Recommended Hip Hop Albums

Orizio · 23-12-2005 10:01pm

chiller wrote:

and u add lauryn hill dont annoy me buddy

Thats good,cos Lauryn Hill would wipe the floor with 50 in a MC battle.

Or 95% of pro rappers for that matter.

Klimseven · 24-12-2005 5:55pm

Bought Vaudeville Villain a little while ago.. Been essential listening for me ever since. Amazing. I think its been mentioned before.. But i'll add a little emphasis.. BUY IT.

get Operation Doomsday, it's his best album by far...you'd probably get it in Freebird on the quays

spacecoyote · 29-12-2005 1:47pm

yeah the miseducation of Lauren Hill does wipe the floor with pretty much everything associated with g-unit, fifty etc...

i do have one problem with her though. i believe she's extremely racist and anti-white. after the fu-gees played dublin back in the day she said she'd never play a gig in ireland again because all she saw were white people at the gig. don't know if its true, but thats how the story goes!

me and the biz · 29-12-2005 4:36pm

yeah thats not true. same with the whole "she'd rather her kids starve than have a white person buy her album". complete bull****, she never said it

Ay Cee · 29-12-2005 6:13pm

Yeah Me & The Biz got there before me.

Also along the same lines Tommy Hilfiger saying he didn't want "urban" kids buying his products is also an urban myth.

Kristok · 29-12-2005 7:10pm

Orizio wrote:

Thats good,cos Lauryn Hill would wipe the floor with 50 in a MC battle. Or 95% of pro rappers for that matter.

Thats the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard comparing a singer to a rapper, why are you even mentioning 50 cent he has nothing to do with the kind of music lauryn hill made. Its like saying U2 are better than anything 50 ever did, maby they are but then again they dont make the same kind of music.

Ay Cee · 29-12-2005 9:00pm

Have you ever heard her album? Lyrically she would as Orizio so accurately put it
"wipe the floor with 50". Just because she sings in parts that doesn't take away from rap verses on the album.

curious_george · 30-12-2005 11:09am

Yall should try listen to something more progressive, namely:

Saul Williams - Saul Williams

Klimseven · 31-12-2005 1:47am

you should try and not be so pretentious.

Progressive? Please...

did you actually read any of the artists mentioned?

spacecoyote · 31-12-2005 4:20pm

i think maybe as kristok said we shouldn't include lauren hill and 50 in the same group...i mean lauren hill makes good hip-hop music and is a good mc. i think we all know the general concensus on the "talents" and "skills" of 50 as an MC. i think you've mixed things up though kristok, all the 50 cent posts should be dumped out of this thread, as i was hoping to get lots of decent hip-hop album recommendations (which i have so far, thanks people!!!!!) and the mis-education deserves a place on the list, and if theres one person whose album i wouldn't pay for, or even rip a copy of, its 50 cents!

As for the prog comment, yeah i think you should have a listen to alot of the albums recommend within this thread because there is some excellent progressive hip-hop listed.

will probably check put Saul Williams though, i heard its pretty decent

Klimseven · 31-12-2005 5:31pm

Diamond D and the Physchotic Neurotics - Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop (this album is pure class)
Pharcyde - The Bizarre Ride II
Gangstarr - Hard to Earn
Brand Nubian - One for All
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Lord Finesse - Funky Technician
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (brilliant)
KMD - Black Bastards
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back
Jeru tha Damaja - Wrath of the Math & The Sun Rises in the East
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
EPMD - Strictly Business
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Naughty by Nature - Naughty by Nature

me and the biz · 02-01-2006 3:41pm

some nice classics mentioned above^^

eyedea - many faces of oliver hart
aesop rock - float
blockhead - music by cavelight
felt 2 - a tribute to lisa bonet
sage francis - the known unsoldier
sage francis - personal journals
ayatolla - now playing
P.O.S - audition (cant recommend the last two enough)
AZ - awol
O.C. - smoke and mirrors
pumpkinhead - a beautiful mind
dangerdoom - mouse and the mask
joe budden - mood musick 2

Orizio · 24-02-2006 4:48pm

Kristok wrote:

Thats the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard comparing a singer to a rapper, why are you even mentioning 50 cent he has nothing to do with the kind of music lauryn hill made. Its like saying U2 are better than anything 50 ever did, maby they are but then again they dont make the same kind of music.

While I know I shouldn't be dragging up this thread(bold mod

)Lauryn Hill is a rapper and also a singer.Listen to the Miseducation again.

Meanwhile here is the best of '05...

Common-Be
Kanye West-Late Registration
Kano-Home Sweet Home
Cormega-The Testament
AZ-A.W.O.L.
Ras Kass-Institutionalized
GZA and DJ Muggs-Grandmasters
Think Differently-Wu Tang Meets Indie Culture
The Perceptionists-Black Dialogue
OPIO-Triangulation Station
Black Market Militia-BMM

surfin_shoes · 24-02-2006 5:17pm

here's a few i recommend:

2 live crew - as nasty as they wanna be
above the law - black mafia life
b.g knocc out & dresta - real brothas
big pun - capital punishment
boogie down productions - criminal minded
compton's most wanted - straight checkn 'em
de la soul - 3 feet high and rising
epmd - strictly business
eric b & rakim - paid in full
flatliners - u.s.a.
funkdoobiest - brothas doobie
geto boys - geto boys
gravediggaz - 6 feet deep
ice cube - amerikkka's most wanted
ice-t - home invasion
immortal technique - revolutionary vols 1 & 2
insane clown posse - bizaar
insane poetry - grim reality
jason porter - vengeance is mine
jurassic 5 - lp
kool moe dee - how ya like me now
method man - tical
nas - illmatic
mobb deep - the infamous
notorious b.i.g - ready to die
ol dirty b*stard - return to the 36 chambers
onyx - bacdafucup
public enemy - fear of a black planet
raekwon - only built for cuban linx
the roots - the roots come alive
sage francis - personal journals
ultramagnetic mc's - critical beatdown
wu-tang clan - enter the 36 chambers

ciaran13 · 01-03-2006 7:44pm

its pretty pointless reccomending albums like illmatic and ready to die as its clear evry1 has em.

albums id reccomend not well known are

roots-tipping point
joe budden-focus

Kali · 02-03-2006 3:49pm

Jel - Soft Money... out now on the Anticon label. Has reaffirmed my faith in hip-hop (and Anticon), amazing stuff for those looking for something less mainstream.

metrovelvet · 02-03-2006 5:45pm

I cant believe no one has mentioned the Beastie Boys. Paul's Boutique.

ubu · 02-03-2006 6:35pm

I was never really a big fan of the beasties...just never got into them, i should really give Pauls Boutique a listen.

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV · 02-03-2006 7:23pm

Sajan wrote:

I agree 100%.. For a female solo artist I beleive that album is unmatched in the last 15-20 Years. Soulful lady.. And Everything is Everything is an unbelievable tune off that album.

Bought Vaudeville Villain a little while ago.. Been essential listening for me ever since. Amazing. I think its been mentioned before.. But i'll add a little emphasis.. BUY IT.

remy ma isnt bad for a female rapper

Orizio · 02-03-2006 10:16pm

ubu wrote:

I was never really a big fan of the beasties...just never got into them, i should really give Pauls Boutique a listen.

Same here,never got the hype.I really haven't a clue what they are saying,and when I found out I wish I hadn't bothered looking up there lyrics.

djeoinc · 08-03-2006 5:23pm

funkdobbiest - which dobbie u b

if your into the old cypress hill style 90s hiphop

Beefeater · 10-03-2006 3:59pm

Masta Ace- Long Hot Summer
Wordsworth- Mirror Music
Cage- Hells Winter
J Live- The Best Part
GZA- Liquid Swords
Mr Lif- I Phantom
Mos Def- Black on Both Sides
One Be Lo- Sonogram
Saul Williams-Amethyst Rockstar
Saul Williams- Saul Williams
Cunninlynguists- A Piece of Strange
Cunninlynguists- Southernunderground
Immortal Technique- Rev. Volume 2

kage · 10-03-2006 6:25pm

Wow Funkdoobiest. There's a name I haven't heard in a while.

Has anyone heard The Goats - Typical American? Amazing album made during George Bush Senior's reign. Amazing how much of it still applies all these years later with W. though!

It might be tough to find, but if you can it's worth a listen.

Dooom · 11-03-2006 10:36am

CunninLynguists - A Piece Of Strange.

Finally got around to getting this album yesterday, and it's brilliant.
Get it. Now.

That and C Rayz Walz's Limelight album, just dug that out again this morning. Brilliance.

Linoge · 16-03-2006 3:05pm

BIG - Ready to Die (seconded)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Cypress Hill - Temples of Boom
Method Man - Tical
Missy Elliot - Miss E So Addictive
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Eazy E - Eazy-duz-it
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Snoop Dogg - No Limit Top Dogg

I enjoyed all these albums!

Wile Coyote · 18-03-2006 3:55pm

Yo Bum Rush The Show - Public Enemy
Return of the Boombap - KRS One
Got Next - KRS One
19 Naughty III - Naughty By Nature
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul
Edan - Beauty and The Beats
Liquid Swords - GZA
Lethal Injection - Ice Cube
Cuban Linx - Raekwon
Generation EFX - Das EFX
Home Invasion - Ice T

Trip Hazard · 18-03-2006 4:24pm

This may have been mentioned already but a great album i recently got
Blackalious - The Craft

Very good album, I think I may backlog more of their albums.

ubu · 18-03-2006 4:57pm

Its not half as good as their other albums, pick up NIA and Blazing Arrow

spacecoyote · 18-03-2006 5:27pm

yeah still haven'y managed to get hold of nia, but blazing arrow is a classic

me and the biz · 18-03-2006 5:37pm

i didn't like nia that much, but blazing arrow is a good buy.

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