Top 10 Essential Hip-Hop Albums

Max Power said:
IMO, his sound brings nothing original to the table.
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nothing is original

not only that but rap almost as a whole is far from original. it all depends on how you look at it really, but if originality is your absolute no. 1 importance, i doubt you'll be a rap fan for long.

to that end a large part of rap is just how well you do what you do. how original was biggie?
 
KamMoye said:
nothing is original

not only that but rap almost as a whole is far from original. it all depends on how you look at it really, but if originality is your absolute no. 1 importance, i doubt you'll be a rap fan for long.

to that end a large part of rap is just how well you do what you do. how original was biggie?
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You can argue nothing is completely original. okay, sure, why not.

The point is, Lil Wayne sounds like a lot of other people out there. That is to say, a lot of people can put out music that sounds exactly like his. You can't say that about Biggie (although, nice try Shyne!)
 
Off da top my head and in no particular order:

N.W.A- Straight outta Compton
G - RAP & Polo - Wanted DEad or Alive
The Gza -Liquid Swords
Marley Marl- In Control
Ghostface & Raekwon - Ironman
Ice-T - The Iceberg
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane
Kool G RAP - 4,5,6
Eazy E - Eazy duz IT
Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
 
Very similar taste

oneswtwld said:
here they come:

Smif-n-Wessun - "Rude Awakening," "Reloaded"
Big Daddy Kane - "Long Live the Kane," "It's a Big Daddy Thing"
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - "Creepin' on a Come Up," "E. 1999 Eternal," "The Art of War"
B.O.N.E. Enterprise - "Faces of Death"
Xzibit - "At the Speed of Life," "40 Dayz & 40 Nightz"
UGK - Discography
U.N. - "UN or U Out"
Boot Camp Clik - "For the People," "Basic Training," "The Chosen Few," "The Last Stand"
Boot Camp Clik and Outlawz - "2Pac Presents: One Nation"
Too Short - Complete Discography - Especially early shit and ESPECIALLY his first three independent releases
Pharcyde - "Bizarre Ride II," "Labcabincalifornia"
The Perceptionists - "Black Dialogue"
Bronze Nazareth - "The Great Migration," "Almighty Original S.I.N.," "Food for Thought"
Canibus - "Can-I-Bus," "Mic Club: The Curriculum," "Rip the Jacker," "For Whom the Beat Tolls," "Melatonin Magik"
Canibus and Keith Murray Are the Undergods
Chubb Rock - "The One"
The Four Horsemen - "Apocalypse Now"
The Dungeon Family - "Even In Darkness"
Bubba Sparxxx - Discography
Goodie MOb - "Soul Food," "Still Standing"
Gravediggaz - "Niggamortis/6-Feet Deep," "The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel"
Gza - "Words From the Genius," "Pro-Tools," fuckit...whole discography
Handsome Boy Modeling School - Discography
Hell Razah - "Heaven Razah," "Razah's Ladder," "Freedom of Speech" (With 4th Disciple), "Renaissance Child," " Welcome to Red Hook Houses," "Ultra Sounds of a Renaissance Child," "When All Hell Breaks Loose," "Hell Hop volumes 1 and 2"
Sunz of Man - Discography
Killah Priest - Discography, especially "Heavy Mental, "The Offering," "Elizabeth," "Priesthood," "The Exorcist," "The Three day Theory," "Killah Tacticz: volumes 1 and 2"
Killarmy - Discography
Cilvaringz - "Evil Presents Have Sword Will Travel"
Cypress Hill - "Cypress Hill," "Black Sunday," "Temple of Boom," "Unreleased and Revamped"
D.I.T.C. - DISCOGRAPHY
Das Efx - "Dead Serious," "Straight Up Sewaside," "Hold It Down"
De La Soul - "3 Feet High and Rising"
Kool G Rap - Anything he touches
KRS-ONE and Buckshot - "Survival Skills"
Lord Finesse and DJ Mike Smooth (DJ Premiere) - "Funky Technician"
Lost Boyz - "Legal Drug Money," "Love, Peace and Nappiness"
Macabeez - "The Spooks That Kicked Down The Door"
Raekwon - Discography
Rakim - Anything he touches
Ras Kass - Anything he touches
Redman - "Whut? Thee Album," "Dare Iz a Darkside," " Muddy Waters," "Ill at Will Mixtapes," "Funk From Hell Mixtapes," "Redman presents... Reggie"
Red and Mef - "Blackout!"
Resident Alien and Prince Paul - "It Takes a Nation of Suckas to Let Us In"
Royal Flush - "Ghetto Millionaire"
The DOC - "No One Can Do it Better," "Helter Skelter"
Tha Dogg Pound - "Dogg Food"
Tha Alkaholiks - "21 & Over," "Coast II Coast," "Likwidation"
Strictly Roots - "Begs No Friends"
M.O.P. - "Firing Squad," "First Family 4 Life," "Warriorz," "Foundation"
Onyx - "Bacdafucup," "All We Got Iz Us," "Shut 'Em Down"
Mobb Deep - "The Infamous," "Hell on Earth," "Murda Muzik," "Amerikaz Nightmare"


more to come...
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I ain't feeling 2 well ATM cos i got the flu. i'm confident give or take a few Albums that this guy represents proper Hip Hop 2 the fullest so jus about anything he's down with so am i although we have varying opinions on Gangstarr;)
 
that's not what i'm arguing. i'm saying the vast majority of rap is bland and unoriginal.

"The point is, Lil Wayne sounds like a lot of other people out there."

be specific in your POV. are you saying that's why YOU don't like lil wayne? (assuming you don't like lil wayne and aren't playing devil's advocate)

btw everyone in rap is rapping like biggie/jay-z because that's what they grew up on. everyone is trying to sound like lil wayne because he set the standard. i don't see validity in ur point. what if i don't listen to everyone else and only know about lil wayne?

is that really why you don't like his music? i don't like music because it doesn't SOUND good.
 
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brimz said:
I ain't feeling 2 well ATM cos i got the flu. i'm confident give or take a few Albums that this guy represents proper Hip Hop 2 the fullest so jus about anything he's down with so am i although we have varying opinions on Gangstarr;)
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one love
 
KamMoye said:
that's not what i'm arguing. i'm saying the vast majority of rap is bland and unoriginal.

"The point is, Lil Wayne sounds like a lot of other people out there."

be specific in your POV. are you saying that's why YOU don't like lil wayne? (assuming you don't like lil wayne and aren't playing devil's advocate)

btw everyone in rap is rapping like biggie/jay-z because that's what they grew up on. everyone is trying to sound like lil wayne because he set the standard. i don't see validity in ur point. what if i don't listen to everyone else and only know about lil wayne?

is that really why you don't like his music? i don't like music because it doesn't SOUND good.
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At the end of the day, we're really debating about individual opinions, which vary widely from person to person. The hip-hop that I personally enjoy, is more like this or this. Now, how that differs from Lil Wayne and his ilk, I'll let you decide. Whether or not it's better than Lil Wayne, I will also let you decide.

It's all personal tastes at the end of the day, and I often forget that.
 
I don't mind Lil Wayne. He's pretty entertaining. I just don't think he's a great rapper.

I wanna add Mos Def - Black on Both Sides to my list.
 
Bone Thugz and Harmony; E 1999 Eternal
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
2pac - All Eyez on Me
Jay-Z- The Blueprint
Kanye West - College Dropout
Dr Dre- The Chronic
Nas - Illmatic
Notorious B.I.G Ready To Die
Lil Wayne -The Carter III


^try to get me to change my mind on this list. i dare you
 
Here's this white boy's 10 favorite in no particular order:

1. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
2. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
3. Fugees - The Score
4. Heiroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
5. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
6. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
7. MC Chris - Life's a Bitch and I'm Her Pimp
8. Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony - E 1999 Eternal
9. Tupac Shakur - Me Against the World
10. DMX - Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood
 
1- Spooks: Vol. 1-S.I.O.S.O.S.
2- Blackstar: Blackstar
3- Arrested Development: 3 Years, 5 months, & 2 Days In The Life Of...
4- Deltron 3030: Deltron 3030
5- Fugees: The Score
6- Lupe Fiasco: Food & Liquor
7- N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
8- A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory
9- Common: Like Water For Chocolate
10- Atmosphere: Overcast!
 
Max Power said:
Whatever happened to the Fat Boys?
They shoulda recruited me,
I'm skinny makin' phat noise!
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Much love 2 The Fat Boys , wicked Beat Boxers n way ahead of their time.
I think the biggest one died of a heart attack not 100% on this though.
Do u remeber this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k78sTltIgI
Great video n peeps could learn alot from the lyrics
peace Brimz
 
Firing Squad- M.O.P.
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
Illmatic - Nas
Ready to Die/Life After Death - Biggie
All Eyez on Me - 2Pac
The Infamous - Mobb Deep
Tical - Method Man
The Sun Rises in the East - Jeru the Damaja
6 Feet Deep - Gravediggaz
Creepin oh ah Come Up - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

in no specific order, plus many more
 
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