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Classic hiphop and/or rap albums

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Originally posted by: PanzerIV
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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Yeah, I just heard some Snoop song where he says "Drop, drop drop it like it's hot, drop it like it's hot". Has to be one of the most horrid things he's ever done, on par with that Drop Down and Get Your Eagle On song lol.

I like Tribe &amp; Slick but probably wouldn't listen to their albums today, but definitely some of their gems like Bonita Appleblum.

Big Daddy Kane was the shiznit, forgot about him. Also forgot about the JUICE soundtrack, that was sick back in the day 😉

DJ Jazzy Jeff/FP was some fun stuff back in the day too, I have alot of respect Will Smith alot for "keeping it clean" so to speak. He's a good role model for kids.

 
Too $hort:
Get in wher you fit in (Bitch)
Life is Too Short
Gettin It
Born To Mack

Also some one hit wonders:

Masta Ace
Sittin on Chrome (i.n.c. ride, sittin on chrome, born to roll)

DJ Magic Mike and MC Madness ( not really one hit wonder, but not to famous)
Pure Bass CDs to kill your speakers. Good raps too.

N2Deep (Back to the hotel)

Nice and Smooth (Sometimes I ryme slow)

Ghetto Boyz (minds playin tricks on me)

Then all the Death Row stuff:

Dogg Food
Chronic
Warren G (regulator, this DJ)
Doggy Style
Murder was the case

Oh yeah, I forgot that the Menace II Society soundtrack used to get a lot of play on my walkman.

 
Originally posted by: ivol07
Also some one hit wonders:

Masta Ace
Sittin on Chrome (i.n.c. ride, sittin on chrome, born to roll)
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Check out SlaughtaHouse. That's a pretty good Masta Ace Inc disc. Sittin on Chrome is a classic.
 
Originally posted by: ivol07
Too $hort:
Get in wher you fit in (Bitch)
Life is Too Short
Gettin It
Born To Mack

Also some one hit wonders:

Masta Ace
Sittin on Chrome (i.n.c. ride, sittin on chrome, born to roll)

DJ Magic Mike and MC Madness ( not really one hit wonder, but not to famous)
Pure Bass CDs to kill your speakers. Good raps too.

N2Deep (Back to the hotel)

Nice and Smooth (Sometimes I ryme slow)

Ghetto Boyz (minds playin tricks on me)

Then all the Death Row stuff:

Dogg Food
Chronic
Warren G (regulator, this DJ)
Doggy Style
Murder was the case

Oh yeah, I forgot that the Menace II Society soundtrack used to get a lot of play on my walkman.
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Geto Boys! wow I used to love them (makes note to get some of their stuff). Yeah, I remember all of those one hitters, really liked Masta Ace ("brainiac dum dum, bust the scientifical!") stuff. And what about 3rd Bass, with THE GAS FACE. Was that not awesome or what? I used to love 3rd Bass.

Yeah the Death Row stuff was good, probably wouldn't listen to it much today except D.Style/Chronic.



 
Masta Ace ("brainiac dum dum, bust the scientifical!")
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approach to the course and the force is centrifugal

I used to love 3rd Bass
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They're the ones who had "Pop Goes the Weasel" right?

Yeah the Death Row stuff was good, probably wouldn't listen to it much today except D.Style/Chronic.
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Amazingly I still listen to most of these albums. Like most other people here I can't stand the new Hip Hop, and don't have the motivation to find good underground artists.
 
Originally posted by: ivol07
and don't have the motivation to find good underground artists.
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They really aren't that hard to find. If you want some recommendations, let me know.
 
Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Originally posted by: Hankerton
Surprised nobody has said this yet:

Ice Cube - Today Was A Good Day
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I did. That was off Death Certificate....probably his best work ever IMHO.
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i thought 'good day' was off 'predator' ?
 
Wow. This thread rocks. I am sittin here thinking of when I was 16 goin to the clubs on the weekend. Gettin in fights, chasin tail.....not a care in the world. Here are some more

Paperboy--The ditty
Das EFX
Black Sheep
Sir Mix Alot(Had to throw that in there cuz thats where my nickname "Chief" comes from0
 
Originally posted by: Mathlete
Wow. This thread rocks. I am sittin here thinking of when I was 16 goin to the clubs on the weekend. Gettin in fights, chasin tail.....not a care in the world. Here are some more

Paperboy--The ditty
Das EFX
Black Sheep
Sir Mix Alot(Had to throw that in there cuz thats where my nickname "Chief" comes from0
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Ah some more good ones... WHO'S THE BLACK SHEEP, WHERE'S THE BLACK SHEEP!

DafEfx was good too, I think they had an album called Sewer Style or something that I really liked.

 
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