Your Top 5 Favorite Hip Hop Albums All Time!!

[DjFloMatic]

So as the title says what is your favorite HH album of all time??

Me personally with Jay Z being my favorite artist I have to go with...

#1 Reasonable Doubt -- Jay Z
#2 Illmatic -- Nas
#3 Ready To Die -- Biggie
#4 College Dropout -- Kanye West
#5 The Chronic -- Dr. Dre

[yakermeister]

Tough...

In no order:
Slum Village - Fantastic Vol 2
Nas - Illmatic
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia

[Hamza21]

#1 Ice Cube - Death Certificate
#2 The Roots - Do U Want More?
#3 DJ Revolution - In 1200's We Trust
#4 El Da Sensei & The Returners - Global Takeover
#5(Tie)
Chino XL - Here To Save You All
The Spooks - S.I.O.S.O.S., Vol. 1

[PONTUS.2]

^^^
maw fucka :P

alright since we gotta to this topic again....

my personal favorites that ive experience in my life

-Dr.Octagon - Dr.Octagonecologyst
-The Roots - illadelph halflife
-Hieroglyphics - 3rd eye vision
-Souls Of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
-Redman Dare Iz A Darkside
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[dj symptoms]

No particular order:
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Nas - Illmatic
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
X-ecutioners - Built From Scratch
Notorious - Ready to Die

Tribe Called Quest, Big L and Dr. Octagon get an honorable mention.

[Dj Real 2009]

Moment of Truth Gang Starr
The Minstral Show Little Brother
Pete Rock Soul Survivor
Common Like water for Chocolate
O.C. Jewelz

[Boomcie]

LL Cool J - Bigger And Deffer

Nas - Illmatic

Scarface - The Fix

AZ - Do or Die

2pac -Me Against The World

*ATCQ- The Low End Theory
*Outkast - Atliens

[brawny]

Aquemini
Paid in Full
Stakes is High
Low End Theory
Illmatic

I mean classics are classics.

[rchecka]

If, when saying "Of All Time", you really mean just the 90s, then I'd have to go with all of the Bone Thugs and Harmony albums.:blank: JK! (ahh, those were the days)

Tough one, but these are my top 5 of all time (I think)

Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
Ed OG & Da Bulldogs - Life of a Kid In The Ghetto

[Muggz]

In No Order

Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Nas - Illmatic
The GZA - Liquid Swords
Atmosphere - Overcast!
Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous

I can go on for days but I'll just throw these up there since I listen to them the most.

[M.C. Rhizz]

Atomosphere- seventravels
DJ Abilities- for persons with DJ abilities
Blue sky black death slow burning lights
Buck 65-vertex
cunninlynguists- will rap for food

[bernardgregory]

aquemini, the cool, life after death, doggystyle...... thats all i got

[bernardgregory]

oh and The Fix

[xibalba]

Wu-Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang 36 Chambers - will always be first the rest are in no order
GZA - Liquid Swords
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
DJ Shadow - Entroducing (Deluxe Edt)
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher

[Lemon]

#Illmatic
#Preface
#UN or U OUT
#Center of Attention
#Warriorz

[DJ Boom Bap]

1 - Hard To Earn - Gang Starr
2 - Ready To Die - Notorious B.I.G.
3 - Enter the 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang
4 - Mecca & The Soul Brother - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
5 - The Infamous - Mobb Deep


* I Had to edit this... after further thought.

[E-Turnal]

W/E has the Parental Advisory sticker.

[c-hawk]

#1 Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full

Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now
LL Cool J - Radio
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions.....
Dr Dre - The Chronic

[Austin GoGreen]

In no particular order....

Nas - Stillmatic
Tupac - All Eyez On Me
Outkast - Aquemini
Dr. Dre - Chronic
Big Pun - Yeeeah Baby

[SWADE23]

No particular order...

Mos def /kweli - black star

the roots - illadelph halflife

artifacts - wrong side of the tracks

redman - whut!?! Thee album

mos def - black on both sides

[Mr Rupee]

Gza - Liquid Swords
Nas - Illmatic
Jeru The Damaja - The Wrath Of The Math
Jurrasic 5 - Jurrasic 5
Digable Planets - Reachin'

[mostapha]

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Reasonable Doubt
Watch the Throne (mostly for Made in America)
Illmatic
The Cool

[ser182]

Eric B and Rakim -Paid in full
Wu-tang - Enter the Wu-Tang
Gangstarr- Hard to Earn
Common - one day it will all make sense
Gza - Liquid Swords
Honorable mention
Method man - tical
Tribe- midnight marauder
Onyx- shutem down

[Les Braun]

Tough one...

(no specific order)
Artifacts - Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Lord Finesse - The Awakening
Godfather Don - Properties of Steel
KMD - Bl_ck B_st_rds
Street Poets - Street Poets

I think I like listening to these the most, though I usually listen to EPs
Still need to mention King Tee, Madvillain, Camp Lo, The Beatnuts and Pharcyde among others (could go on for days)

[bumpyjonas]

1) Ready To Die - Notorious BIG
2) Amerika's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
3) Only Built For Cuban Links - Raekwon
4)Illmatic - Nas
5) It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy

[Proverbs]

1. Aesop Rock - Float
2. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang
3. Nas - Illmatic
4. Eyedea & Abilities - First Born
5. Gangstarr - Hard to Earn

[Nies One]

There are too many great albums IMO to have a top 5 but here is a few that came to mind.

kool keith - sex style
gangstarr - hard to earn
freestyle fellowship - To whom it may concern
tribe called quest - midnight marauders
Nas - illmatic

[deejayjsin]

Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full

N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

Dr.Dre - The Chronic

Nas - Illmatic

2Pac - Me Against The World

[Jaybrown]

This is a tough one , but I'm gonna say
Illmatic
Illadelph Halflife
Ridin' Dirty
Paid In Full
Straight Outta Compton
That's the first five that come to mind.

[Jason Cerna]

The Chronic
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Radio
KRS-One
Fear of a Black Planet

and the 5 Best Rappers of all time:


http://youtu.be/ixNY6oFXXTc

[shocase241]

Top 5 Favorites:
De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising <- record/album that got me into djing.
Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders
NAS: Illmatic
Special Ed: Young In Charge
The Fugees: Score

[DJ Que Yi]

Top 5 Faves of All Time- that's a tough one considering I've been listening to hip hop for close to 40 years. Here they are in no particular order:

•Paid In Full- Eric B. & Rakim
•The Low End Theory- ATCQ
•Death Certificate-Ice Cube
•Breaking Atoms-Main Source
•Fantastic, Vol. 2-Slumvillage

It was hard to narrow it down. But I asked myself which albums have I constantly played in my vehicle and iPod...

I have to add Run DMC -"Raising Hell" -game changer!

[Nin]

In no particular order..

Outkast - ATLiens
Gza - Liquid Swords
Nas - Illmatic
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Tribe - Midnight Maruaders

Honorable mention: Aquemini, Reasonable Doubt, Capital Punishment, 36 Chambers, Ready to Die