Best Ever Hip-Hop Album Nominations

[Precedent]

Alright, so nominate any hip-hop album that's centered around an MC that's NOT in the the overall's top 750.

Every user can get 2 nominations!

So, requirements:

1. Has a "good amount" of Hip-Hop in it (Dälek, Death Grips, cLOUDDEAD, Nicki Minaj, etc. are all fine).
2. It is not within the top 750 on our trusty overall chart
3. It is centered around an MC rather than beats (so, Donuts by J. Dilla is not eligible)



I'll go ahead with my nomination of Drake's Take Care.


Nominations:

Take Care by Drake & Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne (Precedent)
RawHyde by Jeremiah Jae & Oliver The 2nd & Square by Buck 65 (benpaco)
Strictly Business by EPMD & Blue Chips 2 by Action Bronson & Party Supplies (Patman360)
Rip The Jacker by Canibus & Глубина резкости (Glubina Rezkosti) by Dolphin (Happymeal)
Fear Of A Black Tangent by Busdriver & A Badly Broken Code by Dessa (Gowienczyk)
Super Tight by UGK & Street Gospel by Suga Free (Skinny)
Mm.. Food by MF Doom & The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick by Slick Rick (MrFrogger)
The Diary by Scarface (Goodsir)
Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah & Piñata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib (CubaZed)
CLPPNG by clipping. (SuedeSwede)
Innercity Griots by Freestyle Fellowship & Mista Thug Isolation by Lil Ugly Mane (satiemaniac)
Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous by Big L & Negro Necro Nekros by Dälek (SilverWalrus)
One For All by Brand Nubian & Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MCs (Kool Keith Sweat)
Step In The Arena by Gang Starr & AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube (sp4cetiger)
Me Against The World by 2Pac (nachosbob)
D.A.I.S.Y. Rage by Kitty Pryde (Applerill)
Internal Affairs by Pharoahe Monch & Stress: The Extinction Agenda by Organized Konfusion (Mercury)
A Healthy Distrust by Sage Francis (ShaneSpear)
Duppy Writer by Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom & 93 'til Infinity by Souls Of Mischief (noWaxJim)
cLOUDDEAD by cLOUDDEAD (Tonality)
The Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox & Funcrusher Plus by Company Flow (dividesbyzero)
Skelethon by Aesop Rock & The Hard Road by Hilltop Hoods (Borejko)
Enta Da Stage by Black Moon & 6 Feet Deep by Gravediggaz (Drakonium)
Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal & Section.80 by Kendrick Lamar (alelsupreme)
Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version by Ol' Dirty Bastard & Things Fall Apart by The Roots (meccalecca)
Tical by Method Man & Resurrection by Common (RockyRaccoon)
Follow The Leader by Eric B. & Rakim (Necharsian)
Below The Heavens by Blu & Exile & Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde (Hayden)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star by Black Star & Masters of the Universe by Binary Star (eyezayzay)
Mecca And The Soul Brother by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (WindowAbove)
Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious (AlexZangari)
Houston by Slim Thug (bongritsu)
Take Me To Your Leader by King Geedorah & K.R.I.T. Wuz Here by Big K.R.I.T (Muslim-Bigfoot)
Road To The Riches by Kool G Rap (AgainstMeAgainstYou)
Play With Toys by Basehead & The Devil Made Me Do It by Paris (RepoMan)
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold by Atmosphere (Dingerbell)
Tragic Epilogue by Anti-Pop Consortium & The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja (NormanBates)
Life After Death by The Notorious B.I.G. & Capital Punishment by Big Pun (HigherThanTheSun)


Current Nominations: 64

Charts w/ Nominations: 001. Best Ever Hip-Hop Tournament by Precedent

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[benpaco]

OK if this is gonna be a thing, can we agree that it's going to wait a LONG time, yeah? Lot's of other tourneys, don't want too many at once.

Totally thought this was beloved on the site:

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RawHyde by Jeremiah Jae & Oliver The 2nd
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[Patman360]

Strictly Business by EPMD
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[Happymeal]

Rip The Jacker by Canibus is still my favorite hip hop album so that's what I nominate (however, I don't think I've listened to a hip hop album in a few weeks).

[mickilennial]

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Fear Of A Black Tangent by Busdriver

[Skinny]

Argh, what to pick, what to pick. Every Ghostface album is eligible, as is the #1 on my chart, though I feel those albums get enough love anyway. Tempted to go with Clipse's Lord Willin' or Pharaohe Monch's Internal Affairs, or perhaps throw some UK representation into the mix with something by Jehst or Skinnyman or Roots Manuva. Below The Heavens is another possibility, but I figure somebody will nominate that anyway. Pinata or Blue Chips or Marcberg are all options, but I feel the tournament doesn't necessarily need too many albums from this decade. Then, of course, there are classics like Slick Rick's first, Brand Nubian's first, Innercity Griots, pretty much anything by Kool G. Rap or Scarface. Think I'm gonna plump for an old favourite though, perhaps the most effortlessly funky hip-hop album ever, and one by a group that gets nowhere near enough love outside of hip-hop circles. My nomination is...

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Super Tight by UGK
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[MrFrogger]

Oh man, so many eligible albums. Might as well go with an old favorite

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Mm.. Food by MF Doom

[Goodsir]

Gonna go with this one because it doesn't get as nearly as much love as it should

The Diary by Scarface

[CubaZed]

[SuedeSwede]

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CLPPNG by clipping.

aight
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