Top rap albums

[1234567890]

Please post your top rap albums here.
Perhaps up to 50.

[RFNAPLES]

A Tribe Called Quest-The Low End Theory
Beastie Boys-Check Your Head
Beastie Boys-Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys-Paul's Boutique
Cypress Hill-Cypress Hill
Dr. Dre-The Chronic
Eric B. & Rakim-Paid in Full: Platinum Edition
Ice Cube-AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube-Death Certificate
Kurtis Blow-The Best of Kurtis Blow
LL Cool J-All World
LL Cool J-Radio
N.W.A-Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy-Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy-Fear of a Black Planet
Public Enemy-It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Run-D.M.C.-Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.-Run-D.M.C.
Slick Rick-The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Various Artists-Death Row Greatest Hits
Wu-Tang Clan-Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
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[dp39]

Some people on the surface may not of heard of...
BACDAFUCUP- Onyx
Season of da Siccness- Brotha Lynch Hung
Soul on Ice- Ras Kass
187he wrote- Spice 1
Troubled Mind- Dre D
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde- Pharcyde
Enta da stage- Black Moon
Dah Shinin'- Smiff N Wessun
Legal Drug Money- The Lost Boyz
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[40footwolf]

God, I really need to hear more hip hop, but here are my favorites.

De La Soul Is Dead-De La Soul
Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star-Black Star
The Low End Theory-A Tribe Called Quest
Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers-Wu-Tang Clan
Emergency Rations-Mr. Lif

[joannajewsom]

I'm impressed to see Mr. Lif on there, especially since you say need to hear more.

[cartoken]

mine (i'm not a great listner to rap but this is my favorites)

1-Dr.Dre 2001
2-OUTKAST THE LOVE BELOW
3- Kanye West Late Registration
4- Missy Elliott Miss E...So Addictive
5- OUTKAST Stankonia
6- Missy Elliott Supa Dupa Fly
7- Missy Elliott Da Real World
8- Fugees The Score
9- Will Smith Big Willie Style
10- Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak

8)

[telefunker]

top 10 would probably be something like this..

eminem - the marshall mathers lp
dr dre - 2001
nas - illmatic
eminem - the slim shady lp
fugees - the score
nwa - the nwa legacy volume 1
dr dre - the chronic
dj quik - rhythm-al-ism
canibus - for whom the beat tolls
q tip - amplified

i've actually heart a lot of rap, but not albums per se.. singles, signature songs, freestyles etc.. so any recommendations would be very welcome
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[Norman Bates]

Top 20 :
1. almost anything from A Tribe Called Quest, preferably The Low End Theory
2. Mos Def, Black On Both Sides
3. Common, Be
4. Antipop Consortium, The Tragic Epilogue
5. Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
6. Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
7. Run DMC, Run DMC
8. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message
9. Cannibal Ox, The Cold Vein
10.Company Flow, Funcrusher
11.The RZA, Ghost Dog OST
12. EPMD, Business As Usual
13. Eric B & Rakim, Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
14. De La Soul, 3 ft High & Rising
15. NWA, Straight Outta Compton
16. Jurassic 5, Jurassic 5
17. Quannum, Spectrum
18. Dr Octagon, Dr Octagonecologyst
19. Kurtis Blow, The Album
20.and one brilliant French rap band to finish :
NTM - Paris Sous les Bombes - try it.

[Norman Bates]

[joannajewsom]

1. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)- Wu-Tang Clan
2. Paid in Full (1987)- Eric B. & Rakim
3. Liquid Swords (1995)- Genius/GZA
4. Endtroducing (1996)- DJ Shadow
5. Pretty Lizzy Caplan (2009)- Mike Writes and the Epperson Airplane
6. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)- Raekwon
7. Vaudeville Villain (2003)- Viktor Vaughn
8. Critical Beatdown (1988)- Ultramagnetic MC's
9. Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994)- Organized Konfusion
10. Beauty and the Beat (2005)- Edan
11. Breaking Atoms (1991)- Main Source
12. Funcrusher Plus (1997)- Company Flow
13. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)- Eminem
14. The Cold Vein (2001)- Cannibal Ox
15. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)- Public Enemy
16. Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996)- Dr. Octagon
17. The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel? (1999)- Deep Puddle Dynamics
18. Muddy Waters (1996)- Redman
19. Illmatic (1994)- Nas
20. cLOUDDEAD (2001)- cLOUDDEAD
21. Supreme Clientele (2000)- Ghostface Killah
22. 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)- De La Soul
23. Deltron 3030 (2000)- Deltron 3030
24. Madvillainy (2004)- Madvillain
25. Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)- Ice Cube