post yours!!!

i guess i'll post mine first....also, no need to put them in order as that would be too difficult.

1-notorious big-ready to die
2-mos def and talib kweli-blackstar
3-talib kweli-reflection eternal
4-wu tang clan-enter the wu
5-nas-illmatic

1- Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense
2- The Roots - Things Fall Apart
3- Public Enemy - He Got Game
4- IAM - L'école du micro d'argent
5- Either something by CNN (Capone N No Regae) or something by Immortal Technique.

Then again I'm probably forgetting TONS of artists. 5 just isn't enough.

Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math
GZA - Liquid Swords
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

1- Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense
2- The Roots - Things Fall Apart
3- Public Enemy - He Got Game
4- IAM - L'école du micro d'argent
5- Either something by CNN (Capone N No Regae) or something by Immortal Technique.

Then again I'm probably forgetting TONS of artists. 5 just isn't enough.

man, I have to agree on Immortal Technique. Revolutionary vols. 1 & 2 are great. Not huge on the production, but the words and the delivery is INTENSE.

Off the top of my head?

1. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
2. The Roots - Tipping Point or Illadelph Halflife
3. DJ Shadow - Entroducing
4. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
5. New Kingdom - Paradise Don't Come Cheap

That's my five at this moment, but I could easily rattle off 200 hip-hop albums that I love.

Man you see, now I forgot DJ Shadow, Blackalicious and A Tribe Called Quest -_-

man, I have to agree on Immortal Technique. Revolutionary vols. 1 & 2 are great. Not huge on the production, but the words and the delivery is INTENSE.

Yep, love those two volumes as well. Check out "The Silenced Revolution" too, its a good album.

some i was on the fence about were:

the roots-things fall apart, common-like water for chocolate and be, ATCQ-midnight marauders, outkast-atliens, aquemini and stankonia, jay-z-the black album, and liquid swords from the gza is probabaly number 6 for me....amazing album.

anybody else see rock the bells this summer? amazing show. i caught the first day in nyc...wu tang, blackstar, public enemy, cypress hill, pharoah monch, jedi mind trix, immortal technique(harlem streets was amazing), and the roots.

A few more that should be named off the top of my head:

Jedi Mind Tricks, Dj Krush, Beatie Boys, Antipop Consortium, Arrested Development, The Chords, The Cunninlynguists, Cypress Hill, Bush Babees, Deltron 3030, Dilated Peoples, Gang Starr, anything by DJ Premier, House Of Pain, Jurassic 5, Mobb Deep, MOP, NWA, Sage Francis, Talib Kweli, Swollen Members, and tons more I'm forgetting... yes! chicks: Bahamadia, Salt n Peppa, Jane Doe (really cool stuff), Jean Gray, Charli Baltimore...

For French hiphop if anyone's interested:

Southern hiphop:
IAM - L'école du micro d'argent, (check solo albums of the guys from IAM, namely Freeman - Le Palais De Justice, Akhenaton - Meteque et Mat is really worth a listen, and Shurik'n - Ou Je vis as well), La Fonky Family - Si Dieu Veut, 3eme Oeil - Avec le coeur ou rien

Northern hiphop:
NTM - Supreme NTM
La Rumeur - L'ombre sous la mesure
Sheryo - Ghetto Trip
La Cliqua - Concu Pour Durer

anybody else see rock the bells this summer? amazing show. i caught the first day in nyc...wu tang, blackstar, public enemy, cypress hill, pharoah monch, jedi mind trix, immortal technique(harlem streets was amazing), and the roots.

What a lineup! That's the kind of stuff that makes me regret living in the US :bawl:

did i mention that redman came out during the wutang set and did a few blackout songs with method, rhazel and supernatural mc'd it and put ona show themselves, and oh yeah...rage against the machine headlined!!!!!!

any of del's stuff is worht mentioning as well as heiroglyphics full circle...amazing album.

enough just mentioning discs though, i want to see top 5 lists!!! my only change in mine might be putting the gza's liquid swords on instead of the fugees-the score.

Top 5s are so hard though... I forgot Mos Def in my list...

Public Enemy - Fear of A Black Planet
The Lost Poets - Holy Terror
Material - Intonarumori
Dr. Ocatagon - Dr Octagoncologist
Disposable Heros of Hiphoprisy - Hipocracy Is The Greatest Luxury (with my buddy and current drummer Simone White)

Ready To Die
Midnight Marauders
so many from The Roots
Digable Planets - Reachin'
Snoop - Doggystyle

I have to give special mention to MC Frontalot (http://frontalot.com/index.php/) too.

I'm not huge on hip hop, I'm just getting into it fairly recently, so here goes:

Faust vs. Dalek - derbe respect, alder
Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
The Roots - Do You Want More?!?!?!?!
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chamber


Sorry for 6, it was a toss up between the Roots and Wu Tang.

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
That would be my #6. :)

mos def black on both sides was a great album as well but i cant put it that high on my list...im surprised jay-z hasnt made any appearances yet....resonable doubt, hard knock life volume 2 and the black album are all great....no bustah rhymes love either:-P

keep it up gentlemen, so far it is a delivering thread!

I hate Busta. But the only reason I didn't mention Jay-Z is that you already did. :)

Lately I've really been digging Sage Francis, Aesop Rock and Brother Ali.

Others who have mostly quality albums: Madvillain, Atmosphere, J5, and Dalek.

I only have "No Need For Alarm" by Del and I don't really care for it. If he wasn't rapping about "wack mcs" this album wouldn't have any topic. He is good on the Heiro stuff, but that is probably the best rap group on the planet.

I love all of these recordings. I guess they're kinda' old school, but that's what I like. They're not in any order.

Favorites:
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head & Ill Communication (tie)
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
NWA - Straight Outta Compton

Honorable Mention:
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
Scarface - Mr. Scarface Is Back
Black Sheep - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
Boogie Down Productions - Sex and Violence

Did anyone see Tribe perform on the Hip Hop Honors last Monday? Great stuff.

Joe

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (or Cypress Hill)
Funkdoobiest - Which Doobie U B? (Just found these guys)
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

I've been listening to a lot of "one hit wonders" such as Onyx - Slam and House of Pain - Jump Around.

PE - Fear of a Black Planet
Dr. Dre - 2001
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Jay Z - Volume 2: Hard Knock Life

Can't decide the fifth, so I'll list three more:

De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
Erik B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
Wyclef Jean - The Carnival

ICP

get that ICP crap out of here.

glad to see rakim and erik b mentioned.

under construction from missy elliot is a sick album. im really digging pharoah monches new disc too.

ICP

Why dont you silently stay away from the thread? :smug:

Awww no love for the juggalo? ;)

I know I already exceeded my limit of 5, but...

Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature

Yeah, that's a good one too.

Joe

Awww come on, get down with the clown.

Method Man - Tical
Outkast - Stankonia
Dangerdoom - The Mouse and The Mask
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Wu-Tang - Enter The 36 Chambers

As well as many more, such as
Nas - It Was Written
Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik
Deltron 3030 - s/t
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Quasimoto - The Unseen
King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader
Hieroglyphics - Full Circle
Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Young Jeezy - Thug Motivation 101/102 :ninja:

Faust vs. Dalek - derbe respect, alder

I bought that album about a month ago as I was knee deep in my Krautrock phase. Crazy stuff, but I really like it.

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

If you liked Ill Communication, I'd recommend Paul's Boutique. Great Production from the Dust Brothers and my favorite Beastie Boys album. Hello Nasty and To The 5 Buroughs have some great tracks as well.

Lets not forget Root Down :)

Glad to see Eric B & Rakim and De La get mentioned.

I think I'll just add to this thread as I listen to stuff. Some records from this morning:

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauren Hill
Definitely a commercial record, but warm production, catchy hooks, old school and modern beats, and Hill at her best, on the mic and vocally.

Handsome Boys Modeling School - White People
Great record, with guests galore: Mike Patton, De La Soul, RZA, Del, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Chino Moreno, Q-Bert, Cat Power and more that I'm forgetting. Good stuff, if a little too wide ranging to really be cohesive. Some non-starters, but the tracks I like, I really like. Plus it has an intro from Father Guido Sarducci so it gets awesome points for that.

The Streets - Original Pirate Material and A Grand Don't Come For Free
More spoken word over garage beats than hip-hop in a true sense, but I dig it.

If you liked Ill Communication, I'd recommend Paul's Boutique. Great Production from the Dust Brothers and my favorite Beastie Boys album. Hello Nasty and To The 5 Buroughs have some great tracks as well.


I love Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head, that era of Beasties is my favorite, but they certainly won't dominate my top 5. I just love pretty much every track off Ill Communication: Sabotage is a little old at this point, but that's my fault, it use to be the only song I listened to by the Beastie Boys, so I played it to death. So it's a good song, I just killed it.

You need to check Hilltop Hoods - The Calling. Aussie hip-hop duo from Adelaide. Once you get over the accent it's seriously the sickest hip-hop album I've heard. Wicked stuff.

The Streets - Original Pirate Material and A Grand Don't Come For Free
More spoken word over garage beats than hip-hop in a true sense, but I dig it.

A Grand Don't Come for Free is a wonderful album, takes you through the whole range of emotions two or three times before it's over. It's definitely one of those albums you have to listen to all at once though.

I dunno if I can single out albums, but gotta give some love to:

Jay-Z
Common
Kanye West
The Beastie Boys
The Gorillaz

Guys, this thread it's really giving me something.

I haven't been into hip hop really, but I'm taking note of your lists.

I can say that "The miseducation of Lauryn Hill" it's a CD that gets a lot of airplay in my itunes.

ICP

Does anyone want to chime in and tell 4StringFury all about how Insane Clown Posses aren't hiphop, just like he tells everyone how this band and that band don't fit into certain other genres? That would be good for a laugh.

Does anyone want to chime in and tell 4StringFury all about how Insane Clown Posses aren't hiphop, just like he tells everyone how this band and that band don't fit into certain other genres? That would be good for a laugh.


I loled.


Alright, I'll give it a shot:

Uhm, ICP isn't hip hop because you can buy their shirts at Hot Topic. So their more Alt-Hop.

Also, to quote the great Snoop Dogg, "Some call it rap, some call it hip hop, I call it rip rop."

a lot of stuff from dead prez and black sheep as well, i only have songs from them though so i dont know entire albums. rhazels first solo disc is great too with "all i know".


my next surprise is not seeing slick rick mentioned, the art of story telling tracks are all classic.

also not much 2pac love. i foudn him to be talented lyrically but i couldnt stand the beats on most of his songs and never really cared for albums as a whole, in my eyes biggie was on a whole different level than he was.

In no particular order:

1. Beastie Boys- Ill Communication (I know it`s been mentioned a hundred times already...but still)
2. Dr. Dre- Chronic 2001
3. The Roots- Phrenology
4. Jurrassic Five- Power In Numbers
5. Pocket Dwellers- PD-Atrics

Check `em out!

Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique
" ": Ill Communications
Outkast: Aquemini
Dr. Dre: The Chronic
Judgment Night: Soundtrack

Don't know if #5 would be considered hip hop though since it's a metal/hip hop mix.

1. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
2. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
3. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
4. J Dilla - Donuts
5. MF Doom's King Geedorah - Take Me to Your Leader

I'd throw in MF Doom's Vaudeville Villian, Dr Dre's Chronic, Ghostface Killah's More Fish (Fishscale and More Fish should have been a double album), Cypress Hill's III: Temple of Boom and The Roots Come Alive! as close runner's up.

a lot of stuff from dead prez and black sheep as well, i only have songs from them though so i dont know entire albums. rhazels first solo disc is great too with "all i know".

Yeah Dead Prez, I forgot about them. Melvin Gibbs was involved with them I believe. As for Eminem, who cares once you have heard Kool Keith, is how I see it.

Oh and anyone dig Booyah Tribe?

Too hard to make a top 5. I'll just take bits of everyones.

Has anyone heard the new album by Galactic. The track with Chali2na from Jurrasic 5 is on constant rotation for me. If you don't know bout it it's Galactic with a whole heap of guest mc's, my favourite album at the moment.

I'll add one that no-one else has yet . The Herd-The sun never sets. My fave hip hop album.
I'll add Feedback by J5 as well.
Good thread to make you go and dig up some old (and new) tunes.

Seems all my favorites have already been listed, but I'll add a couple more ...

Kool Keith -- Black Elvis in Outer Space
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
J-Live - Anything really ...
Redman - Dare Iz a Darkside

I don't really listen to much hip-hop, but I'd have to say my favourite album would have to be K'naan's the Dusty Foot Philosopher. Varied, catchy, and oh so amazing live.

East Coast:
1. NAS - Illmatic
2. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
3. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
4. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
5. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

Alternative:
1. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
2. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
3. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
4. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
5. Slum Village - Fantastic Volume 2

West Coast:
1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
2. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
3. Snoop - Doggystyle
4. DOC - Noone Can Do it Better
5. Ice Cube - Death Certificate

I've not a big fan of southern hip-hop, but Scarface, Outkast, and Goodie Mob have all had classic albums.

Here's my list of the 90s:

1. DJ Qbert - Wavetwisters
2. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
3. Digable Planets - Reachin'...
4. Das EFX - Dead Serious
5. Dr. Dre - The Chronic

There's a lot to list, but these are albums I constantly put on my mp3 player.

I can't think of my 00s list yet, but Aesop Rock's "Daylight" EP, Deltron 3030, and Madvillain - Madvillainy would probably be on it.

MF Doom - MM Food

1. Ol' Dirty Bastard-36 Chambers
2. The Coup-Genocide And Juice
3. Company Flow-Funcrusher Plus
4. Wu Tang Clan-Enter The Wu Tang
5. Dr Dre-The Chronic

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Run DMC - Raisin' Hell

That's the list for today at least.

the roots - the roots come alive (live)
n.e.r.d - in search of...
the roots - game theory
the roots - things fall apart
n.e.r.d - fly or die


im a big roots and pharell fan.

Let see...
Saul Williams - s/t
The Roots - things fall apart
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing or Private Press
Don Johnson Big Band - Breaking Daylights
Jasper and the Prodigal Suns - Everything is Everything

and Beastie Boys' the Mix Up.

GHETTO BOYS!!!!!!

Yeah. Geto Boys are dope. Bushwick Bill is the greatest rhyming dwarf.

1. Dre - 2001 (Mike Elizondo is one BAD man!)
2. Daz Dillinger - DPGC U Know What I'm Throwin' Up
3. Devin the Dude - Waitin' To Inhale
4. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
5. Xzibit - Man vs. Machine

and...
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Lil Wayne and Birdman - Like Father, Like Son
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
Twista - Kamikaze
Dre - The Chronic
Tha Dogg Pound - Cali Iz Active
Kanye West - Late Registration
Canibus - Rip the Jacker

and of course.....though a bit preemptive:

Dre - Detox (it's coming soon I swear lol)

1. jay-z - reasonable doubt
2.mos def - black on both sides
3. lupe fiasco - food and liquor
4. ice cube - amerikkka's most wanted
5. dr. dre - the chronic 2001

Souls Of Mischief - '93 til Infinity
LMNO - Leave My Name Out
Eligh - Poltergiest
Typical Cats - Civil Service
Canibus - Rip The Jacker

1.DR. DRE-BOTH "CHRONICS"
2.A TRIBE CALLED QUEST- "LOW END THEORY"
3.DJ. QUIK- "BORN AND RAISED IN COMPTON" (ROB BACON IS THE REASON I STARTED PLAYING BASS)
4. NOTORIOUS B.I.G.- "READY TO DIE"
5. OUTKAST- "SOUTHERNPLAYALISTIC"


DRE, QUIK AND OUTKAST WORKS ARE SOME GREAT BASS PRACTICE TOOLS.

GZA - Liquid Swords
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday

mmmmmmm

Can't rate 'em, so I'll list them in no order:

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Naughty By Nature - Self-Titled
ANYTHING by Jurassic 5
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
NAS - Illmatic
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
NWA - Straight Outta Compton

Mos Def - Black On Both Sides

1.DR. DRE-BOTH "CHRONICS"
2.A TRIBE CALLED QUEST- "LOW END THEORY"
3.DJ. QUIK- "BORN AND RAISED IN COMPTON" (ROB BACON IS THE REASON I STARTED PLAYING BASS)
4. NOTORIOUS B.I.G.- "READY TO DIE"
5. OUTKAST- "SOUTHERNPLAYALISTIC"


DRE, QUIK AND OUTKAST WORKS ARE SOME GREAT BASS PRACTICE TOOLS.

preston crump's work with outkast and other hip hop artists is truly inspiring. he and hub from the roots are two of my biggest influences.


on another note, im glad to see some love for "liquid swords" from the gza on here, in my opinion this edges out "tical"(method) and "fishscale"(ghostface) as the best solo effort from a wu tang member. if you like hip hop and havnt heard "liquid swords", or any of those three albums i listed, do yourself a favor and check them out!!

edit:
oops, i got a little carried away there...:o

I'm not sure how I'd rate anything, but that first Handsome Boy Modeling School record ("So...How's Your Girl?") was fantastic. Lots of strange and creative production, lots of awesome guests (Alec Empire, El-P, DJ Shadow, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Sadat X, Sean Lennon, etc.) I really liked the Deltron 3030 disc that Automator made with Del too.

preston crump's work with outkast and other hip hop artists is truly inspiring. he and hub from the roots are two of my biggest influences.


on another note, im glad to see some love for "liquid swords" from the gza on here, in my opinion this edges out "tical"(method) and "fishscale"(ghostface) as the best solo effort from a wu tang member. if you like hip hop and havnt heard "liquid swords", or any of those three albums i listed, do yourself a favor and check them out!!

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SLEEP ON PRESTON CRUMP. CHECKOUT HIS TRACKS ON MSPACE. ALSO, LAMARQUIS JEFFERSON REPS FOR THE ATL.

The roots - Do you want more
Snoop Dogg - The doggfather
Deltron 30 30
Dr.Dre - 2001
NWA - Straight Outta Compton

I'm not sure how I'd rate anything, but that first Handsome Boy Modeling School record ("So...How's Your Girl?") was fantastic. Lots of strange and creative production, lots of awesome guests (Alec Empire, El-P, DJ Shadow, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Sadat X, Sean Lennon, etc.) I really liked the Deltron 3030 disc that Automator made with Del too.

+1

I agree on that Handsome Boy Modeling school being a great disc. Prince Paul is definitely a great producer that seems to find the right projects. The Baby Elephant album Turn My Teeth Up! (with Bernie Worrell) is pretty tasty if I have to say myself. It's not hip-hop though.

... in no particular order...

A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Dr Octagon - Dr Octagonecologyst
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary, Vol. 2
Outkast - Aquemini
GZA - Liquid Swords
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Nas - Illmatic
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Fugees - The Score
Talib Kweli and Mos Def - Black Star
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Jean Grae - The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP