Best Rap albums ever?

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Never really been a huge hiphop head, just mainly grewup listening to mixtapes, aside from your garden variety nas, jay, wu, mobb deep etc.

But is there a list of the best albums ever created somewhere? Trying to expand my collection.
 
u mentioned wu so im assuming you know about Liquid Swords, Only built 4 cuban linx so i wont list those
 
Wow there are alot to choose from but I'ma run through of the top of my head

A Tribe Called Quest-Low End Theory
Public Enemy-It takes a Nation Of Millions to hold us back
Ice Cube-Amerikkas Most Wanted
2Pac-Me Against the World and All Eye On Me and 7 Day Theory
Fugees-The Score
Raekwon-Only Built for Cuban Linx
Dead Prez-Revolutionary But Gangsta
Dr Dre-Chronic and 2001
Missy Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly
Outkast- Atliens, Aqumeni, and Stankonia
Scarface -Th Fix
Juvenile- 400 Degreez
Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
Little Brother-Minstrel Show
Mos Def-Black on Both Sides
Geto Boys-We Can't be Stopped


Man there is so many to choose from its hard to remember them all.
 
Yeah all the traditional NY rap, I have those, biggies, Jay's, Mobbs, Jada/Styles, Nas's, the random west coast album, chronic 3000.

I'm also trying to get my shortie into "good" rap, Nas, Mobb, Styles etc are all too hard for her. She listens to party rap(Florida ish) mostly :smh: Shes not a bird, just caucasian and doesnt know better
 
Phen0m said:
Yeah all the traditional NY rap, I have those, biggies, Jay's, Mobbs, Jada/Styles, Nas's, the random west coast album, chronic 3000.

I'm also trying to get my shortie into "good" rap, Nas, Mobb, Styles etc are all too hard for her. She listens to party rap(Florida ish) mostly :smh: Shes not a bird, just caucasian and doesnt know better
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Put her on to A Tribe Called Quest.

Every girl I have dated has been broken in to with Bonita Applebum :smokin
 
New Albums really dont get a lot of credit as far as being considered classic...but I cant take Havoc's "13" out of my deck. My ish...
 
Phen0m said:
Yeah all the traditional NY rap, I have those, biggies, Jay's, Mobbs, Jada/Styles, Nas's, the random west coast album, chronic 3000.

I'm also trying to get my shortie into "good" rap, Nas, Mobb, Styles etc are all too hard for her. She listens to party rap(Florida ish) mostly :smh: Shes not a bird, just caucasian and doesnt know better
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Well in that case allow me to recommend some of my favorites.

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Real **** man I'm glad you made this thread I haven't bumped alot of these albums in years (I'm 28) and its a dope trip down memory lane.
 
So many... But here's some great albums on the underground tip (lots of white chicks can dig this stuff) -

Murs - 3:16 The 9th Edition
Brother Ali - Shadows On The Sun
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
 
And she prob wont dig this, but you might... Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein. Classic.
 
Haven't look at posts other then OP but here are a lot outside of Nas, Wu, Biggie, Jay, and Mobb

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, The Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul Is Dead, Stakes is High
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Fear of a Black Planet
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full, Follow the Leader
Common - Resurrection, One Day It'll All Make Sense, Like Water For Chocolate, Be
OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, ATLiens, Aquemini
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill, Paul's Boutique, Ill Communication
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, Labcabincalifornia
2Pac - Me Against the World, All Eyez on Me, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show
Gang Starr - Daily Operation, Hard to Earn, Moment of Truth
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, The Predator
Redman - Whut? Thee Album, Dare Iz a Darkside, Muddy Waters
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Road to the Riches, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Live and Let Die
Scarface - The Diary, The Fix
LL Cool J - Radio, Mama Said Knock You Out
AZ - Doe or Die, Aziatic
Dr. Dre - The Chronic, The Chronic 2001
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife, Things Fall Apart
Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East, Wrath of the Math
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Fugees - The Score
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
UGK - Ridin' Dirty
Onyx - Bacdafucup, All We Got Iz Us
Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Smif-N-Wessun - Da Shinin'
Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Naughty by Nature - Naughty by Nature
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
Xzbit - At the Speed of Life, 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food
Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era
Souls of Mischief - '93 til Infinity
Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report
DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
Graved****z - 6 Feet Deep
O.C. - Word...Life
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Kanye West - The College Dropout, Late Registration
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor, The Cool
Royce Da 5'9'' - Death is Certain
 
Chopper said:
So many... But here's some great albums on the underground tip (lots of white chicks can dig this stuff) -

Murs - 3:16 The 9th Edition
Brother Ali - Shadows On The Sun
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
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but I HIGHLY doubt a girls gunna be into aesop dudes way out there. but albums dope as hell
 
Mastamind killed it- so I'll give you some other other ****
idk how old you are, but I'm 21, and I just think it's hard af to just hop into hip hop by hearing the older classic ****
idk , to me- you gotta start what u know- so that's the now-- and then work your way back to the illmatics n whatnot, but that's just me!

get that Teflon Don- Rick Ross
Urban legend- t.i.
EARL- Earl Sweatshirt
Lupe Fiasco- Enemy of the state: a love story
and grab anything you can by Los or jay Electronica, because i fully and truly believe they're the only clear greats that are active right now

Look. You're gunna need some ignorant ****. There's nothing better.
Gucci Mane- Writing on the Wall
Also dl these two loosies by Waka bc they'll change ya life- 50k , and Dreads N Gold


dl 100 Miles n Runnin (Wale), The Warm Up (J. Cole), & I Want You (Theophilus loNDON)
GET Tha Carter II (Lil Wayne) , wait **** that **** that-- grab da drought 3 as well, and pleeeeease do urself and get dedication 2-- which are also wayne joints

And i gotta end it with the god. kanye is the artist of my generation idc idc idc
so grab College Dropout, grab Late Registration, think about grabbing graduation, and ************* grab My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Good luck on your quest
 
best albums (in no particular order):

Nas- Illmatic

Deltron3030- Deltron3030

MF Doom- Operation Doomsday

Jedi Mind Tricks- Violent by Design

Wu Tang Clan- Enter the Wu Tang: 36 Chambers

Gangstarr- Moment of Truth

Fugees- The Score

People Under the Stairs- O.S.T

Kanye West- College Dropout

best solo album:

GZA- Liquid Swords

Love me some Robert Glasper, El-P, Aesop, Danny Brown, etc, etc 
 
Theophilus London- I Want You 

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I may be the only one who doesn't listen to Kendrick Lamar, SchoolboyQ, ASAP, Odd Future, and all that ish. They're not appealing to me.
 
Illmatic
It Was Written
Ready To Die
doe or die
Enter the Wu tang 36 chambers
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Reasonable Doubt
A tribe called quests first three albums
Bizarre Ride 2 the pharcyde
black album
blueprint
get rich or die trying
college dropout
slim shady lp
Definitely forgetting some stuff but you cant go wrong with any of these
 
Since you said "ever", let's start early.

Some of the classic early albums I'd suggest....

Public Enemy-Yo Bumrush The Show
Beastie Boys-License To Ill
Boogie Down Productions-Criminal Minded
Big Daddy Kane-Long Live The Kane
Biz Markie-Goin' Off
EPMD-Strictly Business
Ultramagnetic MC's-Critical Beatdown
Eric B and Rakim-Paid In Full

These IMO are the albums that laid the foundation for rap music as we know it. In terms of rhymes, production etc. They were all released in the span of about 2 years.

Each of these groups follow up albums (except maybe Ultramags, Kane, Biz) was also phenomenal.

From here you can segue into Kool G Rap, De La, Tribe Called Quest, Wu, Mobb, Nas, Jay etc.
 
this album may offend you if you're white
O.C Word Life (NYC Rapper)

Jay-Z, Ja Rule, DMX are in this album

Hardcore NYC > Trap anyday of the week for me
 
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