Best Ever Albums

Re: Rap

tgodd2.0 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:33:20 GMT

Author: tgodd2.0

Posted: 07/31/2009 22:33

telefunker wrote:

1. eminem - the marshall mathers lp
2. dr dre - 2001
3. eminem - the slim shady lp
4. n.w.a - the n.w.a legacy volume 1
5. dj quik - rhythm-al-ism
6. fugees - the score
7. dr dre - the chronic
8. canibus - for whom the beat tolls
9. 2pac - greatest hits
10. nate dogg - ghetto preacher
11. snoop dogg - doggystyle
12. p diddy - forever
13. eminem - the eminem show
14. notorious big - greatest hits
15. q tip - amplified
16. will smith - big willie style
17. eminem - relapse
18. n.w.a - the n.w.a legacy volume 2
19. warren g - regulate g funk era
20. nas - god's son
21. ll cool j - mr smith
22. lauryn hill - the miseducation of lauryn hill
23. jay z - the black album

0/10

Re: Rap

tgodd — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:23:09 GMT

Author: tgodd

Posted: 07/16/2009 23:23

Yea I was just working on a top 50 hip hop album list the other day. Weird coincidence. Anyway this isn't final:

1. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
2. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical beatdown
3. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
4. Ice Cube - Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
5. Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
6. Public Enemy - It takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
7. Wu Tang - Enter the Wu
8. Nas - Illmatic
9. Ice-T – O.G.
10. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
11. Jungle Brothers - Done By the Forces of Nature
12. EPMD - Strictly Business
13. BDP - Criminal Minded
14. The DOC - Nobody Does it Better
15. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
16. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
17. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
18. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
19. GZA - Liquid Swords
20. Dr Dre – The Chronic
21. Run DMC - Raising Hell
22. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
23. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Live and Let Die
24. Lord Finesse – Funky Technician
25. Gang Starr – Step in the Arena
26. Slick Rick – Great Adventures of
27. Schoolly D – Saturday Night
28. OutKast – ATLiens
29. Pete Rock and CL Smooth – Mecca & the Soul Brother
30. Organized Konfusion – Stress: Extinction Agenda
31. Smif N Wessun – Dah Shinin’
32. Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
33. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
34. LL Cool J – Radio
35. Just-Ice – Back to the Old School
36. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
37. Souls of Mischief – 93 ‘til Infinity
38. Black Sheep – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
39. Common – Resurrection
40. The Coup – Steal this Album
41. Above the Law – Uncle Sam’s Curse
42. Gravediggaz – 6 Feet Deep
43. Onyx – All We Got Iz Us
44. Jeru the damaja – The Sun Rises in the East
45. Geto Boys – We Can’t Be Stopped
46. Main Source – Breaking Atoms
47. AZ – Doe or Die
48. Masta Ace Inc – Slaughtahouse
49. Big L – Lifestylez of da Poor and Dangerous
50. Capone-N-Noreaga - War Report

Apologizies to Soul Food, Curb Servin, Cold Vein, Paul's Boutique, Soundbombing 1, Word Life, Stunts Blunts & hiphop, Supreme Clientele, One for All, Dare Iz a Darkside, Goin' Off, Tha Carter II, whatever else.

Re: Rap

maxxy — Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:59:33 GMT

Author: maxxy

Posted: 07/09/2009 13:59

The biggest hole in my rap collection is Wu-Tang. God I need to get 36 chambers...

1. Nation of Millions-Public Enemy
2. Paul's Boutique-Beastie Boys
3. 3 Feet High and Rising-De La Soul
4. Liquid Swords-GZA
5. Licensed To Ill-Beastie Boys
6. Marshall Mathers LP-Eminem
7. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx-Raekwon
8. Breaking Atoms-Main Source
9. The Cold Vein-Cannibal Ox
10. Illmatic-Nas
11. Soul Food-Goodie Mob
12. The Chronic-Dr. Dre
13. All Balls Don't Bounce-Aceyalone
14. Funcrusher Plus-Company Flow
15. Slim Shady LP-Eminem
16. Doggystyle-Snoop Dogg
17. Public Enemy-Fear of a Black Planet

Re: Rap

telefunker — Thu, 9 Jul 2009 05:55:00 GMT

Author: telefunker

Posted: 07/09/2009 09:55

1. eminem - the marshall mathers lp
2. dr dre - 2001
3. eminem - the slim shady lp
4. n.w.a - the n.w.a legacy volume 1
5. dj quik - rhythm-al-ism
6. fugees - the score
7. dr dre - the chronic
8. canibus - for whom the beat tolls
9. 2pac - greatest hits
10. nate dogg - ghetto preacher
11. snoop dogg - doggystyle
12. p diddy - forever
13. eminem - the eminem show
14. notorious big - greatest hits
15. q tip - amplified
16. will smith - big willie style
17. eminem - relapse
18. n.w.a - the n.w.a legacy volume 2
19. warren g - regulate g funk era
20. nas - god's son
21. ll cool j - mr smith
22. lauryn hill - the miseducation of lauryn hill
23. jay z - the black album

Re: Rap

Norman Bates — Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:50:03 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 07/08/2009 21:50

Common, "Like water for chocolate" & "Be"
Wu-Tang Clan "Enter the Wu-Tang, 36 chambers"
Public Enemy, "It takes a nation of millions..." & "Yo ! Bum rush the show"
Mos Def "Black on both sides"
EPMD "Business as usual"
Eric B & Rakim "Let the rhythm hit 'em"
Antipop Consortium "Tragic epilogue" & "Arrhythmia"
Run DMC "Run DMC"
A Tribe Called Quest "The Low end theory"
Nas "Illmatic"
De La Soul "3feet high & rising"
J.Dilla a.k.a. Jay Dee "Donuts"
Mos Def & Talib Kweli "Are Black Star"
Cannibal Ox "The Cold vein"
Suprême NTM "Paris sous les bombes" & "Suprême NTM"

Re: Rap

teodor_matz — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:03:12 GMT

Author: teodor_matz

Posted: 05/11/2009 16:03

1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
2. GZA - Liquid Swords
3. Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
4. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
5. De La Soul - 3 Feet High... And Rising
6. Kanye West - Late Registration
7. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
8. Jungle Brothers - Straight out the Jungle
9. Dr Dre - The Chronic
10. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...
11. Kanye West - The College Dropout
12. Fugees - The Score
13. The Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
14. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
15. Eric. B and Rakim - Paid in Full
16. Nas - Illmatic
17. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
18. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
19. The Last Poets - The Last Poets
20. Outkast - Stankonia
21. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sell
22. Run DMC - Run DMC
23. Common - Be
24. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
25. Flobots - Fight With Tools
26. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
27. Akira the Don - When we Were Young
28. DJ Shadow - Private Press
29. Kanye West - Graduation
30. Beastie Boys - Paul Boutique
31. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
32. Apathy and Celph Titled - No Place Like Chrome
33. Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature
34. DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike
35. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

Re: Rap

joannajewsom — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:54:44 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 05/11/2009 01:54

JohnnyRocketFingers wrote:

It Takes a Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back = BRILLIANT

Hell yeah!

Here's my attempt at a greatest hip-hop list. I would love to see lists from all of you guys.

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. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)- Public Enemy
6. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)- Raekwon
7. Critical Beatdown (1988)- Ultramagnetic MC's
8. Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994)- Organized Konfusion
9. Vaudeville Villain (2003)- Viktor Vaughn
10. Breaking Atoms (1991)- Main Source
11. Funcrusher Plus (1997)- Company Flow
12. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)- Eminem
13. The Cold Vein (2001)- Cannibal Ox
14. The Low End Theory (1991)- A Tribe Called Quest
15. Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996)- Dr. Octagon
16. Paul's Boutique (1989)- Beastie Boys
17. The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel? (1999)- Deep Puddle Dynamics
18. Muddy Waters (1996)- Redman
19. Beauty and the Beat (2005)- Edan
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. Illmatic (1994)- Nas
26. Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)- Ice Cube
27. Me Against the World (1995)- 2Pac
28. Tical (1994)- Method Man
29. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)- Slick Rick
30. Capital Punishment (1998)- Big Punisher
31. The Further Adventures of Lord Quas (2005)- Quasimoto
32. The Infamous...(1995)- Mobb Deep
33. Daily Operation (1992)- Gang Starr
34. Uptown Saturday Night (1997)- Camp Lo
35. Ready to Die (1994)- Notorious B.I.G.

Re: Rap

JohnnyRocketFingers — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:20:04 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 05/11/2009 01:20

It Takes a Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back = BRILLIANT

Re: Rap

telefunker — Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:50:41 GMT

Author: telefunker

Posted: 04/01/2009 15:50

GregorSama: It doesn't surprise me that nobody's mentioned The Streets. Whilst I think Mike Skinner is a nice enough guy, I think he's thoroughly mediocre as a lyricist. Like the Arctic Monkeys and The Enemy (bands I can't stand), his appeal lies solely in being a 'geezer who tells it like it is'. Personally, I think his is a rather contrived attempt at being genuine, what with the whole middle-class brummy background being veiled with an all-too-common working class mockney persona.

Besides, I think his delivery technique is closer to that of a spoken word artist than a rapper.

Canibus is a fantastic lyricist in my opinion. In no way does someone like Mike Skinner come close to matching him. Check out For Whom The Beat Tolls. Some quality shit on there.

Eminem of course would seem to be the only (prominent) rapper with a sense of humour and the only one since 2pac with a blatant disregard for the status quo.

Lauryn Hill is a good rapper too. At least on The Score with The Fugees. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill is also really good.

Daz/Kurupt/Tha Dogg Pound (whatever you wanna call them) are good too. Especially if you like the whole 90's west coast vibe. Naturally, the best hip hop producer is Dr Dre. Nobody else comes anywhere near him.

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Re: Rap

RFNAPLES — Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:15:04 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 04/01/2009 14:15

Check these Rap albums out:

A Tribe Called Quest-The Low End Theory-1991
Beastie Boys-Check Your Head-1992
Beastie Boys-Licensed to Ill-1986
Beastie Boys-Paul's Boutique-1989
Cypress Hill-Cypress Hill-1991
Dr. Dre-The Chronic-1992
Eric B. & Rakim-Paid in Full: Platinum Edition-1998
Ice Cube-AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted-1990
Ice Cube-Death Certificate-1991
Kurtis Blow-The Best of Kurtis Blow-1994
LL Cool J-All World-1996
LL Cool J-Radio-1985
N.W.A-Straight Outta Compton-1988
Public Enemy-Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black-1991
Public Enemy-Fear of a Black Planet-1990
Public Enemy-It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back-1988
Run-D.M.C.-Raising Hell-1986
Run-D.M.C.-Run-D.M.C.-1984
Slick Rick-The Great Adventures of Slick Rick-1988
Wu-Tang Clan-Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)-1993

Re: Rap

notaclareintheworld — Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:29:32 GMT

Author: notaclareintheworld

Posted: 04/01/2009 06:29

Definitely go for the Jurassic 5!

(And I still love Lil Wayne, no matter what people say)

Re: Rap

joonya77 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:10:16 GMT

Author: joonya77

Posted: 03/31/2009 20:10

Handsome Boy Modeling School - So How's Your Girl
Soundbombing II on Rawkus Records (somebody already listed Black on Both Sides by Mos Def.)

Re: Rap

JohnnyRocketFingers — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:27:00 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 01/09/2009 02:27

Same. And i just go 2 Live Crew because i have little party rap and "As nasty as they wanna be" is under rap. I can review the album in one word:

CRAP

Re: Rap

maxxy — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:12:07 GMT

Author: maxxy

Posted: 01/09/2009 02:12

Wholly crap how do you find this stuff? I mean, I look but I couldn't do half of that list.

All time favorite rap album: nation of millions--public enemy

Re: Rap

JohnnyRocketFingers — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:47:43 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 01/08/2009 22:47

I love Vaudeville Villiany and to me Madvilliany and VV are tied. In my music collection the album is under MF Doom but i've heard it's supposed to be victor vaughn.

Re: Rap

joannajewsom — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:41:26 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 01/08/2009 22:41

Good stuff, Johnny. I won't try to top it. Have you heard Viktor Vaughn's (MF DOOM alias) 'Vaudeville Villain" album? Doom has a solid discography, and no matter how much acclaim the Madvillainy album gets, I still think VV is his best work and the closest to a hip-hop classic of anything this decade.

Re: Rap

JohnnyRocketFingers — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:39:51 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 01/08/2009 20:39

My collection of rap music is very good (not to brag)

Right now my rap includes all of these artists:

Aceyalone
Aesop Rock
Afrika Bambaataa
Atmosphere
Beastie Boys
Black Sheep
Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli)
Blu Exile
Boogie Down Productions
Burial
CL Smooth and Pete Rock
Cannibal Ox
cLOUDDEAD
Company Flow
The D.O.C.
Danger Doom
Das EFX
De La Soul
Digital Underground
Dilated Peoples
DJ Spooky
Dr Dre
Dr Octagon
Eminem
EPMD
Freestyle Fellowship
The Fugees
Gang Starr
Ghostface Killah
Goodie Mob
Grandmaster Flash
GZA
Ice T
Ice Cube
J Dilla
Jay Z
Jeru The Damaja
Jungle Brothers
Jurassic 5
Kid Koala
Last Poets
Lauryn Hill
Leaders of the New School
Madvillian
Main Source
Matronix
MF Doom
Mobb Deep
Mos Def
NWA
Nas
The Notorious BIG
Outkast
The Pharcyde
Public Enemy
Q Tip
Quasimoto
Raekwon
The Roots
Run DMC
Slick Rick
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Souls of Mischief
Stetsasonic
Subtle
A Tribe Called Quest
Wu Tang Clan
2pac

Top that haha

Re: Rap

teodor_matz — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:05:57 GMT

Author: teodor_matz

Posted: 12/12/2008 15:05

Hip-Hop is great...
some of my favorites...
Mos Def and Talib Kwele are Blackstar
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Fugees - The Score
The Jungle Brothers - Straight out the Jungle
De La Soul - 3 Feet Hing and Rising
Jay-Z - Resonable Doubt
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Nas - Illmatic

Re: Rap

telefunker — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:03:17 GMT

Author: telefunker

Posted: 12/11/2008 21:03

If you're into lyrics, compelling ones at that, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Canibus.

Would highly recommend any of his albums to you if you're into Dylan/Young.

For Whom The Beat Tolls, Rip The Jacker and 2000BC should cover it.

Re: Rap

JohnnyRocketFingers — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 20:12:36 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 10/09/2008 00:12

Wu-Tang Clan is so good.

At first they are so different from all other gangsta rap that it's hard to listen to because of it's stripped down style and it's production style but once you get into it it is amazing. The Lyrics are witty, deep, and sometimes really funny. (Method Man; just listen to the beginning) Overall it is a fantastic album