Essential Hip Hop List
- Thread starter Little Skittle
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Well I was never into Golden Age East Coast Hip Hop so I went right to the 1980's, as the only album I had off of it was Paid in Full. I listened to Criminal Minded and It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back and really liked both. I liked ITANOMTHUB significantly more than CM, but they are both awesome. Since I was born in 88, these albums are a little before my time but I think it's so interesting to read about the backgrounds of each album and what was going on in the Hip Hop world at the time (i.e. Criminal Minded and the following Bridge Wars with Shan and the Juice Crew). After I listened to those 2, I went up a couple years to a time period I enjoy a little more and listened to The Main Ingredient by Pete Rock and C.L Smooth, which was fucking great. Looking for an album from the 2000's next if you have any suggestions...I already know:
Nas - The Lost Tapes
Outkast - Stankonia
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Blu and Exile - Below The Heavens
Little Brother - The Listening
Eminem - MMLP
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Nas - The Lost Tapes
Outkast - Stankonia
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Blu and Exile - Below The Heavens
Little Brother - The Listening
Eminem - MMLP
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
If you liked the Main Ingredient, you should peep Mecca and the Soul Brother. I figure most people who care enough about rap music to talk about it with strangers on the Internet have heard "Straighten it Out" and "T.R.O.Y." already but there are other gems. Since you liked KRS-One, I'd check Return of the Boom Bap, too--plenty of DJ Premier beats and KRS at his best before he went off the deep end.
From the 2000s, off the list in the original post, the albums I *love* or used-to-love-than-excessively-played-and-got-sick-of-em are:
(ranked in descending order of virgin-ear-friendliness)
The Blueprint
Hell Hath No Fury
A Piece of Strange (I might be wrong about where I ranked this considering the album's inexplicable obscurity. I blame it on the group's stupid name.)
Supreme Clientele
Masters of the Universe
Deltron 3030
Madvillainy
The Cold Vein
Beauty and the Beat
I'll Sleep When You're Dead
From the 2000s, off the list in the original post, the albums I *love* or used-to-love-than-excessively-played-and-got-sick-of-em are:
(ranked in descending order of virgin-ear-friendliness)
The Blueprint
Hell Hath No Fury
A Piece of Strange (I might be wrong about where I ranked this considering the album's inexplicable obscurity. I blame it on the group's stupid name.)
Supreme Clientele
Masters of the Universe
Deltron 3030
Madvillainy
The Cold Vein
Beauty and the Beat
I'll Sleep When You're Dead
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