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Favorite New York Hip Hop Album?

Started by Sign Language, Sep 15, 2021, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Sign Language
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    Sign Language We miss you Screw

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    We all know that New York has put out some of the hardest albums ever, but which one is your personal favorite?
     
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  2. Sign Language
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    Sign Language We miss you Screw

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    Me personally, it’s a tie between:
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  3. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

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  4. BIGFOOT
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    BIGFOOT More than a myth!

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    So many classics

    a few of my favourites

    Onyx - Shut Em Down
    Big - Ready 2 Die
    50 - GRODT
     
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  5. Ricky
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    Ricky FORUM PRIME WILL BE BACK

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    Too many. I'll edit this post after work tomorrow with my top 30 (or more) albums from NY.
     
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  6. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

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    Ready to Die/Life After Death, Reasonable Doubt/The Blueprint, Illmatic, 36 Chambers, Supreme Clientele, Cuban Linx, Paul's Boutique, The Infamous, Purple Haze, Capital Punishment, Paid In Full, It's Dark and h--- Is Hot. Honestly too many to reasonably name.
     
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  7. Marsh
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    Marsh El Fin De Semana

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    It's hard to pick one, I love

    GRODT
    Ready To Die
    Life After Death
    The Blueprint
    Stillmatic
    Hunger for More
     
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  8. Tone Riggz
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    Tone Riggz There's No Cure For Being A C*nt

    Sep 15, 2021
    A lot of albums fit the bill, so I'll post some of my favorites that aren't mentioned as often, by boro/area.

    Manhattan: Cannibal Ox- The Cold Vein
    Bronx: KRS-One- KRS-One
    Queens: Pharoahe Monch- Internal Affairs
    Brooklyn: MOP- To The Death
    Staten Island: Cappadonna- The Pillage
    Long Island: Roc Marciano- Marcberg
    New Rochelle: Brand Nubian- One For All
    Mount Vernon: Pete Rock & CL Smooth- The Main Ingredient
    Yonkers: The Lox- We Are The Streets
     
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  9. Worm
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    Sep 15, 2021
    Life After Death is probably my favorite

    Honorable mentions
    OB4CL
    Ready to Die
    Illmatic

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  10. Allis Mines
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    Allis Mines

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    The best album ever made
     
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    if we're countin tapes.
     
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    joeyp363

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    CLOUDS
    Revival
    RAW
     
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    Yall dont know s---
    This the one
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    My man! Lloyd banks is the king
     
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    Classic album
     
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    Antman No Cap

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    TimmyT Self-Taught

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    Blackstar by Mos Def and Talib Kweli
     
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

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