Best produced Hip Hop albums by year. As a beatmaker, production is my favourite aspect of hip hop music so been looking to make this thread for a while, if it hasnt already been made.
Ima try make this into a series and see if I can put each year out every 1-2 weeks. Im starting with 1988 because from what I've learnt over the years, this was the first real great year for hip hop. No disrepect to earlier years, but this year apparently was superior. If people want earlier years, then say so and I'll try do them after I make it to the current year
Also, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the only album on the list ive heard which is bolded for that reason. So if theres an album there that has notably terrible production, then its there because i havent actually heard it, some ppl might be a fan of it or cos im not tryna be bias towards any region.
The poll has as many albums that I could research and has the ones from artists that ive heard of or heard from, so the amount can vary each year and im personally just waiting for the 1993-1996 era which has the most albums i have heard.
The poll will close after 7 days and I'll try display the results in the OP and in the subsequent threads. Votes will aslo be displayed publicly. Oh yh and @MikeyC, I'm politely stealing your Rate this girl leaderboard format for this thread series but will be posting it on the same page considering theres less than 4 decades to get through
. I'll dap and rep your first comment on this page if you do comment as a way of saying 'safe'.
NOTE - Turns out i can only include 15 choices for the poll so i had to shorten the choices down. But my original list is still below so you can still mention it if you like the production on them albums.
1. Geto Boys - Making Trouble
2. Biz Markie - Goin' Off
3. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
4. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
5. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - On the Strength
6. Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather
7. Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - The World's Greatest Entertainer
8. Audio Two - What More Can I Say?
9. EPMD - Strictly Business
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10. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
11. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
12. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
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13. Salt 'n' Pepa - A Salt With a Deadly Pepa
14. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
15. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
16. Two Live Crew - Move Somethin'
17. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Swass
18. Ice-T - Power
19. MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
20. Marley Marl - In Control, Volume 1
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21. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
22. Kid 'n Play - 2 Hype
23. MC Shan - Born to be Wild
24. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
25. Jungle Brothers - Straight out the Jungle
26. King T - Act a Fool
27. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
28. The 45 King - Master of the Game
29. Other
Ima try make this into a series and see if I can put each year out every 1-2 weeks. Im starting with 1988 because from what I've learnt over the years, this was the first real great year for hip hop. No disrepect to earlier years, but this year apparently was superior. If people want earlier years, then say so and I'll try do them after I make it to the current year
Also, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the only album on the list ive heard which is bolded for that reason. So if theres an album there that has notably terrible production, then its there because i havent actually heard it, some ppl might be a fan of it or cos im not tryna be bias towards any region.
The poll has as many albums that I could research and has the ones from artists that ive heard of or heard from, so the amount can vary each year and im personally just waiting for the 1993-1996 era which has the most albums i have heard.
The poll will close after 7 days and I'll try display the results in the OP and in the subsequent threads. Votes will aslo be displayed publicly. Oh yh and @MikeyC, I'm politely stealing your Rate this girl leaderboard format for this thread series but will be posting it on the same page considering theres less than 4 decades to get through
NOTE - Turns out i can only include 15 choices for the poll so i had to shorten the choices down. But my original list is still below so you can still mention it if you like the production on them albums.
1. Geto Boys - Making Trouble
2. Biz Markie - Goin' Off
3. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
4. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
5. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - On the Strength
6. Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather
7. Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - The World's Greatest Entertainer
8. Audio Two - What More Can I Say?
9. EPMD - Strictly Business
10. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
11. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
12. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
13. Salt 'n' Pepa - A Salt With a Deadly Pepa
14. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
15. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
16. Two Live Crew - Move Somethin'
17. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Swass
18. Ice-T - Power
19. MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
20. Marley Marl - In Control, Volume 1
21. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
22. Kid 'n Play - 2 Hype
23. MC Shan - Born to be Wild
24. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
25. Jungle Brothers - Straight out the Jungle
26. King T - Act a Fool
27. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
28. The 45 King - Master of the Game
29. Other
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