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Dec 18, 2025Juney Dark, Maad City, TommyGun and 4 others like this.
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Dec 18, 2025
Nov 8, 2015
Took me a while but I finally got to finish this album as well
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Nov 9, 2015
This was a list a did for a similar thread that was done a few months ago. It's missing a lot of albums from artists like Pac, Biggie, Nas, Jay, and Outkast cause they had already been mentioned when I had posted it in the old thread.
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Black Star - Black Star
Bone Thugs - E. 1999 Eternal
Common - Like Water For Chocolate
DMX - It's Dark And h--- Is Hot
g--- Starr - Moment Of Truth or Hard To Earn (Not sure which is considered more of an essential)
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
GZA - Liquid Swords
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
LL Cool J - Radio
MF Doom - Madvillainy
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
ODB - Return To The 36 Chambers
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Rakim - Paid In Full
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Ras Kaas - Soul On Ice
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Run DMC - Run DMC
Warren G - Regulate G-Funk Era
Young Jeezy - TM 101: Let's Get It
2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be
If anyone wants to look for more essential suggestions here's the other thread.
https://forum.sectioneighty.com/essential-rap-albums-discographies-to-listen-to.t38055/Ordinary Joel, Juney Dark, Jehovah and 1 other person like this. -
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Blackstar - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Blackstar
DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
J Dilla - Donuts
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Method Man - Tical
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Nas - It Was Written
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music
Nujabes - Modal Soul
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Outkast - ATLiens
Outkast - Aquemini
Outkast - Stankonia
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
T.I. - Trap Muzik
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight MaraudersJuney Dark, Maad City, TommyGun and 1 other person like this. -
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Dr. Dre- The Chronic
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
Warren G- Regulate: G-Funk EraMaad City, Ordinary Joel, Jehovah and 1 other person like this. -
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It's an absolute must man. The production is one of a kind. All done by Warren himself.Ordinary Joel, Guma and Jehovah like this.Dec 18, 2025(This ad goes away when signing up) -
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What the f---. Listen to that s--- rn!Ordinary Joel, Jehovah and Guma like this.Dec 18, 2025(This ad goes away when signing up) -
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Illmatic, 2001, The Chronic, MMLP, Ready to Die, The College Dropout, The Blueprint, Reasonable Doubt, DoggystyleOrdinary Joel, K18 El Duderino and Jehovah like this. -
Dec 18, 2025
Nov 8, 2015
The blueprint, The college dropout and Illmatic.
Those are the three super-classics.
Edit: I'm a f---ing hypocrite and sinner since I only listened to 1 of these 3 albumsOrdinary Joel, Jehovah and Thy like this.
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