Essential Rap / Hip Hop Albums
 

I am constantly expanding my music collection. Currently I have 60 GB of Music and am always looking for more.

What do you think are the essential Rap / Hip Hop Albums?

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Jurassic 5

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iTunes has an awesome "Greatest Hits" playlist of Notorious B.I.G.- Love it

Ludacris- Chicken and Beer

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Let me clarify, I have a ton of hip hop / rap probably 5 GB. I am just curious what albums you "have to have" in your collection.

Personally Wu Tang Clan 36 Chambers is a CLASSIC!

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N.W.A-Straight Out of Compton
Run DMC-Raising Hell
Wu Tang Clan-Enter the Wu Tang
Snoop Dog-Doggy Style
2 Pac-Me Against the World

Five essentials.

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:r

I have all of those, do you Bob?

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The Gourds cover of Gin and Juice

(some lyrics NSFW)

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Tribe called Quest- anything really.
Outkast- stankonia
Kanye West- College Dropout
JayZ- hard to pick

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off the top of my head:

1) Dr. Dre - The Chronic
2) Jay-Z - The Blueprint (1)
3) Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
4) Outkast - Stankonia
5) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
6) Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

I like 2Pac a lot but didn't think the albums as a whole were as good as these. some great singles though - F*ck All Ya'll, Hit 'Em Up...

in the next GROUP would be N.W.A.,The Roots, A Tribe called Quest, NAS, Snoop, Cube, Grandmaster Flash, DeLa Soul.

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The Chronic
Eazy-duz-it
All Eyez on Me
The Predator

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The Infamous (Mobb Deep)
Thug Life: Volum 1 (Thug Life)
Creepin on a Come Up (Bone Thugs n Harmony)

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Kinda random older ones I love

West Side Connection-Bow Down
OutKast-ATLiens
2Pac-All Eyez On Me
B.I.G.-Ready to Die
Do or Die-Back 2 the Game

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Nice topic
Some classics you have to have are
Nas- Illmatic as well as It was written. Nas first two albums are classics.
DMX- Its dark and hell is hot

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Mobb Deep- Murda muzik

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Anything by Kris Kross. They wore their clothes backwards, you know.

MCS

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Ya......no.

Great suggestions guys, keep em coming. I have maybe 1/2 of what has been mentioned so far.

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:tpd:

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool

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Raek Kwon from Wu tang Clan -Only built for Cuban Linx ( a classic)

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Regulate by Warren G

Look for the song "I need a light"

his stuff is just silky smooth

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Friday soundtrack-Superhoes was a hilarious song