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If you want a true top ten it would really depend on the generation we're talking about. Then we can analyze who had the most influence and who had the most technical skill. But a top ten list would, at they very least, featureNas's illmaticBiggie Smalls's Ready to DieEric B & Rakim Paid in Full (or any of their albums)50's Get Rich or Die Tryin'Jay-Z's Blueprint (or Black Album though I think Blueprint cemented his legacy)a Public Enemy albuma KRS-One albuma Wu-Tang albuma Kool G Rap ablumNew York is the mecca. Shit's hard to touch on with 10 albums so I tried to pick the most influential one's that came to mind. Technique's Rev Vol 2 is probably one of my favorite hip-hop works from New York. Reks Grey Hairs/More Grey Hairs. Saigon's All In A Day's Work. Papoose mixtapes. Bunch of dope modern artist that just need to learn how to hustle the mainstream better.
Good post, that's what I was trying to get at with my og post.
the parrot says:pootypooty is on point.
I'm gonna take a different angle to this thread and recognize what I feel were the most important albums from NYC instead of the best. In my opinion, the "Golden Age" of Hip-Hop was from '86-'91. When Dr. Dre delivered The Chronic in '92, Hip-Hop underwent another paradigm shift of sorts which elevated the artistic merit of the craft and the culture. Here are what I feel were the most influential albums from NYC that defined Hip-Hop during its Golden Age..
the golden age hip hop was not 86 -91 at all. i should know because i was born jan 13,1978 & started living & listening to hip hop since 1982 .
the golden era of hip hop was from 1989 to 1996 not 1986 t0o 1991.this not opinion but a fact.
i personally always thought the "golden age" was '92-'97.all my favorite albums dropped then anyway. then after that, their is only a few albums i would even put in the same discussion as the albums that dropped from '92-'97.
Quote from: Chamillitary Click on June 21, 2009, 04:13:45 PMi personally always thought the "golden age" was '92-'97.all my favorite albums dropped then anyway. then after that, their is only a few albums i would even put in the same discussion as the albums that dropped from '92-'97.The '92-'97 era was great without a doubt. The Chronic elevated the art of production in '92 the same way Paid In Full elevated the art of lyricism in '87.
Your a chamillionaire fan, you know nothing about music!
Quote from: pootypooty on June 21, 2009, 04:21:56 PMQuote from: Chamillitary Click on June 21, 2009, 04:13:45 PMi personally always thought the "golden age" was '92-'97.all my favorite albums dropped then anyway. then after that, their is only a few albums i would even put in the same discussion as the albums that dropped from '92-'97.The '92-'97 era was great without a doubt. The Chronic elevated the art of production in '92 the same way Paid In Full elevated the art of lyricism in '87. no doubt, it just seems when you talk about "whose the best rapper?", "who made the best album?"; the list always seems to be guys from the '92-'97 ERA.damn, rap was the shit back in the day.