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Good Non-Southern Rap Albums from the 2000's

HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
edited July 2010 in Strut Central
My list is kinda short, so plaese to add on...

Freeway ??? Philadelphia Freeway
Ghostface Killah ??? Supreme Clentele
Ghostface Killah - Pretty Toney
Raekwon ??? Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
Little Brother ??? The Listening
Jaylib ??? Champion Sound
MF Doom ??? Operation: Doomsday
Madvillain ??? Madvillany
MF Doom ??? MM???Food
Quasimoto ??? The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
Beanie Sigel ??? The B-Coming
San Quinn ??? I Give You My Word
Mac Dre ??? Genie of the Lamp
Turf Talk ??? The Street Novelist
The Coup ??? Pick a Bigger Weapon
CVE - Villainism
J Dilla ??? Donuts
Lifesavas ??? Spirit in Stone
Slumplordz ??? Sunnmoonsekt
Hobo Junction ??? The Cleaners
Jake One ??? White Van Music
Freeway & Jake One ??? The Stimulus Package
Blackalicious ??? Nia
The Game ??? The Documentary
50 Cent ??? Get Rich or Die Trying
Jay-Z ??? The Blueprint
State Property soundtrack

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  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    HarveyCanal said:

    Blackalicious ??? Nia

    LOL
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    common-be
    elzhi-preface
    mos def-justkidding
  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    Pretty good list Harv. Doomsday was '99 tho, and although I'm a huge Doomsday fan (madvillain too), I never really got into Mmm Food. Am i sleeping?

    I'd add the first two Kanye albums, Purple Haze, The Realness and the Big L album to my list. Some might say LOX's We Are The Streets had enough big songs to be called a "good album", but I'm not so sure. Those are my biased NY picks anyway..

    And what, no Can-Ox love people??
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    faux_rillz said:
    HarveyCanal said:

    Blackalicious ??? Nia

    LOL

    Thanks for your contribution to this thread.
  • smoking_robotsmoking_robot 346 Posts
    Unherd said:

    And what, no Can-Ox love people??

    i prefered vordul mega over vast aire, but he's really overshadowed by his counterpart on a majority of the album in terms of time on the mic. Overall the album wasnt an end to end burner for me like operation doomsday is.

    straight off the d.i.c. has one my favorite choruses based solely upon how the words sound, ignoring any kind of interpretation/meaning behind the lyrics.

    i guess if someone asked me if i liked can ox i would say yeah but that answer is incomplete really.

    i'd toss up viktor vaughn vaudeville villain. that has some of my favorite lines from doom, plus his flow on that album reminds me more of operation doomsday than his later efforts. not my favorite production work, but the beats are above average and seem to work well to compliment the frenetic reference factory that is his lyrical style.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    I remember liking one of the songs off the initial Cann Ox single...but I never got into the album.
  • magneticmagnetic 2,678 Posts
    J-Zone - Pimps Don't Pay Taxes - 2001
    J-Zone - $ick of Bein' Rich - 2003
    J-Zone - A Job Ain't Nuthin' But Work - 2004
    Black Market Militia - Black Market Militia.
    Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity Vol 1.
    Juelz Santana - From Me To You.
    Count Bass D - Dwight Spitz.
    Sean Price - Monkey Barz.
  • JazzsuckaJazzsucka 720 Posts
    Turf Talk: West Coast Vaccine
  • gloomgloom 2,765 Posts
    M.O.P. - Warriorz
    Del Tha Funky Homosapien/Dan The Automator - Deltron 3030
    Brother Ali - Champion Sound EP
    Prodigy/Alchemist - Return Of The Mac
  • dopeshitdopeshit 134 Posts
    the un
    infamous mobb
    nygz
    homeliss derilex
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Abstract Rude - PAINT
    Myka 9 - It's All Love
  • haze25haze25 759 Posts
    HarveyCanal said:
    My list is kinda short, so plaese to add on...

    Freeway ??? Philadelphia Freeway
    Ghostface Killah ??? Supreme Clentele
    Ghostface Killah - Pretty Toney
    Raekwon ??? Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
    Little Brother ??? The Listening
    Jaylib ??? Champion Sound
    MF Doom ??? Operation: Doomsday
    Madvillain ??? Madvillany
    MF Doom ??? MM???Food
    Quasimoto ??? The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
    Beanie Sigel ??? The B-Coming
    San Quinn ??? I Give You My Word
    Mac Dre ??? Genie of the Lamp
    Turf Talk ??? The Street Novelist
    The Coup ??? Pick a Bigger Weapon
    CVE - Villainism
    J Dilla ??? Donuts
    Lifesavas ??? Spirit in Stone
    Slumplordz ??? Sunnmoonsekt
    Hobo Junction ??? The Cleaners
    Jake One ??? White Van Music
    Freeway & Jake One ??? The Stimulus Package
    Blackalicious ??? Nia
    The Game ??? The Documentary
    50 Cent ??? Get Rich or Die Trying
    Jay-Z ??? The Blueprint
    State Property soundtrack



    Freeway "Free At Last"
    Kanye West 'Late Registration"
    Jay-Z "The Dynasty"
    Jay-Z "American Gangster"
    Jay-z "Black Album"
    Little Brother "The Minstrel Show"
    Elzhi 'The Preface"
    Nas "Stillmatic"
    Roc Marciano 'Marcberg"
    Royce Da 5'9' 'Death Is Certain"
    Eminem "The Eminem Show"
    Blu And Exile "Below The Heavens"
    Ghostface "Fishscale"
    Cormega "The Realness"




    peace,xavier
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    husalah - 'hustlin since the 80s'
    jacka - 'the jack artist'
    Beanie Sigel The B. Coming
    DJ Quik Trauma
    Ghostface - SC
    Madvillain Madvillainy
    50 Cent Get Rich or Die Trying
    Common Like Water for Chocolate
    M.O.P. Warriorz
    DJ Green Lantern, DJ Vlad & DJ Harry Rap Phenomenon Part II: 2Pac
    Big L The Big Picture
    The Beatnuts Originators
    Tha Dogg Pound Cali Iz Active
    DJ Quik & Kurupt Blaqkout
    Suga Free The Features, Vol. 2
    Diddy Press Play
    Ghostface Killah The Pretty Toney Album
    Fabolous Street Dreams
    shyne - shyne
    I Self Divine Self Destruction
    Diverse - One AM
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    Binary Star: Masters of the Universe
    Blackalicious: Blazing Arrow
    Cannibal Ox: The Cold Vein
    Common: Be
    Common: Electric Circus
    Common: Finding Forever
    Common: Like Water for Chocolate
    De La Soul: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
    De La Soul: The Grind Date
    Deltron 3030
    Dilated Peoples: Expansion Team
    Dilated Peoples: The Platform
    Edan: Beauty and the Beat
    El-P: Fantastic Damage
    Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
    Ghostface Killah: Supreme Clientele
    Ghostface Killah: The Pretty Toney Album
    J Dilla: Donuts
    Jay-Z: The Black Album
    Jay-Z: The Blueprint
    Jay-Z: The Dynasty
    Jedi Mind Tricks: Violent by Design
    J-Live: All of the Above
    J-Live: The Best Part
    Jurassic 5: Power in Numbers
    Jurassic 5: Quality Control
    J-Zone: Pimps Don't Pay Taxes
    Kanye West: Graduation
    Kanye West: Late Registration
    Kanye West: The College Dropout
    M.O.P.: Warriorz
    Madvillain: Madvillainy
    Nas: The Lost Tapes
    People Under the Stairs: O.S.T. (Original Soundtrack)
    People Under the Stairs: Question in the Form of an Answer
    People Under the Stairs: Stepfather
    Q-Tip: The Renaissance
    Quasimoto: The Unseen
    Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II
    Reflection Eternal: Train of Thought
    Slum Village: Fantastic, Vol. 2
    Ugly Duckling: Journey to Anywhere
  • mr.brettmr.brett 678 Posts
    deej said:

    Diverse - One AM

    YES
  • shooteralishooterali 1,591 Posts
    Styles P- Gangsta and A gentleman
    jadakiss kiss of death
    Nas-Godson
    & street desciple.

    Alot hate about "Street Desciple" but it was better than that "Hip Hop is Dead"
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    These lists are terrible!

    Where am I--www.okayplayer.com?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition
    Esham - Bruce Wayne Gotham City 1987
    Masters Of Illusion - S/T
    Motion Man - Clearing The Field
    T.I. - King
    Eminem - The Mashal Mathers LP
    Fat Joe - J.O.S.E.
    213 - The Hard Way
    Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsiders - Duces n' Trays: The Old Fashion Way
    KHM - Game
    Kool Keith - Spankmaster
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    batmon said:
    Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition
    Motion Man - Clearing The Field

    Yes on these.
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    batmon said:

    T.I. - King

    Atlanta's not the south?
  • gloomgloom 2,765 Posts
    BANDAMONIUM
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    faux_rillz said:
    batmon said:

    T.I. - King

    Atlanta's not the south?

    Ha
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    faux_rillz said:
    These lists are terrible!

    Where am I--www.okayplayer.com?
    wheres yr list
  • haze25haze25 759 Posts
    deej said:
    faux_rillz said:
    These lists are terrible!

    Where am I--www.okayplayer.com?
    wheres yr list



    Dude, his list would consist of Uncle Murder mix cd's and some other such garbage.




    peace,xavier
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    deej said:
    faux_rillz said:
    These lists are terrible!

    Where am I--www.okayplayer.com?
    wheres yr list
    We actually already had this same thread and I think faux posted a list.
  • haze25haze25 759 Posts
    Reynaldo said:
    deej said:
    faux_rillz said:
    These lists are terrible!

    Where am I--www.okayplayer.com?
    wheres yr list
    We actually already had this same thread and I think faux posted a list.




    That was just a general hip hop album discussion where i wanna say D4L made it to his top 5 or 10 albums of the past decade.




    peace,xavier
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    Reynaldo said:
    deej said:
    faux_rillz said:
    These lists are terrible!

    Where am I--www.okayplayer.com?
    wheres yr list
    We actually already had this same thread and I think faux posted a list.

    Indeed, I did.

    I can't seem to locate that thread, so I am reposting. I know it constitutes some prohibitively heavy mental lifting, but you little dudes will just have to subtract the southern records yourselves.

    On August 13, Oliver wrote:

    I'd be curious to see what the Soulstrut Top 50 would look like.

    And by "curious" I mean "scared."

    Well get scared, you poptarts. And by ???get scared??? I mean, prepare to recognize that my list is truth seared into stone by lightning.

    In the interest of manageability I have limited the list to official releases, excluding mixtapes and unreleased albums, and in the interest of diversity I have limited each artist represented to one album. And, while it should be obvious, the list is alphabetized by artist, not ranked in order of quality or importance.

    Squalor back.

    1. ABN It Is What It Is (2008)
    2. Beanie Sigel The B.Coming (2005)
    3. Cam???ron Purple Haze (2004)
    4. The Clipse Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
    5. Common Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
    6. D4L Down For Life (2005)
    7. Diddy Press Play (2006)
    8. Devin Just Tryin??? Ta Live (2002)
    9. The Dogg Pound Cali Is Active (2006)
    10. The Dungeon Family Even In Darkness (2001)
    11. E-40 Grit & Grind (2002)
    12. 8Ball & MJG Living Legends (2004)
    13. Missy Elliott MissE??? So Addictive (2001)
    14. Fabolous Ghetto Fabolous (2001)
    15. The Federation It???s Whateva (2007)
    16. 50 Cent Get Rich Or Die Tryin??? (2003)
    17. Freeway Philadelphia Freeway (2003)
    18. The Game The Documentary (2005)
    19. Ghostface Killah Supreme Clientele (2000)
    20. Jay-Z The Blueprint (2001)
    21. Killer Mike I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind 2 (2008)
    22. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek Reflection Eternal (2001)
    23. Li???l Boosie & Webbie Gangsta Musik (2005)
    24. Li???l Jon & The Eastside Boys Kings of Crunk (2002)
    25. Li???l Wayne The Carter II (2005)
    26. Ludacris Chicken & Beer (2003)
    27. M.O.P. Warriorz (2001)
    28. Mystikal Lets Get Ready (2000)
    29. Nas Hip-Hop Is Dead (2006)
    30. Nelly Country Grammar (2000)
    31. Outkast Stankonia (2000)
    32. Pastor Troy Faceoff (2001)
    33. Paul Wall & Chamillionaire Get Ya Mind Correct (2003)
    34. Prodigy Return of the Mac (2007)
    35. Rich Boy Rich Boy (2007)
    36. Rick Ross Deeper Than Rap (2009)
    37. Scarface The Fix (2002)
    38. Slim Thug Already Platinum (2005)
    39. Snoop Dogg R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004)
    40. T.I. Trap Muzik (2003)
    41. Three 6 Mafia When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 (2000)
    42. Trae Restless (2006)
    43. Trick Daddy Book of Thugs: Chapter AK, Verse 47 (2000)
    44. Turf Talk West Coast Vaccine (The Cure) (2007)
    45. Twista Kamikaze (2004)
    46. U.G.K. Underground Kingz (2007)
    47. Kanye West Graduation (2007)
    48. Youngbloodz Everybody Know Me (2005)
    49. Young Jeezy Let???s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
    50. Z-Ro Let The Truth be Told (2005)
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    haze25 said:
    Reynaldo said:
    deej said:
    faux_rillz said:
    These lists are terrible!

    Where am I--www.okayplayer.com?
    wheres yr list
    We actually already had this same thread and I think faux posted a list.




    That was just a general hip hop album discussion where i wanna say D4L made it to his top 5 or 10 albums of the past decade.




    peace,xavier

    The list was unranked, although the usual SoulStrut illiterates failed to process that fact.

    In any event, D4L made a great rap album. Snickering at it is just flossing your own ignorance.
  • smoking_robotsmoking_robot 346 Posts
    faux_rillz said:

    7. Diddy Press Play (2006)

    for real? so are you suggesting i should go get a copy and give it a listen?

    in other words, are these recommendations in any kind of fashion?

    im asking because i did, and would, not bother to give it even 10 seconds of my time.
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    press play is a great album
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