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  • Streets
    Supreme
    • Aug 2004
    • 5787

    #1

    Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

    What do you think?
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    A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory
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    Black Star- Black Star
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    Boogie Down Productions- Criminal Minded
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    Dr. Dre- The Chronic
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    Eric B. and Rakim- Paid in Full
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    Jay-Z- Reasonable Doubt
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    LL Cool J- Radio
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    Nas- Illimatic
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    Notorious B.I.G.- Ready to Die
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    NWA- Straight Outta Compton
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    Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
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    Raekwon- Only Built For Cuban Linx
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    Run DMC- Raising Hell
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    Tupac- Me Against The World
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    Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
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    Other (Specify)
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  • The C
    Banned
    • Apr 2005
    • 7538

    #2
    Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

    K-Fed- Playing with Fire

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    • Heelfan71
      Hall Of Fame
      • Jul 2002
      • 19940

      #3
      Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

      The Chronic. Paid in Full a close 2nd.
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      • bigfnjoe96
        Hall Of Fame
        • Feb 2004
        • 11410

        #4
        Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

        "Critical Beatdown" UltraMagnetic MC's

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        • supremeslang
          Pro
          • Feb 2003
          • 977

          #5
          Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

          Illmatic with Only Built not far behind at 2
          Free The Birds!!!

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          • billmatic
            Treble Complete
            • Nov 2004
            • 7365

            #6
            Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

            Personally, I'll say Illmatic, but lots of that is personal preference. Gotta say, 'Radio' seems a bit out of place, I'm not sure it belongs in the same list as most of these. I'd put 'Death Certificate, or even 'Doggystyle' up there, but overall a very solid list.

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            • Flightwhite24
              Hall Of Fame
              • Jul 2005
              • 12094

              #7
              Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

              I have to say my personal favorite probably is Tupac's classic All Eyez on Me. This guy get's right out of Jail and BAM!!! California love. Not many come from lockdown to put it down on wax bangin like he did, well a lotof them don't go to jail either. Just to sad what happened to him and Biggie. R.I.P. Peace!!!!
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              • Streets
                Supreme
                • Aug 2004
                • 5787

                #8
                Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

                Mine is a Illmatic with 36 Chambers RIGHT behind it. Illmatic gets the nod because Nas is my favorite rapper.

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                • blazersin2k3
                  Pro
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 402

                  #9
                  Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

                  how is the infamous not included??? its my second fav. of all time, #1 for is illmatic.

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                  • Streets
                    Supreme
                    • Aug 2004
                    • 5787

                    #10
                    Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

                    Originally posted by blazersin2k3
                    how is the infamous not included??? its my second fav. of all time, #1 for is illmatic.
                    The Infamous is one of my favorite albums too. But I figured anyone who would vote for it probably feels Illmatic more, and it wouldn't get any votes.

                    Other ones I didn't put on were Doggystyle, Liquid Swordz, Supreme Clientele, Death Certificate, and Aquemini. I tried to limit it to 15. Yeah, Radio is out of place, but its a classic, especially for its time. LL and Pac are guys who have a billion albums but no real Mangum Opus so I put a classic for each of them on the list.

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                    • iLLmatic
                      MVP
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 1103

                      #11
                      Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

                      My name says it all. It revolutionized the way albums were constructed from the inside out. It marked one of the 1st times multiple well known top shelf producers worked together on one singular project. In the early 90's it was very production team driven and or single producers doin it all. 1st album to receive 5 mics when the Source meant something and it is still the gold standard that all other debut solo albums are judged. So when ever someone talks about Lil Wayne being nice and the best out now, listen to those verses on that album and he cant even touch some of the wordplay Nas showed and that was 10+ years ago.

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                      • Cebby
                        Banned
                        • Apr 2005
                        • 22327

                        #12
                        Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

                        You have to go with Illmatic.

                        My second place rotates between the Wu albums with 36 chambers, Only Built, and Liquid Swords.

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                        • Fresh Tendrils
                          Strike Hard and Fade Away
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 36131

                          #13
                          Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

                          Out of that list, I chose Black Star simply because its my favorite from the list. Others I would have included would have been 3 Feet High & Rising by De La Soul or Liquid Swords by GZA. I just got int BDP and only have By All Means Necessary, but if Criminal Minded is somehow better than that album, I would have had to chose that one.



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                          • SoMiss2000
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Oct 2002
                            • 20499

                            #14
                            Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

                            my greatest is not on there, Outkast's Southernplayalisticadillacfunkymusic.
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                            • trobinson97
                              Lie,cheat,steal,kill: Win
                              • Oct 2004
                              • 16366

                              #15
                              Re: Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time?

                              Of the ones listed, I think The Chronic is the best, of course, it's all about personal preference, nothing definitive except that they are all great albums. I like Me Against the World but I prefer the 7 Day Theory. I even like Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. slightly better to tell the truth. 36 really changed how a lot of Southerners viewed East Coast, when that dropped, we started trying out a lot of New York artists (when I say we, I am talking about the kids growing up around my age at the time). Rakim on Paid in Full showed what I hot MC really was, one of my most favorite albums to this day. Not a bad list though like SoMiss said, it's missing some OutKast and southern albums in general.
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