Another "Post Your Greatest 5 Albums Of All-Time" thread....HIP HOP ALBUMS

[mrceo]

A little more than five in no particular order:

Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Nas - Illmatic
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
2pac - All Eyez On Me
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Dr. Dre - 2001
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith
Wu Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers
DMX - ...And Then There Was X

[CHEF_RAEKWON]

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Liquid Swords
Wu-Tang Forever
Life After Death
36 Chambers/Illmatic/Stress/It Was Written/Ironman/40 Dayz & 40 Nightz/Death Certificate/The Predator

[Hatesrats™]

[Personal Fav. Pt. II]
Cypress Hill "Cypress Hill"
Big PUNisher "Capital PUNishment"
WU-Tang clan "Enter the 36 chambers"
Ice Cube "Death certificate"
Dj Quik "Safe + Sound"

Hatesrats 2oo0V

[BIG.DADDY]

couldnt pick just 5 so it picked 10
1. eric b and rakim - paid in full
2. big daddy kane - long live the kane
3. 2 pac - me against the world
4. brand nubian - one for all
5. dr dre. - the chronic
6. ice cube - amerikkkas most wanted
7. nwa - both albums
8. eazy e - eazy duz it
9. biz markie - the first album
10. public enemy - it take a nation of millions to hold us back

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

1.  Dead Prez- "Let's Get Free"
2.  2pac- "Me Against the World"
3.  Machevelli- "The Don Kulluminati: 7 Day Theory"
4.  Nas- "Illmatic"
5.  Ras Kass-  "Soul On Ice"

honorable mention

Warren G-  Regulators... G Funk Era

[Machiavelli]

1.  Dead Prez- "Let's Get Free"
2.  2pac- "Me Against the World"
3.  Machevelli- "The Don Kulluminati: 7 Day Theory"
4.  Nas- "Illmatic"
5.  Ras Kass-  "Soul On Ice"

honorable mention

Warren G-  Regulators... G Funk Era

very overated IMO maybe in the top 20 but not 5... smooth beats and Regulate is one of the best songs ever the album is not great lyrically its trash even though warren has a nice SOUNDING flow but its not great.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

honorable mention

Warren G-  Regulators... G Funk Era

very overated IMO maybe in the top 20 but not 5... smooth beats and Regulate is one of the best songs ever the album is not great lyrically its trash even though warren has a nice SOUNDING flow but its not great.

I think your really limiting yourself if you lock yourself in the same rigid 3-part formula everytime, production/lyrics/flow.  It's not always about that.  There's more than just those three isolated categories. 

How about determing a great record from another perspective?  A great record can be an album that you have to listen to everytime you see the weather change from spring to summer.  Or the first night the weather is hot after dark, you know that album will be in your car stereo.  How about that criteria?

[topdogg187]

1. Doggystyle
2. All Eyez On Me
3. The Chronic
4. Makavelli: 7 Day Theory
5. Chronic 2001/Ready To Die

[Machiavelli]

honorable mention

Warren G-  Regulators... G Funk Era

very overated IMO maybe in the top 20 but not 5... smooth beats and Regulate is one of the best songs ever the album is not great lyrically its trash even though warren has a nice SOUNDING flow but its not great.

I think your really limiting yourself if you lock yourself in the same rigid 3-part formula everytime, production/lyrics/flow.  It's not always about that.  There's more than just those three isolated categories. 

How about determing a great record from another perspective?  A great record can be an album that you have to listen to everytime you see the weather change from spring to summer.  Or the first night the weather is hot after dark, you know that album will be in your car stereo.  How about that criteria?

To me an album has 4 categories...Production, Lyrics, Flow, and Overall.

What you are saying about weather is part of the Overall rating categoring.


Regulate for me is like this

Production 10/10
Lyrics 6/10
Flow 7.5/10

Overall i give it a 9/10 even though adding up the math and dividing it doesnt give it the rating.

[Twentytwofifty]

I could name 50 albums that deserve to be higher than Regulate...G Funk Era on the greatest ever list.

[Elevz]

Top 5 of all time? Damn... That's hard.

wtf @ people saying wtf @ Dead Prez... That's one of my all time favorites also
wtf @ that G-Unit fan mentioning a yet unreleased album with only one track leaked so far

OK... Here we go...

1) Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
2) Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
3) Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to die (1994)
4) Dead Prez - Let's get free (2000)
5) Onyx - Bacdafucup (1993)

Can you tell 1993 was my favorite year? Actually, there's plenty more that belong wayyyyy up there imo. Think of...
Dr. Dre - The chronic (1992)
Nas - Illmatic (1994)
Eazy-E - Eazy-duz-it (1988)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
The D.O.C. - No one can do it better (1989)
De La Soul - 3 Feet high and rising (1989)
N.W.A - Greatest hits
... I could go on all day

[Kill]

I think "Regulate" is a lil bit overrated, too. Still a great album, but like Machiavelli said, mathematically it wouldn´t be all that. I say 6/10 is being nice to the lyrics, production for me is somewhere between 8.5 and 9.5...but i don´t know why people keep saying it´s the best w/c hiphop album ever, it´s some hella smooth shit, but i never really got quite ALL the hype about it...just my personal opinion

[Dip Set Movementarian 4 Life]

1. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin
2. 50 Cent - The Massacre
3. Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville
4. G -Unit - Beg For Mercy
5. Tony Yayo - Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon

can't beat mine....

Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity
Jim Jones - On My Way to Church
Cam'ron - Purple Haze
Juelz Santana - From Me to You
Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity 2

^^^^greater than any album Aftermath/Shady/G-Unit will ever put out...

[Elevz]

1. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin
2. 50 Cent - The Massacre
3. Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville
4. G -Unit - Beg For Mercy
5. Tony Yayo - Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon

can't beat mine....

Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity
Jim Jones - On My Way to Church
Cam'ron - Purple Haze
Juelz Santana - From Me to You
Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity 2

^^^^greater than any album Aftermath/Shady/G-Unit will ever put out...

Is Dipset really all you like? 

[ImmortalOne]

Top 5 in order at the moment:

1. 2Pac aka Makaveli - Don Killuminati 7 Day Theory
2. Chef Raekwon - Built 4 Cuban Linx
3. Snoop - Doggystyle
4. OutKast - Aquemini
5. Nas - Illmatic