10 Hip Hop Albums you should definitely own?

tomred1 · 07-01-2009 10:51AM #1

I have a lot of albums but i want peoples opinions on their Top Ten albums in HipHop are?

yeah-buddy · 07-01-2009 01:46PM

10. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
9. 2 Pac - Me Against The World
8. Scarface - The Fix
7. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
6. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
5. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
4.Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers (Enter The Wu-Tang)
3.The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
1. Soulja Boy - iSouljaBoyTellEm:P
no really number 1 is

Nas - Illmatic

HalloweenJack · 07-01-2009 02:46PM

Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Nas - Illmatic
OutKast - Aquemini
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Scarface - The Fix
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
The Beatnuts - A Musical Massacre
MOP - Warriorz

tomred1 · 07-01-2009 03:40PM

Yeah M.O.P what happened to them?

Neamhshuntasach · 07-01-2009 04:12PM

Talib Kweli & Hi Tek - Train of Thought
Nas - Illmatic
Gza - Liquid Swords
Ice Cube - Predator
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Jeru the Damaja - Sun Rises in the East
Black Moon - Enta da Stage
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Outkast - Aquemini
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer

Hard to pick 10. It would change depending on my mood.

HalloweenJack · 07-01-2009 04:38PM

tomred1 wrote: »

Yeah M.O.P what happened to them?

Don't know really. As far as I can tell, they didn't reach as much success with their albums after Warriorz and then they moved labels a few times.

Neamhshuntasach · 07-01-2009 05:10PM

They working on solo projects last i heard and they plan to release The Foundation sometime this year. Think they're still officially signed to G Unit even though it was probably a year ago it was announced they were leaving. Think 50 promised them the sun moon and the stars as he did with Mobb Deep. Although Prodigy's arrest didn't help them get a 2nd album out.

g5fd6ow0hseima · 07-01-2009 05:11PM

I see most choices are fairly mainstream but where would Madvillainy (Madvillain album) stand in yer choices?

Neamhshuntasach · 07-01-2009 05:29PM

I prefer Vaudeville Villain over Madvillainy. I kinda went off Doom for a while. But i loved MM Food. These days he doesn't even turn up for his own gigs. Sends out some other fella in a mask.

It's always hard creating lists like that. If it was top 50 i'd have artists like Tonedef, Rise, Blackalicious, illogic, C Rayz Walz, Immortal Technique, Celp Titlted, Brother Ali, Black Milk, Calle 13, Vakill, Murs, etc etc in it. But i guess you always fall back on the albums you heard first.

Boom_Bap · 07-01-2009 05:32PM

M.O.P. signed up with G-Unit around the same time as Mobb Deep, they where supposed to be releasing an album but has never seen the light of day.

As for my list (in no particular order), a few that have been on others so far:
Wu-Tang - Enter: The 36 Chambers
Nas - Illmatic
Snoop - Doggystyle
Redman - Whut Thee Album
Dj Shadow - Entroducing
Aesop Rock - Labour Days
Sole - Bottle of Humans
P.O.S. - Audition
RJD2 - Deadringer
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly

Another notable would be Buck 65 - Talking Honky Blues

But, this list will probably change tomorrow if i think about it further.....actually thinking about it now, no Tribe, no Eric B and Rakim, no Big Daddy Kane, no Gangstarr, no Jeru, no.....

my head hurts now.

Boom_Bap · 07-01-2009 05:33PM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

I prefer Vaudeville Villain over Madvillainy. I kinda went off Doom for a while. But i loved MM Food. These days he doesn't even turn up for his own gigs. Sends out some other fella in a mask.

I think that Operation Doomsday beats them all.

g5fd6ow0hseima · 07-01-2009 06:11PM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

These days he doesn't even turn up for his own gigs. Sends out some other fella in a mask.

Is there any back up to that claim? Im just surprised, its the first ive heard of it

Boom_Bap · 07-01-2009 06:25PM

Paris Defeated Plasma wrote: »

Is there any back up to that claim? Im just surprised, its the first ive heard of it

Yeah, there are lots of articles and even live footage of this. Cant find any links at the moment, but i believe it was covered on another thread somewhere.

Neamhshuntasach · 07-01-2009 06:32PM

There's a lot of convincing proof going around that DJ Wesu has turned up instead of him. Photographs showing a scar on his hand or something that doom doesn't have but Wesu does. And he got booed off stage at rock the bells for fu<kin up lines and just basically not being like a usual doom gig.

Makaveli · 07-01-2009 08:44PM

Rumours are he's really sick or some people think he might have died (although I doubt that). This is a guy that used to release up to three albums in a year or at least was consistenly reelasing new material and we haven't had anything new from him now since Dangerdoom (2005).

http://www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=9705

That's a link to the Rock the Bells incident.

g5fd6ow0hseima · 07-01-2009 08:56PM

Well he's always been fairly quiet with little known about his personal life and that. So I gather he's probably taking a break from it for a while. Sure isnt he gettin on a bit too.

judomick · 07-01-2009 10:04PM

tomred1 wrote: »

Yeah M.O.P what happened to them?

i produced there show in stockholm 2 weeks ago on the 26th, they were ok, crowd was pretty tame until ante up, m.o.p were pissed drunk by the time they went on

Kold · 07-01-2009 10:29PM

Madvillainy is probably my favourite hip hop album. I think it's clearly the best DOOM album.

Neamhshuntasach · 08-01-2009 02:11AM

Kold wrote: »

Madvillainy is probably my favourite hip hop album. I think it's clearly the best DOOM album.

In your opinion though. Tastes differ and all that shíte

Kold · 08-01-2009 02:17AM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

In your opinion though. Tastes differ and all that shíte

Hence the "I think".

tossy · 08-01-2009 03:26AM

Only 10??? ok In no particular order apart from maybe the top 3 or so

London posse - gangster chronicle
pete rock cl smooth - mecca and the soul brother
BDP - By any means necessary
Gangstarr - Hard to earn
Jeru the damaja - The sun rises in the east
Oc - Wordlife
Biggie ready to die
The beatnuts - The beatnuts
Wu - Enter...
Public enemy - it takes a nation of millions
Nas - illmatic

Ok so that was 11!

Tastes differ and all and i would never knock another mans tastes but if you have a madvillan album as your favourite hip hop album you need to listen to some more hip hop.

Kold · 08-01-2009 03:52AM

Do you really think so? Do you not think I'm devoting enough of my time to the genre? Does it reveal my complete ignorance in comparison to your clearly more informed tastes?

I'll get right on that, cheers for your concern.

Boom_Bap · 08-01-2009 09:22AM

Makaveli wrote: »

Rumours are he's really sick or some people think he might have died (although I doubt that). This is a guy that used to release up to three albums in a year or at least was consistenly reelasing new material and we haven't had anything new from him now since Dangerdoom (2005).

http://www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=9705

That's a link to the Rock the Bells incident.

Rumour has it that there's a new DOOM album to be released this year on Rhymesayers. I think he also has a collabo album with Ghostface to drop this year too.

ghostface ste · 08-01-2009 04:09PM

In no particular order:

Outkast - Aquemini
Biggie - Ready to Die
Nas - Illmatic
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Outkast - Atliens
Murs - 3.16
Blackstar - Blackstar (new album please!!!!)
GZA - Liquid Swords
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol 2
Scarface - The Fix

Prob change a lot of this list tomorrow if i have a good think bout it

gottahavehouse · 08-01-2009 05:41PM

its tough to name only 10 but il do it but they arent in this order just naming my fave 10

nas-illmatic
jay-z-reasonable doubt
2pac- makaveli the 7 day theory
lost boyz- legal drug money
raekwon-only built for cuban linx
wu tang clan- enter the wu 36 chambers
slick rick- great adventures of slick rick
scarface- the fix
biggie-ready to die
bone thugs n harmony e.1999

gottahavehouse · 08-01-2009 05:54PM

sorry have to give a mention to few more albums cant leave it at 10

eric b and rakim- paid in full
kool g rap- giancana story
gza- liquid swords
snoop doggy dogg- doggystyle
a tribe called quest- the low end theory
pharcyde-bizarre ride to the pharcyde

Makaveli · 08-01-2009 06:46PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I think he also has a collabo album with Ghostface to drop this year too.

That's been coming out forever now, I'll believe it when I see it.

Boom_Bap · 09-01-2009 09:48AM

Last i heard which was a couole of months ago is that they had 6 or 7 tracks recorded and mixed, and a few others that had to be completed. There where some sheculing conflicts which was going to slow things down and delay completion until this year.
But i'll believe it when i see it!

godspal · 09-01-2009 11:40AM

only ten! man... Well if you have to own them:

1. Enter the Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Clan (Their seminal album, if you own this I presume you also have "Ironman", "Only Built 4 the Cuban Linx" and "Liquid Swords" so I am not going to put those into this ten.)

2. Me Against the World - 2pac (His album of regret, anger and paranoia, 2pac's personality just flows onto the album.)

3. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (The beginning of the West Coast/East Coast tensions are rooted here in the album that best epitomizes G-Funk.)

4. Infamous - Mobb Deep (Sorry to say but this album is almost a flawless piece of work, no weak songs, great skits that add to the album, and the production values are bar none with some of the big names contributing to the album.)

5. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (One of the great Native Tongue Posse albums, but unlike the jazz influences of other albums by this collective there a great samples too, e.g. "Take a Walk on the Wild Side")

6. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (Just get it. Blueprint is Jay-Z's rise into the mainstream, this is his most artistically brilliant)

7. Ready 2 Die - Biggie Smalls (Fluid flows forget the fools.)

8. Resurrection - Common (A soft, profound album hip-hop album?! I know! Another Native Tongue Posse Classic.)

9. Masters of the Universe - Binary Star (Overlooked re-released underground classic "Waterworld". Points out all the flaws of modern hip-hop with style and finesse)

10. Illmatic - Nas (I really don't have to explain this one if you are on this site.)

Rizzla King · 10-01-2009 10:57PM

1. Nas - Illmatic
2. Dr Dre - 2001
3. NWA- Straight outta Compton
4. Cypress Hill - Greatest Hits From The Bong
5. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
6. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
7. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
8. The Game - The Documentary
9. Tupac - Loyal to The Game
10. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday

My favorite 10 that I own anyway.

Executive Steve · 11-01-2009 03:42PM

nas - illmatic [self-evidently enough. all time classic that's haunted his career ever since, he pretty much said everything he ever needed to say on this album... how do you follow perfection?]

goodie mob - soul food [massively underrated album, first big album to put the south on the map]

the pharcyde - bizarre ryde ii the pharcyde [witty, fresh, funny and mad as a bag of cats]

wu tang clan - enter the 36 chambers [as godspal pointed out, if you have this you're pretty much certain to have copped all the first generation wu-solo joints anyway!]

mobb deep - the infamous [flawless victory]

jeru the damaja - the sun rises in the east [not sure if i should put this one in or "wrath of the math" to be honest... either way the mad monk never disappoints]

redman - dare iz a darkside [muddy dark stew of george clinton samples, unhinged rhymes all wrapped up in a concept album that's part motivational tape and part redman as a superhero on his therapist's couch]

gangstarr - hard to earn [guru always tells it like it is and everything premier touched turned to gold back then]

shadow - endtroducing [the first album to really turn a mainstream audience on to the art of beatmaking as the backbone of hip hop and to spotlight the creative vitality of the crate digging culture]

10 Hip Hop Albums you should definitely own?

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