Canonical Hip Hop Albums of 2005

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Kanye West - Late Registration 7
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II 7
Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming 4
Common - Be 4
Young Jeezy - Thug Motivation 101 4
Mike Jones - Who Is Mike Jones? 1
50 Cent - The Massacre 1
Bun B - Trill 1
Paul Wall - The People's Champ 1
Missy Elliot - The Cookbook 1
The Game - The Documentary 1
Pimp C - The Sweet James Jones Story1
DJ Quik - Trauma 0
Chamillionaire - The Sound of Revenge 0


Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:50 (seventeen years ago)

this is why 2005 can't have nice things.

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:51 (seventeen years ago)

Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming
DJ Quik - Trauma

cant decide

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:51 (seventeen years ago)

definitely forgot a few things but whatever...listening to Thug Motivation right now and thinking, this is "canonical"

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:52 (seventeen years ago)

man thats a rough list tho

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:52 (seventeen years ago)

man i feel like that mike jones album was released in '03 or something

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:53 (seventeen years ago)

Three 6
Slim Thug
Little Brother
Twista
Black Rob

didn't make the cut

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:54 (seventeen years ago)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II

followed by jeezy, common and kanye then probably sigel and bun b

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:55 (seventeen years ago)

yeah i was gonna ask about that slim thug- best tracks on that could stack up with a lot of the best stuff off of any of these

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:55 (seventeen years ago)

oh and Tony Yayo lol and whoever else came out on Gunit that year

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:55 (seventeen years ago)

black rob, slim thug and three 6 >>>>>>>>the cookbook. paul wall.

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:56 (seventeen years ago)

Pimp C - The Sweet James Jones Story

^how is this?

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:57 (seventeen years ago)

I like Already Platinum a lot but it definitely feels like a misstep now...Neptunes was just kind of an odd choice and there's no doubt that the album would have been much stronger if he had just kept it Houston/"Southern" sounding...maybe should have put it in though

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:57 (seventeen years ago)

AMAZING xpost

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:57 (seventeen years ago)

the number of times i've downloaded what i thought was II trill: 5
the number of times it was the same .rar of snippets: 5

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:58 (seventeen years ago)

I like Already Platinum a lot but it definitely feels like a misstep now...Neptunes was just kind of an odd choice and there's no doubt that the album would have been much stronger if he had just kept it Houston/"Southern" sounding...maybe should have put it in though

-- Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:57 AM (Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:57 AM) Bookmark Link

Yeah, about half that album is great. About half that album is just totally whatever, tho.

Rap albums from '05 I still listen to: Common, Jeezy, 36M. I would have picked Common at the time and I'm not going to second guess myself now.

The Reverend, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:03 (seventeen years ago)

Paul Wall with Beanie close behind

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:03 (seventeen years ago)

WARES WE GOT IT 4 CHEAp 2 LAWLZ COKE

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:04 (seventeen years ago)

Actually, to be fair, I didn't pick up the 36M album until late-06 during the Tower meltdown.

The Reverend, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:05 (seventeen years ago)

TI, AZ, boyz n da hood

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:05 (seventeen years ago)

i thought whiney would be all pro-Edan

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:06 (seventeen years ago)

dom would vote john cena

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

ethan votes grandmasters

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

dk votes cormega

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

xhuxk votes ying yang twinz

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

no one votes will smith lol

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

TI didn't put out an album that year, if I'm not mistaken. Urban Legend = '04; King = '06. I suppose there's the P$C abum (is it worth hearing?)

The Reverend, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

odub doesnt vote for but makes 30 blog posts about jin

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

my bad yeah urban legend was '04

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

Paul Wall with Beanie close behind

-- Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:03 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Peedi Crakk with Beanie close behind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gcpR8yZdn8

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

Oh, fuck! That Ying Yang Twins album is great. I might have voted for that.

The Reverend, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:09 (seventeen years ago)

Shit!!! WG4C 2 came out in 05

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:12 (seventeen years ago)

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/407/598750vz6.jpg

ciderpress, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:13 (seventeen years ago)

also I left out a five mic album from Lil Kim

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:13 (seventeen years ago)

Al votes for Cassidy

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:14 (seventeen years ago)

Webbie's savage life was '05

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:15 (seventeen years ago)

geto boys foundation was 05

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:15 (seventeen years ago)

royce da 5'9 had a good album in '05

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:15 (seventeen years ago)

I suppose there's the P$C abum (is it worth hearing?)

-- The Reverend, Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:08 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

FUC YEAH

like a movie is all-time classic material

wheres boyz n da hood?

and what, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:15 (seventeen years ago)

I probably like Late Registration most but I'm voting for Tha Carter II since I still like it more than any of the overrated Weezy mixtapes since then.

the Lil Kim album was not worth 5 mics but still not bad, might be my fav that hasn't been mentioned yet. Cassidy's album that year was good, too. (lol deej xpost)

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:16 (seventeen years ago)

b.g. had 'heart of tha streetz'

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:16 (seventeen years ago)

If Most Knowns didnt Foundation shouldnt have made it... this isn't every single album released in 05 with a rapper on it

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:18 (seventeen years ago)

man stfu preview of the newjack 12 you dont know dick about rap and think that jeezy >> 3-6 and geto boys

and what, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

xxxxpost Alright Ethan, I'll check that out.

Don't really care about that Kim album, but "Shut Up Bitch" was an awesome single.

rev, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:21 (seventeen years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000B66PIY.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

and what, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:22 (seventeen years ago)

this whole thread is a BIG AUDIO MISTAKE dog

and what, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

xp: ^^^Currently in my car stereo. I have no idea why I didn't think of it.

rev, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

more so-so album honorable mentions: Fat Joe, Sheek Louch, Ludacris Presents...Disturbing Tha Peace (<<< still think this is pretty dope for a label comp), YoungBloodZ, Biggie Duets, and I'll get the Ebony Eyez shout-out in before Ethan drops his usual lazy zing

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.cocaineblunts.com/blunts/?p=229

pretty lol

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)

got purp is good

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)

that juelz album has like 3-4 tracks

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:55 (seventeen years ago)

the 5 rap city "freestyles" on dailymotion/youtube> most anything he's recorded

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:56 (seventeen years ago)

I HAVE A JUELZ SANTANA QUOTE AS MY SCREEN NAME ON ILM

NOW THAT'S POWERFUL

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:56 (seventeen years ago)

AY

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:57 (seventeen years ago)

j0rdan you're all over the place, get it together man

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:57 (seventeen years ago)

he's terry cloth

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:57 (seventeen years ago)

?????

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:58 (seventeen years ago)

to deej

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:58 (seventeen years ago)

lolling at cam rape joeks, talking about 5 diff juelz youtubes, etc

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

opinions4u are what these threads thrive on but these are like. shrug?

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

man im just saying that i rarely like cam's flow on songs and that juelz is better spitting a verse at a time than doing a whole song and that i like his "freestyles" over famous beats better than a lot of shit he has recorded

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:00 (seventeen years ago)

not like i've heard dip immunity 2 or from me to u, just saying

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:02 (seventeen years ago)

here's a video of me singing along to my favorite rappers

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T6ivsoBsRdg

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

i.e. juelz + cam over "damn"- i posted this on couplets thread

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/juelz%2Bsantana%2Brap%2Bcity/video/x4a0tl_bet-rap-city-freestyles-juelz-santa_music

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

in a highly surprising move, i'm voting for beanie : )

M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:19 (seventeen years ago)

no one's scarfhood game is touching his either stop swagger jacking

http://traffickingmedia.com/index.php?id=372

Preview of the Matrix 12, Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:20 (seventeen years ago)

Be just might be the best hip-hop album of the 2000s.

ablaeser, Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:28 (seventeen years ago)

in a highly surprising move, i'm voting for beanie : )

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:19 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

ha i had you pegged for royce

deej, Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:28 (seventeen years ago)

i didn't see him on the poll though! but i would have probably if he were on it.

but you know, quasi-east coast style semi popular kinda thuggy but kinda lyrical dudes are my siren song.

i haven't heard grandmasters or cormega i bet i would love those too.

M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:34 (seventeen years ago)

Oh and the studio version of "The Food" is like 100000X better than the live version. It sounds better, isn't censored, and has an extra verse.

ablaeser, Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:52 (seventeen years ago)

ysi?

J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 April 2008 21:53 (seventeen years ago)

It sounds less raw, who cares, and has an extra zzzzzzzz verse.

The Reverend, Thursday, 17 April 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)

And has less energy.

The Reverend, Thursday, 17 April 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)

The Gza/Muggs album is kind of flat in a way I won't attempt to describe without listening to it again.

The Reverend, Thursday, 17 April 2008 22:31 (seventeen years ago)

"Love is" is prob the best track on Be, but "The Corner" is still my (totally obv) favorite.

The Gza/Muggs album is kind of flat in a way I won't attempt to describe without listening to it again.

-- The Reverend, Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:31 PM

whaat

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 17 April 2008 22:33 (seventeen years ago)

started to make a poll out of all the rap albums mentioned in this thread from 05, then got lazy

deej, Friday, 18 April 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

DANGER DOOM

billstevejim, Saturday, 19 April 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Saturday, 19 April 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

lol rly?? xp

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 19 April 2008 23:49 (seventeen years ago)

Tough call - who knew Canonical put out so many albums in '05?

briania, Sunday, 20 April 2008 01:33 (seventeen years ago)

wont be tough to vote for worst jokes of 08!

deej, Sunday, 20 April 2008 01:39 (seventeen years ago)

One tries :\

briania, Sunday, 20 April 2008 01:51 (seventeen years ago)

http://ohsnap.ytmnd.com/

The Reverend, Sunday, 20 April 2008 01:53 (seventeen years ago)

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahh

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 20 April 2008 01:55 (seventeen years ago)

Can a brother get an Uncelsior?

briania, Sunday, 20 April 2008 02:09 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Sunday, 20 April 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

sheesh

J0rdan S., Sunday, 20 April 2008 23:03 (seventeen years ago)

4s >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7s

The Reverend, Sunday, 20 April 2008 23:07 (seventeen years ago)

evidence of 77 entering the collective subconscious

J0rdan S., Sunday, 20 April 2008 23:11 (seventeen years ago)

Ha!

Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 20 April 2008 23:11 (seventeen years ago)

i never voted cuz I couldn't decide between Jeezy and Kanye

Preview of the Matrix 12, Sunday, 20 April 2008 23:12 (seventeen years ago)

i think these results are fair

stephen, Monday, 21 April 2008 01:57 (seventeen years ago)

i wanna listen to all these albums now

Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 21 April 2008 02:03 (seventeen years ago)

in retrospect the answer is Jeezy

Preview of the Matrix 12, Monday, 21 April 2008 02:06 (seventeen years ago)

The risks to ethan's health/sanity notwithstanding, I wouldn't mind seeing a few more polls like this one.

Jeff W, Monday, 21 April 2008 09:44 (seventeen years ago)

Well this is chuck dawg
Will you ever love another bitch?
Fuck naw
What's your position on a snitch homie?
Fuck law
They say the Beatles was the biggest
Nigga fuck Paul, and the rest of y'all

tpp, Monday, 21 April 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

let's pick another year in this thread and put together the nominations list here, so that when the next thread starts people don't have to use most of it bitching about what wasn't included. 2004? 2006? some 90s year?

Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 21 April 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

i'd still like to see yall do this w/ singles (obv pairing down would be harder, maybe use the egotrip lists if you're doing like way back). also 90s plz.

balls, Monday, 21 April 2008 17:10 (seventeen years ago)

I think nominations for the 00s polls will be more interesting and open to debate - ego trip's got the 90s more or less covered..

tpp, Monday, 21 April 2008 17:51 (seventeen years ago)

for singles the rub's 'history of hip hop' mixes might help as a starting point
http://www.itstherub.com/radio.htm

a little ny parochial, esp. in the early 90s, but what are ya gonna do

deej, Monday, 21 April 2008 17:59 (seventeen years ago)


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