What Are Your Personal Top 5 HIP-HOP Classics?(Vol. It does not have to be a classic to everyone!)

[t11time]

Illmatic
The Listening
The Lost TApes
ATLiens
Resurrection

 

[retr0sxual]

OB4CL
Blackstar
The Chronic
The Listening
Late Registration

 

[soul x sole]

Midnight Marauders
Resurrection
The Low End Theory
The Main Ingredient
Resonable Doubt

Some runner ups...
Illmatic
Below the Heavens
Aqumeni
Masters of the Universe

 

[inspektahdeck]

Post 2000

Stillmatic
Blueprint
N****r
College Dropout
Supreme Clientele

Lost Tapes (wasn't a official release tho)

 

[gueser]

doggystyle
the infamous
the minstrel show
illmatic
below the heavens

 

[carlos tevez]

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein

Eric B. and Rakim - Follow The Leader

Biggie - Ready To Die

Nas - Illmatic

Kanye - The College Dropout

Honorable mention:

-ATCQ The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders

Wu-Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers

Mobb Deep - The Infamous

Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs

Big Pun - Capital Punishment

EPMD - Strictly Business

The Roots - The Tipping Point

 

[illmatic34]

Mase - Harlem World
Nas - Illmatic
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
the Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
Jay-Z - The Blueprint

 

[darkoduck]

Don't know if they're classics but

The Roots- Things Fall Apart
Kanye West- The College Dropout
Reflection Eternal-Train of Thought
Gang Starr-Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr
Fort Minor-The Rising Tied

 

[gtek]

The Love Movement - Tribe called Quest
The Cool- Lupe Fiasco
Midnight Marauders - Tribe Called Quest
Untitled- Nas
Enter the Wu 36 chambers- Wu Tang Clan

(That was hard man to hard, I need atleast 10 spots)

 

[jonathan93til]

ILLMATIC 

FOOD AND LIQUOR PART I

BELOW THE HEAVENS

LOW END THEORY 

MM...FOOD

 

[jonathan93til]

ANYTHING OF THE ROOTS

BLACKSTAR

BLACK ON BOTH SIDES

HIP HOP BE THAT ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[2 RAWW]

I'm more new school I guess..

Get Rich or Die Tryin

Black Album

Carter 2

Thug Motivation 101

Marshall Mathers LP

 

[donmega]

Jut at the top of my head. In no order:

• Ready to Die
• All Eyez on Me
• Illmatic
• Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... / Supreme Clientele / Enter the 36 Chambers
• Licensed to Ill

 

[Peep Game]

I approve of this thread bump


5 personal classics that may not fit what everybody else thinks a classic is...hmmm...

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville
Prodigy - H.N.I.C.
Promatic - Promatic LP
Game - The Documentary

 

[illphillip]

True Classics

For the Bay Area

Yes.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Illmatic
Reasonable Doubt
Infamous
Capitol Punishment
36 Chambers
Ironman

 

[flacobey]

Black On Both Sides
It Was Written
Aquemini
Illadelph Halflife
Diplomatic Immunity

 

[Kimchi Papi]

No particular order

- Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- A Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory
- Gang Star - Hard To Earn
- The Roots, Do You Want More?!!??!
- Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

I had to mention these to...
- A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders
- Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
- Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique
- Nas, Illamatic

Edit - After letting it marinate for a while after my post, I replaced Nas with the Roots in my personal all time top 5. DYWM had a deeper impact on me that Illamatic did...

 

[mr brown]

^ props on the DYWM mention.. overlooked Roots classic

My top 5

Roots - Do You Want More?!!???!
Black Star - Black Star
Common - Like Water For Chocolate
Slum Village - Fantastic Vol 2
OutKast - Aquemini

 

[deletedelete]

obviously illmatic, 36 chambers, aquemini, the infamous.

so a 5 other than that?

the score- fugees
mecca and the soul brother- pete rock & cl smooth
let's get free- dead prez
labcabincalifornia & bizarre ride II - the pharcyde (hey i can't pick one lol)
ob4cl- raekwon

and then "what the **** is a jay electronica" should be a classic.

 

[beardedkevin]

Black on Both Sides - Mos Def

College Dropout - Kanye West

Illmatic - Nas

Blackstar

36 chambers - Wu Tang

Honorable Mentions

Reflection Eternal - Talib Kweli

Balance - Swollen members

All Eyes On Me - 2pac

Slim Shady Lp - Eminem

Stillmatic - Nas

It's Dark and Hell Is Hot - DMX

Stankonia - Outkast

Ready To Die - B.I.G.

 

[flatbushfiyah23]

Illmatic
Reasonable Doubt
Life After Death
Be
Blueprint/Game Theory

 

[cocotaso1]

top 5 currently, in no particular order. tomorrow it could be different, kinda like girls and cars.

 

[remi23]

Illmatic
Reasonable Doubt
Black On Both Sides
The Listening
Blueprint

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]