Name me some great rap albums to check out
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Company Flow-Funcrusher Plus
El-P-Fantastic damage, I'll Sleeo when you're dead
Mos Def-Black on Both Sides
Black Star-Self titled
Talib Kweli-Reflection enternal
Aesop Rock-Float, Labor Days, Bazooka Tooth
Atmosphere-Overcast, God Loves ugly, Seven's travels, you cant imagine how much fun we're having
Saul Williams-Amethyst Rock star
Dialated Peoples-Expansion team, The platform
Zion I-mind over matter, Deep Water Slang, True and Livin
The Roots-Organix, Do you want more, Illadelph halflife, Things fall apart
All of these are underground non commercial rap records. If your into bling bling and diamonds and rims and women being degraded you will not like this music
If you are more politically minded- Dead Prez's Lets Get Free is a real eye opener, these guys are almost like Black panthers with microphones. Heavy intense stuff
The Coup-kill my landlord, genocide and juice, Steal this album, party music, Pick a bigger weapon. All of these are political marxist rants. Hip hop is the root music but they incorporate funk, and r and b.
Spearhead-any of the records of these guys you can get your hands on is reccomended. They also incorporate r and b and funk and rock and punk, but at root they are a hip hop group
is any record by Tupac
Notorious BIG's-Ready to die
Wu Tang Clan's-Enter the 36 chambers
Mobb Deep-The Infamous, Murda Musik
Public Ememy-cant go wrong with any of their records. These guys are highly influential and highly political. They influenced Rage Against the Machine
All of these guys describe the gritty, dirty, raw and horrifying life in inner city projects.
De La Soul-3 feet high and rising, de la soul is dead, buhlone mindstate, Stakes is high
A Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, low end theory, midnight mauraders/
Although if you listen to these groups the music may sound dated and old, but its the basis of modern day hip hop music, and alot better than most of the current stuff going on
NWA-Staight Outta Compton
Outkast-Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
2Pac-All Eyez on Me
Public Enemy-Fear Of A Black Planet
IceT-Original Gangster
Ice Cube-The Predator
Snoop Dogg-Doggystyle
Dr Dre-The Chronic
Wu Tang Clan-Enter The Wu Tang(36 Chambers)
Method Man-Tical
All these albums I've listed are the fucking shit.
Mr Lif-Mo mega, I phantom
More experimental stuff comes by way of Anticon records, an underground label
they have Sole-Bottle of Humans, Selling live water, live from rome
Themselves-the no music, them
The art of djing has long been the basis of hip hop, but recently, albums by DJ's have become popular.
Some of the better ones are DJ Shadow-endtroducing, The private press
Rjd2-Dead ringer, since we last spoke, the third hand
Another good underground hio hop act is Lifesavas-spirit in stone, gutterfly
It's not so much a 'rap' album, but more of a hip-hop/rock/pop/reggae/folk/soul album. K-OS does it all.
-Tom Waits
He is more 'Hip Hop'
Really I don'tknow a lot about the rap genre.
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
Unltramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Stetsasonic - In Full Gear
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II...
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Hijack - Horns Of Jericho
EPMD - Strictly Business
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of...
PJ albums, at the moment!! -
1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
Jurassic5 - Power In Numbers
Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!
Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing
Wembley 2007
gets to me every time
Ott
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Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
We Can't Be Stopped - Geto Boys
Stankonia - Outkast
anyway, my suggestions are:
Nas - Illmatic, It was written...
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary 1 and 2
Raekwon - Only built for cuban links
Tupac Shakur - Greatest hits (was never an album artist but he had some stunning songs)
Tupac - All Eyez on Me
Outkast - Aquemini (by far their best work to me)
The Roots - Do You Want More? (Game Theory is decent)
Wu Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers
Jurrasic 5 - Power in Numbers
I only really listen to the more mainstream stuff, and trend towards hip hop, but these are the classics that you may enjoy.
http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=T1MwFfSClOK&aid=gw3q7osDIGE
Word to the wise....Only for the hard core
ha ha - I don't think I'm quite hard core enough for that one!
Seriously - any Roots album, Jurassic 5, Mos Def or Outkast are all great artists. Of course, I've been known to throw on some Dre or Snoop from time to time as well.
And Cypress Hill! Damn I miss those guys making stonerific music...
Black Sunday and Temples Of Boom are good albums.
I recommend starting off with Tupac-All Eyez On Me and Outkast- Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik. Both those albums sound especially good in the Summer time.
Their first album is the best, though Black Sunday is damn good too.
A few more to add:
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (my favorite rap album ever)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers
Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
LL Cool J - All World (his greatest hits album)
"I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
pete rock & c.l. smooth - mecca and the soul brother
black sheep - wolf in sheeps clothing
Brave to try to gamble at times
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
Grandmater Flash and the Furious Five - Message
Jurassic 5 - Feedback
Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock (Seriously, this is mindblowing)
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