top 3 hip hop albums

[heBAY]

But tomorrow it'll probably change to:

-Black Moon "Enta Da Stage"

-Run DMC "s/t"

-The DOC "No One Can Do It Better"

[ktothe]

How can your list be so absolutely random from one day to the next. Hahah. I see no connection there besides the obvious Run/Beasties.

[heBAY]

How can your list be so absolutely random from one day to the next. Hahah. I see no connection there besides the obvious Run/Beasties.

I don't see anything random about it a list of my own personal favorites. Why does there have to be an obvious correlation between the 3 albums? I guess it's cause I've lived through the many different eras of Hip Hop (and music in general)...so why not grab what appeals to me from the various time periods? I'm not 35 yet, but I'm definitely not 18.

Those are definitely all favorites of mine. You don't question someone who lists his/her favorite Rock albums as Sgt. Pepper's...(The Beatles), Masters Of Reality (Black Sabbath), and Rock For Light (Bad Brains)...at least I hope not.

[heBAY]

Wait I just gave it a thought and looked back at my list...how do you NOT see a connection!?!?!?! Hahahahaha.

Earlier Def Jam catalog...Run DMC, Beasties, PE (the latter two albums having heavy sample usage which I love).

Early-Beginning of Mid-90's...Black Moon, Raekwon (any early Wu or the first Smif n Wessun for that matter...it was a hard choice...but I've got too many memories associated with the EDS and the Purple Tape).

DOC's first, I guess can seem a little out of place...but it is my favorite West Coast album of all time (methinks)...closely followed by the 2nd and 3rd NWA joints (Straight Outta...and Niggaz4Life)...as well as Cube's early shit and of course early 'Row Snoop and Dre.

[ktothe]

I didnt find anything WRONG with your list, I just didnt see the correlation aside from the obvious standouts of their respective eras. But I guess when you look at in the context of sample usage it makes sense.

Rock (rap?) on.

I dont think I answered either:

Can O (handle you slow) The Cold Vein

That Nigga The Blueprint

PUTS - The Next step

These are the three albums I never stop listening to. Definitive top 3? I cant call it, theres too much quality material.

[mrshmearo]

The Low End Theory

OBFCL

Stress: The Extinction Agenda

[heBAY]

no doubt.

Woah Can Ox, sad they didn't really let themselves continue after that album.

[heBAY]

Can I also add:

-Any album with a song titled "Releasing Hypnotical Gasses"

-Any album with a song titled "Garbage Day 3"

-Any album with a song titled "Pass The Hand Grenade"

[Fredo]

A Tribe called Quest: Midnight Marauders

De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising

Guru: Jazzmatazz (all volumes in the series)

[eequalsmcbrill]

J Dilla: Donuts (for the incredibly creative musical content)

Gangstarr: Moment of Truth

El-P: I'll Sleep When You're Dead

[jeansnkicks]

Black Star - Mos/Talib/Hitek

Ready To Die - Notorious

Illmatic - Nas

ATLiens - Outkast

When This Is Over - Shad

[ImRatherUnique]

black moon - enta da stage

jeru the damaja - the sun rises in the east

ghostface - ironman

[Augustus]

I've probably already answered this...but without thinking about it at all...

-Public Enemy - "It Takes A Nation..."

-Raekwon - "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx"

-Beastie Boys - "Paul's Boutique"

read my mind.

[Vampyrvargfesten]

liquid swords

it takes a million

ready to die

[Macwich]

1. Nas - Illmatic (1994)

2. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)

3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)

in that order, precisely

[Bwin]

Illmatic-Nas

Donuts-J Dilla

Finding Forever-Common

[evisu 2000]

octagon

stress

dunno about the 3rd, maybe doe or die

war report

all work no play

whatever man

[NickBaileyKnows]

Illmatic-Nas

Donuts-J Dilla

Finding Forever-Common

I totally agree, except for the Common album. I would have to switch that to Biggie - Ready To Die.

[schmoses]

de la: de la soul is dead

grand puba: 2000

v/a: beneath the surface

[ImRatherUnique]

another list

bumpy knucks 2nd album

scientifiks 2nd, production too ill to not mention

stunts blunts and hip hop

[philipo]

company flow - funcrusher plus

black moon - enta da stage

wu-tang - 36 chambers

[WolfLikeMe]

hello nasty

MM FOOD

Never Better - P.O.S.

[santos]

Mikah Nine - It's All Love (American Nightmare)

Nas - Illmatic

Gangstarr - Moment of Truth

[guiltybyassociation]

aceyalone - all balls don't bounce

artifacts - between a rock and a hard place

jeru the damaja - the sun rises in the east

[keagan]

reachin' (digable planets)

low end theory

36 chambers

[evidence]

For me:

Deltron 3030 - S/T

Aesop Rock - Labor Days

Evidence - The Weatherman LP

[bbaadd]

J dilla - Donuts

Madvillain - Madvillainy

Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain

[ImRatherUnique]

i was down forty now im up 50 buck 50 buck quickly

who cud fuck with me

[fre-co]

I was going to post, then I thought I'd check the first page. This thread was over with the first post.

[cheapmuthafukr]

#4: gucci mane. everything ever.

burr!