What 10 rap albums you think every rap fan should have heard?
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LunaticVillage415
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Mostly no.
Dah Shinin' is by Smif 'N Wessun, which is a classic
Enta Stage is by Black Moon; one of the first East Coast albums with a hardcore approach
93' Til Infinity is by the Souls of Mischief who are from East Oakland
The problem with these lists is that everyone has such a re-hashed list of classics. You have to realize that at some level, even classics are subjective. Russel Simmons refused to sign Nas to Def Jam in the early 90's because he said he sounded too much like Kool G Rap. If you are familiar with Kool G Rap, you would see he has a point. Illmatic didn't even go Platinum until 2001. Reasonable Doubt originally got four mics in The Source and didn't go Platinum for years either.
Many of the albums people praise as classics today were just seen as good albums or were even straight up slept on in the era when they were released. Sort of like how Jordan XI's and Foamposites rotted on shelves in the 90's and didn't sell well when they were initially released.
Here are some more classics that are just as good as the classics everybody keeps repeating from all over the country:
UGK- Ridin' Dirty
Rappin' 4Tay- Don't Fight the Feelin'
AZ- Doe or Die
AZ- Aziatic
Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele
Gang Starr- Daily Operation
Gang Starr- Step in The Arena
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth- Mecca & The Soul Brother
Main Source- Breakin' Atoms
Jeru The Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East
Master P- Ghetto D
i have not heard of any of these....... ever.
Operation stackola, lunatic Muzik are classic luniz. That double yuk album still gets bumped hard to this day, pure heat.
I was late on c-bo, but yea that gas chamber is fire.
I co sign that list.
Mostly no.
Dah Shinin' is by Smif 'N Wessun, which is a classic
Enta Stage is by Black Moon; one of the first East Coast albums with a hardcore approach
93' Til Infinity is by the Souls of Mischief who are from East Oakland
The problem with these lists is that everyone has such a re-hashed list of classics. You have to realize that at some level, even classics are subjective. Russel Simmons refused to sign Nas to Def Jam in the early 90's because he said he sounded too much like Kool G Rap. If you are familiar with Kool G Rap, you would see he has a point. Illmatic didn't even go Platinum until 2001. Reasonable Doubt originally got four mics in The Source and didn't go Platinum for years either.
Many of the albums people praise as classics today were just seen as good albums or were even straight up slept on in the era when they were released. Sort of like how Jordan XI's and Foamposites rotted on shelves in the 90's and didn't sell well when they were initially released.
Here are some more classics that are just as good as the classics everybody keeps repeating from all over the country:
UGK- Ridin' Dirty
Rappin' 4Tay- Don't Fight the Feelin'
AZ- Doe or Die
AZ- Aziatic
Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele
Gang Starr- Daily Operation
Gang Starr- Step in The Arena
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth- Mecca & The Soul Brother
Main Source- Breakin' Atoms
Jeru The Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East
Master P- Ghetto D
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Pillmatic
non phixion - the future is now
gza - liquid swords
sticky fingaz - blacktrash the autobiography of kirk jones
blu & exile - below the heavens
celph titled - nineteen ninety now
sean price - monkey bars
kanye west - college dropout
2pac - all eyez on me
atmosphere - when god gives you lemons paint that shyt gold
tech n9ne - k.o.d
gza - liquid swords
sticky fingaz - blacktrash the autobiography of kirk jones
blu & exile - below the heavens
celph titled - nineteen ninety now
sean price - monkey bars
kanye west - college dropout
2pac - all eyez on me
atmosphere - when god gives you lemons paint that shyt gold
tech n9ne - k.o.d
Albums missed
Critical Beatdown - Ultramgnetic MCs
Straight Out the Jungle - Jungle Brothers
Great Adventures of Slick Rick
In God We Trust- Brand Nubian
Straight Up Sewaside - DAS EFX
Bigger and Deffer - LL
To the East Blackwards- X Clan
Eyes On This- MC Lyte
3 Feet High and Rising- De La Soul
Supreme Clientele - Ghost Face Killah
Biz Going Off- Biz Mark
He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper- Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince
Nocturnal- Heltah Skeltah
By Any Means Necessary- KRS ONE
Critical Beatdown - Ultramgnetic MCs
Straight Out the Jungle - Jungle Brothers
Great Adventures of Slick Rick
In God We Trust- Brand Nubian
Straight Up Sewaside - DAS EFX
Bigger and Deffer - LL
To the East Blackwards- X Clan
Eyes On This- MC Lyte
3 Feet High and Rising- De La Soul
Supreme Clientele - Ghost Face Killah
Biz Going Off- Biz Mark
He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper- Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince
Nocturnal- Heltah Skeltah
By Any Means Necessary- KRS ONE
Mostly no.
Dah Shinin' is by Smif 'N Wessun, which is a classic
Enta Stage is by Black Moon; one of the first East Coast albums with a hardcore approach
93' Til Infinity is by the Souls of Mischief who are from East Oakland
The problem with these lists is that everyone has such a re-hashed list of classics. You have to realize that at some level, even classics are subjective. Russel Simmons refused to sign Nas to Def Jam in the early 90's because he said he sounded too much like Kool G Rap. If you are familiar with Kool G Rap, you would see he has a point. Illmatic didn't even go Platinum until 2001. Reasonable Doubt originally got four mics in The Source and didn't go Platinum for years either.
Many of the albums people praise as classics today were just seen as good albums or were even straight up slept on in the era when they were released. Sort of like how Jordan XI's and Foamposites rotted on shelves in the 90's and didn't sell well when they were initially released.
Here are some more classics that are just as good as the classics everybody keeps repeating from all over the country:
UGK- Ridin' Dirty
Rappin' 4Tay- Don't Fight the Feelin'
AZ- Doe or Die
AZ- Aziatic
Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele
Gang Starr- Daily Operation
Gang Starr- Step in The Arena
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth- Mecca & The Soul Brother
Main Source- Breakin' Atoms
Jeru The Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East
Master P- Ghetto D
Excellent!
DaveyDave
Superstar
Mostly no.
Dah Shinin' is by Smif 'N Wessun, which is a classic
Enta Stage is by Black Moon; one of the first East Coast albums with a hardcore approach
93' Til Infinity is by the Souls of Mischief who are from East Oakland
The problem with these lists is that everyone has such a re-hashed list of classics. You have to realize that at some level, even classics are subjective. Russel Simmons refused to sign Nas to Def Jam in the early 90's because he said he sounded too much like Kool G Rap. If you are familiar with Kool G Rap, you would see he has a point. Illmatic didn't even go Platinum until 2001. Reasonable Doubt originally got four mics in The Source and didn't go Platinum for years either.
Many of the albums people praise as classics today were just seen as good albums or were even straight up slept on in the era when they were released. Sort of like how Jordan XI's and Foamposites rotted on shelves in the 90's and didn't sell well when they were initially released.
Here are some more classics that are just as good as the classics everybody keeps repeating from all over the country:
UGK- Ridin' Dirty
Rappin' 4Tay- Don't Fight the Feelin'
AZ- Doe or Die
AZ- Aziatic
Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele
Gang Starr- Daily Operation
Gang Starr- Step in The Arena
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth- Mecca & The Soul Brother
Main Source- Breakin' Atoms
Jeru The Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East
Master P- Ghetto D
I tried to cover all regions in my list and all eras as well. You have to have some Run DMC and you have to have some kind of early Ice Cube IMO there's just certain artists you HAVE to know about and hear their best album if you really wanna be up on Hip Hop and be a true head. Once someone hears the must haves then they can delve into certain regions that they might like. So they can go into te Bay classics or the 80s classics etc
marshall mathers lp
the message
me against the world
i'm gay (i'm happy)
doggystyle
anything produced my rick rubin
the chronic 2001
any rick ross or young jeezy album
stankonia
reflection eternal
that should cover it even though it's little open ended, you should fukk with this. sorry nas and lupe. i had to get them extra mentions but this list should be sufficient if you can only have 10.
the message
me against the world
i'm gay (i'm happy)
doggystyle
anything produced my rick rubin
the chronic 2001
any rick ross or young jeezy album
stankonia
reflection eternal
that should cover it even though it's little open ended, you should fukk with this. sorry nas and lupe. i had to get them extra mentions but this list should be sufficient if you can only have 10.
LunaticVillage415
All Star
I disagree bruh.
The Bay never got the recognition it deserved because the Bay has never been a media capital in the way L.A. and NYC always have been. Because of that, the Bay has always been about the independent hustle.
Truth be told, the Bay was the second place in America after NYC to have a thriving Rap scene. Too $hort was the first big time West Coast rapper, period. Too $hort has been rapping since the same era as Run DMC. $hort started his career in 83'. Although he was born in L.A. he reps nothing but Oakland.
N.W.A., Dre and Snoop were heavily influenced by Too $hort. Too $hort albums like Born to Mack and Life Is... were a blueprint for L.A.'s G-Funk. $hort was looping P-Funk sounds and rapping about Gangsta topics and smacking hoes when Dre was wearing the shiny doctor's suit and wearing make-up.
But Too $hort albums rarely grace top ten album lists because his music never sold exceptionally well with white America like Death Row. Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide - Google Books
Hella classic Bay Area albums that have the same funky West Coast sound from The Chronic actually came out before The Chronic. Dre was not as revoluntonary as everyone thought. I give Dre credit for being the first producer to use the synthesizers. But for the most part, Dre merely popularized the sound that was going on in Cali at the time. The M.O.G. (these rappers hailed from the 1992 murder capital of America of East Palo Alto, CA in the Bay) album Exposed to the Game has that funky gangsta sound and came out nearly a year before The Chronic. Same with Spice 1's debt album. But most Bay music was released independently and not heard all over the country.
