Comments on: The Definitive Discussion: Top…. No – FAVORITE Hip Hop Albums of All Time (And Podcast)

By: Damien

Damien — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:02:53 +0000

SbuJah- Not saying that I didn’t like Illmatic; there are just 20 albums that i’ll listen to before I get to it.

By: mavrek

mavrek — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:30:18 +0000

You can’t apply the anology of kobe and jordan towards the this topic due to the fact that basketball is about stats and music is about taste. You can say jordan and kobe are the best cause statistically they have proven themselves to be cause stats don’t lie. Music on the other can’t be defined by numbers, point, or championships but more by individual taste, hell some cats out there think Pac was the greatest but I thought he was mediocre. That’s the dope thing about art, it can be as wack or dope as you feel.

By: SbuJah

SbuJah — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:55:22 +0000

nice try, I agree with about 60% of this list but GTFOH, where is NaS on the list ( “if you don’t like this album, then you and I are probably not friends anyway” – that how I feel about this exclusion)

… I know its YOUR list but thats like saying you like Kobe (which is a personal choice) but then dont include Jordan (every SPORT head should recognise that his Airness set the bar even if he aint your favourite player) I aint mad at the lis in general though.

worthy notables

Prince Paul – Prince among thieves (great concept album)

By: jazzfiends

jazzfiends — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:07:16 +0000

FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP-INNERCITY GRIOTS
ORGANIZED KONFUSION-STRESS: THE EXTINCTION AGENDA
RAS KASS-SOUL ON ICE

enough said.

By: D.Bravo

D.Bravo — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:02:54 +0000

damn…Im UPSET THAT NO ONE LISTED THE LOOTPACK(1ST AND LAST ALBUM)! COMDAFUCON!

By: dirkflowinski

dirkflowinski — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:26:03 +0000

…Oh yea, and fall you sticklers for accuracy “Music To Drive by” was released under Compton’s Most Wanted not Mc Eiht.

By: dirkflowinski

dirkflowinski — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:19:26 +0000

I would just like to throw a few of my personal cold albums that have not been mentioned. No need to add a comment with a list that people have already mentioned…

Redman “Muddy Waters”

Keith Murray “Enigma” and “The Most Beautifulist Thing” (I have a hard time chosing out of these 2)

Mc Eiht “Music To Driveby” and “We come Strapped”

BDP “Edutainment”

Ice Cube “Amerikkkas Most Wanted”

Smif N Wesson “The Shining”

…These are just some of the albums I used to Jam.

By: Dj Ill One

Dj Ill One — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:34:26 +0000

This goes back to FMWJ`s lists. Remeber, there are too many classics out there to get them all. Every album that was mentioned by everybody so far is a classic in it`s own right.We can go on for years about this.

By: king

king — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:15:40 +0000

Ataliens is one of my favorites of all time!

and OH ISH!!!!!! how did we forget Ghostface Killah Supreme Clientele that shit is the hardest Wu shit for real come on yall

By: Damien

Damien — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:10:46 +0000

d25 – Thanks for the correction. I should be a better proofreader than I am…

mav – Criminal Minded is one of my favorites, but i actually liked some of BDP / KRS’s album even more. He had some bangers. Look for one of them on the “most overlooked” list

By: mavrek

mavrek — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:44:16 +0000

That blue and exile is fosho a classic….. Ataliens also, I thought the beatnuts 1st album was dope and what about criminal minded?

By: Ldavoice

Ldavoice — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:11:12 +0000

I agree with some of the throw ins:

Things Fall Apart

Black on Both Sides

Bizzare Ride

Blueprint

Murs and 9th Murrays Revenge

Enter the 36 Chambers

Stakes Is High

(Wasn’t Mentioned)

Black Star

Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought

Love Below (not a hip hop album persay, but by a Hip Hop Artist)

Miseducation of Lauryn (same as above mentioned)

Blu/Exile – Below the Heavens……….(New Classic)

By: d25

d25 — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:14:13 +0000

Raekwon- “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx”

Incarcerated Scarfaces was one of his singles, A-side to Ice Cream

By: Big Mon

Big Mon — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:54:52 +0000

BIZ MARKIE – GOIN OFF YESSSSSSS! I forgot about that one. Im pulling it out right now.

By: blacksheeeep

blacksheeeep — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:45:57 +0000

need to throw in the following 4 masterpieces:

BIZ MARKIE – GOIN OFF
BLACK SHEEP – A WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING
ORGANIZED KONFUSION – ORGANIZED KONFUSION
GANGSTARR – STEP IN THE ARENA.

this aint no matter of taste. period

@editor: dat beasties – pharcyde swap was the rite move – good lookin out!

By: Dj Ill One

Dj Ill One — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:05:26 +0000

MAN,you are on my wavelengh.Pain In Full-My cousin said the same thing tto me as I listened to Raising Hell. Midnight Maurauders-I had one of the only two vinyl albums in my city( no B.S.). I fewlt it was a better album than Low End Theory. Mecca And The Soul Brother- A friend of mine who helped me get started Djaying told me it was the best album he was listening to at that time. I bought it and It changed the way I listended to music altogether. I became a big fan of De La after Bulhoone Mindstate. It is a brilliant album,but Stakes Is High is just as brilliant. Daily Operation is probably one of the hardest albums of that period. Primo outdid himself on the production tip. Death Certificate was Cube at his best,hands down. The Chronic-nuff said. Rae`s Only Built For Cuban Links-I don`t think he could top that album.It was a straight -forward banger.

By: mavrek

mavrek — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:10:07 +0000

Ice cubes Death Certificate and Eightball and MJG was hard, and how could I forget about blow out comb…… what about UGK Ridding Dirty, Big Mon was on point w the Black Moon album. I thought things fall apart was dope, and not saying cause he is fam but timeline from Kay is a damn good listen. I cant front on the blueprint neither (jay z) the production on there was sick.

By: DBDR

DBDR — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:57:26 +0000

That sounds like a CHALLENGE. Aight, I will put together my top 20 albums of all time this week. Prepare. To. Get. Served.

By: savv

savv — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:14:18 +0000

@mav cosign on Ghetto Boys ‘Till Death Do us Part’. I’ll also throw in Eightball & MJG ‘Comin Out Hard’

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:54:47 +0000

i’m sorry, but anybody here ever heard of this record called Illmatic ?
It’s by some fresh new underground MC that goes by the name of Nasir Jones a.k.a Nas
:-)

By: j therapy

j therapy — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:47:31 +0000

Yo!!! I am I be by DeLa had me at work on a business call with a client just blurt out “Oh this was my shit!!!” Needless to say, he had no earthly idea what I was talking about and then when I started to explain the group is called DeLa Soul he knew about their nike project from his grandson. Hip Hop is universal like mathematics……. I read the liner note and Bizarre Ride was before its time and IS a bonafide classic! On another note, Common’s like Water for Chocolate was brilliant with inception of the soulquarians with premier on “the 6th sense”.

I DOWNLOADED THIS FOR THE MORNING RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Damien

Damien — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:03:34 +0000

DBDR – you’re lucky I know you, or i’d talk crazy. I wanna make it clear that just because an album isn’t on my “favorites” list, doesn’t mean I don’t like it. Illmatic is nice, but if I had to listen to that or Fantastic right now, there would be a lot of clapsnares and mediocre rapping on blast right now. It is what it is. I’m REALLY curious to see what your top 20 is. I think you’re scared to post it….

CRAZYTALK.ORG

Mon – My cover is purple too. I knew that I would stir up some shit with Beastie Boys. I agree that Raising Hell is technically a better album, but I just enjoyed Licensed To Ill more. Doesn’t make sense, but that’s how music is. I think all of us have that one album that’s more of a guilty pleasure than anything. Might even do a list of guilty pleasures in the future. Enta Da Stage and Organized just missed my list.

Mav – I wanted to put Black On Both Sides on there, but I may have gotten swole because I realized that I don’t like any album that he’s done since then. I know it doesn’t make sense, but that’s how music is.

King – “You mad i’m not feeling that Doom and Madvillain”

By: DBDR

DBDR — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:01:24 +0000

One other thing–Cee Lo left Goodie Mob AFTER World Party came out.

By: Big Mon

Big Mon — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:42:00 +0000

I like the majority of what you have BUT……..

Run DMC – Raising Hell
You can’t be a rap fanatic and not have this on your list. Matter of fact, I bet you can tell me what color cover you have. Mine was purple.

Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation…
Shame on you for not having it on your list!

Slick Rick – The Adventures of Slick Rick
Top 5. Hands Down.

Wu-Tang – 36 Chambers
It was the soundtrack of a cult. Not a following but a CULT!

De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead
27 + songs, a storyline, skits, insanely goofy songs that I’m still trying figure today, comic book artwork, and just downright entertaining. Plus they took a risk by alienating the fans and themselves from Me, Myself and I and went into a different direction. And it worked.

Organized Konfusion – Stress
This is one of those albums that you can pull out on posers. Oh you like Lil Wayne?

Special Ed – Youngest In Charge
I am bias on this one. It was something unique and different about the style that he used. I never wrote the same after hearing this album.

Black Moon – Enta Da Stage
I got the album, the cd, the cassette, and the mp3’s. The only record to hit for the cycle.

By: king

king — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:23:39 +0000

Great List

Madvillain Madvillainy

Digable Planets Blow Out Combs

Jaylib the official

Little Brother the Listening

Murs and 9th Murrays Revenge

Wu Tang Clan Wu Tang Forever

nicolay and kay timeline

Quasimoto Both LP’s I love that Nigga

I would have put some of these on my list along with some in D’s List

By: DBDR

DBDR — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:23:19 +0000

Every alubum Mavrek mentions is better than an alubum on your list.

Gimme this walkie talkie son (c) Ice Pinky–I may need to do a rebuttal podcast, lol.

By: DBDR

DBDR — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:21:58 +0000

CRAZYTALK.COM!

Ok, first off, not having Illmatic is just ludacrisp. I know what you’re going to say. Illmatic was an EP, blah blah blah. Fantastic had 18 songs that consisted of half a verse and 8 choruses, all in 1:45 seconds. And while my appreciation of that album has grown somewhat, I still get sleepy when I try to listen to it all the way through (I usually just skip to the 8 or 9 songs I like).

Having License to Ill over Raising Hell? Shit, I liked Tougher than Leather more than License to Ill (maybe I really don’t like white people).

I can’t type more without getting MILLER RAGE (c).

By: mavrek

mavrek — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:17:17 +0000

all these albums have a reason to be on the list, some are just flat out genius i.e. Aquemeni, Slaugterhouse, and the Chronic….. i loved the overlooked roots album Illadelphalflife. consider these albums also Only Built for Cuban Linx, Ghetto Boys Till Death Do us Part, The Extinction Agenda, Black on Both sides, 93 til Infinity.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:34:12 +0000

Aquemii is my all time favorite. Maybe not the best album, but it was just what was going on in my life, who I was chilllin with, it all came together PERFECT!