Your Top 5 Hip Hop Albums?

Plumpynutt

Not sure if this is a pearoast but nothing came up in the search.

There are so many incredible albums but pick your top 5

Mine are

1. ATCQ- Midnight Marauders
2. Nas- Illmatic
3. Gang Starr- Moment of Truth
4. Aim- Cold Water Music
5. Common- Can I Borrow A Dollar?

Bobby Baccala

Illmatic
Only built 4 cuban linx
Reasonable doubt
Licensed to Ill
Death certificate

Honourable mentions: Doe or die, the score, midnight marauders, ready to die, paid in full, infinite, miseducation of lauryn hill, the infamous, 36 chambers, mecca and the soul brother, southernplayalisticaddilacmuzik, the most beautifulest thing in this world.

FishBowel

Big Daddy Kane - Long live the Kane
Main source - Splitting atoms
London posse - Gangster chronicle
The DOC - No one can do it better
Geto boys - We can't be stopped

conor.hogan.2

If I had to pick 5, in no order:

Entroducing - Dj Shadow
Archtype - Tonedeff
Run–D.M.C. - Run-DMC
Searching for Jerry Garcia - Proof
Personal Journals - Sage Francis

Honorable mentions:

Return of the Boom Bap
All Eyez on Me
Paid in Full
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
Section.80

pragmatic1

36 Chambers
Illmatic
The Chronic
Black Sunday
The Black Album

Osmosis Jones

Ahh theres just so many, well in no order

Paid in Full
The Low end Theory
The Infamous
Illmatic
Late Registration

Thats just off the top of my head though, theres also stuff like the mmlp, Raising hell, licensed to ill, tical, soundtrack to the struggle and death certificate, picking just 5 is so hard.

mufcboy1999

Tough choice, was a toss up between doggystyle and resonable doubt but these 5 got the most spins from me.

No order

MMLP
Chronic 2001
Doggystyle
Get rich or die tryin
Makaveli

MrKingsley

36 Chambers- The Wu
Ready to Die- Biggie
Death is Silent- Kno
Now this You Have To Hear - MJEX
Marshall Mathers LP- Eminem

conor.hogan.2

MrKingsley wrote: »

Now this You Have To Hear - MJEX

Now this I Have To Hear is a solid album.

danbrosnan

1: Slim Shady LP :- Eminem
2: Original Pirate Material :- The Streets
3: Life After Death :- Biggie
4: All eyes on me :- TuPac
5: Home Sweet Home :- Kano

MrKingsley

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Now this I Have To Hear is a solid album.

Haha whopper typo there. And heres my saying its in my top 5

I would say that it has been in my cd player in my room more than any other really. Its put me soundly asleep many atime

conor.hogan.2

MrKingsley wrote: »

I would say that it has been in my cd player in my room more than any other really.

I threw out the cd after I bought it but it has gotten 100's of listens on my iPod.

Ardennes1944

Original pirate material
Take care
Slim shady lp
Eminem show
Get rich or die trying

UhOh

Live Convention 81
Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown (not mentioned yet! Shock!)
Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
Lord Finesse - Funky Technician
PE - Yo! Bum Rush the Show

seriousfizz

In no particular order...

The Low End Theory - ATCQ
Things Fall Apart - The Roots
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kwlei
J Dilla - Donuts
The Blueprint - Jay Z

baddebt

top 5 hmmmmmmmmmmmm
in no particular order , these are the albums i go back to again and again

Hell on earth ...mobb deep
Liquid Swords ...Gza
Music to drive by......Compton's most wanted
Business as usual......EPMD
Death Certificate .....Ice cube

too many other;s to honorably mention

kate1610

The songs I listen to most are of these albums, not really in order either :P
The Chronic, Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Black Sunday and Death Certificate

flyswatter

No particular order.


Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Danger Doom - The Mouse and The Mask
The Roots - How I Got Over
K-os - Joyful Rebellion
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....

Edit: Changed it from ATCQ to DJ Shadow!

weemcd

OutKast - Aquemini
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die
GZA - Liquid Swords
Nas - Illmatic
Wu Tang - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Tough to pick, but if I only had 5 albums to live with, I'd be happy with this list, notable mentions go to; College Dropout, Marshall Mathers LP, Reasonable Doubt, Black Album, Dre 2001, The Documentary

Rothko

Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Illmatic - Nas
Three Feet High And Rising - De La Soul
Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
Ready To Die - Notorious B.I.G.

GodlessInfidel

ILLMATIC

AQUEMINI

ONLY BUILT FOR CUBAN LYNX

LIQUID SWORDS

MMMMFOOD

Talib Fiasco

No order, favourites...not *best*:

Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Blackstar
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
J-Live - The Best Part
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Outkast - Aquemini

colman1212

again my faves would be in no order

Nas - Gods son
AZ - AWOL
Kanye west - college dropout
Tupac - All eyez on me/me against the world
Kanye west and jay z - watch the throne

BetterCallSaul

Five I never tire of:

Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides

Honourable mentions to the entire J Dilla and Roots discographies :pac: