Hip-hop vinyl essentials

DjArcadianDjArcadian 3,630 Posts
edited June 2006 in Strut Central
Please list all hip-hop vinyl essentials. No raers. Just solid hip-hop needed for a well rounded collection.
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  • Native Tongue collective (De La, Tribe, JBs, etc.)

  • EPMD Strictly Business
    Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique
    NWA Straight Outta Compton
    Public Enemy Nation of Millions
    BDP By Any Means
    Big Daddy Kane Long Live the Kane
    Eric B and Rakim Follow the Leader
    Eric B and Rakim Paid in Full

    How's that? Am I showing my age?

  • ja_bruceja_bruce 295 Posts
    eric b. is president/my melody
    it's like that/sucker mc's
    the show/ladi dadi
    psk/gucci time
    my adidas/peter piper
    its my thing/you're a customer
    friends/five minutes of funk
    run's house/beats to the rhyme
    protect ya neck/method man
    juicy/unbelievable
    smooth operator/warm it up kane
    big poppa/who shot ya
    straight out the jungle/the promo
    the breaks
    planet rock
    alkoholiks 12"s
    ditc related 12"s
    beatnuts 12"s
    mc shan-the bridge
    the message-grandmaster flash
    mantroix 12"s

    there is sooo much out there , are you looking for anything hip hop, old, middle, or new school ? anything in particular, i'll come with more later, i'm sure you;ll get some good results from the people here

  • im a huge fan of the egyptian lover

  • shitzrshitzr 648 Posts
    entire crew discographies of the original flavor unit and the juice crew.

  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    alkoholiks 12"s

    i like the liks but really now.

  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    Doug E Fresh - Lodi Dodi / The Show
    Melle Mel - The Message
    Mobb Deep - Shook Ones
    Audio Two - Top Billin'
    Common Sense - Ressurection
    Puffy - All About The Benjamins
    Too Short - Born To Mack (even tho the pressing kinda sucks)

    too many

  • theory9theory9 1,128 Posts
    Grandmaster Flash--Adventure on the Wheels of Steel
    UTFO--Roxanne Roxanne
    Ice-T--Six N the Mornin
    Geto Boys--We Can't Be Stopped LP

  • piedpiperpiedpiper 1,279 Posts
    Lord Finesse - funky technician
    Show & AG - runaway slave
    Diamond D - stunts, blunts and hip-hop
    Gangstarr - daily operation, step in the arena
    Native Tongue including the later stuff such as mos def-black on both sides, J5 ep, bush babees, Blackstar
    Main source-breaking atoms
    co flow - funcrusher plus
    slick rick-great adventures of slick rick
    masta ace-take a look around
    bdp-criminal minded
    eric b + rakim-paid in full
    Juice crew essentials from big daddy kane, biz markie aso
    ...

  • RisingsonRisingson 696 Posts
    why too many to mention, but a few of my favourites

    Eric B & Rakim - Eric B Is President/My Melody (Zakia)
    Spoonie Gee & the Treacherous Three - Love Rap/New Rap Language (Enjoy Records)
    T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - Its Yours (Party Time/Def Jam)
    Ultramagnetic MCs - Ego Trippin (Next Plateau)
    Word of Mouth feat DJ Cheese - King Kut (Beauty & the Beat)
    Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 - The Message (Sugar Hill Records)
    Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Its A Demo (Cold Chillin)
    Biz Markie - Nobody Beats the Biz (Prism Records)
    Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 - Adventures of Flash on the Wheels on Steel (Sugar Hill Records)
    45 King - The 900 Number (Tuff City)
    Big Daddy Kane - Raw (Prism Records)
    Mobb Deep - Shock Ones Pt 2 (Loud Records)
    Double Dee & Steinski - Lessons
    Big Apple Productions - 2 & 3

  • JustAliceJustAlice 1,308 Posts
    I agree wih 98.6% of all the above.
    When I think of essential hip hop,
    'Classic' simply becomes the key tone...just in my own head of course.
    To each his own.


    Nas- illmatic
    Wu-Tang-Enter the 36 chambers
    Pharcyde- Bizzare Ride
    Dre- chronic
    Redman- What the album, there is a Darkside
    Souls of Mischief
    The Roots
    Dr. Octagon
    Snoop- doggie style
    Dare I say- FreeStyle Fellowship
    Digable Planets
    Del- No need for alarm
    Outkast
    Goodie Mob


    My guess is there are probably more.

  • piedpiperpiedpiper 1,279 Posts
    I totally agree that 'classic' becomes the key tone. Here we go, some more must haves, which have to be mentioned...

    pete rock & cl - mecca and the soul brother, main ingredient and the 12"
    ultramagnetic mc??s - critical beatdown
    organized konfusion - stress
    gravediggaz - 6 feet deep
    beatnuts ep
    souls of mischief - 93 til infinity
    digable planets - blowout comb
    quasimoto - the unseen
    jeru the damaja - the sun rises in the east (who else had burning twin towers on the cover + "you can??t stop the prophet" back in 93?)

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Lord Finesse - funky technician
    Show & AG - runaway slave
    Diamond D - stunts, blunts and hip-hop
    Gangstarr - daily operation, step in the arena
    Native Tongue including the later stuff such as mos def-black on both sides, J5 ep, bush babees, Blackstar
    Main source-breaking atoms
    co flow - funcrusher plus
    slick rick-great adventures of slick rick
    masta ace-take a look around
    bdp-criminal minded
    eric b + rakim-paid in full
    Juice crew essentials from big daddy kane, biz markie aso
    ...

    Bush Babies is not essential
    Runaway Slave is not essential but the original EP w/ Soul Clap is.
    Co Flow - not essential
    Masta Ace Sittin on Chrome > Take a Look Around........ i love this though,but Chrome is his opus imo

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Word of Mouth feat DJ Cheese - King Kut (Beauty & the Beat)

    Classic but not essential.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Digable Planets

    If u cop the Native Toungues stuff, you dont need these guys. Derivative.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Just solid hip-hop needed for a well rounded collection.

    LL COOL J - Mama said Knock You Out - Marley Production
    RUN DMC - Raising Hell
    JAY-Z - Reasonable Doubt
    LAUREN HILL - Miseducation...
    JAZZY JAY & THE FRESH PRINCE - He's the DJ & I'm the Actor

    I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?

  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    I can't help here because I'm not sure if Dem Franchise Boyz is available on wax.

  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts


    I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?
    ATLiens

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


    I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?
    ATLiens

    That's what i thought was the general consensus.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Doug E Fresh - Lodi Dodi / The Show

    and


  • RisingsonRisingson 696 Posts


    I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?
    ATLiens



  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    mos def-black on both sides, J5 ep, bush babees, Blackstar



    ?

  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts


    I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?
    ATLiens

    I would say yes, although if at all possible one should own Southernplayalisticadillacmusik and ATLiens, which together >[/b] Aquemini, Stankonia, & Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

  • JacobWizzleJacobWizzle 1,003 Posts


    I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?
    ATLiens

    I would say yes, although if at all possible one should own Southernplayalisticadillacmusik and ATLiens, which together >[/b] Aquemini, Stankonia, & Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

    ATLiens is my favorite. Southerplayaa... was pretty shocking when it first dropped though.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    pete rock & cl - main ingredient

    NOT

    Mecca and the Soul Brother is enuff. The first EP if u want more.

  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    I'm saying though, ATLiens was on some outer space shit you need that Pimp Trick Gangsta Clikk too.


  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    DAS EFX & BONE

    Essential for its delivery of lyrics or not? I'm on the fence. Both are classic, but should Becky cop?

  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    pete rock & cl - main ingredient

    NOT

    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.

  • JacobWizzleJacobWizzle 1,003 Posts
    DAS EFX & BONE

    Essential for its delivery of lyrics or not? I'm on the fence. Both are classic, but should Becky cop?

    1st Das Efx might be a classic. Probably not though. Bone's first album was good although it got old real fast. That shit was so big with the white trash and asian gangster crowd it was ridiculous. I think of Everett when I hear "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" Don't let Archaic see you giving Bone props. Its goin to turn into a 15 page Blowed post soon.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    pete rock & cl - main ingredient

    NOT

    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.

    Becky dont need it.

    Drop some essentials my bra. I was hoping you'd swing by.
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