Name your Top 5-10 hip-hop albums!!

[oldie]

ive been listenin to Hip-Hop for about 5 years, the wu 3 years. i got 153 hip-hop cd's if i remember correctly. and out of those, i have several albums which are supposed to be classics. IMO they're not. i dont know why, i wish i did feel they were classics but im just not crazy mad on em so much i call em classics!.

anyway, these aint necessarily (spelling) classics but so far in my 5 year hip-hop history, they r albums ive decided i can call top 5-10 that ive heard.
i can't decide in what order i like em, except for No.1!!

1. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (no dickriding, its a straight up classic)
7L & Esoteric - DC2:Bars Of Death (near classic IMO)
Eminem - Infinite (the lyrics mate, the lyrics!)
Masta Killa - No Said Date (near classic IMO)
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 LP
(Inspectah Deck - The Movement - i supose so)
Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth (& possibly The Ownerz)

Ummm....i think that's it. if i put more in it'll just be getting weak, like albums that i think r really dope like Apathy - Where's Your Album!? (i know its a mixtape) and i don't think a top X amount of albums list should be like that.

i'd post my album list but y'all will just hate cos of the so called classics i aint put in my list!

[ZiG 9th]

lol.......................damn u only been listening 2 hiphop for 5 yearz???? thatz krazy!!! Ur like a newborn baby to this culture! U have sooo much more to learn and experience! Go back and study the history of it! I mean go back to the very beginning when it all started in the south Bronx back in the 70's with Dj Kool Herc , Grand Master Flash and Dj Hollywood! Then go up from there!



Not 2 be ignorant or anything but it just soundz krazy 2 me when u say u only been listening 2 hiphop for 5 yearz??? That just soundz so recent. I've been listening to hiphop since '83-84..........so i already got like 22+ yearz under my belt! Itz too bad u missed out on that "Real hiphop era" back in the 80's!!! It was a beautiful time! Probably never 2 be seen again?




U missed a slew of classicz that should be mentioned!

[ZiG 9th]

Yo what u know about????


EpMD
RUN DMC
NWA
Public Enemy
Ice-T
Kool G. Rap
BiG Daddy Kane
Eric B. & Rakim
KRS-ONE
Mc Lyte

[Veego]

The only new album that should make this list is Masta Ace "Long Hot Summer "

[THE W]

cuban linx
liquid swords
wu-tang forever
the W
the pillage

[Prolifical ENG]

In no order....been listening to hip hop for about 12 years....too bad its only 10 albums.

Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Nas - Illmatic
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Ice T - O.G.
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Lords of the Underground - Here Come the Lords
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Jeru The Damaja - Sun Rises in the East
Ludacris - Word of Mouf (yeah, thats right)

[deadlymelody]

Of all my albums these are my classics to me

36 Chambers
Forever
6 Feet Deep
Liquid Swords
Cuban Linx
Ironman
Supreme Clientele
Illmatic
The East is in the House
3 Feet High and Rising
Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars

These are the albums I have I consider classic. I just got into hip hop maybe 18 months ago.

[Koolish]

fuck, i only have 15 albums, so i'll put my top 5.

in no order:
illmatic
liquid swords
36 chambers
black on both sides
either it takes a nation of millions or criminal minded
________
SHEMALE YOUNG

[SHEEPISH LORD OF CHAOS]

these are mine:[in no particular order]

Wu Tang Clan-Enter the 36 Chambers & Wu Tang Forever
A Tribe Called Quest-Low End Theory
NWA-Straight Outta Compton
Nas-Illmatic, It Was Written,I Am...
AZ-Do Or Die
Public Enemy-It Take a Nation
EPMD-any lp they've had
KRS One-All his lps
De La Soul-Stakes Is High
Dr Dre-The Chronic
GZA-Liquid Swords, Beneath The Surface
Mobb Deep-Infamous & Hell On Earth
Pete Rock-Soul Survivor
Gangstarr-Momment Of Truth
Notorious BIG-Ready 2 Die
Raekwon-Only Buily 4 Cuban Linx
Ras Kass-Soul On Ice & Van Gogh[Unreleased]
A Tribe Called Quest-Beats, Rhymes & Life
Black Moon-Enta Da Stage
Blackstarr-We Are Black Starr
Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai SNDTRK
Outkast-Sounternplayalisticcaddilacmusik
2Pac-2Pacalyspe, Thug Life & Me Against The World
Shyheim-The Lost Generation & AKA The Rugged Child
Sunz Of Man-The Last Shall Be First

[SHEEPISH LORD OF CHAOS]

[QUOTE=SHEEPISH LORD OF CHAOS]these are mine:[in no particular order]

Wu Tang Clan-Enter the 36 Chambers & Wu Tang Forever
A Tribe Called Quest-Low End Theory
NWA-Straight Outta Compton
Nas-Illmatic, It Was Written,I Am...
AZ-Do Or Die
Public Enemy-It Take a Nation
EPMD-any lp they've had
KRS One-All his lps
De La Soul-Stakes Is High
Dr Dre-The Chronic
GZA-Liquid Swords, Beneath The Surface
Mobb Deep-Infamous & Hell On Earth
Pete Rock-Soul Survivor
Gangstarr-Momment Of Truth
Notorious BIG-Ready 2 Die
Raekwon-Only Buily 4 Cuban Linx
Ras Kass-Soul On Ice & Van Gogh[Unreleased]
A Tribe Called Quest-Beats, Rhymes & Life
Black Moon-Enta Da Stage
Blackstarr-We Are Black Starr
Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai SNDTRK
Outkast-Sounternplayalisticcaddilacmusik
2Pac-2Pacalyspe, Thug Life & Me Against The World
Shyheim-The Lost Generation & AKA The Rugged Child
Sunz Of Man-The Last Shall Be First
Mos Def-Black On Black Sides

[MaShPG]

in no particular order:

Enter the 36th Chamber---Wu-Tang
Mos Def and Talib Kweli are...Black Star-Black Star
By Any Means Necessary---Boogie Down Productions
Illmatic---Nas
Reasonable Doubt---Jay-Z

[oldie]

lol.......................damn u only been listening 2 hiphop for 5 yearz???? thatz krazy!!! Ur like a newborn baby to this culture! U have sooo much more to learn and experience! Go back and study the history of it! I mean go back to the very beginning when it all started in the south Bronx back in the 70's with Dj Kool Herc , Grand Master Flash and Dj Hollywood! Then go up from there!



Not 2 be ignorant or anything but it just soundz krazy 2 me when u say u only been listening 2 hiphop for 5 yearz??? That just soundz so recent. I've been listening to hiphop since '83-84..........so i already got like 22+ yearz under my belt! Itz too bad u missed out on that "Real hiphop era" back in the 80's!!! It was a beautiful time! Probably never 2 be seen again?




U missed a slew of classicz that should be mentioned!

well i apreciate you not slamming me for it. trust mate, i live, eat, breath hip-hop, its what im basing my future career on. im studying media, my 3rd n final year in college, i did wanna be a sport journalist but now i wanna be a music journalist. trust mate, im out to knock Tim Westwood off his spot, don't get me wrong i respect the guy but he just doesnt play any real hip-hop, no wu, J5, JMT, Gang starr, nas (hardly), big l/pun, canibus, kkol g rap, so on and so forth.

i know (all) about Dj Kool Herc he's from jamaica, grandmaster flash - it was suposedly cowboy who give the name 'Hip-Hop' i'm always out to learn about hip-hop. ive read and read and read numerous timelines n shit. shit i even done an essay which included info about the birth of hip-hop. Run DMC discovered beastie boys, russel simmons is the half brother or Run, Russel started Def Jam. hip-hop music comes from raggea, it started out as people jus sayin the odd rhymin line over a reggea beat, then breakbeats were made, scratching n mcing came forward n developed more etc. Run DMC were the first for loada things, first to go multi- platinum, gold, first rappers on cover of rolling stone magazine, first to have a chart hit. first to do rock/rap - walk this way.

so i might be knew but i have a great knowledge on hip-hop IMO. im soooo pissed i missed this great era too!!!!! i don't buy much new hip-hop, im always buyin cd's from late 80's thru to the late 90's by run dmc, p.e., the wu, gang starr, nas.

plus im 18 so i'd of been *thinkin* about 3 years old in this great hip-hop era, not even old enuf to understand music!!!

[oldie]

Yo what u know about????


EpMD
RUN DMC
NWA
Public Enemy
Ice-T
Kool G. Rap
BiG Daddy Kane
Eric B. & Rakim
KRS-ONE
Mc Lyte

yeah i know all these, but don't own albums by em all. ok this is what i got, so ya know what i know, i know more i just havent got the albums yet cos i got a list of about a hundred albums i want!

My Hip-Hop Cd Collection



Copy = Burned CD

• 50 Cent – 24 Shots (unreleased)
• 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Trying
• 50 Cent – Guess who’s back
• 50 Cent – Guess who’s back again (unreleased)
• 50 Cent – The Massacre
• Apathy – Where’s Your Album?
• Anthai Da Protagonist – Presents … 71 Raw The Revival
• Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
• Beastie Boys – To The 5 Boroughs
• Beatnuts – Take It Or Squeeze It
• Bobby Trends presents Fast Cars, Clothes & hoes part 1 hosted by 50 cent (mixtape)
• Bravehearts – Bravehearted
• Busta Rhymes – It Aint Safe No More
• Canibus – 2000 B.C.
• Classic Rap and Hip-Hop “Back by dope demand”
• Cypress Hill – III Temples Of Boom
• Cypress Hill – Black Sunday
• Cypress Hill – Skull & Bones (2 discs)
• Cypress Hill – Till’ Death Do Us Part
• De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
• De La Soul – Grind Date
• Dr.Dre – 2001 (Copy)
• DJ Yoda – How To Cut & Paste Vol.I
• Dr.Dre - Pretox
• Eminem – Don’t Call Me Marshall (unreleased) (Copy)
• Eminem – Anger Management 3 (mixtape)
• Eminem – Encore
• Eminem – Infinite (unreleased)
• Eminem – The Marshal Mathers LP (Copy)
• Eminem – The Slim Shady LP (Copy)
• Gang Starr – Full Clip: Decade Of Gangstarr (2 discs)
• Gang Starr – Step Into The Arena
• Gang Starr – Moment Of Truth
• Gang Starr – The Ownerz
• Gang Starr – Hard To Earn
• Gang Starr – Daily Operation
• Geto Boyz – Till’ Death Do Us Part
• Ghostface Killah – Bulletproof Wallets
• Ghostface Killah – Ironman
• Ghostface Killah – Pretty Toney Album
• Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientelle
• Gravediggaz – The Pick, The Sickle and The Shovel
• Grandmaster Flash & The Sugarhill Gang – The Message (best of)
• G-Unit – Beg For Mercy (Copy)
• G-Unit Ft 50 Cent – 50 Cent Is The Future
• Guru – Jazzmatazz Vol.1
• Guru – Version 7.0 Street Scriptures
• GZA – Beneath The Surface
• GZA – Legend Of The Liquid Swords
• GZA – Liquid Swords
• Hieroglyphics – Third Eye Vision
• Inspectah Deck – The Movement
• Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substances
• Jay-Z – The Black Album
• Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
• Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5 LP
• Kanye West – Late Registration
• Kool G Rap – Roots of Evil
• KRS One – Keep Right
• LLCoolJ – X (10)
• Lloyd Banks – The Hunger for more
• Lloyd Banks – Money In The Bank Part. I
• Lloyd Banks – Money In The Bank Part. III
• Masta Killa – No Said Date
• Masta Killa – No Said Date (J-Love) (mixtape)
• Method Man – Tical
• Method Man – Tical 0: The Prequel
• Method Man – Tical 2000: Judgement Day
• N.W.A – NIGGAZ4LIFE
• N.W.A – Greatest Hits
• N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton
• NaS – DJ J. Period presents The Best of NaS (Limited Edition mixtape)
• NaS – God’s Son
• NaS – I am…
• NaS – Illmatic
• NaS – Illmatic 10th Anniversary
• NaS – It Was Written
• NaS – Nastradamus
• NaS – Stillmatic
• NaS – Streets Disciple
• NaS – The Hidden Crate (mixtape)
• NaS – The Lost Tapes
• NaS – The Prophecy (mixtape)
• NaS & Common – Uncommonly Nasty
• Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Nigga Please
• Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Return to the 36 Chambers: Dirty Version
• Ol’ Dirty Bastard – The Osirus Mixtape (official mixtape)
• Ol’ Dirty Bastard – O.D.B.E.P.
• Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Trials & Tribulations of Russell Jones
• Olivia – G-Unit Radio Part 12
• Onyx - BACDAFUCUP
• Onyx – Shut ‘Em Down
• Outkast – Aquemini
• Outkast – ATLiens
• Outkast – Southernplayasticadillacmuzik
• Outkast – Stankonia
• Pete Rock – Soul Survivor
• Pete Rock – Soul Survivor II
• Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
• Phil Da Agony – The Aromatic Album
• Public Enemy – ‘Apocalypse 91 … The Enemy Strikes Back’
• Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
• Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Show
• Pure Hip-Hop 2002 (2 discs)
• Raekwon – Immobilarity
• Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
• Rahzel – Rahzel’s Greatest Knockouts
• Redman – Dare Iz A Darkside
• Redman - Malpractice
• Redman – Muddy Waters
• Redman – Whut? Thee Album
• Redman – Doc’s Da Name 2000
• Run DMC – Greatest Hits
• Run DMC – Raising Hell
• RZA – As Bobby Digital (in stereo)
• RZA – Digital Bullet
• Skinnyman – Council Estate Of Mind
• Snoop Dogg – Paid Tha Cost To Be Tha Boss
• Souls Of Mischief – No Man’s Land
• Streetlife – Street Education
• Sugarhill Gang (Grand Master Flash) – Sugarhill Club Classics II
• Talib Kweli – Beautiful Struggle
• Talib Kweli – Quality
• Tha Alkaholiks - Likwidation
• The Game – The Documentary
• The Game – Untold Story
• The Game – Untold Story Vol. II
• The Game -You Know What It Is Vol. I
• The Game -You Know What It Is Vol. II
• The Game -You Know What It Is Vol. III (G-Unit Diss)
• The Game -You Know What It Is Vol. IIII (Ghost-Unit)
• The Game – The Game Is Far From Over
• The Ultimate Hip-Hop Album (6 discs)
• Theodore Unit – 718
• Tony Yayo – Tony’s Home…1.900.Homicide
• Tony Yayo – G-Unit Radio Part 11
• Twista – Kamikaze
• U-God – Golden Arms Redemption
• Wu-Tang Clan – Disciples of the 36 Chambers
• Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
• Wu-Tang Clan – Iron Flag
• Wu-Tang Clan – Legend of The Wu-Tang
• Wu-Tang Clan – The W
• Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-tang Collective
• Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-tang Forever
• Wu-Syndicate – Wu-Syndicate
• X-Zibit – 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz
• X-Zibit – At The Speed Of Life
• X-Zibit – Man Vs Machine
• X-Zibit – Restless
• X-Zibit – Weapons Of Mass Destruction
• Young Buck – Straight Outta Cashville

152 in total

[Holmes]

Top 5 in no order

36 Chambers
Wu Forever
Ironman
Liquid Swords
Supreme Clientele

[SLATTS]

Top Ten

Wu Tang- 36 Chambers
Cube- The Predator
Cypress Hill- Temples of Boom
ODB- Return to..
Nas- Illmatic
Rae- Cuban Links
Biggie- Ready to Die
MF Doom- Vaudeville Villain
Tribe Called Quest- Beats, Rhymes and Life
J-Zone- Pimps don't pay Taxes
KRS 1- Return of the Boom Bap