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

[Claustrofobic]

1. Its Dark and Hell is Hot (DMX)
2. Enter The 36 Chambers (Wu-Tang Clan)
3. Moment Of Truth (Gang Starr)
4. Liquid Swords (Genius)
5. The Sun Rises in the East (Jeru The Damaja)

[Jabba Jaw]

just a few off the top

nine-nine lives
krs n scot la roc-criminal minded
wu tang-enter the wu tang
lewis parker-its all happening now
fugees-the score
p.e-it takes a nation
das efx-hold it down

just a few of my favs
i know i missed shit like illmatic n that but these are a few i see rarely mentioned
i couldnt put them in order cause i couldnt say which one of em is the best cause i loves em all

[siciliaWU]

Raekwon-OB4CL
Nas-Illmatic
Redman-Dare Iz a Darkside
Pharcyde-Labcabincalifornia
GZA-liquid swords
Mobb Deep-The Infamous
Tribe-Midnight Mauraders
GFK-Ironman
Smif n Wessun-Dah Shinin
CRU-Da Dirty 30

[Jus Allah]

36 Chambers
Wu Tang Forever
OB4CL
Liquid Swords
Illmatic
Moment of Truth
The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel
Violent by Design
Revolutionary 2
6 ft Deep

[oldie]

^ i don't think I am above you. You where being arrogant. How can you have a great knowlage of hip hop when you don't own or listen to all the old school 78 - 84 albums? Same goes for the golden era 85 - 88. How are you going bullshit and pretend that you have a "great" knowlage of hip hop? Look at your cd collection.

yeah m8, look at my cd collection, its nice, im proud of it. i know more artists then whats on my list, thems just the cd's ive bought so far, cos once i start on an artists, e.g. redman - i get a album at first n then one or two the next time i buy until i have all they albums, so it aint quick for m to build up my collection. i dont give a shit if i dont got old school albums, i never said i knew about old school. im jus saying i have a, ok i wont use the word great, but substantial knowledge of hip-hop. i know how it started, who started it, and how it came to be what it is. see so you don't NEED the albums to have knowledge, i just read a bit here and there on my fav and only genre of music i listen too!!.

so now do you see, i weren't being arrogant, or big headed im jus tyrna prove im not a newbie, like, "uhh....who's underground hip-hop" i know several underground artists, not sayin i know tons cos i dont but im not totally fuckin oblivious to it all. know you see why???? im not tryna get at anyone.

[Dae Ja Nae]

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

That's real Hip Hop right here ... Peace fam

[hellbound]

eric b & rakim - paid in full
big daddy kane - long live the kane
raekwon - ob4cl
run dmc - run dmc
atcq - mightnight marauders
de la soul - stakes is high
mobb deep - the infamous
the roost - things fall apart
common - ressurection
wu - 36 chambers

probbally missed something, in no order

[R3beLuTionAry]

Movies for the Blind
Hells Winter
High Exhaulted
Liquid Swords
Revolutionary Vol. 2
OB4CL
36 Chambers
God Loves Ugly
Almost Famous
The Many Faces of Oliver Heart

[Rayson]

enter the 36 chambers-wu-tang clan
tical-method man
tical 2000-method man
liquid swords-gza
the lost generation-shyheim
heist of the century-la the darkman
da luniz-operation stackola
C-bo-tales from the crypt
Killa beez-the swarm
sunz of man-elements

[PuNcH_iN_PuNcH_OuT]

so now do you see, i weren't being arrogant, or big headed im jus tyrna prove im not a newbie, like, "uhh....who's underground hip-hop" i know several underground artists, not sayin i know tons cos i dont but im not totally fuckin oblivious to it all. know you see why???? im not tryna get at anyone.

alright then, I’ll get off your case.



If you want some sound advice get the first two Tribe Called Quest and Eric B. & Rakim and all the other classics you don't have. Then you will be able to combine what you learn from the history and listening to the actual music it talks about. Ya gotta move past the mainstream to gain this "substantial knowledge" you talking about. It would be like learning all about the history, culture and language of Italy but never actually visiting there. That would be sad.

[tajeco]

1. Liquid Swords, Wu-Tang Forever, 36 Chambers, Heavy Mental, Heist of Century
2. Doggystyle - Snoop
3. E.1999 Eternal - Bone Thugz
4. Forever Hustlin - Ray Luv
5. Let's Get Free - Dead Prez

2, 3, 4 are basically rap cds, but oh well.

[oldie]

alright then, I’ll get off your case.



If you want some sound advice get the first two Tribe Called Quest and Eric B. & Rakim and all the other classics you don't have. Then you will be able to combine what you learn from the history and listening to the actual music it talks about. Ya gotta move past the mainstream to gain this "substantial knowledge" you talking about. It would be like learning all about the history, culture and language of Italy but never actually visiting there. That would be sad.

yeah i got you but one problem, i dont like ATCQ. so thats out the window.lol. Eric B & Rakim, not heard much from em but i got an album downloaded so i might give it a quick listen.

[dns]

0B4CL

IT WAS WRITTEN

FOREVER

DA SHINING

AQUEMINI

MY TOP 5

[Simon Woodstock]

gza-liquidswords
nas-illmatic
dangerdoom-mouse&the mask <best cd ever (i like adult swim&MF DOOM a lot)
del-future development
binary star-Masters of the universe

not classics, but all perfect IMO