Primer: Hip Hop Albums

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Hi, i've been reading ILM for a while now and have decided to start my first thread.

I have been listening to indie and alternative music most of my life, but in a recent shopping trip I decided to buy an album called "The War Report" by two rappers called Capone N Noreaga because it was very cheap in a sale and I liked the colours on the sleeve. This isn't the first hip hop I've ever heard but hitherto this purchase i've always been pretty ambivalent to rap music despite it being the biggest music in the world.

So anyway, I listened to the cd and really enjoyed it. The music gets a bit boring after a while, but I like the two rapper's personalities and the clear friendship and loyalty between them is very touching.

Other hip hop I have heard other than snippets on TV and radio has always been on the more "indie" side and i have never really enjoyed it. I'm aware of a large contingent of hip hop "heads" on ilm and would fully appreciate your input into this thread.

Thanks,
Danny S

― Danny Sewell, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

omg seriously just keep following the covers like you have done and DONT LISTEN TO ANY OTHER POSTS TO COME ON THIS THREAD

― Chip Morningstar (bob), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Greatest Rap Album of all Time? Just look for anything that they keep repeating. It's probably something you'll kind of like.

― d k (d k), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 12:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Erik B and Rakim - Paid In Full
Big Daddy Kane - RAW
EPMD - Strictly Business
De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Wu-Tang Clan "The W". Trust me, I have at least four rap Lps

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks all. Can anyone tell me what the best DMX album is? I heard a song recently where he barks like a dog and he sounded like an interesting personality.

― Danny Sewell, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Avoid his crap.

Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

NWA - Straight Outta Compton

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Avoid his crap.

Uh... no. Does DMX have a greatest hits album? If so, it would be pretty great. Especially since he's released a bunch of singles specifically for movies that aren't on his own lps. Otherwise, I'd just burn a cd-r of all his singles, personally. But some on this board are big fans of The Great Depression IIRC.

And the hip hop album I come back to most is still Biggie's Ready to Die.

― original bgm, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

That and ODB's Nigga Please, even if it is spotty as all hell.

― original bgm, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

My favorite DMX album is And Then There Was X. Try that one.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

SO-CALLED GOLDEN AGE OF HIP-HOP
1. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (Def Jam 1988)
2. 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul (Tommy Boy 1989)
3. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions (B-Boy 1987)
4. Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy (Def Jam 1990)
5. Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MC's (Next Plateau 1988)
6. Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim (4th+B’way/Island 1987)
7. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (Capitol 1989)
8. Breaking Atoms - Main Source (Wild Pitch 1991)
9. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (Jive 1991)
10. Step Into The Arena - Gang Starr (Chrysalis 1990)
11. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A (Ruthless 1988)
12. Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. (Profile 1986)
13. Done By The Forces Of Nature - Jungle Brothers (Warner Bros. 1989)
14. Yo! Bum Rush The Show - Public Enemy (Def Jam 1987)
15. Strictly Business - EPMD (Sleeping Bag 1988)

MODERN TIMES
1. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (Aftermath 2000)
2. Illmatic - Nas (Columbia 1994)
3. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… - Chef Raekwon (Loud 1995)
4. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia 1998)
5. Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista 1994)
6. DoggyStyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg (Death Row 1993)
7. Black On Both Sides - Mos Def (Rawkus 1999)
8. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (Death Row 1992)
9. Iron Flag - Wu Tang Clan (Loud 2001)
10. Ecologyst - Dr. Octagon (Bulk/MoWax 1996)
11. Ironman - Ghostface Killah (1996)
12. Under Construction - Missy Elliott (Elektra 2002)
13. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan (Loud 1993)
14. The Blueprint - Jay-Z (Roc-a-Fella 2001)
15. Things Fall Apart - The Roots (MCA 1999)

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah on 'Nigga Please', it's SOMETHING you need

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Stetsasonic - Talkin All That Jazz, is a must.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Cannibal Ox, "The Cold Vein"
Ghostface Killah, "Supreme Clientele"
GZA, "Liquid Swords"
Outkast, "Aquemini"
Warren G, "Regulate...G Funk Era"
MF Doom, "Operation Doomsday"
Big L, "Lifetylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous"
And all the older stuff JoB mentioned, though also A Tribe Called Quest's "Midnight Marauders", Slick Rick's "Great Adventures of Storytelling", and some Ice Cube.

― Adam Harrison-Friday, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

― adam (adam), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Their penises might even touch each other.

― d k (d k), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

In addition to all that's been mentioned:

KMD--Black Bastards
Kool G Rap and DJ Polo--Road to the Riches
Mantronix--The Album

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Poem-Cees - Paranoia

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

job is otm on the golden age stuff for sure. i'd have to break a little with his modern age list though, but but but...

my modern list would include more from: mf doom, company flow (some cannibal ox and el-p), common, talib kweli, mosdef, del (see: hieroglyphics), scaramanga, lootpack, quasimoto, sensationalist, some of the nonphixion stuff, early aesop rock, dalek, dalek, and more dalek, etc.

― msp, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Buy Ego Trip's 'Book of Rap Lists'--entertaining read, and there's a list in the back of the top 25 albums and singles from each year.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 20:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks again all, i shall attempt to explore your recomendations. I am especially intrigued by Big Tymers and Hot Boys, though i'm not sure about the beating up his pussy part! What is the Hot Boys' best CD?

― Danny Sewell, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Guerilla Warfare but you may be better off burning singles collections--there are several Cash Money threads lying around, I'll dig them up later. Also check Big Tymers' Now I Got Work album--good all the way through.

― adam (adam), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 20:51 (twenty-two years ago)

sincerly, listen to chip morningstar's advice

― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

IF you like this album, pick up Mobb Deep "The Infamous" or "Hell On Earth." or any pre-'97 Wu-Tang.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Friday, 8 August 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

nine years pass...

sincerly, listen to chip morningstar's advice

greatest lost threads

― all-mod scone (sic), Friday, 9 November 2012 23:45 (thirteen years ago)

If you like brightly colored covers and kinship/friendship between the MCs, check out Hot Boys and Big Tymers--how much closer can you get than "I like to fuck 'em in the ass while you beat up the pussy"?
― adam (adam), Wednesday, August 6, 2003 12:45 PM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Their penises might even touch each other.
― d k (d k), Wednesday, August 6, 2003 1:21 PM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― Citizen Ship (some dude), Saturday, 10 November 2012 00:12 (thirteen years ago)

When girls are tight, it might be gross

― idiot man-child (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 10 November 2012 00:16 (thirteen years ago)

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