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What albums are Hip-Hop Essentials?

Started by Jehovah, Nov 8, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Astro
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    which one fam
     
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  2. ArthurDW
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    I can't listen to music that is essentially lyrically cause I don't understand what a rapper says.
    It's like if you were listening to french lyrical rap, it can be fantastic but you'll never get it.
     
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    I tagged you on that request thread b
     
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    Its food for thought b

    Can you listen to Kendrick Lamar, cause he is quite lyrical sometimes.
     
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    I loved the tracks on good kid/maad city because of the production/flow, but for the same reasons as I just said I'll never get TPAB.

    Altough I love good lyrics because after 6-7 listens I start to get them when they aren't too hard, but I'll never listen with attention 6-7 times to a track that I don't like.

    Anyway don't worry for me, when I want something lyrical I just listen to french rappers, we got good stuff at the other side of the Atlantic too.
     
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    It's an absolute must man. The production is one of a kind. All done by Warren himself.
     
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    Maybe you could read the lyrics from Rap Genius or another lyric website whilst listening to the music so that you can follow what the rappers are saying more easily.
     
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    I think that good lyricists need to be complemented by good delivery and energy to be honest. And some rappers like Lupe fiasco overdo it sometimes with the lyrics
     
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    That's what I do with rappers I like, if they have songs I really dig or I like the vibe I usually go on rap genius.
     
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    top 5 project this year fam:whylie:
     
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    Actually havent listened to some of these, mostly the albums at the top
     
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    The Blueprint
    Illmatic
    Enter The Wu-Tang
    All Eyez On Me or Me Against The World
    Ready to Die
    Life After Death
    The Black Album
    The Chronic
    Doggystyle
    Straight Outta Compton
    Doctors Advocate
    Good Kid, Maad City
    Summertime '06
    The Collage Dropout
    Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
    AmeriKKKas Most Wanted
    Paid In Full
    And maybe MMLP
     
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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 Marauders
     
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    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/
     
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    The Diary
     
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