favourite hip-hop albums?

Kali

Please keep rap albums outta this thread.. I for one aint interested

my 3 favourites...

Blackalicious - Nia
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Ugly Duckling - Journey To Anywhere

top two just rise above anything else in terms of lyrical depth and production quality, both stunning.. the third, hell its fun, and they're Pod gig a while back was one of the most fun I've ever been at... genuinely sound guys.

also keep an eye out for the new release from Lyrics Born 'Later That Day' on Quannum is bloody amazing.. go pick it up, the new UD 'Taste The Secret' aint the best unfortunaly.

logic1

Originally posted by Kali
Please keep rap albums outta this thread.. I for one aint interested

I assume you're talking about gangster rap?

Anyway fav hip hop albums:

Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 EP
A tribe called quest - the low end theory
De la soul - 3 feet high and rising

.logic.

Dooom

if you're looking for some old-middle skool hip-hop then definately get Feelin' So Good by DJ Omega. its got loads of really good stuff on it. and on the topic of hip-hop, has anyone here heard of Mobb Deep or Creative Controle?

echomadman

The Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride II
Jurassic 5 : Jurassic 5 ep
A tribe called Quest : Beats, Rhymes And Life.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy : Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

and lots more..

Fidelis

Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design (the better of the three albums)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (not a fan of any of his music bar his debut album and this gem)
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
Ugly Duckling - Journey To Anywhere (double thumbs up!)
TQ - They Never Saw Me Coming

AngelofFire

Dr Dre-the chronic (best solo hip hop album ever)

LoneGunM@n

2Pac - Me Against The World
DMX - The Great Depression
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Eminem - Infinite

Makaveli

Originally posted by PhatFiesta
2Pac - Me Against The World
DMX - The Great Depression
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Eminem - Infinite

Originally posted by Kali
Please keep rap albums outta this thread.. I for one aint interested

Anyway.

Blackalicious - Nia
Dj Shadow - Endtroducing
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Kali

Originally posted by Spike
Creative Controle?

ahh ****-hop... a growing trend

ManWithThePlan

Most Tribe Called Quest albums get my vote.

The Chronic is ok too.. even though Snoop wrote most of it..

SoundWave

Mos Def - Black on both sides
Mc Solar - Mc Solar
Gangstarr - Full Clip (a decade of gangstarr)

The Beer Baron

A few that spring to mind:

"Fear of a Black Planet"/"It Takes a NAtion of Millions"- PE
"Black Sunday" - Cypress Hill.
"Temple of Boom"- Cypress Hill.
"Same as it ever Was"- House of Pain.
"Full Clip- a Decade of Gangstaar"- Gangstaar.
"36 Chambers"- The Wu Tang Clan.
"Ghostdog (Japanese Soundtrack)" - RZA.
"Judgement Night Soundtrack"- Various, best example of rap/metal if you ask me.
"KRS1"- KRS1.
"Doggystyle"- Snoop.
"Lethal Injection"/"Predator"/"Bootlegs & B-Sides" - Ice Cube.
"Blue Lines"- Massive Attack.
"Headz Vol1"- Various (Mo Wax)
"Rebirth of Cool Phive"- Various (not strictly hip hop but has some classics from the likes of Kruder and Dorfmeister, Coldcut, Bomb The Bass, MC Solaar, the Beasties, lots of Brizzol sh1t and let's not forget that classic Prodigy Method Man remix.

Echo congrats on modhood, and seconded on Disposable Heroes.

Lex_Diamonds

Edan - Primitive Plus

Emboss

Doggystyle - Snoop
Air - Moon Safari
Massive Attack - Blue lines
Portishead - Dummy
Lamb - Lamb
U.N.K.L.E - Psyence Fiction

Anything James Lavelle goes near

getting there, Aim - Cold Water Music

Kold

Makaveli - Don Killuminati The 7 day theory
Mos Def - Black on both sides
Xzibit - 40 Dayz and 40 nights
Nas - Stillmatic
Nas - God's Son

pfitz

BIG - ready to Die

Lex_Diamonds

Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
Dj Premier - New York Reality Check 101

carrotcake

wu-tang - 36 chambers
big l - the big picture
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions
gang starr - moment of truth
raekwon - only built 4 cuban linx
soundbombing 2
black star

Linoge

Notorius BIG- Ready To Die
Jay-Z- Roc La Familia
Missy Elliott- Under Construction

Dooom

Originally posted by Kali
ahh ****-hop... a growing trend

hey....i know them and they're not ****. ease up on the judgements

SoundWave

Originally posted by Spike
hey....i know them and they're not ****. ease up on the judgements

they are muck... no offence to them...

and i quote "what the fúck... this is shíte"

technobob

roots manuva - run come save me
dj shadow - entroducing
aim - cold water music/hinterland/means of production
jurassic 5 - power in numbers
streets - weak become heros
run dmc - tougher then leather
nwa - strsight outta compton


de la soul - 3feet high and rising

technobob

Originally posted by echomadman

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy : Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

ah fook how could i have forgot about them!!!!

Kopf

Originally posted by Emboss

Air - Moon Safari
Portishead - Dummy

What the fvck are you talking about? Portishead's dummy, along with the early massive attack albums, brought on the coining of the genre "trip-hop". It's quite different to hiphop.

And Moon Safari? What? WHAT? Are you fvcking deaf?
Did you even actually listen to it or just slap it on the list to bulk it up? And how exactly are you a Mod here? (and how come Makeaveli isn't - i certainly expected to see his name under the mod list of this forum when i entered first)

Anyways - favourite hip-hop albums:

wu-tang - enter the wu-tang (36 chambers)
tribe called quest - midnight marauders
beastie boys - check your head & paul's boutique
mobb deep - the infamous
prefuse 73 - vocal studies & uprock narratives (yes i know it's bliphop but it's still fvcking class)
dj shadow - entroducing, preemptive strike, in-flux ep

echomadman

What the fvck are you talking about? Portishead's dummy, along with the early massive attack albums, brought on the coining of the genre "trip-hop". It's quite different to hiphop.

Easy there Kopf, we can sit here all night and play the pigeon-holeing game.
Massive attack/portishead/Tricky et al all came from 80's bristol sound systems, This is probably the most apt forum to discuss them in.

Air - Moon Safari... well, i agree with you there... but calm down a bit.

A lot of Dj Shadows stuff strays pretty far from the realm of rap/hip hop. yet I see him in your list.

they are muck... no offence to them...
and i quote "what the fúck... this is shíte"

This is a fairly expansive genre, very few people like all of it.

Play nice, Or I'll bust caps in yo asses

Kopf

Originally posted by echomadman

Air - Moon Safari... well, i agree with you there... but calm down a bit.

A lot of Dj Shadows stuff strays pretty far from the realm of rap/hip hop. yet I see him in your list.

Yes, overreacted a bit i'm afraid. It was the air I noticed first and then it was the fact that yer man's the hiphop mod which set me off. The portishead was just a subsequent observation.

Not that moon safari isn't a bloody brilliant album, i think it is.

Also, i don't really agree with everyone's blind categorisation of dj shadow as hiphop. I was going to explicitly label him as "turntablism" but that genre belongs more to the scratch-only djs such as q-bert/babu/mixmaster mike/whoever else you want to mention.

But fvckit, they're only genres, and genres being as inaccurate and occasionally useless as they are, we (I) shouldn't get so het up over it all.

Seaneh

In no order.

The Master - Rakim
Illmatic - Nas
Expansion Team - Dilated Peoples

Scratch Acid

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation....
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
OutKast - ATLiens
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Aesop Rock - Float
Jurrasic 5 - self titled
El-P - Fantastc Damage

Anyone heard the Mr. Lif LP? The 'Emergency Rations' EP is great.

hacksaw-eddie

listen man, u cat beat dre 2001, its just rap at its perfection!

oh , and i dont think any1's mentioned :
TALIB KWELI - HI-TEC..REFLECTION ETERNAL (TRAIN OF THOUGHT)
i dunno why, but hardly any hip/hop fans i now have heard this album or even heard of it!

im sure every1 knows the song "move somthin'" from the album, well thats just a taste of this great album!

its definatelly in my top 3/4 all time albums ...ands its a masterpiece
i highly recommend listening to it and if u dont think its brilliant, blame me!

Cannibal Ox

Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth.

Make's my mind melt at times, but every time I listen to it I find another few lines that remind me why he's my favourite emcee at the moment.

Funcrush Plus too is great.
As is The Cold Vein and Enter the 36 Chambers are great too.

Thinwhiteduke

The Roots.Things Fall Apart.

It`s perfect

Klimseven

Keep 'rap' albums out? WTF are you on about? All the albums you mentioned are rap, hip hop is a culture with 4 elements (rapping, DJing, breaking and graffiti)...if it has an emcee its 'rap'...I'll assume then that you meant gangsta rap...

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
DJ QBert - Wavetwisters
Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
Gangstarr - ANYTHING
Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
J5 - Quality Control
Various - Return of the DJ, VOL I (and the others)
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Reflection Eternal
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dan The Automator, Dr. Octagon (Kool Keith)
Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein
EL-P - Fantastic damage
Future Primitive - Sound Session Vol I (Not really an album but whatever)
KRS-ONE - By All Means Necessary (his newer stuff is $hit)
The Roots - Do you want More?
Nas - Illmatic
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Wu- Tang - 36 Chambers (their new stuff is also $hit)

yadayada I've typed too much...

Scratch Acid

hip hop is a culture with 4 elements (rapping, DJing, breaking and graffiti)...

Eh...where did you nick that from? It sounds awfully familiar

Klimseven

Eh...where did you nick that from? It sounds awfully familiar

Eh...it's a well known fact you idiot...people say it all the phukin time , it's a fact not a quote you ignorant moron...:D

tuxy

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002UI8/qid=1076594292//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/002-0979603-0624861?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

JackKelly

At the Moment - Dj Fomat - Music for the Mature B-Boy

The score? anyone?

Badly Drunk Boy

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues
DJ Format - Music for the Mature B-Boy
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

hannable80

i was in North C.A. this summer and some of my house mates played me some killer old school hip hop.It was slow but loud with alot of great women vocals.....Can ye point me in the Right direction. New hip hop is crap even my mates in the US hate it. And they listened to all.....they even heard of rootz manuva!







Rock rock YALLLLLL!!!

Cannibal Ox

Big Daddy Kane?
Grandmaster Flash?
Sugarhill Gang?

There's alot out there, not to update on any of the old skool underground rap though.

Kurbz

Krs One - Return Of The Boom Bap
Goldie Lookin Chain - The Manifesto
Q-Tip - Amplified
Aim\Cold Water Music
Common\Like Water for Chocolate
Dead Prez\Lets Get Free
Dizzee Rascal\Boy in da Corner
HiP HoP Soul Party 4
Mos Def\Black On Both Sides

just some, theres tooooo many, just tooo many....next weeks list will prolly be different

oh an these:

Talib Kweli & Hi Tek\(Reflection Eternal) - Train of Thought
Wu-Tang Clan\Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Sajan

Dj Shadow Endtroducing is wothout a doubt the greatest Hip-Ho[ album of all time. In 30 years time my kids are going to be listening to it and appreciatiing it.

Others to rank highly would be...
The Roots - Phrenology.
Sajan Supa Crew - KLR.
Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers.
RJD2 - Deadringer

Cannibal Ox

Sa•an Supa are my favourite french group, great flow (even for a french band) and delivery.

Makaveli

KLR is a really good album.
MC Solaar is the daddy of French hip-hop though.

Gaffo

De La Soul - 3 feet high and rising
Mos Def - Black on both sides

Some of Tricky's earlier stuff is excellent.

Klimseven

Tricky isn't hip-hop

Cannibal Ox

Jesus wasn't Hip Hop either but people still listened to him.

Tricky's good, I suppose he's more Trip Hop though.
Still great too chill out too though.

Kold

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Dooom

Has anyone had a listen to Birth Of A Prince by Rza? There's probably only about 2 songs on it that I like, the rest I think is pretty rubbish. Imo, he should stick to producing and leave rapping to the others...
I suppose I should make this post relevant here so..

Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
Xzibit - (can't think of the name...its got Get Your Walk on on it.. Restless I think?)
DJ Omega - Feelin' So Good
Some songs off the 8 Mile soundtrack
Gangstarr - Rapmusic 24/7
The Ultimate Hip-Hop Album - (a lot of really really excellent tunes on that, well worth picking it up)

There's another bunch in the back of my head that I can't think of so I'll leave it at that for now.

j-bone

God loves ugly--atmospere..
expansion team-dilated peoples..
kik off--blak twang
Low Life's main course--v.a.
council estate of mind--skinny man
jamaica's child--yogi
revolutionary vl2-immortal technique..


oh yea,,what bout soundbombing 2 or sum of the world famous beatjunkie comps?...not to mention return of the dj,,lootpack,,quasimoto,,looptroop,,

damn playa haters never want to see me grow,,flambouyant entertainment c.e.o

Kold

4 year bump. Nice.

Makaveli

I'm going to assume you searched for favourite albums and bumped the thread not realising how old it actually is.

Locked.