Top 10 Essential Hip-Hop Albums

here comes more:

Jeru Tha Damaja - "The Sun Rises in the East," "The Wrath of the Math"
Jamal - "Last Chance, No Breaks"
Ghostface - "Ironman," "Supreme Clientele,"..Entire Discography
Gang Starr - "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
EPMD - "Strictly Business," "Unfinished Business," Business as Usual," Business Never Personal," Back in Business"
E-40 - "In a Major Way," "The HAll of Game," "Th eElement of Surprise", "Grit & Grind," "Breakin' News," "My Ghetto Report Card," "The Ball Street Journal," "Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift," "Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift"
DJ Krush - "Stepping Stones - The Self-Remixed Best (320) - Disc 1 (Lyricism)," "Milight,"... Whole Discography.. especially Pete Rock Remixes and Beatminerz remixs of his shit
DEAD PREZ - WHOLE DISCOGRAPHY - Especially Mixtapes
Ice-T - "Power,""The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say," "O.G. Original Gangster"
Mantronix - "The Best of Mantronix 1985-1999"
Masta Killah - "Made In Brooklyn," "No Said Date"
Mef - Tical"
Nine - "Nine Livez"
Nas - "Illmatic," "It Was Written"
The Firm
Notorious B.I.G. - "Ready to Die," "Life after Death"
O.C. - "Word...Life"
Organized Konfusion
Original Flavor - Beyond Flavor
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - "Mecca and the Soul Brother," "The Main Ingredient," "All Souled Out EP"
OGC - "Da Storm," "The M-Pire Strikez Back"
Pharoahe Monch - "Internal Affairs"
P.E. - "Yo! Bum Rush the Show," "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back," "Fear of a Black Planet," "Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black," "Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age," "There's a Poison Goin' On," "Revolverlution," "Rebirth of a Nation," "How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?"
Rza - "..as Bobby Digital in Strereo," Entire Discography
Sadat X - "Wild Cowboys"
Showbiz and A.G. - "Good Fellas," "Runaway Slave"
Scientifik - "Criminal"
Shyheim - "The Lost Generation"
Beastie Boys - Discography - Especially Def Jam recordings
A Tribe Called Quest - Discography
LL Cool J - "Radio"
Fugees - "The Score"
The Roots - Discography
Run DMC - Discography
Slick Rick - Anythig he touches
Kurtis Blow - "Kurtis Blow"
Africa Bambatta - Discography
Stetsasonic - Discography
BDP - "Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-Hop"


there are more... but SOME people don't like my long list
 
oneswtwld said:
here they come:

"Redman presents... Reggie"

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a pitiful album. Really dont see why you had to throw that shit in there. Redman is old-school, not todays rap.

Kid cudi is hip-hop no matter what any of you claim. Listen to the beats- what he sings about. You could never sell any of his albums under the pop genre. Same goes for lil wayne he is rap, not pop. I believe you can only represent music from decades, there is so much change in every genre in a ten-year span (save country :p )

I will be back with my ten, then all you can judge and bitch at me.
 
madswagga said:
a pitiful album. Really dont see why you had to throw that shit in there. Redman is old-school, not todays rap.

Kid cudi is hip-hop no matter what any of you claim. Listen to the beats- what he sings about. You could never sell any of his albums under the pop genre. Same goes for lil wayne he is rap, not pop. I believe you can only represent music from decades, there is so much change in every genre in a ten-year span (save country :p )

I will be back with my ten, then all you can judge and bitch at me.
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the thread topic is not "top ten essential albums of 'today'"...

It is "Top essential hip-hop albums"

And I happen to think that Redman... coming out as Reggie Noble, all by himself, is pretty sweet
 
Do the trip-hop artists (massive attack, spiritualized, herbalizer etc.) count as hip-hop?
 
oneswtwld said:
the thread topic is not "top ten essential albums of 'today'"...

It is "Top essential hip-hop albums"

And I happen to think that Redman... coming out as Reggie Noble, all by himself, is pretty sweet
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It's super commercial and he uses autotune and shit, I really don't like it. In all fairness though, he said it was going to be commercial.

Redman's older stuff is essential though, and he'll make better things then Reggie in the future I think.
 
psychomimetic said:
It's super commercial and he uses autotune and shit, I really don't like it. In all fairness though, he said it was going to be commercial.

Redman's older stuff is essential though, and he'll make better things then Reggie in the future I think.
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true that...


Muddy Waters is his best work
 
The Rock Monster said:
Yo i dont know about the ten best, but i know Wu Tang is for the children.

Seriously, get all the Wu Tang shit. No one rhymes like these cats. If you love hip hop do it.

PS -- Ghostface, Raekwon and Method Man are the best of the clan. ODB used to be. RIP.

Peace
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The Genius got mad skills , n he produces . Method Man may have more charisma but lyrically GZA is way superior. BTW i ain't hating jus my opinion:)
 
36 chambers
Return to the 36 chambers
Straight outta compton
Them
6 Feet Deep
Only Built For Cuban Linx
Crownsdown
Deep Puddle Dynamics
No Music

I ain't rappin for gggoddd
I ain't rappin pity
I ain't rappin for profits
I ain't rappin chicks
I ain't rappin others
I ain't rappin for money
I ain't rappin4money

I LOVE IT!!!!!
 
oneswtwld said:
They don't call him "The Genius" for no reason
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Pretty sure he gave himself that nickname.










and here's another 'essential' album:

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Craig G -The kingpin
Masta Ace - Sittin on Chrome & Take a look around
LL Cool J - Radio
Nas - Illmatic
Ghostface - Supreme Clientle
Ghostface & Raekwon - Cuban Linx
Big Daddy Kane - Looks like a job 4...
King Tee - At your own risk
Beastie Boys - Liscence 2 ill
Run Dmc - Raising Hell
 
oneswtwld said:
I'm "pretty sure" of a lot of things.... but he is a fucking genius brah... chill out
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I am chill.

But take away Liquid Swords and he starts to look a lot less like a genius. I like GZA and I'm not trying to start any beef, but that he only put out one solid solo album imo.
 
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