happened many times since he began producing rap songs.
also... every song that dre does has the same feel/style/ect.
It's as if he has a dre cookbook and just makes the same song with just diff instruments....
a talented producer can switch his style all over the place from serious, to funky, to upbeat, to classical, to experimental.. ect...
i hear you guys saying that Aphrodite just spews out the same processed dnb... well.. with that in mind... dre is like the aphrodite of rap in that sense.

to say that snoop rides a beat.. and therefore makes him a great lyricst is like saying that a rabbit that jumps on a piano to a beat is a great piano player.
his lyrical skill has diminished almost exponentially since he started.. also.. when it comes to originality... snoop hasn't really changed his content in rapping since he started.
bitches, hoes, weed, cars, money, gangsta shit.. ect....
which in the rap world.. is what everyone else is rapping about...
where's the originality there? i dont know.

i dont wear a backpack outside of school.. but what the ignorant call backpackers is the idea that backpackers are only interested in the underground for the sake of it being underground.
Well, that isn't the case for me as for many of those who are called backpackers by the ignorant clones of today.. that is not the case.

We like hip hop that's quality... with quality production, quality lyricists, quality content, and quality ideas.

I'd suggest that you put on a backpack..
maybe it'll keep the hands of MTV, BET, ClearChannel, ect.. out of your back.. and away from the levers and switches that control you..

and take that tape off of your cheek! Nobody likes a NellyFan.

[miss fat booty]

just adding to the list........

atmosphere- lucy ford
blackalicious- nia
mos def+talib kweli- black star
a tribe called quest= people's instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm
mos def- black on both sides
chino xl- i told you so
the roots-illadelph halflife
brand nubian- one for all
organized konfusion- stress: the extinction agenda
outkast= aquemini
eric b+rakim- paid in full
jedi mind tricks= violent by design
j live- all the above
the pharcyde=labcabincalifornia
freestyle fellowship- to whom it may concern

ummmmmmmmm yeah. :)

~nancy

[Katie/007]

has anyone mentioned
Handsome Boy Modeling School?
bomb

[MZ. THANG]

AMG-
Digable Planets- BlowOuT Comb
THe ROOTS- Every album thus far

[omgBruce]

i only have like three hip hop cds

they are fugees, the roots, and dj quik


shrug i just bought those cds in random order i didnt really know who they were... the fugees i yoink fast stealing stealing style from my dad who bought it for the killing me softly song

[cerealkilla]

too many to mention..

[IonSant]

Tool - AEnema
System of a Down - Debut Album
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated
Deicide - When Satan Lives!
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral

[Katie/007]

thats some REAL hip hop Juan lol

[cpud]

juan #1 in tha hood

[IonSant]

ALL OF THE ABOVE ALBUMS I'VE JUST MENTION HAVE AT LEAST TWO WORDS THAT RHYME IN 1 OUT OF 5 SONGS.

WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HIP-HOP--SUCKA!

[Dub-U-Eff]

Originally posted by srixon
souls of mischief - 93 til infinity
I was about to say 'goddamn, no one put '93 til infinity on their list' ?!? and then I saw it...nice one srixon... Casual-Fear Itself, J-Zone Sick of Being Rich are a couple of my personal faves as well... the others have already been mentioned

[shiloh187]

sorry mike, i have to disagree with you here. i agree somewhat on snoop, but not fully.

when snoop came out, he was on point. doggstyle i feel was his only worthwhile full release. everything since

then has been the same topics, different beats. although, the cameos he makes on other tracks are always pretty good, but he is handed a new topic to flow on. i think his lyrical skill is there, his imagination just doesnt seem to strive as much as it used to. lets not forge, he did invent a new language (although so did missy elliot and nelly and they arent anywhere near snoops caliber). however, the discussion isnt on what you think about the artist, it is about the greatest hiphop albums of all time. :)

as far as dre goes, i cant believe you would even dispute the chronic. it is one of the greatest solo debuts i can think of. talk about ability to change, grow, and be versatile. from his days with world class wrecking crew (which was wack imho) to a dj to a producer and mc and talent scout - dre has always been ahead of the game and bringing us new things (he did take the risk on eminem, didnt he?). id say the worst thing i can think of as far as dre is concerned was his attempts with The Firm. Even this I think was a good idea as the talent was awesome - but sometimes things just dont work out right. to dispute Dre as original and innovative is assanine.

now, to my list. all of these have been said, and i agree:


snop dogg - doggystle
dr. dre - the chronic
nwa - straight outta compton
notorious big - ready to die + life after death
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - he's the dj, im the rapper
krs one - return of the boom bap
epmd - strictly business
nas - illmatic
beastie boys - paul's boutique
fugees - the score
the roots - illadelph halflife
outkast - southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
wu-tang clan - enter the wu-tang (36 chambers)
a tribe called quest - low end theory
run d.m.c. - raising hell
eric b and rakim - follow the leader
black sheep - a wolf in sheep's clothing
digable planets - blowout comb
blackalicious - nia
mos def + talib kweli - blackstar


and add onto them:

nwa - nwa and the posse + efil4zaggin
slick rick - the great adventures of slick rick + the art of storytelling
the genius - words from the genius
the genius/gza - liquid swords
jay z - vol. 3... life and times of s. carter + mtv unplugged (feat. the roots)
a tribe called quest - midnight marauders
pharrell - the neptunes present the clones
dmx - flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood
gravediggaz - six feet deep
ras kass - on earth as it is...
eminem - the marshall mathers lp
ice cube - predator
de la soul - mosaic thump
cypress hill - black sunday

[viXen]

Tribe Called Quest: the Love Movement

[CitizenUpwrite]

Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop

[cpud]

Originally posted by CitizenUpwrite
Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop

baller :spliff

showbiz & ag - goodfellas is also a good one :ganja

[CitizenUpwrite]

For sure.

Too bad Show and AG fell the FUCK off and faded to wack.

[cpud]

eh thats what seems to happen to the best of em :( :down

[Mister Fantastic]

Insane Clown Posse - Great Milenko
Snow - 12 Inches of Snow
Princess Superstar - Last Of The Great 20th Century Composers
Mellow Man Ace - Escape from Havana
MC 900 Ft Jesus - Hell With The Lid Off
Afros - Kickin' Afrolistics
Professor Griff - Pawns in the Game
Young Black Teenagers - Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz
St. Lunatics - Free City
Father MC - Father's Day

I could go on and on but I promised myself I would limit it to 10..

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OK, seriously, trying not to just repeat what was already said but some of these are tough to argue with:

Run DMC - Raising Hell
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
Public Enemy - Nation of Millions
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Dre - Chronic
Roots - Things Fall Apart
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
LL Cool J - Radio
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Biggie / Tupac - Ready to Die / Strictly 4MN


If I restricted myself to stuff I did not see mentioned I might go with:

Herbalizer - Very Mercenary
DJ Krush - Kakusei
MC Solaar - Prose Combat
Whodini - Escape
DJ Vadim - USSR: Life From The Other Side
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
DJ Q*Bert - Wave Twisters
Ice-T - Power
Greyboy - Mastered The Art


- MF

[grapla]

Just like Canibus said " The greastest rapper of all time died on March 9"

Only the first 2 biggie albums are dope:

Ready 2 die

Life After death

The rest of the biggie Albums and songs the came out way after he died are not as good.

[IonSant]

Ice Cube - First 3 solo albums
DJ Quik - Quik is the name
Slum Village - Fantastic Vol.2
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Cypress Hill - First 3 albums (face it the rest is crap)
De La Soul - AI
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die

[BAY622]

Madvillain - Madvillainy
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
MF Doom - Mmm...Food?
Living Legends - Almost Famous
Living Legends - Angelz with Dirty Faces
Monsta Island Czars - Escape From Monsta Island!
Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader
RJD2 - Deadringer

Some of my faves in recent years... :monkey

[candykiller]

i cant believe no ones sai CAMP LO- UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT!!

that is one of the best underground joints ever!! so many classics!! too bad on the cover of their next cd their in dressed up in shny, plastic cowboy outfits!!yikes!

[Sean C]

Hieroglyphics
Blackstarr/Talib Kweli
Common
Krs-1
Blackalicious
Tribe
Dilated Peoples
Slugg
Mos Def

+ more bitches.

[dockle]

maximum respect to ... LL Cool J you amost need to get his greatest hits but there are a few good works... I dont care what anyone says about this that or the other thing about LL .. maximum respect!

honorable mention:

Funkdoobiest - Which Doobie are You?
Funkdoobiest - Brothas Doobie
House of Pain - Same as it Ever Was

[dockle]

VI - To the Extreme

[NextLevel]

Best compilation ever...

Soul Assasins!! Without a doubt! (not the second one) :reload :reload :reload

[BAY622]

Originally posted by NextLevel
Best compilation ever...

Soul Assasins!! Without a doubt! (not the second one) :reload :reload :reload

Dug the first one... never heard the second one...

[dubmachine]

nuthin new here...

Black Sheep A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
De La Soul is dead + AI
Eminem Marshall Mathers
Ice T - Power
Naughty by Nature 1st one. haha
DJ SHadow Entroducing
Blackstar - Mos Def and Talib Kwali
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
Cypress Hill - Temple of Boom
Aesop Rock - various.

Tribe and all that Native Tongues early 90's shit

Erik B and Rakim, and EPMD and Biggee and MFDoom and RJD2 and mafuggin Wu Tang.

[OutDa Jungle]

Nas-It Was Written
Wu Tang Clan-the first one (I forget the name of it)

[BAY622]

Originally posted by OutDa Jungle
Nas-It Was Written
Wu Tang Clan-the first one (I forget the name of it)
Pretty sure it was listed.

Enter the 36 Chambers is the title.

[dockle]

PW - The Peoples Champ

[BOHshot]

2pac -strictly for my
outkast - southernplaya
tribe - low end
mix master mike - 2000
too short - life is
EPMD - strictly biz
eric b and rakim - follow the leadr
bone - E 1999
anticon - music for . .
sure african bambatta and GMF and the FF should be in there too.

[PUn35]

East Coast, West Coast, Gangsta rap, Hip Hop, Crunk, Funk, hit you wit my double pump... What ever the fuck... If its good I like it and its in here. Oh and just for the record Snoop Dogg Did not start the whole fo shizzle talk.. It was Mac (Dre) drizzay all dam dizzay...

Dr Octagon: Dr Octagon
Prince Paul: A Prince Among Thieves
X-Clan: To The East Blackwards
GZA/Genius: Liquid Swords
Jeru The Damaja: The Sun Rises in the East
EPMD: Strictly Business
Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly
Common: Resurrection
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Wanted Dead Or Alive
Slick Rick: The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
Brand Nubian: One For All
Notorious BIG: Ready to Die
Sage Francis: Personal Journals
Ultramagnetic MCs: Critical Beatbown
The Roots: Do You Want More
Raekwon: Only Built for Cuban Lynx
Nas: Illmatic
Aesop Rock: Float
Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
LL Cool J: Radio
Gang Starr: Step In The Arena
Outkast: Aquemini (1998)
Guru: Jazzmatazz Volume 1
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle
Arrested Development: 3 Years 5 Months and 2 Days In The Life
A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory
Brotha lynch Hung: Season of the sicc
Peanut Butter Wolf: My Vinyl Weighs A Ton
Too Short: Get in Where You Fit In...(Beeeeatch!)
Richie Rich: Seasoned Veteran
RedMan: Dare Iz A Darkside
Spice 1: AmeriKKKa's Nightmare
C-BO: Til My Casket Drops
Mac Dre: Rompalation

[Wes]

Originally posted by cpud
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

:up

Put It On is fucking gangster. :alert

[Danielle V]

Originally posted by MikeDiggity
i keep the backpack straps tight.
the problem with the chronic.. especially "gthang".. was that

:laughing :laughing :laughing
why have i never seen this thread before?

[putita]

an addition-
Immortal Technique, revolutionary volume no. 2

[Black Dahlia]

The Pharcyde- Passing me by

:rinse :reload

[Yuna]

i'm jus putting sum artists (and i may or may not like all their songs or albums):

common
dre
blackstar (mos def/kweli)
sugafree
quik
handsomeboy modeling school
people under the stairs
lauren hill
nas
2pac
biggie
atmosphere
the roots
brother ali
pete rock & cl smooth
gorillaz
murs
jay-z (reasonable doubt is the best)
UGK
do or die
twista
ghetto boyz
erick sermon
method man
redman
gza
hieroglyphics
gangstarr
naughty by nature
tribe (q-tip)
a skillz/krafty kutz
akinyele
masta ace
sum e-40 & 2 short
and i'm sure i 4got a bunch too

DJs/producer/mixtapes:
ZTRIP!
Pete Rock
premier
dangermouse
spair (oakland faders)
Mad Idiot Mixes (all of them!!)
shadow
cut chemist
nu-mark
steinski
jaffa
nightmares on wax
sugafree
cam
locals: pickster, element
and more.....

[sativa]

The title says Albums not artists, Yuni-tard :sativa

[junglistjusbcus]

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and yes the black eyed peas used to be dope. Fergie was a virus to the BEPs in several different ways. LOL.

[EZ-SNIPER]

Group Home - livin' proof

Black Moon - enta da stage

*all boot camp click stuff, cocoa brovaz, Smif-N-Wessun, O.G.C, Heltah Skeltah,

nas - illmatic

all albums by Gangstarr

I could list so many, but it would take too long.

oh and most of "the roots" albums - things fall apart is pretty damn good! but all their previous albums are good too organix, illadelph half life, do you want more.

etc etc etc.

also im hearing lots of new stuff thats still good too like guilty simpson, little brother, lots of dope 9th wonder stuff.

anyway.

ez