Essential Hip-Hop/ Rap Albums.

[hamstershaver]

i like watching white guys argue about rap music

 

[flex229]

here's a great one that yall may have never heard of:

the album "the end" by Three Six Mafia.

it's a classic in my eyes.

 

[silverbackn]

Just forked it out and bassed that shite.. and LOUD!!!

The beats on Ready to Die were sick

 

[eat big]

The beats on Ready to Die were sick

Yeah but the best beats have got to be Dre. Outkast and Gang Starr are up there along with the Wu.

 

[javaguru]

I didn't read the thread but if one wants to start a hip hop album collection they need the greatest of all time.........

The Chronic

 

[madbomber31]

Mods, please let this sit before it gets moved.

Here are the must-have albums if you like Hip-Hop/Rap. While you may not agree with most of these, IMO they are all great albums.

Discuss.

Illmatic by Nas
ATLiens by Outkast
The Chronic by Dre
Dre 2001 by Dre
The Infamous by Mobb Deep
Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z
The BluePrint by Jay-Z
The Lost Tapes by Nas
Full Clip by Gang Starr
One Day It'll All Make Sense by Common
Be by Common
All Eyez on Me by Tupac
The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest
Aquemeni by Outkast
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Ready To Die by the Notorious BIG
Paid In Full by Eric B. and RAKIM
Late Registration by Kanye West
The Eminem Show by Eminem
The Marshall Mather LP by Eminem
8 Mile by Eminem

you have three eminem cd's on your essential list? are you fucking kidding me? this is why white people should not listen to rap!

 

[BrothaBill]

I was going to say Pharcyde but NYCgirl, mainly b/c it reminds me of a basement apartment where we'd chill and listen to shit in the background, I mean I never really knew what was playing in this place. It was just a time to chill and I remember Pharcide.

I didnt see Cypress Hill mentioned either on this thread. Insane in the membrane was popular, but some of the other songs were great on that album. I havent heard it freaking years, I wanna get highhhhhh, soo highhhh, hits from the bong
Hitting up Ares right now to download it

I aint going out like that. Shit the memories

I used to love to run to Nigga ya love to hate by Ice cube, always pumped me up to start a run

 

[eat big]

you have three eminem cd's on your essential list? are you fucking kidding me? this is why white people should not listen to rap!

If it weren't for Eminem, rap hip-hop would be dead. Maybe he isn't as good as the groups in the 90's. He's definitely been one of the better one's as of lately, which in a way, doesn't say much.

 

[eat big]

you have three eminem cd's on your essential list? are you fucking kidding me? this is why white people should not listen to rap!

LMAO, just realized you're from Detroit.

 

[dirty~d~]

I'm not reading through 5 pages to figure out if someone has already said this (yes, I'm being lazy tonight)... where's the Busta Rhymes on your list EB?