If you were to compile a list of the greatest hip hop albums of all time which ones would you include? Here are mine: Nas - Illmatic Dr. Dre - The Chronic Kanye West - College Dropout Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers 2pac - All Eyez on Me
Good choices. few others... Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full Outkast - Stankonia 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin Ludacris - Word of Mouf Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design Hieroglyphics - Full Circle Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle DangerDoom - The Mouse and The Mask
Dead Prez- Lets Get Free Bone Thugs- Art of War Tupac- All Eyez on Me Danger Mouse- The Grey Album Geto Boys- We Can't Be Stopped UGK- Super Tight
agree with them all except Kanye. He is a horrible rapper. 2pac - Me Against the World / All Eyez on Me Snoop Doggy Dog - DoggyStyle Dr.Dre - The Chronic Nas - Illmatic Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life Eminem - Slim Shady LP and a recent one I have been listening to, that will no doubt be among the greatest albums ever .. Young Jeezy - The Inspiration
Chamillionaire - The Sound of Revenge, of course Actually, my favorite hip-hop album of all time is Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt"
great album....thats why jay z was at his best....then he found out he could make more money marketing toward young white girls
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Reflection Eternal Talib Kweli & Mos Def - Black Star Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor Common - Like Water For Chocolate
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation... or Fear of a Black Planet Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (I like Buh-loone Mind State better but this was the first and more popular) The Roots - Things Fall Apart Outkast - Aquemini
As much as I love The Roots, I don't think they have one amazing album. Parts of Phrenology are great. and I love more than half of The Tipping Point, I just don't think they have yet to put out a truly "best of all time" caliber album.
ATCQ - Midnight marauders Organized Konfusion - extinction agenda Black moon - Da shinin Rex Navarette - Husky Boy
Reasonable Doubt Life After Death Capital Punishment Enter the 36 Chambers *****Z4LIFE southernplayalisticadillacfunkymuzik Liquid Swords Doggystyle The Untouchable Doe or Die Chronic 2001 Supreme Clientele and I had to throw this one in there... To Tha X-Treme...
didn't think that anyone would mention this album. it got a schit load of underground praise in the mid 90's, but only caught on on the east coast. gza "genius" is probably the most underrated true hip-hop artist alive. i have his first album, but i was didn't buy anything else of his afterwards. just didn't want to be disappointed i guess (caught the carrie/carrie 2 disease) track 11 called "unexplained" (though all the songs kick arse on this album) rocks. the best, woad, of the wu-tang clan. odb's first solo album is a close second. it's a rap album, but it has the feel of an industial rock album. if you listen to this and nine inch nails (the fragile) one after the other, you'd swear that they were in the same band. (btw... i'm suprised that the astros haven't adopted some of the wu's "killer beez" sound bites or whatever they're called. well... nevermind. not so suprised. i feel ya ab.) the roots second album "do you want more" is a classic. the album is a gem, but "proceed" and "distortion to static" definitely put this up there. biggie... well... it's biggie. "ready to die"... it just goes without saying to put this album up there. "life after death" was not equal, but still better than anything out there. "notorious thugs" with bone showed his versatility. his delivery was more than perfect. tupac versus biggie? trigga please. biggie in the 3rd round. props to de la, pharcyde, eric b and rakim, q-tip, TUPAC, etc... for making good songs, but not albums. it's too late in the night to think of the rest. /east coast love rant
good list, liquid swordz is good but not mainstream enough to be considered a classic. I do feel you have to have some mainstream appeal to be a great album. to me the best roots album is "things fall apart". I think they peaked at trying to combine the jazz and hip hop. I also think "life after death" is better than "ready to die" I have always thought "ready to die" was overrated. not enough really great songs. to me the albums that really left their mark on hip public enemy, "it takes a nation of millions" dre "the chronic" eric b and rakim "paid in full" nas "illmatic" tribe "low end theory" ice cube "death certificate" now that's a list
forgot to add... props to the guy who mentioned organized konfusion. it was a great album and wish that they would have lasted. another east coast, mid 90's hip duo. one trick pony unfortunately. also forgot to mention any of the ladies... boss by far whoops anybodys arse. her one and only album (i think west coast) is by far and above anything of any female out there. another mid 90's album. check her out on amazon. forget lil' kim, the ill na na, latifa, or whoever. she should have lasted, but not sure why she didn't. the lady of rage gets nerd props for her line "hitting mc's like hadu-ken!" (ryu/ken streetfighter reference). sigh... one hit wonder. afropuffs forever.
agreed. sorry i forgot to mention nas' first album. his best album ever/hiphop classic and his only great album. every single song on that one was special. no remakes, no interludes, no nothing to ruin that masterpiece. sorry, but his albums disappointed shortly thereafter. too many remakes (diddy syndrome). jay z's comment about nas' albums was right. first... classic, second... so, so... third... yah (btw... jay z sucks). i have to admit that i'm "i dunno" when it comes to west coast rap at its peak. i was living in hunters glen 4 (missouri city) while it was going on. folks were listening to crucial conflict (hay in the middle of the barn), bone, tela, etc. i had to introduce them. bastards borrowed my tapes and never gave them back.
