Best hip Hop Album(s)

[Dino Radjas Fadja]

Wow good thread, too many good albums but if I had to pick 10 it would go something like this :

1. Wu Tang - Enter The 36 Chambers
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
4. Kayne West - College Dropout
5. Big L - The Big Picture
6. Masta Killa - No Said Date
7. GangStarr - Hard To Earn
8. Jay Z - The Blueprint
9. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
10. RZA - Bobby Digital In Stereo

[Cooldude5t5]

Dr. Dre - Chronic
Dr. Dre - 2001
Kanye West - Late Registration
Kanye West - Graduation
B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Jay z - Reasonable Doubt
Jay z - Blueprint
Nas - Illmatic
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - Slim Shady LP

Anyone else think Chronic 2001 was the better album than Chronic?

I agree completely. 2001 may have the best production ever. The beats on that album are just ridiculous. It is not the best lyrical album but in my opinion it has the best beats.

[bolvbball]

50TY(Cents)"Get Rich or Die Tryin"

[BigAlTheFuture]

Wow good thread, too many good albums but if I had to pick 10 it would go something like this :

1. Wu Tang - Enter The 36 Chambers
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
4. Kayne West - College Dropout
5. Big L - The Big Picture
6. Masta Killa - No Said Date
7. GangStarr - Hard To Earn
8. Jay Z - The Blueprint
9. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
10. RZA - Bobby Digital In Stereo

Nice. Glad to see someone here that likes Big L. It's a shame he only made 2 albums.

[shookones99]

Wow good thread, too many good albums but if I had to pick 10 it would go something like this :

1. Wu Tang - Enter The 36 Chambers
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
4. Kayne West - College Dropout
5. Big L - The Big Picture
6. Masta Killa - No Said Date
7. GangStarr - Hard To Earn
8. Jay Z - The Blueprint
9. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
10. RZA - Bobby Digital In Stereo

This is a great list.   But how in the world could you put The Blueprint (which is a great album IMO) over Reasonable Doubt.

[GroverTheClover]

I couldn't just pick 10, in no particular order..

Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Nas - Illimatic
Wu Tang - Enter the Wu Tang
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
The Roots - Phrenology
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Talib Kweli - Quality

[Dino Radjas Fadja]

The Blueprint has the better production overall and that's not a knock on Reasonable Doubt as that album is in my top 20 for sure along with Dr Dre's The Chronic & Chronic 2001, Ready To Die, and I can't forget Ghostface Ironman.

[johnnyrondo]

After much thought...

[Fastbreak]

Gil Scott Heron - "The Revolution will not be Televised" ...next topic

[wjb3000]

So I'm not as much into the genre as I used to be but 3 albums never get old to me:

1) The Roots - Things Fall Apart
2) Outkast - ATLiens
3) A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
4) The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia

The only thing I can really get into today is Lupe Fiasco.

[GroverTheClover]

So I'm not as much into the genre as I used to be but 3 albums never get old to me:

1) The Roots - Things Fall Apart
2) Outkast - ATLiens
3) A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
4) The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia

The only thing I can really get into today is Lupe Fiasco.

You got 4 albums listed. 

But I agree on Lupe. Lupe is slowly becoming my favorite rapper of all time. Like Jay-Z said, he is a breath of fresh air.

Anyone listen to CRS (Kanye, Lupe, and Pharrell)? I've heard two of their songs, Us Placers and N.E.R.D's Everybody Nose remixxed and it's pretty awesome.

[blazingarrow]

Here are my favorites, with links to back it up. I also have to mention GZA Liquid Swords, but I didn't want to take up any more space with links, as well as 36 Chambers and Cuban Linx. Besides, if you haven't heard those albums, do you even like hip hop?

Same goes for A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, two of the dopest ever.


One Be Lo- S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.

The most slept on album of the last 10 years. This is an instant classic, no question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mw_75MKtQo

Nas- Illmatic

I can't think of a more complete hip hop album. Early 90's NY style, nothing better. This is my favorite hip hop album, ever.

Blackalicious- Blazing Arrow

One of the most gifted rappers alive. Nobody is making music like this anymore.

Kool G Rap- 4,5,6

This is the dirtiest MC to ever touch a mic, ever. I dare you to listen to this song and dispute that.

Look up "Executioner Style" on youtube, I took the link down so I didn't violate any forum rules. Just look it up and heads up on the language.

Pete Rock and CL Smooth- Mecca and The Soul Brother

Click the link below and say no more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okUhwXsahHM


edit:
The Roots- Illadelph Halflife

How'd I forgot this one? This is loved by some, slept on by most, but one of the most solid COMPLETE albums ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m7BvEeFnlM&feature=related

[indeedproceed]

Lupe's new album is the best album I've heard in a long time, no joke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn2naesJmpU

Just listen to that, you can't not like it.

[taxbax]

no one can truly answer best. it is more correct to ask favorites. everyone has a different perspective and are unarguablly correct within their own lives. that said, my top 5 hiphop albums:


1. cunnilynguists - last two albums (a piece of strange and dirty acres)
2. fugees - the score
3. common - be
4. kanye west - college dropout (but he has gems on all his discs)
5. nas - god's son

bonus:
k-os - atlantis: hymns for disco
zion i - true and livin

and two awesome ones from this year
kanser - future retro legacy
little brother - getback

and, tho its not purely hiphop, i hope to god you have all heard
girl talk - feed the animals

[BigAlTheFuture]

Lupe's new album is the best album I've heard in a long time, no joke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn2naesJmpU

Just listen to that, you can't not like it.

Yup. The whole album was great. Food & Liquor was really good, too.