Best Rap Albums

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  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    South of Seattle wrote:
    The Marshall Mathers album is a masterpiece though, everything after? ugh.

    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.
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  • pirlo21
    pirlo21 Posts: 534
    My faves:

    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.
  • JSBE
    JSBE Posts: 1,078
    el-p - fantastic damage

    and

    aesop rock - labor days

    two of my favs.
  • dcne200
    dcne200 Posts: 45
    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.
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    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
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • SweetAndLow
    SweetAndLow Posts: 178
    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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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Slim Shady LP
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

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  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    The Roots - Game Theory
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