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  1. jankland
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    jankland In My Cringe Arc.

    Dec 15, 2020
    Yo this is my first thread and I'm asking for some album and artist recommendations it doesn't have to be hip hop it just has to be someone you f--- with I'm making this thread cause I need a place to compile everything people recommend to me so it doesn't get lost
     
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    Dec 15, 2020
    These are the essentials for establishing your palette before venturing down the rabbit hole:

    Dr. Dre - 2001, The Chronic
    50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin’, The Massacre
    Nas - Illmatic
    Jay Z - The Blueprint, The Black Album
    2Pac - Me Against The World
    Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
    Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
    The Game - The Documentary, Doctors Advocate
    Kanye West - College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation
    Xzibit - Restless
    Obie Trice - Cheers, Second Round’s on Me
    J. Cole - Born Sinner, Forest Hill Drive
    Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid Maad City, To p---- a Butterfly
     
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  3. Lil Squeed
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    Lil Squeed French Montana Stan

    Dec 15, 2020
    disregard every post in this thread that isn't this one
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    Beautiful Thugger Girls - Young Thug
     
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  4. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Dec 15, 2020
    This got me thinking what I'd recommend for a basics crash course by region (taking into account importance and accessibility and also nothing after ~2005 or so so he can keep going based on what he likes in this foundation) @jankland :

    East:
    Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang
    Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
    Mobb Deep - The Infamous
    Nas - Illmatic
    Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
    A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

    West:
    N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
    Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
    Dr. Dre - The Chronic
    2Pac - Me Against the World
    E-40 - In a Major Way

    South:
    Scarface - The Diary
    Outkast - Aquemini
    Lil Wayne - Tha Carter
    UGK - Ridin' Dirty
    T.I. - Trap Muzik

    Midwest (assuming you've heard all Eminem so not including him):
    Kanye West - The College Dropout
    Common - Be
    Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
    Nelly - Country Grammar
    Bone Thugz - Creepin on ah Come Up
     
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  5. Chrollo
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    Chrollo ✟

    Dec 15, 2020
    Rap:
    Rico Nasty
    Vory
    Villain Park
    KEY!
    Pop Smoke
    Gashi
    Lil Uzi Vert

    RnB:
    dvsn
    Ella Mai
    6lack

    Punk Pop/Rock:
    KennyHoopla

    Pop:
    Terror Jr
    Alma

    Just to name a few
     
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  6. Enez
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    Enez Purple Heats Forever

    Dec 15, 2020
    multiple genres are my thing

    animal collective (psychedelic pop)
    beach house (dream pop)
    the cure (post punk)
    dead kennedys (classic punk)
    deftones (alt metal)
    iron maiden (heavy metal)
    megadeth (thrash metal)
    electric wizard (doom metal)
    sonic youth (alt rock)
    stereolab (art pop)
    sweet trip (idm) aka the guys in my avi
    jethro tull (prog rock)
    tricky (trip hop)
    slowdive (shoegaze)
    goldie (drum and bass)
    new order (synthpop/new wave)
    captain beyond (heavy psych)



    can do more
     
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  7. lil uzi vert stan
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    lil uzi vert stan

    Dec 15, 2020
     
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  8. CPR12345
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    CPR12345

    Dec 15, 2020
    graduation by kanye is one of my favs
     
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  9. UnrealisticFlavor
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    UnrealisticFlavor

    Dec 16, 2020
    check out the group atmosphere
     
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  10. Ricky
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    Ricky Hip-Hop CEO

    Dec 16, 2020
    I didn't even know theres so many music genres wtf, I always thought... rap, pop, rock, country, techno
     
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  11. jankland
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    jankland In My Cringe Arc.

    Dec 15, 2020
    Yeah I'll be sure to let you guys know thanks everyone this is gonna be a good fast track to having some semblance of knowledge on music!
     
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  12. Ricky
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    Ricky Hip-Hop CEO

    Dec 15, 2020
    I f---ing KNEW IT!!!!! As soon as I saw you posted in here I knew you was going to post this song!
     
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  13. Yeez
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    Yeez Speak a little Chinese for 'Em Derek!

    Dec 15, 2020
    For older hip hop (early 80'-early 90s) i'd recommend Slick Rick's "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" and Big Daddy Kane's "Young Gifted and Black" For 90s hip hop I'd recommend DMX's "It's Dark And h--- Is Hot" Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" and OutKast's "Aquemini. 200s hip hop would probably be 50 Cent's "Get Rich Or Die Tryin" or Kanye's "The College Dropout". For the 2010s I'd say that Travis Scott's "Rodeo", Young Thug's "Barter 6" And Playboi Carti's 'Die Lit" are good starters. I'd also recommend Radiohead's OK Computer and Kid A since they're really good.
     
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  14. RetiredAccount
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

    Dec 15, 2020
    My favorite album of all time, Graceland by Paul Simon.
     
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  15. jankland
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    jankland In My Cringe Arc.

    Dec 15, 2020
    @Tonshor and @Ricky if you can could you go back in your posts and put your recommendations for me in here that would be really helpful
     
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  16. jankland
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    jankland In My Cringe Arc.

    Dec 16, 2020
    Definitely I can't promise when I get to listening to any of the albums but I'll give updates with everything I do listen to
     
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  17. Thy
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    Thy 000000

    Dec 16, 2020
    flatbush zombies - 3001: A Laced Odyssey
     
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  18. Martha Stewart
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    Martha Stewart Don't @ me

    Dec 15, 2020
    Die For My b----
     
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  19. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Dec 15, 2020
    It's hard cuz there's so much and I already realized a major thing I forgot for NY rap (A Tribe Called Quest)
     
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  20. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    Dec 15, 2020
    This is a great idea. I never had the privilege to see the hip hop landscape in this eye as an outsider, would be interesting to know if it influences the outcome of taste.
     
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