Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time

[flow]

Okay, I dunno how most INTPs feel about hip hop, but there are actually great, intellectual, hip hop albums out there. I'm sure I've missed a few, so if you have any suggestions I'd be much obliged! Some of my favorite albums (in no particular order):

Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001 (the production is flawless, and most of the songs are either hilarious or just plain bad ass, this is my most played rap album by far)

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (absolutely clever as fuck, these guys are witty and stylish, this entire album is laid back, bass heavy, and just plain easy to listen to). Anyone who claims to not like hip hop needs to play this album first. It will change your mind.

OutKast - Aquemini (hard to say which OutKast album is my favorite, they're all so good. However, this one is my most played and an absolute joy front to back to listen through. Great beats, great rhymes, so worth your time).

Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP (smart, emotional, awesome). Having a bad day? Put this shit on and enjoy. Probably my favorite Eminem album, and that's not an easy decision by any means.

Post your favorites, or try a couple of these out and tell me what you think!

 

[MindsEye]

I am so thrilled you threw this topic up !

I just started a Hip Hop graduate lecture this week, and my instructor played something from "the Chronic". I'll have to get the album..

However I do favor more indie/West coast and Bay Area rhymes. Not so much the gangsta rap. But it's been years since I've really heard great hip hop. Ya know I love Del tha Funky Homosapian / Deltron, Gorillaz, mostly whacked out angry rap (Del) or feelgood dance (electronic stuff). It's not always about the lyrics, as the Pleasure Principal.

(You look just like Steve Bushimi

 

[MindsEye]

Ok, sorry to pollute this thread with my silly unedited crap.

Best of all time? That's too much! What about right now?

I LOVE US/UK jean Grae & The Herbaliser. How bout you?????????

 

[Agent Intellect]

For some good hip hop that's not been tainted by the main stream, check out pretty much anything from Def Jux or Rhymesayers.

Some of my favorite rappers from these two record labels:

Aesop Rock
YouTube - Aesop Rock - Freeze YouTube - Aesop Rock - Holy Smokes

El-P
YouTube - El-P - Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love) YouTube - El-P - Accidents Don't Happen YouTube - El-P - T.O.J.

Cannibal Ox
YouTube - Cannibal Ox - Painkillers

Mr. Lif
YouTube - Mr. Lif - Live From The Plantation

C-Rayz Walz
YouTube - C-Rayz Walz - We Live

Atmosphere
YouTube - Atmosphere - Guarantees

Brother Ali
YouTube - Eyedea & Abilities - SmileYouTube - Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn

Eyedea and Abilities
YouTube - Eyedea & Abilities - Smile YouTube - Eyedea & Abilities - A Murder of Memories
YouTube - Eyedea & Abilities - Man Vs. Ape
YouTube - Oliver Hart - Here for You

 

[flow]

To clear a few things up: A) My pic IS Steve Buscemi and B) Please post/recommend ALBUMS, not songs or labels. Thanks!

PS: Nice to know you appreciate such musics, Agent Intellect. Big ups.

 

[Madoness]

I will not think of my top favories of all time.... too many to choose from.

Anyway, this is an old email I sent to Seducer of the Homeless. I'm too lazy to rethink, recheck it.

So... here are some other bands, albums, I did leave a lot out that should be included and maybe included some that should not be here as you asked for wierd ones, I guess all of them aren't, but just about everyone of them should be considered as non mainstream. It is not a "must have" list.

3 Melancholy Gypsies - Gypsy's Luck EP
Classified - Times Up, Kid
Self Help - Old Friends
Al' Tariq - God Connections
Alias - The Other Side Of The Looking Glass
Ammoncontact - New Birth
Army Of The Pharaohs - Ritual Of Battle
Arsonists - As The World Burns
Beans - Tomorrow Right Now
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
Blahzay Blahzay - Blah Blah Blah
Blood Of Abraham - Future Profits
Blueprint - Chamber Music
Blueprint - 1988
Bomshot - Abomination
Busdriver - Roadkillovercoat
Cage - The Best And Worst Of Cage
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Clutchy Hopkins - Walking Backwards
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Cyne - Growing EP
Cyne - Water For Mars
Dabrye - Two - Three
Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra - San Francisco Debut
Deloach - The Life And Times Of Wally
Destruct & KG Boom - Raw Slice
Dez & Nobs - Behemoth
Devin tha Dude - To Tha X-treme
Dj Hi-Tek - Hi Teknology
DJ Revolution - The King Of The Decks
Dynospectrum - The Dynospectrum
El-P - Ill Sleep When Youre Dead
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Greenhouse Effect - Columbus Or Bust
Gwizski Presents - Loop Regions
Haiku D'Etat - Haiku D'Etat
Handsome Boy Modelling School - So Hows Your Girl
Indo G - Up In Smoke
Jamal-Ski - Guaranteed Rewind
Kidkanevil - Back Off Man, I'm A Scientist
Kool Keith - Dr. Octagon
Kool Keith - black elvis - lost in space
Kool Keith - Ultra-Octa-Doom
Koopsta Knicca - Da Devil's Playground
Kunga219 - Tharpa's Transcripts... A Time And A Place
Mannish - Audio Sedative
MF Doom - MF Doom meets Clutchy Hopkins
MF Grimm - The Hunt For The Gingerbread Man
Mia & Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol 1
Mic Geronimo - The Natural
Mestizo And Mike Gao - Blindfaith
Mr Lif - Live At The Mid East
Mysterme & Dj 20-20 - Let Me Explain
Offwhyte - The Fifth Sun
One Be Lo - Sonogram
One Man Army - Project Fetus
Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots
Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
Ras Kass - Van Gogh
Rasco - Time Waits For No Man
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star
Shä-key - A Head Nädda's Journey to Adidi Skizm
Zion I - Mind Over Matter
The Demigodz - The Godz Must Be Crazy
The Devilz Rejects - Necronomicon
Three 6 Mafia - Live By Yo Rep
Wal Martian - Martian Law
Vast Aire - Look Mom No Hands
X-Ecutioners - Built From Scratch

 

[flow]

Ha, good to see someone else listens to Devin The Dude! I love that guy, his only lyrical content is beer, weed, and women.. gotta love it. Oh and to add to the list of classics, I recommend Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. Talib Kweli was actually the first show I've ever went to, and I got to see him front row.. it was incredible.

 

[fatalbeliever]

I'm also glad to see such a topic. I don't listen to hip-hop, but there's a Lithuanian band called G&G Sindikatas. Their album 'Alchemija' is an absolute masterpiece. The lyrics are gorgeous, the music has so much passion... I suggest searching for the video of 'Muzika kuri saugo' on YouTube. They... are... awesome. There should be translations of their stuff, but if you'll need help, just write me and I'll see what I can do.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I rarely listen to hip hop, especially since I happen to be in the 1970s right now, but when I do I prefer experimental, underground stuff.

Some hiphop that should appeal to INTPs:

Dälek - Absence (it's the only one of their albums I've heard, but it's great)
Madvillain - Madvillainy
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

 

[nickgray]

Some hiphop that should appeal to INTPs:

Sole
Alias
Themselves
Odd Nosdam
Deep Puddle Dynamics
cLOUDDEAD
Sixtoo
13 & God
[and pretty much everything from .anticon label.]
Aesop Rock
Sage Francis
Buck 65
Epic

 

[Madoness]

Sole
Alias
Themselves
Odd Nosdam
Deep Puddle Dynamics
cLOUDDEAD
Sixtoo
13 & God
[and pretty much everything from .anticon label.]
Aesop Rock
Sage Francis
Buck 65
Epic

I kind of have them all:P But then again, I've been a hip hop lover for most of my life, and I cannot live without music, so I have lots of it.

 

[Jordan~]

The last five ever.

 

[flow]

Anyone listen to k-os? His albums 'Joyful Rebellion' and 'Atlantis- Hymns For Disco' are both crazy delicious.

 

[merzbau]

slightly mainstream taste here. bum rush the show, straight outta compton, paul's boutique, temples of boom, original gangster.. i'm sure there's more

 

[MindsEye]

TRACK:

DJ Shadow - Entropy

http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+Shadow/_/Entropy

!!

 

[merzbau]

dj shadow's album endtroducing was great. everything he made after that was too light + radio-friendly for me. likewise, dj krush also used to be very good, but suffered a similar slide downward imo.

 

[Madoness]

04 track04.mp3 - 2.92MB

 

[Venture]

This is the sheet right here's!


Eminem- Relapse


3 AM
YouTube- Eminem - 3 AM (Relapse Retail Album Version)
My Mom
YouTube- Eminem - My Mom with lyrics ( from Relapse )
Insane
YouTube- Eminem - Insane from Relapse with lyrics
Same Song and Dance
YouTube- 08 - Eminem - Same Song And Dance (Produced By Dr Dre And Dawaun Parker) + Letra
We Made You
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS341US341&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=v=

Who agrees?

 

[Madoness]

This is the sheet right here's!


Eminem- Relapse


3 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeGNNMGRlC0
My Mom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raRgWPrgluU&feature=related
Insane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGokF1GlYo&feature=related
Same Song and Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUiHVRjobw
We Made You
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS341US341&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=v=

Who agrees?

Greatest album of all the time this is not. Even not one of the best of this year. Though Eminem has overwhelming skills - this is not his best album.

 

[Venture]

Greatest album of all the time this is not. Even not one of the best of this year. Though Eminem has overwhelming skills - this is not his best album.

I didn't say it was the "Greatest Album of All Time"

But I liked this more out of all of his.

 

[Madoness]

Rappers Convention - War

Rappers Convention - Sounds of the City


Rappin up 9 to 5
Rarities from back in the days. One of my favorites of all times, first hip hop album ever I got.

 

[illiterategenius]

Somewhat chronological...

Straight Out the Jungle (Jungle Brothers)
My Philosophy (Boogie Down Productions)
Paid in Full (Eric B and Rakim)
Unfinished Business (EPMD)
Licensed to Ill (Beastie Boys)
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back (Public Enemy)
Straight Outta Compton (NWA)
Fear of a Black Planet (Public Enemy)
The Low End Theory (A Tribe Called Quest)
36 Chambers (Wu-Tang Clan)
Aquemini (Outkast)
Forever (Wu-Tang Clan)
Blackstar (Blackstar)
Mos Def (Black on Both Sides)
Things Fall Apart (The Roots)
The Grind Date (De La Soul)
MF DOOM's work on (Operation Doomsday, Vaudeville Villain, Madvillainy, Born Like This
The Mouse and the Mask
Anything by Immortal Technique

I know I forgot some, i am tired.

 

[illiterategenius]

Oh, and Dalek and Canibal Ox and Vast Aire.

ANd my guilty gansta rap pleasure, Clipse.

 

[flow]

Nothing guilty about listening to Clipse, except that they're crack dealers. But alas, they're also insane lyricists. I'm way jacked for the new album, Til The Casket Drops.

 

[Carnap]

I had a friend obsessed with anticon. I don't like their artists.

I like Tricky sometimes, but that's considered trip hop. And I like Gorillaz because I like brit pop.

I've always really wanted to find other hip hop I liked, maybe I'll try some of these, but...meh.

 

[illiterategenius]

YouTube- All Caps - Madvillian

that is Madvillian

 

[Madoness]

If possible, buy Magnificent Ruffians - R.O.A.R. (Ruffians On The Rise)
Magnificent Ruffians - Executive Decisions

Hip hop is more than music, more than a club hit.

 

[bananaphallus]

Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (es bueno)
Prodigy - Product of the 80's
Wu Tang - Iron Flag
RZA - Digi Snacks

 

[JUN]

Hey, what about De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising ?

I mean, not only is it a classic but it's also such a worthy classic, The Magic Number anyone ?

YouTube- De La Soul - The Magic Number

 

[Gather_Wanderer]

illmatic, nas. by every standard.

 

[Traianus]

have to second nas - illmatic. would also common sense - ressurection, gza - liquid swords, rass kass - soul on ice, and for me I'd say People Under the Stairs - OST (love that album). think that's enough for my 2 cents

 

[Kokoro]

When I was into hip hop, The Game - The Documentary was always my favorite album. Very solid. Definitely agree with Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001, that was another favorite.

 

[teribleturtle]

Clipse, "Hell Hath No Fury"....superior lyricism, cold/articulate delivery, dark and angry tone, hard minimalist beats, some what INTPesque I would say.

Check out Malice, as opposed to his brother Pusha-T and many other rappers for that matter he seems to be quite introverted, introspective, articulate and witty. He also seems to maintain a pessimistic detached demeanor in addition to having a monotoned delivery, I would argue he is an INTP rapper.