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Classic hiphop and/or rap albums

SP33Demon

SP33Demon

Lifer
What classics do you still listen to from back in the day?

My current list:

Nas: Illmatic, It Was Written
Biggie: Ready to Die
Gangstarr: Hard to Earn, Step in the Arena
Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt
KRS-One: Return of the Boom Bap
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Fear of a Black Planet
Eric B & Rakim: Paid in Full
EPMD: Strictly Business
Boogie Down Productions: By All Means Necessary, Criminal Minded
Redman: Dare Iz a Darkside

Edit: Got sidetracked with work and forgot Raekwon: Only Built for Cuban Linx, thnx guys
 
Refugee's--The Score
Dr. Dre--Cronic
De la Soul--3 feet high and rising
Tupac--all eyes on me
AMG--B1tch better have my money
Some cd with UTFO and cowboy melly mel, and doug E Fresh and the get fresh crew
 
SP33D you're the man. 😉 I agree with most of your selections and would like to add...
(I am not very good at remembering titles but I will try)

Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate (Old Cube is to be revered)
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
LL Cool J - I'm Bad

Lunch time but I will think of more...
 
Raekwon - "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx"
Mobb Deep - "The Infamous"
Ghostface - "Iron Man"
Boogie Down Productions - "Criminal Minded"
Redman - "Whut Thee Album"
 
Originally posted by: PanzerIV
SP33D you're the man. 😉 I agree with most of your selections and would like to add...
(I am not very good at remembering titles but I will try)

Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate (Old Cube is to be revered)
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
LL Cool J - I'm Bad

Lunch time but I will think of more...
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🙂 amazing that these are now considered "classics". Seems like just yesterday I would be salivating to get the tape at Sam Goody.

I did like Cube back in the day, Death Cert and AmeriKKK were awesome. I also liked some of Cube's stuff after that, like the album with "Wicked" on it. Beasties were def groundbreakers, and stations actually still play their stuff of classic ROCK stations (94WYSP in Philly is a good example), I don't usually listen to them on a daily basis tho. Also don't really listen to much NWA/Dre/Snoop/Eazy anymore, although if it's on the radio I won't turn it off, they're still bangers. LL was great back in the day, although I don't really listen to much of his stuff before Mama Said Knock You Out.
:::listening to Reasonable Doubt:::
 
some good albums named... im impressed... let me add:

slick rick - great adventures of slick rick
run-dmc - raising hell
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
 
Wow, I can't believe that the "RAP SUCKS" trolls haven't crapped in this thread yet... a welcome change 🙂

I'd like to add

Eric B & Rakim: Paid in Full
EPMD: Strickly Business
The D.O.C.: No One Can Do It Better (I think that's the album title)

And I 100% agree with everyone else's picks so far... I need to hit up Tower and get some things on CD that I used to have on tape!! 🙂 Thanks guys--
 
Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: pyonir
I dug up Bone Thugs - East 1999 Eternal the other day. 😀
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haha i was bumping that last night for the first time in ages
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Hell yeah Bone's first album was nice, and the album with "First of the Month" was tite too. My buddy had "Crossroads" on a mix CD in his car and I didn't like the song at the time, but now it's kinda tite. Brings ya back...

 
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: pyonir
I dug up Bone Thugs - East 1999 Eternal the other day. 😀
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haha i was bumping that last night for the first time in ages
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Hell yeah Bone's first album was nice, and the album with "First of the Month" was tite too. My buddy had "Crossroads" on a mix CD in his car and I didn't like the song at the time, but now it's kinda tite. Brings ya back...
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that is the album with First of the Month
 
Originally posted by: BillGates
Lots of good stuff getting posted - it's the rap that I miss. I hate modern rap for the most part.
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Check out some "underground" or less than mainstream stuff. It's a lot like the older stuff. Emphasis on rhymes, rhythm, cadence, beats...rather than repeating hooks of the same crap.
 
Originally posted by: pyonir
Originally posted by: BillGates
Lots of good stuff getting posted - it's the rap that I miss. I hate modern rap for the most part.
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Check out some "underground" or less than mainstream stuff. It's a lot like the older stuff. Emphasis on rhymes, rhythm, cadence, beats...rather than repeating hooks of the same crap.
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yep. if you decide to explore the genre some more, ask pyonir for some artist and album recommendations. really knowledgable and knows the good stuff.
 
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Originally posted by: PanzerIV
SP33D you're the man. 😉 I agree with most of your selections and would like to add...
(I am not very good at remembering titles but I will try)

Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate (Old Cube is to be revered)
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
LL Cool J - I'm Bad

Lunch time but I will think of more...
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🙂 amazing that these are now considered "classics". Seems like just yesterday I would be salivating to get the tape at Sam Goody.

I did like Cube back in the day, Death Cert and AmeriKKK were awesome. I also liked some of Cube's stuff after that, like the album with "Wicked" on it. Beasties were def groundbreakers, and stations actually still play their stuff of classic ROCK stations (94WYSP in Philly is a good example), I don't usually listen to them on a daily basis tho. Also don't really listen to much NWA/Dre/Snoop/Eazy anymore, although if it's on the radio I won't turn it off, they're still bangers. LL was great back in the day, although I don't really listen to much of his stuff before Mama Said Knock You Out.
:::listening to Reasonable Doubt:::
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Oh, I wholeheartedly agree with you that the golden years of Dre, Snoop, Cube and LL were back in the early 90s, late 80s. Their new stuff is unoriginal, uninspired and "poppish" if you know what I mean. Not to say I dislike all of their new stuff but it's not like the good ole days.

Also there are some great ones that I have missed that I've seen in others posts.
Definitely Slick Rick, Run DMC's early stuff (how could I forget that!!), A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory, Slick Rick's Great Adventures and NWA's Straight Outta Compton.

To add:

Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane, It's A Big Daddy Thing
MC Lyte - Eyes On This
Fresh Prince/DJ Jazzy Jeff - He's The D.J., I'm The Rapper <--- An innocent, fun compilation that your kids could actually listen to. No, it's not the stuff of legends but I'll always remember it fondly.
 
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