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20 most important hip hop albums of all time
Posted on 8/22/12 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 8/22/12 at 3:34 pm
I don't like the phrase greatest, so I will go with the most important. Albums/Artist that changed the game. I don't have time to do all twenty, so I will start with early hip hop 85- 91 ( I'm older).
People outside of New York didn't know what rap was until this album came out
"Nobody can rap quite like I can" , need I say more
Rap wouldn't sound the way it does today without him.
This may be the most important album, due to larger crossover appeal
Rap hasn't been the same since this album dropped.
Feel free to add your own. Try and keep a good timeline going. I'm interested to see what gets posted
People outside of New York didn't know what rap was until this album came out
"Nobody can rap quite like I can" , need I say more
Rap wouldn't sound the way it does today without him.
This may be the most important album, due to larger crossover appeal
Rap hasn't been the same since this album dropped.
Feel free to add your own. Try and keep a good timeline going. I'm interested to see what gets posted
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Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:13 pm to BIGDAB
Public Enemy brought politics and social issues to hip hop and with songs like "Don't Believe the Hype" and "Bring the Noise" on here it is PE at their best.
On Illmatic Nas took lyricism to a whole new level. Greatest hip hop album ever.
A 9 member crew that uses kung fu samples. Wu Tang Clan was like nothing hip hop had seen before. Some many talented MCs in one group. Cash Rules Everything Aroung Me.
On Illmatic Nas took lyricism to a whole new level. Greatest hip hop album ever.
A 9 member crew that uses kung fu samples. Wu Tang Clan was like nothing hip hop had seen before. Some many talented MCs in one group. Cash Rules Everything Aroung Me.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:19 pm to DB10_AFC
Jay-Z's best album in my opinion. At a time when bling-bling rap was on the rise, The Jiggaman dropped a lyrical bombshell from start to finish and reminded hip-hip fans that lyricism wasn't dead.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:27 pm to DB10_AFC
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On Illmatic Nas took lyricism to a whole new level. Greatest hip hop album
I like Nas, but when I first heard this I thought he sounded alot like Rakim. I wasn't as impressed with this album as some people were/are.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:27 pm to BIGDAB
I may get trashed for saying this, but I honestly think Cudi's Man on the Moon turned the game upside down for future generations. I know that it is really close to underground cali rap that had been out for much longer, but I feel like his album was the first to make a mainstream splash. Instant classic IMO
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:28 pm to SW2SCLA
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:29 pm to MrCoachKlein
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I may get trashed for saying this, but I honestly think Cudi's Man on the Moon turned the game upside down for future generations. I know that it is really close to underground cali rap that had been out for much longer, but I feel like his album was the first to make a mainstream splash. Instant classic IMO
I agree to a certain extent. Cudi influenced Kayne West alot on his 808 ablum and also contributed heavily MDTF.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:35 pm to BIGDAB
[quote] I wasn't as impressed with this album as some people were/are.
This post was edited on 8/22/12 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:37 pm to MrCoachKlein
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I may get trashed for saying this, but I honestly think Cudi's Man on the Moon turned the game upside down for future generations.
Love this album. Wish he would put out something close to that quality again.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:40 pm to DB10_AFC
Paris, for the onset of true black militant rap:
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:40 pm to DB10_AFC
I didn't say it wasn't important, I just don't put it in my top 5. Thats why I chose to go with the most important, I didn't want my bias to get in the way.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:41 pm to BIGDAB
The album that introduced Da Dirty South.
Just revolutionary.
The best album put out by any member of Wu Tang.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:42 pm to BIGDAB
I agree totally with your first five. I would put them in a different order but the picks are dead on solid.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:43 pm to KielandsCalves
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The album that introduced Da Dirty South.
This album summed up my adolescence to a tee.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:45 pm to TideHater
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I would put them in a different order but the picks are dead on solid.
It's only in order chronologically ( I think that was a long time ago
)Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:46 pm to BIGDAB
Lets go from 95 to say 2000. What yall got.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:49 pm to BIGDAB
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:50 pm to BIGDAB
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:58 pm to MrCoachKlein
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I may get trashed for saying this, but I honestly think Cudi's Man on the Moon turned the game upside down for future generations
You probably will get trashed .
I like the album and I like Cudi, but I really dont see it as being really important to hip hop.
This post was edited on 8/22/12 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 8/22/12 at 5:03 pm to SW2SCLA
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Jay-Z's best album in my opinion. At a time when bling-bling rap was on the rise, The Jiggaman dropped a lyrical bombshell from start to finish and reminded hip-hip fans that lyricism wasn't dead.
Yet, makes a song like Big Pimpin'
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