De La - De La Soul is Dead

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Marvin Gaye - What’s going on

Wu Tang - Wu Tang Forever

And a personal mix cd of mines

No Illmatic?

don’t get me wrong I love Illmatic I even got a live band instrumental album of it, if you would have said 10 albums or 5 Rap albums it would have made the list

ATCQ “Midnight Marauders”
Miles Davis “In A Silent Way”
Portishead “Portishead”
Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”
Stevie Wonder “Innervisions”

pow.

You have a live band instrumental album of Illmatic? I’m not even sure what that is, but I definitely wanna check it out if you’ll be kind enough to share.

Illmatic
Doggystyle
Reasonable Doubt
Chronic
Ready To Die

Honorable mentions:
Blueprint
Life After Death
Get Rich Die Trying
All Eyez On Me
Supreme Clientele

artifacts - between…
da king & i - comtemp..
rae - cuban
illmatic
organized kon - stress

ask me on ano day and some might be changed but i love all those jams to death
portishead is dope as fuck by the way

wow thats the first time i checked that new outkast jam; shit is dope as.. fuckin dre man. he is just good. his verse is the man

so dre slughtered big boi on that track

Wu-Tang Forever
It Was Written
The Blueprint
Get Rich Or Die Tryin
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Dre killed it for sure, but how long are we going to continue to sleep on Big Boi. His verse was just as good.

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In no particular order:

-Pac: The 7 Day Theory

-Nas: Stillmatic

-The Roots: Game Theory

-Personal R&B CD I made

-Ghostface: Fishscale

Midnight Marauders
36 Chambers
Legend
Ready To Die
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

Then I would shed tears as I realize that I can’t listen to Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Supreme Clientele, etc. ever again. Damn this post!

- Only built 4 cuban linx
- Ministere AMER / 95200 (french Rap)
- Illmatic
- The Chronic
- Livin Like Hustler / Above the Law

Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor

Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillakmuic

Coldplay - X & Y

Atmosphere - You Cant Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having

Jay-Z - The Blueprint

@Enigmatik: Who is this Legend album by?

bob marley - legend

Ohhh…one of the greatest musicians ever.

nas - illmatic

jay-z - reasonable doubt

reflection eternal(train of thought) - kweli and hi tek

Blackstar - mos+kweli

#1 - Best of the beatles

Snoop - Doggystyle
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
The Game - The Documentary

2Pac - Me Against the World
Common - BE
Marvin - What’s Going On
Bob Marley - Exodus
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Mos & Kweli Blackstar
Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt
Weezer Pinkerton
Nas Illmatic
Radiohead OK Computer

I have to second the call for that Illmatic live band instrumental.

BlackStar - Talib & Mos Def
Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
Low End Theory - ATCQ
Ressurection - Common Sence
Illmatic - Nas

=)

Greatest Hits - Al Green
The Black Album - Jay-Z
Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G.
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
Big Boi and Dre Present…OutKast - OutKast (Just Can’t Pick One OutKast Album)

Prince - Purple Rain
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Phantom of The Opera
Kanye West - Graduation
Jay-Z - Black Album

Foreign Exchange-Connected
Jay-Z - Blueprint
Common-Be
Linkin Park-Hybrid Theory
Outkast-Aquemini

where are all the weezy fans?! hahahaha this post just PROVED a point! but im not going to say before i get internet murdered haha but 5 albums huh i really dont know how to choose this

Illmatic

Documentary (i just like the fire he had)

jay-z - Blueprint

Bob marley - legend

2pac - me against the world

Dummy - Portishead
One Day It’ll All Make Sense - Common
Late Registration - Kanye
Amerikkka’s Most Wanted - Ice Cube
Greatest Hits - Al Green

Pie-yow!

Beatles White Album
Illmatic
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Dark side of the Moon
36 Chambers

*hey jarell, saying that weezy doesnt have a top 5 album isnt much of a revelation

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Illmatic
The Chronic
Marshall Mathers LP
Reasonable Doubt

how can we get that live band version of illmatic!?!!?!

eminem - the eminem show
fabolous - real talk
jay-z - black album
kanye - college dropout
young buck - straight outta cashville

MJB - My Life
Nas - Illmatic
Raekwon - OB4CL
S. Carter - Reasonable Doubt
Gang Starr - Full Clip

wu 4ever
roy ayers
king of rock
fat boys are back
it takes a nation of millions

Jay Z Reasonable Doubt
Scarface The Diary
Jay Z American Gangster
Kanye West Graduation
Beanie Sigel Bcoming

Honorable Mentions:
Jay Z The Black Album
Nas Illmatic
Lupe’s Food And Liquor

*lol I wanna hear that live band version of illmatic too

1.jayz-reasonable boubt
2mary j.-my life
3.michael jackson-off the wall
4.raekwon-olny built for cuban links
5.common-be

slick rick-great adventures of slick rick
black moon-enta da stage

personal favorites
amerie-all i have
donell jones-where i wanna be

This question is so hard that I still don’t think this answer is right, but I’m going to drop it anyway…

Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 2
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
Common Sense - Like Water for Chocolate

DAMN! This is worst than those “Top 10 Rappers of all time” polls

50 cent- get rich’ or die tryin’
lupe fiasco- food and liquor
blue scholars- bayani
dr. dre- 2001
kanye west- graduation

1. Jay Z-The Black Album
2. Nas-HipHop Is Dead
3.Bone Thugs N Harmony-E.1999 Eternal
4.Kanye West-Late Registration
5.The Notorious B.I.G-Ready To s Die

theres plenty more but damn it was hard to chose just 5
if i could choose more it would be:
Scarface-The Fix
Nas-I am
Krayzie Bone-Gemini Good vs Evil
Jay Z- The Blueprint
DMX-Its Dark & Hell Is Hot

in no particular order—

Quasimoto- The Unseen
Talib & Hi-tek- reflection eternal
Gangstarr- moment of truth
ghostface-supreme clientele
snowgoons- german lugers

thse are some of the faves that come to mind, but there are definitely way more that i wanna say. some like
murs- murs 3:16
smif-n-wessun- dah shinin
marco polo- port authority

The winners are

Nas - Illmatic
Tribe - Low End Theory
EPMD - Business As Usual
Masta Ace - Slaughtahouse
Roots - Illadelph Halflife

Apologies to
Common - Resurrection
Murs - Murs 3:16
Jay Z - Blueprint
Wu - Enta tha 36 Chambers
Rae - Only Built
Tribe - Midnight Marauders
De La - De La Soul is Dead
BlackStar - BlackStar
Biggie - Ready to Die
It takes Nation of Millions -PE
Nas - Stillmatic
Nas - It was written
De La - the Grind Date
f*ck this thread man….

Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun
Copywrite - Cruise Control
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
AOTP - The Torture Papers
Eminem - MMLP

I would mos def bump this shit all day long…

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of THe Moon

Kanye West - Late Registration + Last Call of of the college dropout.

Anthony Hamilton - Comin From Where im From.

Tupac - Makavelli

ANd of course you kno the collection aint complete with the greatest hiphop cd ever made …pure hot fyiaaa……THe one and only

Killa Cam - Killa Season oowwwwhhhh…..lol hell nah

MAC DRE - Money Iz Motive.

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

NaS - Stillmatic

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Common - Resurrection

KanYe West - The College Dropout

or

Sam Cooke - Gr8test hits

NaS - Illmatic

Reakwon -OBFCLX

Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers

Ghostface -The Pretty Toney Album

Also runnin’ up

Booba - Temps Mort

Ali - Chaos & Harmonie

Murs - 3:16/Murray’s Revenge

Little Brother - The Minstrel Show

ODB - Return to the 36 Chambers

Jay-Z - Blueprint

Sean Price - Jesus Price Superstar/Monkey Barz

NaS - It was Written

BCC - The Last Stand

(Booba and Ali are french rap artist…shout outs to all my bilingual hip hop listeners!!)

OH! And Scarface - The Fix !!!

illmatic
me against the world
redy to die
4 5 6
lifestyles of da poor and dangrous

Booba Ali Lunatic au microfone c’est l’amazonie !

J’aime pas trop le rap francais, sauf IAM

Tough to only choose 5:
1 - Marvin Gaye Greatest Hits
2 - Bob Marley - Legend
3 - Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient
4 - Gang Starr - Hard to Earn
5 - De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State

Close Runner-Ups:
Common - One Day It Will All Make Sense
Tribe - Midnight Maruaders
De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State
Redman - Muddy Waters
Biggie - Ready To Die
Mary J Blige - My Life
The Roots - Things Fall Apart

1. Jay-Z “Reasonable Doubt”
2. Notorious B.I.G. “Ready To Die”
3. NaS “It Was Written”
4. Erykah Badu’s “Baduizm”
5. Capone N Noreaga “The Reunion”

Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx

Nirvana - In Utero

Ramones - The Ramones

Wu Tang - Wu Tang Forever

Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full

not enough albums…

Will get that Illmatic joint uploaded when I get back in town so look for a link this week coming up

2pac - All On Me
Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Nas - I Am…
R . Kelly - R.

Cypress HIll-Cypress HIll
Doors - greatest hits
Julio Jaramillo greatest hits
MF Grimm -downfall of Ibliys
MF Doom - operation doomsday

Nas - Illmatic
Jay - Reasonable Doubt
Gza - Liquid Swords
Kool G Rap - 4,5,6
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban linx

2pac all eyez on me……
snoop dogg doggystyle
dre 2001
iam(french rap)
snoop dogg tha last meal

36 Chambers
Illmatic
Low End Theory
Me Against the World
College Dropout

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not saying that these are the best,but its a bit varied, College Dropout isnt even in my top 25 albums all time (love it though)

I was thinking about It was Written> Illmatic, its a more creative album and its where Nas peaked lyrically (hard to explain, but its my opinion, doesn’t mean its better album though)

The Neptunes - Neptunes Presend the Clones
Clipse - Lord Willin’
Dr Dre - 2001
Fort Minor - Rising Tied
Cypress Hill - Skull and Bones

1)Jay-Z: The Blueprint
2)Outkast: Aquemini
3)Kanye West: Late Registration
4)Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On
5)Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Luaryn Hill

Honorable Mention (No Order):
-Michael Jackson: Off the Wall; Thriller
-Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt; The Black Album
-Kanye West: Graduation (GRADUATION IS THE NEW THRILLER!!!!!! HOLLA!!!!!!!!); College Dropout
-Outkast: Atliens
-Nas: Illmatic; Stillmatic
-Common: Like Water for Chocolate; Be
-Lupe Fiasco: Food and Liquor; The Cool
-Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
-The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready To Die
-2pac: All Eyez on Me
-Gorillaz: Demon Dayz
-Mary J. Blige: What’s the 411?!
-Snoop Dogg: Doggystyle

To many to name. I like alot of shit.

HIP-HOP LIVES!!!!! LET GO OF THE PAST!!!!!!! THE FUTURE IS NOW!!!!!!!!!! GANGSTA RAP IS DEAD!!!!!!! LUPE AND KANYE RUN THIS SHIT!!!!!!!!