Greatest Rapper - Music - Forums : Best Ever Albums

joannajewsom · 2009-11-16T23:23:38-05:00

Lyrically. Not the one with the catchiest songs, best beats, or the biggest chain and stuff. Doom, innit? Eminem is a technical genius, but his subject matter hasn't been interesting since The Eminem Show.

Elston Profile

Well, as I'm just getting into rap I would be interested in hearing some recommendations. My fav. album so far I guess is Illmatic, which I imagine is a relatively straight-forward and mainstream work. I'd love to hear more albums like that, with good introspective/dynamic lyrics and great multi-layered beats. I'm not looking for anything too raw, I'd actually like to hear something really well produced, but still interesting. The other rappers I like are along the lines of Eminmem & Kanye West...hehe yeah. I know nothing. Probably a big part of why I misunderstood this thread to begin with.

RFNAPLES Level 8 Profile
Location: Durham, NC, USA

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
Various-Death Row Greatest Hits-1996
Wu-Tang Clan-Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)-1993
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Kiki

Cypress Hill are a great rap group! Their debut is one of their best too 😄

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest is often overlooked in favor of their other albums. I think Q-Tip comes across outstanding on that record. Definitely worth a listen!

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Location: Philadelphia

RFNAPLES wrote:

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
Various-Death Row Greatest Hits-1996
Wu-Tang Clan-Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)-1993

Naples, this is a thread where we are discussing the skill and talent of rappers, not just listing hip-hop albums. Would you like to name some of your favorite rappers and tell us what you like about them?

RFNAPLES Level 8 Profile
Location: Durham, NC, USA

I was responding to a request from Elston. Please shut up! Go police the latrines. You are not the god you think you are.
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joannajewsom Profile
Location: Philadelphia

Explain your choices, because I don't think several of them fit what Elston is looking for.

Considering that it is the same list that you copied and pasted from the top rap albums thread, I doubt you put any thought into your recommendations. It's your stock rap list that I've seen several times.

But prove me wrong and explain your recommendations.

RFNAPLES Level 8 Profile
Location: Durham, NC, USA

I don't need to explain anything to you. The list was augmented from the prior list. Let Elston decide by listening or sampling them, we don't need you to act as a filter or give your imprimatur. Stifle yourself JJ.
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RFNAPLES Level 8 Profile
Location: Durham, NC, USA

Elston in case you don't like those rap albums, try this larger list of hip-hop, excuse the repeats:

2 Pac-All Eyez On Me
2 Pac-Greatest Hits
50 Cent-Get Rich Or Die Tryin’
50 Cent-The Massacre
B., Eric & Rakim-Paid In Full: Platinum Edition
Beastie Boys-Check Your Head
Beastie Boys-Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys-Paul’s Boutique
Blige, Mary J.-My Life
Blige, Mary J.-What's The 411?
Blow, Kurtis-The Best Of Kurtis Blow
Cube, Ice-Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
Cube, Ice-Death Certificate
Cypress Hill-Cypress Hill
DMX-...& Then There Was X
Dre, Dr.-Dr. Dre 2001
Dre, Dr.-The Chronic
Elliott, Missy-Miss E... So Addictive
Elliott, Missy Misdemeanor-Supa Dupa Fly
Eminem-The Eminem Show
Eminem-The Marshall Mathers Lp
Fugees-The Score
Genius/GZA-Liquid Swords
Green, Cee-Lo-Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine
Hammer-Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em
Hill, Lauryn -The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
J, L.L. Cool-All World
J, L.L. Cool-Radio
Jay-Z-The Blueprint
Killah, Ghostface-Fishscale
Madvillain-Madvillainy
N.W.A-Straight Outta Compton
Nelly-Country Grammar
Notorious B.I.G., The-Life After Death
Outkast-Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Outkast-Stankonia
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
Rascal, Dizzee-Boy In Da Corner
Rick, Slick-The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
Roots, The-Phrenology
Run-D.M.C.-Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.-Run-D.M.C.
Shadow, DJ-Endtroducing...
TLC-Crazysexycool
TLC-Fanmail
Tribe Called Quest, A-The Anthology
Tribe Called Quest, A-The Low End Theory
Various-Death Row Greatest Hits
West, Kanye-College Dropout
West, Kanye-Late Registration
Wu-Tang Clan-Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
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Location: Sweden

All Wu-Tang members
Nas
Q-Tip
Eminem
Kanye West
Big Boi
André 3000

purple

'Nilla Ice. 'Nuff said.