10 Best Hip Hop Albums Ever
Since appearently its everybody's motherfuckin job to do this post, i will too, since im a follower like that. Nhjic.
What MTV sez...
1. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
4. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Though I dont necessarily agree with those being the top 4 picks, those are good picks. I can certainly respect them.
5. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
Fuck the hataz, no homo. This was influential and good. I find this pick about as reasonable as putting Makaveli here. Maybe even more.
6. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Not that it wasn't good, but it is not top 10. #6 is just way to high
7. NWA - Efil4ziggan (Am I the only one who spells this shit right?)
Straight Outta Compton is a better album, and I wouldn't put that in the top 10 anyways.
8. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Solid pick, but I wouldnt put it up here.
9. Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
This is not even my favorite Tupac album. No. I hate to say it again: Great album, but this is a top 10 all time list.
10. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
That took them a while. 10 is way too low.
What I say:
My list, in no particular order
01. Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid In Full"
02. Nas - "Illmatic"
03. Public Enemy - "Nation of Millions"
04. Notorious B.I.G. - "Ready to Die"
05. Dr. Dre - "The Chronic"
06. BDP - "Criminal Minded"
07. Wu-Tang - "36 Chambers"
08. De La Soul - "3 Feet High & Rising"
09. ATCQ - "The Low End Theory"
10. Beasties - "License to Ill"
11. BDK - "Long Live the Kane"
12. EPMD - "Strictly Business"
Honorable Mentions:
Mobb Deep - "The Infamous"
NWA - "Straight Outta Compton"
2Pac - "Me Against the World"
GangStarr - "Daily Operation"
Run-D.M.C. - "Raising Hell"
Ice Cube - "Death Certificate"
The Pharcyde - "Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde"
Mos Def - "Black On Both Sides"
Jay-Z - "Reasonable Doubt"
Slick Rick - "Great Adventures of"
Blackstar - "Mos Def & Talib Kweli are..."
Big L - "Livestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous"
Outkast - "Aquemini"
Cypress Hill - "Cypress Hill"
Ultramagnetic MC's - "Critical Beatdown"
Common Sense - "Ressurection"
Ras Kass - "Soul On Ice"
Jeru the Damaja - "The Sun Rises In The East"
Snoop Dogg - "Doggystyle"
Main Source - "Breaking Atoms"
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - "Road To The Riches"
Genius / GZA - "Liquid Swords"
Raekwon the Chef - "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..."
Geto Boys - "We Can't Be Stopped"
The Roots - "Illadelph Halflife"
Public Enemy - "Fear of a Black Planet"
De La Soul - "De La Soul Is Dead"
ATCQ - "Midnight Marauders"
...Buncha other shit..
What MTV sez...
1. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
4. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Though I dont necessarily agree with those being the top 4 picks, those are good picks. I can certainly respect them.
5. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
Fuck the hataz, no homo. This was influential and good. I find this pick about as reasonable as putting Makaveli here. Maybe even more.
6. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Not that it wasn't good, but it is not top 10. #6 is just way to high
7. NWA - Efil4ziggan (Am I the only one who spells this shit right?)
Straight Outta Compton is a better album, and I wouldn't put that in the top 10 anyways.
8. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Solid pick, but I wouldnt put it up here.
9. Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
This is not even my favorite Tupac album. No. I hate to say it again: Great album, but this is a top 10 all time list.
10. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
That took them a while. 10 is way too low.
What I say:
My list, in no particular order
01. Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid In Full"
02. Nas - "Illmatic"
03. Public Enemy - "Nation of Millions"
04. Notorious B.I.G. - "Ready to Die"
05. Dr. Dre - "The Chronic"
06. BDP - "Criminal Minded"
07. Wu-Tang - "36 Chambers"
08. De La Soul - "3 Feet High & Rising"
09. ATCQ - "The Low End Theory"
10. Beasties - "License to Ill"
11. BDK - "Long Live the Kane"
12. EPMD - "Strictly Business"
Honorable Mentions:
Mobb Deep - "The Infamous"
NWA - "Straight Outta Compton"
2Pac - "Me Against the World"
GangStarr - "Daily Operation"
Run-D.M.C. - "Raising Hell"
Ice Cube - "Death Certificate"
The Pharcyde - "Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde"
Mos Def - "Black On Both Sides"
Jay-Z - "Reasonable Doubt"
Slick Rick - "Great Adventures of"
Blackstar - "Mos Def & Talib Kweli are..."
Big L - "Livestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous"
Outkast - "Aquemini"
Cypress Hill - "Cypress Hill"
Ultramagnetic MC's - "Critical Beatdown"
Common Sense - "Ressurection"
Ras Kass - "Soul On Ice"
Jeru the Damaja - "The Sun Rises In The East"
Snoop Dogg - "Doggystyle"
Main Source - "Breaking Atoms"
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - "Road To The Riches"
Genius / GZA - "Liquid Swords"
Raekwon the Chef - "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..."
Geto Boys - "We Can't Be Stopped"
The Roots - "Illadelph Halflife"
Public Enemy - "Fear of a Black Planet"
De La Soul - "De La Soul Is Dead"
ATCQ - "Midnight Marauders"
...Buncha other shit..
As told by God to Zodiac Digital at 8:06 PM
8 Comments:
Follow the Leader was MUCH better than Paid in Full, imho. Anyway, here's my take on it:
1. By All Means Necessary - BDP
2. Nation of Millions - Public Enemy
3. Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim
4. 3 Feet High & Rising - De La Soul
5. Business As Usual - EPMD
6. Mr. Hood - KMD
7. Straight Outta' Compton - NWA
8. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of (Funk and) Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
9. Done by the Forces of Nature - Jungle Brothers
10. The Great Adventures of - Slick Rick
Way to be so bold as to not rank the top ten.
no homo
The Only reason that
Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Was added is because it ws the most Recognized Album by Tupac . Being that he dies the same month it released ..
the Video's sold that album ..
i was in 7th grade when this happened
i dont want to put that much thought into it. i really could be here all day debating long live the kane vs. the low end theory.
I'm a girl, and I know this is usually a guy's conversation. But that list is all wrong. BDP and KMD shouldn't be there at all. And why isn't there any female love?
> BDP and KMD shouldn't be there at all
first off, KMD, i didnt put it in my list.
as for BDP, are you on crack?
> And why isn't there any female love?
nothing against mc lyte, but seriously, what did you expect? for me to put the last jean grae album over de la soul?
No list is complete w/out '...Cuban Linx' and both a Tribe & De La album. end of story. But MTV slipped when NO KRS was on there.
I know rap industry cats were whylin' when they peeped that list.
Mr. Hood? I like Doom too, but top ten? Please. And Critical Beatdown? I could live a hundred years and I'll never understand how Kool Keith got to be so overrated.
In no particular order:
Raising Hell
Bigger and Deffer
Paul's Boutique
Ready to Die
The Chronic
Illmatic
Enter the 36 Chambers
The Score
It Takes a Nation of Millions...
Endtroducing
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