Give me 6 Hip Hop albums
 

Got a present for christmas that is basically a free pass to buy 6 albums off amazon. been getting into hip hop lately. my last purchases that I liked were (in no particular order)

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang

Nas - Illmatic, Hip Hop is Dead

2pac - All Eyez on Me, Me Against the World, Stictly for my N****Z

Biggie - Ready to Die

I don't care if it's new or old, just good. So, give me your list of 6 that I should buy.

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I am probably the biggest hop head on this site, go with these

2Pac - All Eyez on Me
Big L - Lifestyles ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Big L - The Big Picture
Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
Nas - Illmatic
Wu-Tang - Forever

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I was thinking about getting a dead prez album, so I guess i;ll get that one. already have the nas and pac albums. got anything similar to suggest? Going to get the wu-tang as well. What is Big L comparable to?

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the org. chronic is a must.

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JayZ -Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Method Man and Redman - Blackout (just fun to listen to)
GZA -Liquid Swords
Nas - Illmatic

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that's dre right kordo?

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nah i'd prefer to keep all of mine

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I am probably the biggest hop head on this site


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But you are no where near the top of the reading comprehension list.

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Not a huge hip hop head but someone from this forum directed me to Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants in Heaven; Kings in Hell, and i really dug it. I've gotten their whole discography now and it's excellent from start to finish.

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that's dre right kordo?

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yea it is

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I am probably the biggest hop head on this site

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On what exactly are you basing that?


OP:

Big L - The Big Picture, Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt
OutKast - Aquemini
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
7L & Esoteric - The Soul Purpose
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
The Gang Starr greatest hits CD
50 Cent - Guess Who's Back?

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have the eminem, its good. also have the GZA liquid swords which I like a lot. Was thinking about getting some Kool Keith stuff. Have Dr. Octagon, but I always get confused by his alter ego's and what not.

any tips for a good Kool Keith Album?

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Big L is the best New York Lyricist ever. And Yes, I am including biggie and pac and nas.

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I am willing to guess once you listen to the first 2 Big L Cd's you will want every song he ever made.

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Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Nas - It Was Written
Gangstarr - Moment Of Truth
Scarface - The Fix
DMX - Its Dark And Hell Is Hot
Clipse - Lord Willin

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o.c. - word...life

some one finally take my [censored] recommendation and listen to this cd.

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have the eminem, its good. also have the GZA liquid swords which I like a lot. Was thinking about getting some Kool Keith stuff. Have Dr. Octagon, but I always get confused by his alter ego's and what not.

any tips for a good Kool Keith Album?

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Dr. Dooom easily his best stuff thats not Dr. Octagon.

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o.c. did songs with big L. He is fire. Also I would suggest

"More Than Music Vol. 1" By the Diplomats
and
"Purple Haze" by Cam'Ron. Dipset is an acquired taste though.

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I think eminems best work is on "The Eminem Show". Or the Slim Shady LP/EP.

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As of right now these are my 6. Feel free to make any last ditch efforts.

Dead Prez - Lets get free
Wu-Tang - Forever
Big L - Lifestyles ov da Poor and Dangerous, The Big Picture
Dr. Doom - ? I think its called First service first come or something like that.
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientelle

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Tribe Called Quest -- Midnight Marauders, Low End Theory

I'd only get 1 tupac album, but then against I was never a fan.

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I already have the pac albums and I have the tribe album as well. I'm not an enormous tribe fan. they are good though. I like 2pac a lot.

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Here are some to try out. Amazon has samples. I started naming so of my favs then decided to go alpahbetical through iTunes.

Tech-N9ne - Everready The Religion

Tech-N9ne - Absolute Power

Tech-N9ne - Anghellic

Outkast - Southernplayalistic

Outkast - ATLiens

Snoop - Doggystyle

Dayton Family - FBI

Makavelli - 7 Day Theroy

Eightball & MJG - On Top Of The World

B-Legit - The Hemp Museum

Blackjack - Addicted To Drama

Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of the Siccness

Brotha Lynch Hung - Loaded

Celly Cel - Killa Kali

Crucial Conflict - The Final Tic

Do or Die - Picture This

E-40 - In A Major Way

Eminem - Any of his albums

Fiend - There's One In Every Family

The Game - Doctor's Advocate & The Documentary

Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (Must check this out)

Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip

Ice Cube - Lethal Injection & Laugh Now, Cry Later

Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt

K-Rino - Fear No Evil & Time Traveler

Ludacris - Any of his albums

Luniz - Operation Stackola

Mac - Shell Shocked

Mac Mall - Illegal Business & Untouchable

Master P - 99 Ways to Die, Ice Cream Man, & Ghetto D

Mobb Deep - The Infamous

SCC Presents The Murder Squad

NWA - Straight Outta Compton

Nas - Any album except for Nastradamus

Paul Wall & Chamillionaire - Get Ya Mind Correct (great great great)

Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs

Ras Kass - Soul On Ice

Ray Cash - C.O.D. : Cash On Delivery

Richie Rich - Season Veteren & The Game

Royce Da 5'9'' - Death is Certain (A MUST!!) M.I.C & Build and Destroy

Scarface - The Diary (but any other album will be good as well)

Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote & 1990-Sick

Sporty Thievz - Street Cinema (you can get this for like 3 bucks)

T.I. - King, Urban Legend, Trap Musik

The Team - The Negro League

Tela - Now or Never, Piece of Mind

The Dogg Pound - Dogg Food

Three 6 Mafia - Chap 2 World Domination, The End, Mystic Styles, Hypnotize Camp Posse

Trick Daddy - www.thug.com (but any of his albums are good)

Tru - Tru 2 Da Game and True (must haves)

Twista - Adrenaline Rush

UGK - Super Tight, Ridin Dirty

Xzibit - At the speed of light & 40 days and 40 nights

Ya Boy - Rookie of the Year

Young Bleed - My Balls and My World

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As of right now these are my 6. Feel free to make any last ditch efforts.

Dead Prez - Lets get free
Wu-Tang - Forever
Big L - Lifestyles ov da Poor and Dangerous, The Big Picture
Dr. Doom - ? I think its called First service first come or something like that.
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientelle

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Dr. Dooom's album is called First Come First Serve.

Instead of Supreme Clientel I would check Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. This is considered by many THE Wu solo album. Of course is you really are a Ghost fan then get Supreme, it's def a great album, but I don't think it's as good as Cuban Linx.

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get some old outkast, like southernplayeristic, atlieans, even Aquemini.

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Good Choice on the ghost face album. That song "ONE" is CLASSIC wu-tang. especially the trash talk at the end of the song. If you like this album, get the Wu-Tang forever double disc, it is the exact same kind of stuff. The only one on your list I don't approve is Dr. Doom, you should probably pick up "Murda Musick" by Mobb Deep (to see that they were amazing before they signed with idiot G-Unit). But then again it is only because I haven't heard of Dr. Doom, so take this for what its worth. But the beats on Murda Musick are better than anything in the industry today (except the neptunes)

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Kordo is right. Outkast is a sound you should not miss. Get all of the albums he said.

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These guys are right. The first 2 Outkasts are a must. Aquemini is alright too.

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i'm not a huge outkast fan. but I have heard the first two outkast albums which are good. I just ordered my list. Maybe I'll give reviews if this thread is still around when I get them. Hip Hop is the [censored].

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Paper Chaser--Untouchable Chopped & Screwed --I listened to this a lot in the past year.

Snoop Dogg--Doggystyle

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Dr. Dre- Chronic 2001
Nas- Hip hop is dead
KOS- Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
Mobb Deep- The Infamous
Jedi Mind Tricks- Violent by Design

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Mobb Deep - Infamous
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban linx
Group Home - Livin' Proof
Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
Twinz - Conversations

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if you liked Illmatic, you really need to get It Was Written. Fantastic album.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is the best Wu solo record as someone else said.

Some Outkast is crucial. Another group I'm surprised not to see mentioned at all is the Roots. Their newest, Game Theory, is hot, as were Things Fall Apart, Illadelph Halflife, The Roots Come Alive, etc.

I gave El-P - Fantastic Damage another listen today after ignoring pretty much everything in the Def Jux catalog for a few years and that album is actually pretty damn good. That and Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus are important if you're interested in some of the really alt-rap stuff that has come out. A lot of it is crap in my mind, but I think a few of the early Def Jux albums and some Soundbombing-era Rawkus stuff is worth a listen.

The stuff you're getting now is basically classics which is a great place to start. Just ignore anyone who tells you to check out Dip Set or Cam'Ron or any of those clowns, and make sure you pick up It Was Written at some point.

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These guys are right. The first 2 Outkasts are a must. Aquemini is alright too.

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I know I'm in the minority, but Aquemini is my favorite OutKast album.

OP, this would be in my top 6: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - e.1999 Eternal

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Not a huge hip hop head but someone from this forum directed me to Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants in Heaven; Kings in Hell, and i really dug it. I've gotten their whole discography now and it's excellent from start to finish.

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I agree 100 percent. Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell really surprised me. I've always been a fan of JMT, but Paz mostly rode off the greatness of Stoupe. I like Vinnie Paz a LOT more than a lot of other people do, but Stoupe made JMT. But this album, it's the opposite; the beats are still doooope, but Paz is a borderline great emcee on this outing. Probably in my top five albums of the year, and maybe top three.

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have the eminem, its good. also have the GZA liquid swords which I like a lot. Was thinking about getting some Kool Keith stuff. Have Dr. Octagon, but I always get confused by his alter ego's and what not.

any tips for a good Kool Keith Album?

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Dr. Dooom easily his best stuff thats not Dr. Octagon.

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I'd say Masters of Illusion. Dr. Dooom is good, though.

OP:

Little Brother - The Minstrel Show

Clipse - We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2

Clipse - We Got the Remix

Lil Wayne - Dedication 2

Supastition - Chain Letters

Louis Logic - Sin-A-Matic

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Not a huge hip hop head but someone from this forum directed me to Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants in Heaven; Kings in Hell, and i really dug it. I've gotten their whole discography now and it's excellent from start to finish. I

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Holla

OP

I know you already ordered but here is my list fwiw:
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth (OMG no Infamous)
GZA - Liquid Swords
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (this [censored] is crazy)
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design (Stoupe is the best producer in the game)
Bone Thugs N Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal

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Meh to everyone LOL


Goodie Mob- Soul Food
Outkast-Southernplayalisiccadilacmusik
Biggie-Ready to Die
Ghostface-Supreme Clientele
Bone Thugs and Harmony- e 1999 eternal
Brother Ali- Shadows on the Sun
Snoop- Doggystle



BTW, there are several people on this forum that know there hip hop [censored]. There are also several dumb asses. I would probably defer to myself, NT, Skeme, siccjay, MCS, and a few others. [censored] these other morons.

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OP, this would be in my top 6: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - e.1999 Eternal

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Creepin On a Come Up is much better than E1999. 1st of the month is one of the worst songs ever.

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Creepin is nasty, but too short. Plus that one instrumental song hurts it. E1999 is ill and very underrated. Although what Creepin has going for it is two of the dopest most gangsterist cuts ever.