daNce's Top 101 Hip-Hop Albums

[daNce*]

Made this along time ago, for a other forum.

Because I felt to pump up the hip-hop heads here, I decided to finally post this list of hip-hop albums that I've been working with for a very long time ago. I realized on this forum, that the number of hip-hop heads on this board is less than a handful. So, while this will likely be nothing more than an ignored list(at best, hopefully this doesn't turn into a 'rap sucxxorz' thread), I still feel compelled to post this. The crate/MP3 file digging was fun for me, at the very least. In the genre of hip-hop, it's diverse, as the artists range from silver-age, golden-age, and now, featuring artists who're still dominating the airwaves today, and emcees who're still trying to catch a break after over a decade in the game. With that said, here it is, alphabetically organized..

Enjoy..

8-Ball & MJG - Comin' Out Hard
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
AZ - Doe Or Die
Beanie Sigel - The Truth
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Black Star - Black Star
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
Busta Rhymes - The Coming
Canibus - Rip The Jacker
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Common - Ressurection
Cormega - The Testament
DANGERDOOM - The Mouse & The Mask
Danger Mouse & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life
dead prez - Let's Get Free
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
Devin The Dude - Tryin' Ta Live
DMX - It's Dark & Hell Is Hot
The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
Dr. Dooom - First Come, First Served
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Dr. Dre - 2001
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
Eazy-E - It's On (Dr. Dre) 187Um Killa
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Esham - KKKill The Fetus
The Fugees - The Score
Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
GP Wu - Don't Go Against The Grain
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
GZA - Liquid Swords
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary, Vol. 1
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary, Vol. 2
Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z - The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East
Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 2
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
Kanye West - College Dropout
Kanye West - Late Registration
Keith Murray - The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
KMD - Mr. Hood
The Last Emperor - Music, Magic, Myth
Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter II
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Mad Skillz - From Where???
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory
Method Man - Tical
MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday
Mic Geronimo - The Natural
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
Murs - The End Of The Beginning
Nas - Illmatic
Nas - It Was Written
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
O.C. - Word...Life
Ol' Dirty ******* - Return To The 36 Chambers(The Dirty Version)
Onyx - Bacdafucup
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Outkast - ATLiens
Outkast - Aquemini
Outkast - Stankonia
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
Quasimoto - The Unseen
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Redman - Muddy Waters
Royce Da 5'9" - Rock City V2.0
RZA - Birth Of A Prince
Scarface - The Diary
Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin'
Snoop Doggy Dogg - DoggyStyle
T.I. - Trap Muzik
T.I. - King.
UGK - Too Hard To Swallow
UGK - Ridin' Dirty
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
Wu-Tang Clan - The W
Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

[Crazy Jamie]

Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - The Eminem Show

I know the line between hip hop and rap often blurs, but Eminem is not hip hop in any sense of the word. The thing that separates rap and hip hop is that you should be able to dance to hip hop despite it sounding like rap, which you cannot generally dance to without a lot of imagination. Rap is often an element of hip hop, but the two are different. To be honest I think you've drifted over to the rap side of things quite a lot in that list. I know the lines have blurred even more recently, and a lot of what would traditionally be called 'hip hop' has either just become rap, or has blended to a softer version of hop hop and almost sounds like R'n'B. Even so, you're missing quite a few mainstream albums there from more popular artists that could really be construed as the modern form of hip hop. Just because they're softer than conventional hip hop it doesn't avoid the fact that they are very good to dance to and work just the same way as hip hop should.

[daNce*]

Originally Posted by Crazy Jamie

I know the line between hip hop and rap often blurs, but Eminem is not hip hop in any sense of the word. The thing that separates rap and hop hop is that you should be able to dance to hip hop despite it sounding like rap, which you cannot generally dance to without a lot of imagination. Rap is often an element of hip hop, but the two are different. To be honest I think you've drifted over to the rap side of things quite a lot in that list. I know the lines have blurred even more recently, and a lot of what would traditionally be called 'hip hop' has either just become rap, or has blended to a softer version of hop hop and almost sounds like R'n'B. Even so, you're missing quite a few mainstream albums there from more popular artists that could really be construed as the modern form of hip hop. Just because their softer than conventional hip hop it doesn't avoid the fact that they are very good to dance to and work just the same way as hip hop should.

Very true.

But Eminem is still has made his good records, and ofcourse some Raps, these were the songs however that I liked mostly of em but true, thanks for correcting my mistake in the list however did you review the others aswell?
Oh and btw see what I noticed in your post above.

[Crazy Jamie]

Originally Posted by daNce*

Very true.

But Eminem is still has made his good records, and ofcourse some Raps, these were the songs however that I liked mostly of em but true, thanks for correcting my mistake in the list however did you review the others aswell?

I'm not strictly commenting on the quality of Eminem's music. That's really just a matter of individual taste. I just thought it was worth raising the point that, like it or not, you're pushing it to construe his music as hip hop.

I glanced over the rest of the list, but to be honest I'm not a huge fan of this type of music. I do like it, but not to the extent where I have hip hop collections. I only listen to it because my girlfriend is a dancer, and four years of watching her dancing has made me like the music that she dances to, which includes hip hop because she does hip hop and streetdance styles of dancing. So if truth be told I don't recognise most of the artists on that list, and even those that I do I only know a few songs.

Oh and btw see what I noticed in your post above.

You wouldn't believe how many times I actually typed that in writing that post. I corrected most but clearly missed one.

[Tequila Sunrise]

Good to see you've nailed some of the classics down there. Here's a few I would have also added if I was making a list (including rap) off the top of my mind right now.

2pac - 2pacalypse Now, All Eyez On Me
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Trying
Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique, Check Your Head
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes
Capone 'N Noreaga - The War Report, The Reunion
Genius - Liquid Swords
G-Unit - Beg For Mercy
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Ice Cube - War & Peace
Jurassic 5 - EP, Quality Control, Power In Numbers
Lil Wayne - The Drought 3 (not a released album, but worthy)
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Run DMC - Run D.M.C, Raising Hell, Tougher Than Leather
Sugarhill Gang - The Best Of
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife

[JoetheShow]

Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique, Check Your Head
Jurassic 5 - EP, Quality Control, Power In Numbers
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

These are the exact ones I felt that list was missing.