"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
Wu-Tang - Enter The Wu-Tang
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders, Low End Theory
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecolygist
Gangstarr - Hard To Earn
Deltron 3030
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Nas - Illmatic
2Pac - Stricly for My Niggaz
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy - Bum Rush The Show, It Takes A Nation Of Millions
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Eric B And Rakim - Paid In Full
Run DMC - Raising Hell
GZA - Liquid Swords
Ol Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Atmosphere - Overcast
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Dr. Dooom - First Come, First Served
Alpine Valley 2000
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
Fear of a Black Planet~Public Enemy
Apocolypse '91-The Enemy Strikes Back~Public Enemy
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
i NEVER see anybody mention Giant Panda - Fly School Reunion or People Under The Stairs - O.S.T. whenever theres a rap thread, what the hell is wrong with you people???
some you have to have if you are looking to get into rap
Dr. Dre- The Chronic
NWA- Straight outta Compton
Ice cube- amerikkkas most wanted
Snoop Dogg- Doggystlye
Lupe Fiasco-Food and Liquor
Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Public Enemey- It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
NAS- Illmatic (this is a must!)
Wu Tang Clan- enter the 36 chambers
raekwon- cuban linx
GZA/genius- Liquid Swords
The Roots - Things Fall Apart and Do You Want More?!?
Nas-Illmatic
Common-Be, Finding Forever
Talib Kweli-Quality
"Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH..."
Here are some of my favourites. I listened strictly to hip-hop between 1995-2005 and have over 1,000 rap albums/compilations/soundtracks/mixtapes/etc.
A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Travels…
A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life
AZ - Doe or Die
Bahamadia - Kollage
BDP - Criminal Minded
Big L - The Big Picture
Big L – Lifestylez of the Rich & Dangerous
Big Pun – Capital Punishment
Black Star - Black Star
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Creepin’ on a Come Up
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night
Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report
Chino XL - Here To Save You All
Common – Be
Common – One Day It’ll All Make Sense
Common - Resurrection
Cormega - The Realness
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
DJ Premier - NY Reality Check 101 (got me into underground rap in the late-1990s)
Dr. Dre – The Chronic
EPMD – Business as Usual
Eric B & Rakim – Paid in Full
Freddie Foxxx - Industry Shakedown
Fugees – The Score
Gangstarr – Full Clip: A Decade of Gangstarr
Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
Gangstarr - Hard To Earn
Ghostface - Ironman
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
Group Home – Livin’ Proof
GZA - Liquid Swords
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. II
Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Jay-Z – The Blueprint Vol. 2
Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent By Design
Jeru – The Sun Rises in the East
Jeru – Wrath of the Math
Kanye West - College Dropout
Kanye West - Late Registration
Krumbsnatcha – Respect All, Fear None (“Rich Man, Poor Man” is a classic!)
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
Molemen - Chicago City Limits compilations
Nas - Illmatic
Nas - It Was Written
Nas – Stillmatic
Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die
OC - Word... Life
OC - Jewelz
OC - Starchild
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Outkast – ATLiens
Outkast – Aquemini
Outkast – Southernplayalisticadillacmusik
Papoose – Mixtape Murder
Pete Rock - Soul Survivor
Pharoahe Monch – Internal Affairs
Raekwon - OB4CL
Rakim – The 18th Letter
Rawkus Soundbombing II
Rawkus Lyricist Loungs Vol. I
Scaramanga – Seven Eyes, Seven Horns
Show & AG – Runaway Slave
Show & AG – Full Scale
Show & AG – The Dirty Version
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal
The Roots – Do You Want More?
The Roots - Illadelphalflife
Tupac – All Eyez on Me
Tupac – Me Against the World
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
I’ll probably check out Kool G Rap’s new album this weekend since it features production by the legendary DJ Premier. Can’t go wrong with him.
i NEVER see anybody mention Giant Panda - Fly School Reunion or People Under The Stairs - O.S.T. whenever theres a rap thread, what the hell is wrong with you people???
just get them, thats all you need..
oh and Ugly Duckling rule aswell..........
Wow, you really picked some of the most BORING, pretentious crap in the underground hip-hop world! Let me guess, you're also into all that sleep-inducing "post-rock" crap and then have the audacity to diss MY awesome taste in music!
Wow, you really picked some of the most BORING, pretentious crap in the underground hip-hop world! Let me guess, you're also into all that sleep-inducing "post-rock" crap and then have the audacity to diss MY awesome taste in music!
yeah yeah yeah you're right AGAIN!! i should have just named a load of obvious, more commercial artists like your good self hey? jay z, kanye, dr dre, nas, the roots, outkast, wow how insightful of you to "recommend" these virtually unknown great albums.
And here i was just trying to let people find out about and judge a couple of great albums they may not have heard for themselves, only to be poo pooed by the ALL KNOWING Odin!!! How dare i have an opinion that is different to your mighty knowledge when its obvious from your "Who has the best taste in music" thread :rolleyes: that YOUR opinion is the only one that really counts? (besides the couple of other members who got a namecheck for having great taste and liking the same bands as you)
Why do you seem to think that as YOU like something it must be the best and almost everybody else's opinion is irrelevant or just plain wrong? Ive honestly not witnessed an attitude like yours since primary school, its embarassing the way you portray yourself.......
Wow, you really picked some of the most BORING, pretentious crap in the underground hip-hop world! Let me guess, you're also into all that sleep-inducing "post-rock" crap and then have the audacity to diss MY awesome taste in music!
Giant Panda is excellent and are good guys also. P.U.T.S is great too. Ugly Duckling I'm on the fence about. That first album they had was pretty good.
yeah yeah yeah you're right AGAIN!! i should have just named a load of obvious, more commercial artists like your good self hey? jay z, kanye, dr dre, nas, the roots, outkast, wow how insightful of you to "recommend" these virtually unknown great albums.
And here i was just trying to let people find out about and judge a couple of great albums they may not have heard for themselves, only to be poo pooed by the ALL KNOWING Odin!!! How dare i have an opinion that is different to your mighty knowledge when its obvious from your "Who has the best taste in music" thread :rolleyes: that YOUR opinion is the only one that really counts? (besides the couple of other members who got a namecheck for having great taste and liking the same bands as you)
Why do you seem to think that as YOU like something it must be the best and almost everybody else's opinion is irrelevant or just plain wrong? Ive honestly not witnessed an attitude like yours since primary school, its embarassing the way you portray yourself.......
My list includes both mainstream and underground rappers. The OP simply asked for what he thought were the "best" rap albums out there. He didn't specify any parameters as to how obscure the albums must be. A lot of people here don't follow rap at all and thus haven't listened to any albums by Nas, The Roots, Outkast, etc.
And what is REALLY embarrassing is your misspelling of the word "embarrassing." Perhaps it's time for YOU to go back to primary school and learn a thing or two.
Dr. Dre - The Chronicle
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangaster
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
My list includes both mainstream and underground rappers. The OP simply asked for what he thought were the "best" rap albums out there. He didn't specify any parameters as to how obscure the albums must be. A lot of people here don't follow rap at all and thus haven't listened to any albums by Nas, The Roots, Outkast, etc.
And what is REALLY embarrassing is your misspelling of the word "embarrassing." Perhaps it's time for YOU to go back to primary school and learn a thing or two.
Damn it you got me on that one, how dare i make a spelling mistake?, no trip back to primary school needed really, you're just being the flippant character we know and "love"
Those last two shouldnt be on this list, The Eminem Show was when he started to go downhill and no Nelly record should ever be included on a best of list.
Alpine Valley 2000
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
Those last two shouldnt be on this list, The Eminem Show was when he started to go downhill and no Nelly record should ever be included on a best of list.
The Marshall Mathers album is a masterpiece though, everything after? ugh.
In Full Gear - Stetsasonic
Bizarre Ride II - The Pharcyde
Illmatic - Nas
Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MCs
Adventures of - Slick Rick
Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
Step In The Arena - Gang Starr
3ft High & Rising - De la Soul
Breaking Atoms - Main Source
93 til Infinity - Souls of Mischief
Cymru Am Byth
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.
Common-Be
Common-Finding Forever
All of Kanye's albums
both of Lupe Fiasco's albums
anything by The Roots
anything by Outkast up to and including Stankonia
I really like "The Grey Album", but I am not sure if you can buy that in stores.
Nas - Illmatic
Nas - It Was Written
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang 36 Chambers
Beasties Boys - Paul's Boutique (their best album,
possible top 5 best rap albums ever)
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Cypress Hill - self-titled
Ice Cube - The Predator
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Handsome Boy Modeling School - So How's Your Girl?
Slick Rick - The Adventures of Slick Rick
Kanye West - Late Registration
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Lyrics of Fury - my favorite rap song ever)
Del tha Funkee Homosapien - Both Side of The Brain
Some phenomenal stuff to own/hear if you want great rap that's not "gangsta" and all "bitches, hoes and money":
ANY album by OutKast - or "Big Boi and Andre Present" for some of their hits
A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Biz Markie - Going Off
Biz Markie - I Need a Haircut
Common - Be
Coolio - It Takes a Thief
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Nelly - Nellyville
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91 - The Empire Strikes Black
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions ..
.
Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Talib Kweli - Quality
The Roots - Phrenology
The Roots - The Tipping Point
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Eminem - 8 Mile Soundtrack
Judgment Night Soundtrack
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A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders, Low End Theory
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecolygist
Gangstarr - Hard To Earn
Deltron 3030
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Nas - Illmatic
2Pac - Stricly for My Niggaz
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy - Bum Rush The Show, It Takes A Nation Of Millions
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Eric B And Rakim - Paid In Full
Run DMC - Raising Hell
GZA - Liquid Swords
Ol Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Atmosphere - Overcast
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Dr. Dooom - First Come, First Served
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
Apocolypse '91-The Enemy Strikes Back~Public Enemy
just get them, thats all you need..
oh and Ugly Duckling rule aswell..........
Dr. Dre- The Chronic
NWA- Straight outta Compton
Ice cube- amerikkkas most wanted
Snoop Dogg- Doggystlye
Lupe Fiasco-Food and Liquor
Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Public Enemey- It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
NAS- Illmatic (this is a must!)
Wu Tang Clan- enter the 36 chambers
raekwon- cuban linx
GZA/genius- Liquid Swords
Nas-Illmatic
Common-Be, Finding Forever
Talib Kweli-Quality
A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Travels…
A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life
AZ - Doe or Die
Bahamadia - Kollage
BDP - Criminal Minded
Big L - The Big Picture
Big L – Lifestylez of the Rich & Dangerous
Big Pun – Capital Punishment
Black Star - Black Star
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Creepin’ on a Come Up
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night
Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report
Chino XL - Here To Save You All
Common – Be
Common – One Day It’ll All Make Sense
Common - Resurrection
Cormega - The Realness
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
DJ Premier - NY Reality Check 101 (got me into underground rap in the late-1990s)
Dr. Dre – The Chronic
EPMD – Business as Usual
Eric B & Rakim – Paid in Full
Freddie Foxxx - Industry Shakedown
Fugees – The Score
Gangstarr – Full Clip: A Decade of Gangstarr
Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
Gangstarr - Hard To Earn
Ghostface - Ironman
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
Group Home – Livin’ Proof
GZA - Liquid Swords
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. II
Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Jay-Z – The Blueprint Vol. 2
Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent By Design
Jeru – The Sun Rises in the East
Jeru – Wrath of the Math
Kanye West - College Dropout
Kanye West - Late Registration
Krumbsnatcha – Respect All, Fear None (“Rich Man, Poor Man” is a classic!)
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
Molemen - Chicago City Limits compilations
Nas - Illmatic
Nas - It Was Written
Nas – Stillmatic
Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die
OC - Word... Life
OC - Jewelz
OC - Starchild
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Outkast – ATLiens
Outkast – Aquemini
Outkast – Southernplayalisticadillacmusik
Papoose – Mixtape Murder
Pete Rock - Soul Survivor
Pharoahe Monch – Internal Affairs
Raekwon - OB4CL
Rakim – The 18th Letter
Rawkus Soundbombing II
Rawkus Lyricist Loungs Vol. I
Scaramanga – Seven Eyes, Seven Horns
Show & AG – Runaway Slave
Show & AG – Full Scale
Show & AG – The Dirty Version
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal
The Roots – Do You Want More?
The Roots - Illadelphalflife
Tupac – All Eyez on Me
Tupac – Me Against the World
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
I’ll probably check out Kool G Rap’s new album this weekend since it features production by the legendary DJ Premier. Can’t go wrong with him.
Wow, you really picked some of the most BORING, pretentious crap in the underground hip-hop world! Let me guess, you're also into all that sleep-inducing "post-rock" crap and then have the audacity to diss MY awesome taste in music!
yeah yeah yeah you're right AGAIN!! i should have just named a load of obvious, more commercial artists like your good self hey? jay z, kanye, dr dre, nas, the roots, outkast, wow how insightful of you to "recommend" these virtually unknown great albums.
And here i was just trying to let people find out about and judge a couple of great albums they may not have heard for themselves, only to be poo pooed by the ALL KNOWING Odin!!! How dare i have an opinion that is different to your mighty knowledge when its obvious from your "Who has the best taste in music" thread :rolleyes: that YOUR opinion is the only one that really counts? (besides the couple of other members who got a namecheck for having great taste and liking the same bands as you)
Why do you seem to think that as YOU like something it must be the best and almost everybody else's opinion is irrelevant or just plain wrong? Ive honestly not witnessed an attitude like yours since primary school, its embarassing the way you portray yourself.......
Giant Panda is excellent and are good guys also. P.U.T.S is great too. Ugly Duckling I'm on the fence about. That first album they had was pretty good.
My list includes both mainstream and underground rappers. The OP simply asked for what he thought were the "best" rap albums out there. He didn't specify any parameters as to how obscure the albums must be. A lot of people here don't follow rap at all and thus haven't listened to any albums by Nas, The Roots, Outkast, etc.
And what is REALLY embarrassing is your misspelling of the word "embarrassing." Perhaps it's time for YOU to go back to primary school and learn a thing or two.
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangaster
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Damn it you got me on that one, how dare i make a spelling mistake?, no trip back to primary school needed really, you're just being the flippant character we know and "love"
*smooch*
Eminem- The Eminem Show
Nelly- Nellyville
"What a stupid lamb."
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
Those last two shouldnt be on this list, The Eminem Show was when he started to go downhill and no Nelly record should ever be included on a best of list.
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
Definitely, Encore was the worst, I cant believe how bad it was, I used to love Eminem but really started to hate him with that record.
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
In Full Gear - Stetsasonic
Bizarre Ride II - The Pharcyde
Illmatic - Nas
Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MCs
Adventures of - Slick Rick
Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
Step In The Arena - Gang Starr
3ft High & Rising - De la Soul
Breaking Atoms - Main Source
93 til Infinity - Souls of Mischief
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.
and
aesop rock - labor days
two of my favs.
Common-Finding Forever
All of Kanye's albums
both of Lupe Fiasco's albums
anything by The Roots
anything by Outkast up to and including Stankonia
I really like "The Grey Album", but I am not sure if you can buy that in stores.
Nas - It Was Written
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang 36 Chambers
Beasties Boys - Paul's Boutique (their best album,
possible top 5 best rap albums ever)
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Cypress Hill - self-titled
Ice Cube - The Predator
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Handsome Boy Modeling School - So How's Your Girl?
Slick Rick - The Adventures of Slick Rick
Kanye West - Late Registration
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Lyrics of Fury - my favorite rap song ever)
Del tha Funkee Homosapien - Both Side of The Brain
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
ANY album by OutKast - or "Big Boi and Andre Present" for some of their hits
A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Biz Markie - Going Off
Biz Markie - I Need a Haircut
Common - Be
Coolio - It Takes a Thief
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Nelly - Nellyville
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91 - The Empire Strikes Black
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions ..
.
Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Talib Kweli - Quality
The Roots - Phrenology
The Roots - The Tipping Point
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Eminem - 8 Mile Soundtrack
Judgment Night Soundtrack
1998: East Troy2; East Lansing
2000: Noblesville; Auburn Hills; Chicago
2003: East Troy; Clarkston1
2004: Toledo; Grand Rapids
2006: Grand Rapids; Auburn Hills
2009: Chicago
2010: Columbus
2011: East Troy (PJ20), both
2013: Wrigley Field
2014: Detroit
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
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