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your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« on: July 18, 2009, 08:11:26 PM »
NYC has the deepest list of classics for sure

1-Lifestyles of the Poor and Dangerous (Big L)
2-Liquid Swords (GZA)
3-Illmatic (Nas)
4-36 Chambers (Wu)
5-Ready to Die (Big)
6-6 Feet Deep (Gravediggaz)
7-Paid In Full (Eric B and Rakim)
8-The Future Is Now (Non Phixion)
9-Capitol Punishment (Big Pun)
10-The Big Picture (Big L)
11-I Need Drugs  (Necro)
12-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Raekwon)
13-Reasonable Doubt (Jigga)
14-Wanted Dead or Alive (Kool G Rap and DJ Polo)
15-Game of Survival (Live Squad)
16-The Green CD (Non Phixion)
17-Circle of Tyrants (Circle of Tyrants)
18-Mic Club 101 (Canibus)
19-It Was Written (Nas)
20-Heavy Mental (Killah Priest)





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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2009, 01:03:31 AM »
The Big Picture isn't an album. It's a posthumous collection of Big L songs.
 

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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2009, 02:03:28 AM »
no particular order

1.nas-illmatic & jay z-reasonable doubt
2.wu-36 chambers & jeru-wrath of the math
3.wu-wutang forever & big-ready to die
4.rae-only built 4 cuban link & jeru-sun rises in the east
5.gza-liquid swords & az-doe or die
6.ghost-ironman & mop-firing squad
7.group home-living proof & mop-warrioz
8.ultramagnetic-critical beatdown & meth-tical
9.killarmy-silent weapons for quiet wars & ghost-supreme clientel
10.dela-stakes is high & mobb deep-the infamous
11.tribe-midnight marauders & mobb deep-hell on earth
12.krs 1-krs 1 & company flow-funcrusher
13.bdp-criminal minded
14.rakim-follow the leader
15.smif n wesson-dah shinin
16.g rap-456
17.sadat x-wild cowboys
18.heltah skeltah-nocturnal
19.black moon-enta the stage
20.smooth the hustler-once upon a time in america & pe-it takes a nation of millions
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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2009, 02:13:09 AM »
double post
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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2009, 03:33:20 AM »
Here's 10 from me.

1. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
2. Illmatic - Nas
3. Ready to Die - Biggie
4. Lifestyles of the Poor and Dangerous - Big L
5. Capital Punishment - Big Pun
6. Only Built 4 My Cuban Linx - Raekwon
7. Enter the 36 Chambers - Wu Tang
8. Life After Death - Biggie
9. Stillmatic - Nas
10. The 18th Letter - Rakim
 

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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2009, 04:16:28 AM »
I can't think of 20 right now but here are some of my personal favorites:
Capone-Noreaga - The War Report & The Reunion
Nas - Illmatic & It Was Written
Noreaga - N.OR.E.
M.O.P - To The Death
Mobb Deep - Infamous, Hell On Earth & Murda Muzik
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Method Man - Tical 2000 (minus the skits)
Prodigy - HNIC
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OG Hack Wilson

Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2009, 05:32:05 AM »
The Big Picture isn't an album. It's a posthumous collection of Big L songs.

this is well known...want a cookie??  ???
Quote from: Now_I_Know on September 10, 2001, 04:19:36 PM
This guy aint no crip, and I'm 100% sure on that because he doesn't type like a crip, I know crips, and that fool is not a crip.


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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2009, 06:02:58 AM »
NYC has the deepest list of classics for sure

1-Lifestyles of the Poor and Dangerous (Big L)
2-Liquid Swords (GZA)
3-Illmatic (Nas)
4-36 Chambers (Wu)
5-Ready to Die (Big)
6-6 Feet Deep (Gravediggaz)
7-Paid In Full (Eric B and Rakim)
8-The Future Is Now (Non Phixion)
9-Capitol Punishment (Big Pun)
10-The Big Picture (Big L)
11-I Need Drugs  (Necro)
12-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Raekwan)
13-Reasonable Doubt (Jigga)
14-Wanted Dead or Alive (Kool G Rap and DJ Polo)
15-Game of Survival (Live Squad)
16-The Green CD (Non Phixion)
17-Circle of Tyrants (Circle of Tyrants)
18-Mic Club 101 (Canibus)
19-It Was Written (Nas)
20-Heavy Mental (Killah Priest)





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20 is a lot

but

illmatic
lifestyles of the poor
ready to die/life after death
36 chambers
liquid swords


those are the top 5
 

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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2009, 09:14:54 AM »
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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2009, 09:27:53 AM »
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa no 50cent ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ::)

lol lol lol
 

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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2009, 09:33:22 AM »
in no particular order

Run-dmc : Raising Hell
De La Soul : De La Soul Is Dead
Beastie Boys : Ill Communication
LL Cool J : Mama Said Knock You Out
Wu-Tang : 36 Chambers
Nas : It Was Written
Reakwon : Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
 cant think of 20 for now lol
 

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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2009, 11:38:26 AM »
Hack your list sucks lol.  Half the albums on your list aren't even close to NYC top 50 albums lol.

illmatic
ready to die
enter the 36 chambers
enta da stage
doe or die
long live the kane
the great adventures of slick rick
legal drug money
lifestylez ov da poor and dangerous
the war report
the infamous
hell on earth
murda muzik
it was written
reasonable doubt
midnight marauders
low end theory
stillmatic
only built for cuban linx
liquid swords

So many classics left off
 

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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2009, 12:21:57 PM »
I'll try & drop 20 of my fav's, In no order
(Just off the dome) Respect to those I forgot....
(I got the albums anyway)

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Message"
RUN-DMC - "Raising Hell"
Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid In Full"
Slick Rick - "The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick"
LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
Big Daddy Kane - "Long Live The Kane"
Big Punisher - "Capital Punishment"
The Notorious B.I.G. - "Ready To Die"
Public Enemy - "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back"
Public Enemy - "Fear Of A Black Planet"
EPMD - "Strictly Business"
Boogie Down Productions - "By All Means Necessary"
Fugees - "The Score"
Wu-Tang Clan - "Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers"
Raekwon - "Only Built For Cuban Links"
Kool G Rad & DJ Polo - "Road To The Riches"
Kool G Rap - "4, 5, 6"
Jay-Z - "Reasonable Doubt"
Nas - "Illmatic"
Mobb Deep - "The Infamous"
 

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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2009, 12:24:59 PM »
Illmatic
Reasonable Doubt
Enter The 36 Chambers
Liquid Swords
OB4CL
Ready 2 Die
lLfestylez ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Live And Let Die
Long Live The Kane
Take A Look Around
Nocturnal
Enta Da Stage
Dah Shinin'
The Last Stand
Jesus Price Supastar
Hell On Earth
Infamous
Doe or Die
War Report
Moment Of Truth
See these fans can't resist the rush,
they Wu-Tang for life
Scarred for life,
they can't forget the cuts
 

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Re: your favorite 20 New York City rap albums?
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2009, 12:41:03 PM »
Wu-Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Gza - Liquid Swords
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Nas - Illmatic
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Big L - Lifestyles ov da Poor and Dangerous
Biggie - Ready to Die
Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math