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If you're a fan of good hip hop though than you should really give the first album I posted a listen. No one knows of Surreal and he's really underrated but his shit is REALLY good.
In no particular order:
Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous
GZA - Liquid Swords
Nas - Illmatic
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
Pete Rock & CL Smooth- Main Ingredient
Nas- Illmatic
People Under the Stairs- Question in the Form of an Answer
Black Star- Black Star
Heltah Skeltah- Nocturnal
Gravediggaz- 6 Feet Deep
A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
Nujabes ft. Shing02- Luv (Sic)
Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Roots- Do You Want More?!/From the Ground Up
New Classics:
Slime Flu
Trials & Tribulations (No hate, has every attribute of a classic rap album)
Rugby Thompson
Crime Pays
Time Is Money
Carter II (If you disagree, you just don't know about Heatmakerz production and the effect they used to have on projects)
Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman
Killa Season
Mood Muzik Series
Slaughterhouse The Album
Halfway House
Padded Room
Escape Route
Old Classics:
Diplomatic Immunity (All Time Great)
We Are The Streets (All Time Great)
It's Dark & Hell Is Hot
Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood (All Time Great)
Ryde Or Die Vol. 1
SDE
Come Home With Me
Purple Haze
From Me To You
Gangster & A Gentleman
The Big Picture
Murda Muzik
Hell On Earth
HNIC (Cannot stress this one enough, replay value for crazy)
I dunno. I'm missing some, but I'm really tired so who cares.
Schoolboy Q- Oxymoran.
Kendrick Lamar-m.A.Ad city
Eminem-Marshal Mathers LP
Public Enemy-It takes a million to hold us back
Dr Dre-The Chronic
N.W.A-Straight Outa Compton
Biggie-Ready to die and Life After Death
I've been wanting to comprise this list for myself for a while so I'm gonna take this very seriously, gonna be a bit long but I truly believe each album I'm gonna post is amongst the best of all time. At least the OG's list. The New Weirdos list has a few that can definitely go toe to toe with the big boys, but it's mainly just to spread the word of the resurgence of rap music and the awesome stuff coming out these days that some might be missing out on.
OG's
Ready to Die-BIG
Reasonable Doubt-Jay Z
Illmatic- Nas
All Eyez on Me- Pac
36 Chambers-Wu
Only Built for Cuban Links- Raekwon
Capital Punishment-Big Pun
The Big Picture- Big L
The Blueprint- Jay Z
Blackout!- Method Man and Redman
Stankonia- Outkast
Madvillainy- Madvillain (DOOM/Madlib)
Tha Carter II- lil weezyana
The Infamous- Mobb Deep
Things Fall Apart- The Roots
Diplomatic Immunity- Dipset
It's Dark and Hell is Hot- DMX
The Chronic/2001- Dr Dre
The Slim Shady LP- Eminem
Paid in Full- Eric B and Rakim
The Album- The Firm
Get Rich or Die Trying- 50 Cent
The Score- The Fugees
Doctors Advocate- The Game
Full Clip- GangStarr
Liquid Swords- GZA Genius
Supreme Clientele- Ghostface Killah
Revolutionary Vol. II- Immortal Technique
The College Dropout- Kanye West
Black on Both Sides- Mos Def
NY's Finest- Pete Rock
Raps New Weirdos
Section 80- Kendrick lamar
Good Kid Maad City- Kendrick Lamar
BetteroffDEAD- Flatbush ZOMBIES
1999- Joey Badass
Doris- Earl Sweatshirt
The Program EP- Action Bronson
Control System- Ab Soul
Strictly Flowz- Bishop Nehru
Faces- Mac Miller
Duality- Captain Murphy
Acid Rap- Chance the Rapper
Born Sinner- J Cole
Cocaine Pinata- Freddie Gibbs
Cassette 3: The Marrion Morrison Mixtape- JonWayne
NehruvianDOOM- Doom/Bishop
Extended Play- Statik Selektah
No order top 5 of what I consider to be part of the hip hop "canon" so to speak. Greatest may not necessarily mean "best," but I think that is what you were going for. These have stood the test of time:
Muddy Waters
Ready to Die
Blackout!
Supreme Clientele
Liquid Swords
Dr.Nitrog3nNew Classics:
Slime Flu
Trials & Tribulations (No hate, has every attribute of a classic rap album)
Rugby Thompson
Crime Pays
Time Is Money
Carter II (If you disagree, you just don't know about Heatmakerz production and the effect they used to have on projects)
Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman
Killa Season
Mood Muzik Series
Slaughterhouse The Album
Halfway House
Padded Room
Escape Route
Old Classics:
Diplomatic Immunity (All Time Great)
We Are The Streets (All Time Great)
It's Dark & Hell Is Hot
Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood (All Time Great)
Ryde Or Die Vol. 1
SDE
Come Home With Me
Purple Haze
From Me To You
Gangster & A Gentleman
The Big Picture
Murda Muzik
Hell On Earth
HNIC (Cannot stress this one enough, replay value for crazy)
I dunno. I'm missing some, but I'm really tired so who cares.
Surprised no cypress hill or de la soul has made it in ye. That said some pretty solid choices from a lot of people. Still some shit in the mix but way better than this thread normally turns out.
I'll stick with my 6. Otherwise I probably would have ended up with a list of 15-20
This a joke? All of his projects are great, solo or with Cam'ron, his storytelling ability is something else, he has great lyrics and makes some of the sickest references out, there's not a bad thing about him bedides the fact that Khaled won't let him drop anything.
