Best hip hop album that you expected nothing from...

[Skindiana bon3z]

Like an album that you expected nothing from it but then you listened to it and it shocked you cause it was better than you thought it was gonna be....mine is...

Jurassic 5-Power in Numbers

[STILLDRE IS THE GODFATHER]

em cos i thought it would all be commercial
probaly eminem with his first album with dre i was surprised with his flow and overall the album was good

[R-Tistic]

hmmmm.............i would say dmx, but when i bought it i really didn't kno what to expect...i didn't think it would come out as dope as it did.

Doggy's Angels, i thought it was gonna suck but the beats were super bangin

[Hittman2001]

Jurassic 5-Power in Numbers

I heard this one last month for the first time and i was impressed

[mauzip]

juvenile - project english

[Skindiana bon3z]

juvenile - project english

Yeah thats another one of mine i was gonna name...I expected nothing outta this album and it was actually pretty decent...

[Darksider]

 the first dmx, the first jay-z...

[Suga Foot]

J5 - Power In Numbers
E-40 Grit And Grind
plus a lot of old school soul music

[tony_montana]

suga free- street gospel... it snuck up on me... cuz i didnt know shit about him... but i jus that quik produce tha whole album so i jus got it... and i been a free fiend since 96....


e-40  loyalty and betrayal... i thought fonzarelli was thru after tha double album be4 this 1 and... man was i wrong ..dude got spit for many moons...


e.s.g- city under siege...tha real freestyle king of tha s.u.c and i thought he couldnt top his previous album shinin and grindin...which is a tx classic...he brought his old dj screw mixtape rawness back 2 tha table like he did when he first came out ....


too short - favorite word... 1 song calio... mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

dj quik safe n sound- thought dj quik died after way 2 fonky.. didnt hear shit from him in yrssssss since then... but when that came out... i was expectin jus another day in tha life of quik...
and when i popped it in mannnnnnnn .......i was on journey thru tha mind of david blake....

[Skindiana bon3z]

too short - favorite word... 1 song calio... mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Yeah man this album is dope...I just picked it up cause it was a too short album and didn't expect much from it but when i played it i liked just about every song on that album...

[KVB]

Tha Liks - X.O. Experience

Their last album Likwidation was a big disappointment for me so I didn't have huge expectations for this new one. It turned out much better than I had envisioned, and was one of the tightest releases in 2001 in my opinion. "Run Wild" was the shit, I used to play that track 24/7...  


Can't think of much else... I normally expect good albums from all hiphop artists so I had to ponder a while for this one, anyway good topic, Props.

[_That_Cracka_J]

Jay Z - The blueprint pt. 1 because I didn't like any prior released before that besides "Reasonable doubt".

[The Big Bad Ass]

36 Chambers

I had no idea there was hype around it. Just picked it up at the time cause the cover looked cool, and I was just getting into hip hop. To this day it's one of my 5 faves.