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02-06-2007, 02:13 PM
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The Hip-Hop Thread, or Dids\'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
So since we're developing some catch all threads, I thought this might be a way to start the El Diablo Forum Hip-Hop Thread:
My Top 10 Albums, offered in no specific order, not the top 10 best album, just my personal favs: Ice Cube-Death Certificate In my mind, the perfect west coast album. The right touches of humor, politics, anger, and also just technical precision. Amazingly solid, and in a way depressing given how Cube fell off and some of the subsequent choices he made. Siah and Yeshua daPO Ed/Blackalicious - The Visualz/Melodica EP Not really an album, but a tape a friend made for me. These are two amazing EPs. Siah and Yesh were an NYC duo with a really jazz heavy production. Their most notable song is "A Day Like Any Other" that's a 10 minute epic story with frequent beat changes and some amazing lyrics. Siah is one of the most amazing writers I've ever seen. His rhymes come in paragraph form, and just feel effortless, when I expect they were anything but. Melodica is by far the best work Blackalicious has ever done. They're kinda stale now, but this EP is amazing. Gift of Gab is probably one of the top 5 technical MCs ever. Atmosphere - Lucy Ford In their releases after this album, Atmosphere has become pretty hit and miss (still more hit than miss, imo) and a lot more emo. That's earned them some ire from hip-hop heads. Still, they can't hate on this album. Slug's writing is insane here, and the production is just weird and clumsy enough to add a really organic feel to things. A really, really solid release that's more grounded than a lot of people likely remember. Digital Underground - Sex Packets Shock G is my favorite rapper/beat maker/nose wearer/etc. You are probably sleeping on him right now. The ultimate fun album. Nas- Illmatic Just pure [censored] hip-hip. Amazing production lineup, fantastically written songs. Probably the most solid album from start to finish on this list. EPMD - Business Never Personal I spent an assload of time driving around Pullman, Washington in a Plymouth Horizon listening to this record. Very strong emotional connection here. I don't think anybody would argue it's EPMD's best releast, but it's my favorite by far. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus Mindblowing album. At least for me, a massive shift in how I viewed hip-hop. El-P's production on this is amazing. Just a wonderfully dark and haunting record. Cannibal Ox- Cold Vein The logical offspring of Funcrusher Plus. Again, El-P destroys the beats and Vast and Vordul just contrast beautifully on this. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead Prince Paul is God. Another album that's just amazingly high on the fun quotient. It never really takes itself seriously, and some of the really virtuoso performances kinda get lost. Even the skits are classic. 
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02-06-2007, 02:31 PM
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Re: The Hip-Hop Thread, or Dids\'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
I like good hip-hop, but I'm not as educated about it as I probably could/should be, so I'm looking forward to some suggestions here.
Anyway, as far as hip-hop I like: Jay-Z -- The Blueprint and The Black Album J-Dilla -- Donuts Deltron 3030 -- s/t (also, pretty much all of Del's stuff) Madvillain -- Madvillainy So, as you can see, I have generic white-guy taste in hip-hop.
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02-06-2007, 02:35 PM
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Re: The Hip-Hop Thread, or Dids\'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
Blueprint and TBA are both very decent recors. I like TBA a lot, it's about the only Jay-Z album without an overdose of filler. Jay makes fantastic songs, but his albums tend to bloat.
I'm not a fan of (the late) J-Dilla. I think his brand of production was just really miliquetoasty and lacking. I'm just kidna bored with Dell. I tried to listen to Madvillany and it didn't do much for me IMO, if you want MF Doom get Operation Doomsday (another album that probably makes my top 20) and be done with it.
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02-09-2007, 02:38 PM
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Re: The Hip-Hop Thread, or Dids\'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
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I like TBA a lot, it's about the only Jay-Z album without an overdose of filler. [/ QUOTE ] The fact that Reasonable Doubt didn't make your Top 10 or even your "barely missed the cut" and that you wrote this when it's clearly not true about RD is very puzzling to me. I assume you've heard the album: what's your problem with it?
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02-10-2007, 01:46 AM
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Re: The Hip-Hop Thread, or Dids\'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
No particular order:
Nas-Illmatic Nas- It Was Written Mobb Deep- The Infamous Mobb Deep- Murda Muzik Capone and Noreaga-The War Report Capone and Noreaga- The Reunion Cormega- The Realness Jay-Z- The Black Album Jay-Z- Reasonable Doubt Cam'Ron- Confessions of Fire
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10-22-2007, 02:01 PM
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Re: The Hip-Hop Thread, or Dids\'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
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Quote: I like TBA a lot, it's about the only Jay-Z album without an overdose of filler. The fact that Reasonable Doubt didn't make your Top 10 or even your "barely missed the cut" and that you wrote this when it's clearly not true about RD is very puzzling to me. I assume you've heard the album: what's your problem with it? [/ QUOTE ] Seriously, Reasonable Doubt was by far Jay Z's best album and an all time classic. He admitted in an interview that it was his favorite album because he said he had his whole life to make it. The beats are all on point, his flows were filled with complex, witty metaphors that gave a sense of atmosphere and cohesion throughout the whole album that was like watching a good crime movie. People putting the Blueprint or other albums ahead of this I just can't understand. Anyways, the rest of my incomplete list in no particular order: Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Rapid fire flow, complex lyrics and slang that would weave together crime stories like a novel with vivid imagery, dark sinister original production. You could listen to this album over and over and always hear something new , or finally understand a line or some slang that you werent previously familiar with. Nas-Ilmmatic sick flow with numerous metaphors that all connected with each other to paint a picture of his life and environment and feelings at the time. Not a single bad song on this album. Perfect timing, rythm and lyrical content. It was Written was also great. Tupac-Me Against The World His most polished and solid album without any filler tracks. More introspective than just an angry reaction like some of his later albums.
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02-07-2007, 02:28 AM
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Re: The Hip-Hop Thread, or Dids\'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
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Albums that just missed the cut: Ready to Die, Enter the 36 Chambers, Chronic, Overcast, The Black Album, Bizzare Ride 2 The Pharcyde... [/ QUOTE ] If you like the black album, check out the Grey Album by DJ Danger Mouse. It's a mash-up of the Black album and the White album by the Beatles. It was declared illegal so download at yr own risk [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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