Disregard everything that everybody has said on this thread. Every Hip Hop vinyl essential you will ever need in your life is listed below:
ROXANNE SHANTE ROYAL FLUSH RUN DMC PHILL MOST CHILL SADAT X SALT-N-PEPA SAUCE MONEY SCHOOLLY D SCREWBALL SCRITTI POLITTI SHARPSHOOTERS SHOW & AG SHYHEIM SLICK RICK SMIF-N-WESSUN SLUM VILLAGE SNOOP DOGGY DOGG STEZO STREET SMARTZ STRICTLY ROOTS WILLIE STUBZ SUNZ OF MAN SUPER LOVER CEE & CASANOVA RUD PHIFE DOG L-FUDGE / MATHEMATIK & BAHAMADIA SWEET TEE TERROR SQUAD 3RD BASS THREE TIMES DOPE TIM DOG AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & TIME ZONE T LA ROCK & JAZZY JAY TRAGEDY WHODINI REDMAN REFLECTION ETERNAL ROB BASE & DJ EZ ROCK
E-40 - which one? Maybe Hall of Game[/b] 2 LIVE CREW - which one? Not familiar enough w the catalogue[/b] JURRASIC 5 - which one? zzzz[/b] DJ QUIK - which one? First one + Way 2 Fonky? Maybe Under the Influence? I'm a huge Quik fan its hard to decide. I think his album last year was as good as some of his best.[/b]
E-40 - which one?- In a Major Way 2 LIVE CREW - which one?- 2 Live is What We Are JURRASIC 5 - which one? Quality Control? DJ QUIK - which one?- Quick is the Name and Rhythmalism.
gangstarr: just hard to earn & step in the arena (daily operation was my shit, but it got boring over time)
did these get mentioned???
showbiz - runaway slave smif n wessun paid in full biz markie's first 3 LPs brand nubian- first 2 nice and smoothe quasimodo kmd black bastards and doom-doomsday slick rick-adventures of nuts-street level dre- the chronic criminal minded pauls boutique organized konfusion (NOT Extinction agenda...sorry)
it would be really hard to narrow it down to a list of 100 essential LPS or 500 essential 12s.
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted & Death Certificate DJ Quik - Way 2 Fonky (If it even exists on wax, which I don't think it does) Del - I Wish My Brother George Was Here NWA - Straight Outta Compton & 100 Miles and Running Souls Of Mischief - 93 'till Infinity Saafir - Boxcar Sessions Too Short - Life Is Too Short D.O.C - No One Can Do It Better Above The Law - Livin' Like Hustlers Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride II The Pharcyde Compton's Most Wanted - Straight Checking 'Em
pauls boutique organized konfusion (NOT Extinction agenda...sorry)
Hells no. I'll accept an argument that ok > s:ea (though I'm not agreeing w/ it) but Stress is definitely better than (slightly) overrated paul's boutique.
8ball and MJG - On Top of the World UGK - Ridin Dirty Fat Pat - Ghetto Dreams Ruff Ryders - Ryde or Die Vol. 1 Missy Elliott - So Addictive
Not much west coast gangsta mentioned so far...spice 1, c-bo, Eiht, etc...?
I don't expect a lot of people to accept some of this shit but to me
Spice 1- Let It Be Known CMW- first 3 albums King Tee- first 3 albums RBL- A Lesson To Be Learned 415- 415in Luniz- first tape with the condom on it Totally Insane- Direct From the Backstreets Brotha Lynch- 24 Deep, Season of the Siccness, Loaded C BO- Gas Chamber Mac Mall- Illegal Business Too Short- Short Dogs in the House Chunk- Menace to the Game Liks- 1st two albums Quasimoto 2nd to None- self titled Uh all NWA and Dre affiliated albums ATL- Uncle Sams Curse
I could go on. Not saying they are classics but they are essential albums to me and "my musical journey".
Mecca and the Soul Brother is enuff. The first EP if u want more.
Obv its nothing on the debut or the EP but I think its still a pretty great album, more mature R&Bish shit but still some incredible Pete Rock work.
I actually think it is as essential... very different sound, equally as good, really solid LP I would never get rid of.
yup. some of my favourite productions by one of my favourite producers.
speaking of which
Slum Village: Fantastic. I was pulled out this album last week for the first time in a while and DAMN! that shit still blows my mind. Dare I say "slept on" classic?
Slum Village: Fantastic. I was pulled out this album last week for the first time in a while and DAMN! that shit still blows my mind. Dare I say "slept on" classic?
Slum Village: Fantastic. I was pulled out this album last week for the first time in a while and DAMN! that shit still blows my mind. Dare I say "slept on" classic?
Also I think albums like Fellowship's "To whom.." and RBL's first joint aren't classics but are regional classics ;extremely important ONLY to a specific location/group of people. In adition something like the first Quasimoto and Doomsday are underground (*sigh*backpack*sigh*) essential albums. Not neccesarilly irrelevant, but classics to a much smaller scale.
and I would classify that Lauren as contempoary classics soul album. next to something like D'Angelo's album(s?).
Also I think albums like Fellowship's "To whom.." and RBL's first joint aren't classics but are regional classics ;extremely important ONLY to a specific location/group of people. In adition something like the first Quasimoto and Doomsday are underground (*sigh*backpack*sigh*) essential albums. Not neccesarilly irrelevant, but classics to a much smaller scale.
The question isnt whether or not somethin is classic or not. Not all classics are essential to a person who is just starting their HIP HOP collection. Some of u cats a listing albums that cant sit next to real seminal joints. We should be cutting the fat. If an alien came down and asked for some hiphop, Curious wouldnt even register.That doesnt make it wack or not a real heads album.
Also I think albums like Fellowship's "To whom.." and RBL's first joint aren't classics but are regional classics ;extremely important ONLY to a specific location/group of people. In adition something like the first Quasimoto and Doomsday are underground (*sigh*backpack*sigh*) essential albums. Not neccesarilly irrelevant, but classics to a much smaller scale.
The question isnt whether or not somethin is classic or not. Not all classics are essential to a person who is just starting their HIP HOP collection. Some of u cats a listing albums that cant sit next to real seminal joints. We should be cutting the fat. If an alien came down and asked for some hiphop, Curious wouldnt even register.That doesnt make it wack or not a real heads album.
hmm.....I think theveryone's responses would be different if the question was on some "I want to know some underground backpack classics" or "some bay slap classics"- ya know real specific like- or the larger question of "Hip-Hop Across the Board" classics, but even that term "across the board" can be confusing to some; but we all find stuff we can all agree on like Tribe, Public Enemy, De La etc....
I think Kurious would be a classic for "rap nerd" dudes like us.
Yeah I mean the problem is hip-hop is so huge and has so much history, if someone told you they wanted 'essential hip-hop' without dilineating style or region or whatever its kind of near impossible. Look how bad all those 'best of hip-hop' collections are.
Yeah I mean the problem is hip-hop is so huge and has so much history, if someone told you they wanted 'essential hip-hop' without dilineating style or region or whatever its kind of near impossible. Look how bad all those 'best of hip-hop' collections are.
True but when cats start to list Kurious along w/ Big Daddy Kane or E-40 or Dr.Dre, I got a problem.
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ROXANNE SHANTE
ROYAL FLUSH
RUN DMC
PHILL MOST CHILL
SADAT X
SALT-N-PEPA
SAUCE MONEY
SCHOOLLY D
SCREWBALL
SCRITTI POLITTI
SHARPSHOOTERS
SHOW & AG
SHYHEIM
SLICK RICK
SMIF-N-WESSUN
SLUM VILLAGE
SNOOP DOGGY DOGG
STEZO
STREET SMARTZ
STRICTLY ROOTS
WILLIE STUBZ
SUNZ OF MAN
SUPER LOVER CEE & CASANOVA RUD
PHIFE DOG
L-FUDGE / MATHEMATIK & BAHAMADIA
SWEET TEE
TERROR SQUAD
3RD BASS
THREE TIMES DOPE
TIM DOG
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & TIME ZONE
T LA ROCK & JAZZY JAY
TRAGEDY
WHODINI
REDMAN
REFLECTION ETERNAL
ROB BASE & DJ EZ ROCK
ALL TO BE CAUGHT AT:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZp.eugeneQQhtZ-1
seller name: p.eugene
wrong forum? yes, but i do pay to post here
2 LIVE CREW - which one? Not familiar enough w the catalogue[/b]
JURRASIC 5 - which one? zzzz[/b]
DJ QUIK - which one? First one + Way 2 Fonky? Maybe Under the Influence? I'm a huge Quik fan its hard to decide. I think his album last year was as good as some of his best.[/b]
36 chambers. original vinyl copy. Truely appreciate the grit of this album. Any early EPMD records. nice and gritty.
did these get mentioned???
showbiz - runaway slave
smif n wessun
paid in full
biz markie's first 3 LPs
brand nubian- first 2
nice and smoothe
quasimodo
kmd black bastards and doom-doomsday
slick rick-adventures of
nuts-street level
dre- the chronic
criminal minded
pauls boutique
organized konfusion (NOT Extinction agenda...sorry)
it would be really hard to narrow it down to a list of 100 essential LPS or 500 essential 12s.
Get back to UKHH, bitch.
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted & Death Certificate
DJ Quik - Way 2 Fonky (If it even exists on wax, which I don't think it does)
Del - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
NWA - Straight Outta Compton & 100 Miles and Running
Souls Of Mischief - 93 'till Infinity
Saafir - Boxcar Sessions
Too Short - Life Is Too Short
D.O.C - No One Can Do It Better
Above The Law - Livin' Like Hustlers
Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride II The Pharcyde
Compton's Most Wanted - Straight Checking 'Em
hello
He made a cold ass transition from samples to live shit on that album. It was real grown.
Hells no. I'll accept an argument that ok > s:ea (though I'm not agreeing w/ it) but Stress is definitely better than (slightly) overrated paul's boutique.
8ball and MJG - On Top of the World
UGK - Ridin Dirty
Fat Pat - Ghetto Dreams
Ruff Ryders - Ryde or Die Vol. 1
Missy Elliott - So Addictive
Not much west coast gangsta mentioned so far...spice 1, c-bo, Eiht, etc...?
I don't expect a lot of people to accept some of this shit but to me
Spice 1- Let It Be Known
CMW- first 3 albums
King Tee- first 3 albums
RBL- A Lesson To Be Learned
415- 415in
Luniz- first tape with the condom on it
Totally Insane- Direct From the Backstreets
Brotha Lynch- 24 Deep, Season of the Siccness, Loaded
C BO- Gas Chamber
Mac Mall- Illegal Business
Too Short- Short Dogs in the House
Chunk- Menace to the Game
Liks- 1st two albums
Quasimoto
2nd to None- self titled
Uh all NWA and Dre affiliated albums
ATL- Uncle Sams Curse
I could go on. Not saying they are classics but they are essential albums to me and "my musical journey".
my favorite khayree production
Kurious - A Constipated Monkey
Cypress Hill - S/T, Black Sunday
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday, not so necessary but big underground classic
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
And anything with more than 5 tracks produced by K-Def
What's next, CHI ALI & MONIE LOVE.
yup. some of my favourite productions by one of my favourite producers.
speaking of which
Slum Village: Fantastic. I was pulled out this album last week for the first time in a while and DAMN! that shit still blows my mind. Dare I say "slept on" classic?
Slept on classic = ESSENTIAL?
I think it's essential.
and I would classify that Lauren as contempoary classics soul album. next to something like D'Angelo's album(s?).
The question isnt whether or not somethin is classic or not. Not all classics are essential to a person who is just starting their HIP HOP collection. Some of u cats a listing albums that cant sit next to real seminal joints. We should be cutting the fat. If an alien came down and asked for some hiphop, Curious wouldnt even register.That doesnt make it wack or not a real heads album.
hmm.....I think theveryone's responses would be different if the question was on some "I want to know some underground backpack classics" or "some bay slap classics"- ya know real specific like- or the larger question of "Hip-Hop Across the Board" classics, but even that term "across the board" can be confusing to some; but we all find stuff we can all agree on like Tribe, Public Enemy, De La etc....
I think Kurious would be a classic for "rap nerd" dudes like us.
BUT YO! AREN'T YOU FRENCH OR SOMETHING!
I'm a rap nerd who wouldnt call KURIOUS classic or essential. Sorry if y'alls feelings is hurt.
True but when cats start to list Kurious along w/ Big Daddy Kane or E-40 or Dr.Dre, I got a problem.
I can agree with that...good call.