Inspired by xxx's favorite 100 album threads, this is a list of albums people should be on the look out for. Albums which are acclaimed, which are masterpieces, classics or close-to. Some are creativily original, others are generic but sound great. Long list, worth the read. So here are 7's recommendations. Im sure ive missed some key lp's.
Word... Life [O.C.]
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... [Raekwon]
Illmatic [Nas]
Southernplayacadillacmuzik [Outkast]
Ridin' Dirty [UGK]
Ready To Die [The Notorious B.I.G.]
Stress: The Extinction Agenda [Organized Konfusion]
Midnight Marauders [A Tribe Called Quest]
Follow The Leader [Eric. B & Rakim]
Wanted: Dead Or Alive [Kool G Rap & DJ Polo]
It's A Big Daddy Thing [Big Daddy Kane]
The Chronic [Dr. Dre]
Doe Or Die [AZ]
Things Fall Apart [The Roots]
Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous [Big L]
Dare Iz A Darkside [Redman]
Ressurrection [Common Sense]
Death Certificate [Ice Cube]
Step Into The Arena [Gangstarr]
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back [Public Enemy]
Me Against The World [Tupac]
Comin' Out Hard [8Ball & MJG]
Capital Punishment [Big Punisher]
Dead Serious [Das EFX]
It's Hard & Hell Is Hot [DMX]
Eazy-Duz-It [Eazy E]
De La Soul Is Dead [De La Soul]
Safe & Sound [DJ Quik]
The Score [The Fugees]
Muddy Waters [Redman]
Strictly Business [EPMD]
Supreme Clientele [Ghostface Killah]
Soul Food [Goodie Mob]
Liquid Swords [GZA]
The Sun Rises In The East [Jeru Da Damaja]
Return To Boom Rap [KRS-One]
Sittin' On Chrome [Masta Ace]
No One Can Do It Better [The D.O.C.]
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Blackstar [Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
Naughty By Nature [Naughty By Nature]
Mecca & The Soul Brother [Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth]
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde [The Pharcyde]
Enter The 36 Chambers: Wu-Tang [Wu-Tang Clan]
Genocide and Juice [The Coup]
The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick [Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh]
Lyte As A Rock [MC Lyte]
Doggystyle [Snoop Doggy Dogg]
I Wish My Brother George Was Here [Del The Funky Homosapien]
By All Means Necessary [Boogie Down Productions]
Straight Outta Compton [N.W.A.]
Gas Face [3rd Bass]
Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning [Kwamé]
Grip It On That Other Level [Geto Boys]
In Full Gear [Stetsasonic]
Breakin' Atom's [Main Source]
Southernunderground [Cunninlynguists]
Raising Hell [Run-DMC]
Straight Outta The Jungle [Jungle Brothers]
Critical Beatdown [Ultramagnetic MC's]
One For All [Brand Nubian]
The Diary [Scarface]
Radio [LL Cool J]
Licensed To Ill [Beastie Boys]
The Blueprint [Jay-Z]
Black Sunday [Cypress Hill]
Colors [Ice-T]
Fear of A Black Planet [Public Enemy]
Paid In Full [Eric B. & Rakim]
Long Live The Kane [Big Daddy Kane]
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted [Ice Cube]
Aquemini [Outkast]
Return To The 36 Chamber's [Ol' Dirty Bastard]
Road To Riches [Kool G Rap & DJ Polo]
Criminal Minded [Boogie Down Productions]
The Low End Theory [A Tribe Called Quest]
Do You Want More?!?!?! [The Roots]
The Cold Vein [Cannibal OX]
All Hail The Queen [Queen Latifah]
Goin' Off [Biz Markie]
How Ya Like Me Now [Kool Moe Dee]
Hot Cool & Vicious [Salt & Peppa]
The Coming [Busta Rhymes]
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) [Digable Planets]
Planet Rock [Afrika Bambatta]
The Message [Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five]
He's the DJ , I'm The Rapper [The Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff]
Enter The Stage [Black Moon]
Daily Operation [Gangstarr]
'93 'Till Infinite [Souls Of Mischief]
Third Eye Vision [Hieroglyphics]
Dogg Food [The Doggpound]
Way 2 Fonky [DJ Quik]
2001 [Dr. Dre]
Unfinished Business [EPMD]
Whut? Thee Album [Redman]
Disposable Arts [Masta Ace]
Efl4zaggin [N.W.A.]
Mamma Said Knock You Out [LL Cool J]
Life After Death [The Notorious B.I.G.]
Don Kiluminati [The 7 Day Theory]
Soul On Ice[Ras Kass]
Coast II Coast [Tha Alkaholiks]
At Your Own Risk [King T]
40 Dayz & 40 Nightz [Xzibit]
Kizz My Black Azz EP [MC Ren]
Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!! [Maestro]
Loc-Ed After Dark [Tone Loc]
3 Feet High and Rising [De La Soul]
E. 1999 Eternal [Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]
Runaway Slave [Showbiz & A.G.]
Innercity Griots [Freestyle Fellowship]
Black On Bothsides [Mos Def]
Reflection Eternal: Train Of Thought [Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek]
Livin' Proof [Group Home]
We Can't Be Stopped [Geto Boys]
Regulate... G Funk Era [Warren G]
Music 2 Drive-By 2 [MC Eiht]
3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of... [Arrested Development]
That's Them [Artifacts]
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing [Black Sheep]
Nia [Blackalicious]
Funcrusher Plus [Company Flow]
Cypress Hill [Cypress Hill]
O.G. - Original Gangsta [Ice-T]
Funky Technician [Lord Finesse]
Operation: Doomsday [MF Doom]
A Future Without a Past [The Leader's Of The New School]
Bacdafucup [Onyx]
Life Is... Too Short [Too $hort]
Nice & Smooth [Nice & Smooth]
Reasonable Doubt [Jay-Z]
Dana Dane With Fame [Danna Dane]
Stunts, Blunts, and Hip Hop [Diamond D]
Reel to Reel [Grand Puba]
Slaughtahouse [Masta Ace]
The 18th Letter [Rakim]
Here Come The Lords [Lords Of The Underground]
Big Tyme [Heavy D]
Adrenaline Rush [Twista]
Legal Drug Money [The Lost Boyz]
The Infamous [Mobb Deep]
Firing Squad [M.O.P.]
Bow Down [Westside Connection]
Tical [Method Man]
Youngest In Charge [Special Ed]
Make It Reign [Peter Gunz & Lord Tariq]
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peace.
Word... Life [O.C.]
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... [Raekwon]
Illmatic [Nas]
Southernplayacadillacmuzik [Outkast]
Ridin' Dirty [UGK]
Ready To Die [The Notorious B.I.G.]
Stress: The Extinction Agenda [Organized Konfusion]
Midnight Marauders [A Tribe Called Quest]
Follow The Leader [Eric. B & Rakim]
Wanted: Dead Or Alive [Kool G Rap & DJ Polo]
It's A Big Daddy Thing [Big Daddy Kane]
The Chronic [Dr. Dre]
Doe Or Die [AZ]
Things Fall Apart [The Roots]
Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous [Big L]
Dare Iz A Darkside [Redman]
Ressurrection [Common Sense]
Death Certificate [Ice Cube]
Step Into The Arena [Gangstarr]
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back [Public Enemy]
Me Against The World [Tupac]
Comin' Out Hard [8Ball & MJG]
Capital Punishment [Big Punisher]
Dead Serious [Das EFX]
It's Hard & Hell Is Hot [DMX]
Eazy-Duz-It [Eazy E]
De La Soul Is Dead [De La Soul]
Safe & Sound [DJ Quik]
The Score [The Fugees]
Muddy Waters [Redman]
Strictly Business [EPMD]
Supreme Clientele [Ghostface Killah]
Soul Food [Goodie Mob]
Liquid Swords [GZA]
The Sun Rises In The East [Jeru Da Damaja]
Return To Boom Rap [KRS-One]
Sittin' On Chrome [Masta Ace]
No One Can Do It Better [The D.O.C.]
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Blackstar [Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
Naughty By Nature [Naughty By Nature]
Mecca & The Soul Brother [Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth]
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde [The Pharcyde]
Enter The 36 Chambers: Wu-Tang [Wu-Tang Clan]
Genocide and Juice [The Coup]
The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick [Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh]
Lyte As A Rock [MC Lyte]
Doggystyle [Snoop Doggy Dogg]
I Wish My Brother George Was Here [Del The Funky Homosapien]
By All Means Necessary [Boogie Down Productions]
Straight Outta Compton [N.W.A.]
Gas Face [3rd Bass]
Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning [Kwamé]
Grip It On That Other Level [Geto Boys]
In Full Gear [Stetsasonic]
Breakin' Atom's [Main Source]
Southernunderground [Cunninlynguists]
Raising Hell [Run-DMC]
Straight Outta The Jungle [Jungle Brothers]
Critical Beatdown [Ultramagnetic MC's]
One For All [Brand Nubian]
The Diary [Scarface]
Radio [LL Cool J]
Licensed To Ill [Beastie Boys]
The Blueprint [Jay-Z]
Black Sunday [Cypress Hill]
Colors [Ice-T]
Fear of A Black Planet [Public Enemy]
Paid In Full [Eric B. & Rakim]
Long Live The Kane [Big Daddy Kane]
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted [Ice Cube]
Aquemini [Outkast]
Return To The 36 Chamber's [Ol' Dirty Bastard]
Road To Riches [Kool G Rap & DJ Polo]
Criminal Minded [Boogie Down Productions]
The Low End Theory [A Tribe Called Quest]
Do You Want More?!?!?! [The Roots]
The Cold Vein [Cannibal OX]
All Hail The Queen [Queen Latifah]
Goin' Off [Biz Markie]
How Ya Like Me Now [Kool Moe Dee]
Hot Cool & Vicious [Salt & Peppa]
The Coming [Busta Rhymes]
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) [Digable Planets]
Planet Rock [Afrika Bambatta]
The Message [Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five]
He's the DJ , I'm The Rapper [The Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff]
Enter The Stage [Black Moon]
Daily Operation [Gangstarr]
'93 'Till Infinite [Souls Of Mischief]
Third Eye Vision [Hieroglyphics]
Dogg Food [The Doggpound]
Way 2 Fonky [DJ Quik]
2001 [Dr. Dre]
Unfinished Business [EPMD]
Whut? Thee Album [Redman]
Disposable Arts [Masta Ace]
Efl4zaggin [N.W.A.]
Mamma Said Knock You Out [LL Cool J]
Life After Death [The Notorious B.I.G.]
Don Kiluminati [The 7 Day Theory]
Soul On Ice[Ras Kass]
Coast II Coast [Tha Alkaholiks]
At Your Own Risk [King T]
40 Dayz & 40 Nightz [Xzibit]
Kizz My Black Azz EP [MC Ren]
Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!! [Maestro]
Loc-Ed After Dark [Tone Loc]
3 Feet High and Rising [De La Soul]
E. 1999 Eternal [Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]
Runaway Slave [Showbiz & A.G.]
Innercity Griots [Freestyle Fellowship]
Black On Bothsides [Mos Def]
Reflection Eternal: Train Of Thought [Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek]
Livin' Proof [Group Home]
We Can't Be Stopped [Geto Boys]
Regulate... G Funk Era [Warren G]
Music 2 Drive-By 2 [MC Eiht]
3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of... [Arrested Development]
That's Them [Artifacts]
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing [Black Sheep]
Nia [Blackalicious]
Funcrusher Plus [Company Flow]
Cypress Hill [Cypress Hill]
O.G. - Original Gangsta [Ice-T]
Funky Technician [Lord Finesse]
Operation: Doomsday [MF Doom]
A Future Without a Past [The Leader's Of The New School]
Bacdafucup [Onyx]
Life Is... Too Short [Too $hort]
Nice & Smooth [Nice & Smooth]
Reasonable Doubt [Jay-Z]
Dana Dane With Fame [Danna Dane]
Stunts, Blunts, and Hip Hop [Diamond D]
Reel to Reel [Grand Puba]
Slaughtahouse [Masta Ace]
The 18th Letter [Rakim]
Here Come The Lords [Lords Of The Underground]
Big Tyme [Heavy D]
Adrenaline Rush [Twista]
Legal Drug Money [The Lost Boyz]
The Infamous [Mobb Deep]
Firing Squad [M.O.P.]
Bow Down [Westside Connection]
Tical [Method Man]
Youngest In Charge [Special Ed]
Make It Reign [Peter Gunz & Lord Tariq]
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peace.
