Best Rap albums of the last 10 years?

mystic86

If you had to name 1 or 2 of the best albums of the last 10 years, what would they be?

For me I think I'd pick:

Jay-Z - The Black Album

and

Kanye West - The College Dropout

Agree/Disagree?

What would yours be?

Bobby Baccala

College dropout, late registration, eminem show (give or take a year), section 80, some personal favourites from the past 10 years

Talib Fiasco

One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Common - Be
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
The Roots - Game Theory
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
Willie Evans Jr. - Communication
Qwel & Maker - So Be It
Panacea - Ink Is My Drink
Shad - The Old Prince
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
Prolyphic & Reanimator - The Ugly Truth

no order...Throw in Donuts if that counts

baddebt

in no particular order
Masta ace - A long hot summer
Aesop Rock - none shall pass
Koncept- Awaken
Smoke dza - rugby thompson
cormega- the testament
JMT - legacy of blood
Immortal technique - Revolutionary Vol II
Streets - Grand don't come for free
Evidence cats and dogs
AOTP - Torture papers.

callaway92

baddebt wrote: »

in no particular order
Masta ace - A long hot summer
Aesop Rock - none shall pass
Koncept- Awaken
Smoke dza - rugby thompson
cormega- the testament
JMT - legacy of blood
Immortal technique - Revolutionary Vol II
Streets - Grand don't come for free
Evidence cats and dogs
AOTP - Torture papers.

Decent but not even top 20. Sooo poor compared to Original Pirate Material.

baddebt

callaway92 wrote: »

Decent but not even top 20. Sooo poor compared to Original Pirate Material.

your prob right , but I just think it was something totally different at the time .

by the end of 2013 , i reckon my list will have changed , this year has produced some class albums so far.

Boom_Bap

The albums from the last 10 year that appear on this:

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2012/06/the-30-best-underground-hip-hop-albums/

They would definitely be up there.

But the last 10 years has produced some excellent albums, i'd really have to think about what would be the top of that list....I'm after giving it 10 seconds of thought and I'm above 10 albums so far.

Scouser

The Documentary - The Game

mystic86

people posting some big lists here, looking for people to narrow it down to 1 or 2...

Talib Fiasco

mystic86 wrote: »

people posting some big lists here, looking for people to narrow it down to 1 or 2...

It's all opinion, there isn't any on or two "best" albums...sure they're ones who're better than others but at the end of the day they don't have a god given rank above another album. The more posted the merrier imo, shows differences in taste and also others can get some recommendations on albums they haven't heard of before.

mystic86

TheComeUp wrote: »

It's all opinion, there isn't any on or two "best" albums...sure they're ones who're better than others but at the end of the day they don't have a god given rank above another album. The more posted the merrier imo, shows differences in taste and also others can get some recommendations on albums they haven't heard of before.

Yes, that's why I want their personal opinion.. but just narrowed down to 1 or 2, feel free to start another thread

Talib Fiasco

mystic86 wrote: »

Yes, that's why I want their personal opinion.. but just narrowed down to 1 or 2, feel free to start another thread

That's the thing, favourite and best are very different tbh. I don't like KRS-One or BDP but their/his albums are very good. Favourites, not a chance but they're still very good albums. My list is personal favourites.

mystic86

TheComeUp wrote: »

That's the thing, favourite and best are very different tbh. I don't like KRS-One or BDP but their/his albums are very good. Favourites, not a chance but they're still very good albums. My list is personal favourites.

well I'm hardly asking for anything other than their own opinion, as there is nothing else, I hate when people make this point, it's obviously just their own personal opionion

nocoverart

I'm not a massive fan of Hip-Hop so I wouldn't be that knowledgeable, but I always loved the Deltron 3030 album. Definitely one of my favourites.

Edit: it was released in 2000.

Talib Fiasco

mystic86 wrote: »

well I'm hardly asking for anything other than their own opinion, as there is nothing else, I hate when people make this point, it's obviously just their own personal opionion

It is true though...but fair enough, let's not argue :pac:

If I was to pick my favourite three, which could change depending on the day:

One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show

Bobby Baccala

Forgot all about it, Speakerboxxx/the love below

Snowc

dre-2001

Jimmy Iovine

This is what I'm picking on the basis of the albums on my iTunes. There are others that I can't remember now.

Proof - Searching for Jerry Garcia

The Last Emperor - Music, Magic, Myth - This makes it by four weeks :pac:.

Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music

Koncept - Awaken

Jimmy Iovine

Snowc wrote: »

dre-2001

Can't be counted. It was released 13 years and 8 months ago.

Snowc

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Can't be counted. It was released 13 years and 8 months ago.

Dont be so damn pedantic its sicking to watch :mad:

Kylo Ren

Snowc wrote: »

Dont be so damn pedantic its sicking to watch :mad:

What are you on about? How is nearly 4 years pedantic? OP asked for the best rap albums of the last 10 years. If we can all just start naming albums that came out 4 years after that, there would be a ton more albums in here from that period.

horsebox09

A few that haven't been mentioned;

Cunninlynguists - A Piece Of Strange
Kanye West - MBDTF
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Kendrick Lamar - GOOD Kid, Maad Ciity

Looking at this thread makes me realise how much good stuff has come out in the last 10 years

LUPE

The Cool

beano345

the left - gas mask

juggaknots - re:release

Boom_Bap

beano345 wrote: »

the left - gas mask

juggaknots - re:release

The Left is right up there, what a stellar album.

I would also maybe include:
P.O.S - Audition
Oddisee - People Hear What They See
Atmosphere - 7evens Travels (this is probably more a meaningful event in my life rather than thier best album in the last 10 years)
MadVillany
Vicktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Cecil Otter - Rebel Yellow

Talib Fiasco

I can't believe I forgot about the Juggaknots. I always thought the re release was around 2000. Gas Mask is a great album yeah.

beano345

its a reissue of their first album clear blue skies with extra tracks on it ,released 2003

beano345

id put dopplegangaz-lone sharks up there too

TheBza

beano345 wrote: »

id put dopplegangaz-lone sharks up there too

Lone Sharks is class!!!!!!




Lethal Dialect - LD50 part II
Costello - Illasophical
Celph Titled & Buckshot - Nineteen Ninety Now

Boom_Bap

TheBza wrote: »

Lone Sharks is class!!!!!!




Lethal Dialect - LD50 part II
Costello - Illasophical
Celph Titled & Buckshot - Nineteen Ninety Now

Ahem, Buckwild

I personally think that dated very quickly. I much prefer his Bo$$ Hogs album and the album with Apathy.

jigglypuffstuff

The Documentary - The Game

Im going to go with this as its one album I can play start to finish without skipping a song. Everything is on point for me...a great album

I would wonder how it would have went if the doctors advocate was under dre and the beef never happened? . I had 5 or 6 songs released on an EP called ' The Real Doctors Advocate' If i was to describe the songs they actually sounded like they belonged on The Documentary part 2.

TheBza

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Ahem, Buckwild

I personally think that dated very quickly. I much prefer his Bo$$ Hogs album and the album with Apathy.

Apologies, of course buckwild, was just back from a festival oul brain was a bit fried. I still love it, listen to it regularly, love the production on it.

kwestfan08

Of those not mentioned I'd go

Food and Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
Camp - Childish Gambino

mufcboy1999

Off the top of my head

Section 80
Get rich or die tryin
T.i vs t.i.p
The king
Documentary
The massacre
Late registration

TheBza

Some more i enjoyed:

The Renaissance - Q-Tip
The Ecstatic - Mos Def
RZA - Birth of a Prince

Boom_Bap

TheBza wrote: »

The Renaissance - Q-Tip

Definitely, excellent album. Not sure if you watched the Red Bull lecture he guested on, but he looks back at that album now and sees loads of faults and things he would change.
I personally wouldn't touch it, near perfect.

TheBza

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Definitely, excellent album. Not sure if you watched the Red Bull lecture he guested on, but he looks back at that album now and sees loads of faults and things he would change.
I personally wouldn't touch it, near perfect.

A few of my mates weren't into it, i though it was brilliant, i was busy when you posted that so i bookmarked it and forgot to go back to it, ill definitely give that a watch later. nice one man.

Blisterman

Gave Speakerboxxx/The Love Below another listen yesterday, and it still keeps me hooked the whole way through. The lyrics, the beats, melodies are like nothing else. Incredible. I'm always noticing new things too.

It's amazing that I still find it so fresh, when I compare that to everything else I was listening to 10 years ago, 99% of which I'm completely sick and tired of.

TheBza

Blisterman wrote: »

Gave Speakerboxxx/The Love Below another listen yesterday, and it still keeps me hooked the whole way through. The lyrics, the beats, melodies are like nothing else. Incredible. I'm always noticing new things too.

It's amazing that I still find it so fresh, when I compare that to everything else I was listening to 10 years ago, 99% of which I'm completely sick and tired of.

This one of the greatest songs created, the lyrics are incredible.

Scouser

i love Andre 3k but that is dreadful!

TheBza

What's dreadful about it?

Bobby Baccala

Scouser wrote: »

i love Andre 3k but that is dreadful!

Possibly his best song imo, in fact I've never come across a hip hop song in that style with such consistant rapping. He sings basically the whole of The Love Below then to make up for the lack of rapping absolutely rips a 5 minute verse at the end of the album.

I remember hearing that song then instantly being hooked on dre, one of the greatest imo

TheBza

Its incredible, raps his whole life story without stopping, over that mesmerizing beat.

Scouser

sorry lads, drivel in my opinion

that is prob his worst song IMO

truelly, truelly awful!

but each to their own

haveabanana

Fishscale Ghostface Killah

Bobby Baccala

Scouser wrote: »

sorry lads, drivel in my opinion

that is prob his worst song IMO

truelly, truelly awful!

but each to their own

Curious but what don't you like about it?

Bobby Baccala

TheBza wrote: »

Its incredible, raps his whole life story without stopping, over that mesmerizing beat.

That beat man, one of them haunting beats, when I first heard it beats were all I really cared about, wasn't until I listened to the lyrical content that I was like this is just genius

danbrosnan

My best albums of the last ten years.

1. The Streets "Original Pirate Material"
2. Kayne West "Collage Dropout"
3. Dizzie "Boy in the corner"
4. Eminem " The slim shady LP"
5. Kano "Home sweet Home"

danbrosnan

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

That beat man, one of them haunting beats, when I first heard it beats were all I really cared about, wasn't until I listened to the lyrical content that I was like this is just genius

I admit i never heard that song, actually never listened to the love below.. But that was a serious rap... I really liked it, great lyrics.. Its what rap is all about, lyrics and style...

Bobby Baccala

danbrosnan wrote: »

My best albums of the last ten years.

1. The Streets "Original Pirate Material"
2. Kayne West "Collage Dropout"
3. Dizzie "Boy in the corner"
4. Eminem " The slim shady LP"
5. Kano "Home sweet Home"

Slim Shady LP is 14 years old man

danbrosnan

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Slim Shady LP is 14 years old man

i know but **** it.. i suppose they my best albums of all time..

But i tell ya, kendricks and jcoles albums this year have really brought rap back...