MTVs List For The Top 10 Greatest Rap Albums Ever(2005)

[FiveShoTz]

The MTV Hip-Hop Brain Trust

Tracy Bachman - associate producer, "Direct Effect"
Tuma Basa - manager, MTV Music Programming
Bridget Bland - production associate/writer, MTV Radio Network
Tone Boots - producer, "Direct Effect"/creative consultant, MTV
Buttahman - manager, music and talent, "MTV Jams"
Sway Calloway - on-air correspondent, MTV News
Rahman Dukes - features producer, MTVNews.com
Sean Lee - supervising producer, MTV News
Joseph Patel - segment producer, MTV News
Rodrigo Perez - producer, MTVNews.com
Shaheem Reid - hip-hop editor, MTV News
Shari Scorca - senior producer, MTV News
Curtis Waller - senior producer, MTV Radio Network
Kurt Williamson - associate producer, "Direct Effect






Tracy Bachman's picks:

1. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
2. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
3. Nas - Illmatic
4. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
5. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
6. Tupac Shakur (As Makaveli) - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
7. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
8. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
9. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
10. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Tuma Basa's picks:

1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
2. 2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now
3. Dr. Dre - 2001
4. Nas - Illmatic
5. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
6. Outkast - Aquemini
7. Do or Die - Picture This
8. 2Pac -All Eyez on Me
9. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
10. Scarface - The Fix

Tone Boots' picks:

1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
2. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
3. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggy Style
4. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
5. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
6. N.W.A. - N---az4Life
7. Various artists - "Above the Rim" soundtrack
8. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
9. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
10. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded

Buttahman's picks:

1. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
2. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
3. EPMD - Strictly Business
4. KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
5. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
6. N.W.A - nikkaz4life
7. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
8. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
9. The Fugees - The Score
10. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

Sway Calloway's picks:

1. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
2. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
3. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
4. Nas - Illmatic
5. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
6. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
7. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
8. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
9. Tupac Shakur (As Makaveli) - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
10. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Rahman Dukes' picks:

1. Nas - Illmatic
2. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
3. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
5. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
6. Notorious B.I.G.- Ready to Die
7. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
8. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
9. EPMD - Unfinished Business
10. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising

Joseph Patel's picks:

1. Nas - Illmatic
2 . De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
3. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
4. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
5. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
6. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
7. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
8. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
9. Outkast - Stankonia
10. Main Source - Breaking Atoms

Rodrigo Perez's picks:

1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
2. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
3. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
4. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
5. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
6. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
7. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
8. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
9. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
10. Run-DMC - Raising Hell

Shaheem Reid's picks:

1. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
5. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
6. N.W.A. - N---az4Life
7. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
8. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
9. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
10. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full

Shari Scorca's picks:

1. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
4. Main Source - Breaking Atoms
5. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
6. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
7. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
8. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
9. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
10. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

Curtis Waller's picks:

1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
2. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
3. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
4. Scarface - The Fix
5. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
6. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
7. KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
8. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
9. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
10. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below

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[The Ruler 09]

I don't think there's any awful lists here , and everyone's gonna have a different opinion so cool.

 

[Money Be Green]

shytty list

 

[The Ruler 09]

Mine would be something like, in no order...

1: All Eyez On Me - 2 Pac
2: 7 Day Theory - 2 Pac
3: Ready To Die - Biggie
4: Life After Death - Biggie
5: The Infamous - Mobb Deep
6: The Gift - Bizzy Bone
7: Capital Punishment - Big Pun
8: Sex And Violence - - KRS-One (BDP)
9: Distant Relatives - Nas & Damien Marley
10: Edutainment - KRS-One (BDP)

Nearly put God's Son - Nas though, but just off the top, would have to really really think about it to get something that's accurate to me.

 

[H.I.M.]

Looks like your typical playlists of a cac or a :cornballbrother:

 

[H.I.M.]

Mine would be something like, in no order...

1: All Eyez On Me - 2 Pac
2: 7 Day Theory - 2 Pac
3: Ready To Die - Biggie
4: Life After Death - Biggie
5: The Infamous - Mobb Deep
6: The Gift - Bizzy Bone
7: Capital Punishment - Big Pun
8: Sex And Violence - - KRS-One (BDP)
9: Distant Relatives - Nas & Damien Marley
10: Edutainment - KRS-One (BDP)

Nearly put God's Son - Nas though, but just off the top, would have to really really think about it to get something that's accurate to me.

No K-Rino

 

[BmoreGorilla]

1. Cuban Linx - Raekwon
2. Illmatic - Nas
3. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
4. Death Certificate - Cube
5. Midnight Marauders - Tribe
6. Muddy Waters - Redman
7. The Infamous - Mobb Deep
8. Doggystyle - Snoop
9. Aquemini - Outkast
10. Liquid Swords - GZA

 

[The Ruler 09]

No K-Rino

Lol, just a quick list off the top, not really thought about, just some that would be in contention. Deprogrammed is 1 of the greatest Hip Hop albums I've ever heard so that could be there after deliberation.

 

[raoulduke187]

solid lists, nice to see nikkaz4Life getting love

 

[CaughtInTWebb]

Any list without Aquemini or ATLiens gets the



Just kiddin.....

Can respect some of these.....

 

[Rakim Allah]

Cats have to remember it's the Greatest albums NOT Favorite albums.