School me on some hip-hop albums (post 98)
Young_Phonics
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So the GOD Big Stacks asked me what ablums do I think are great and I realized I just posted albums from my hey-day and barely anything new. FOLLS give me a run-down of some dope LP's to check for that have come out post 1998. I'm pretty much into anything except that anticon stuff or that paul barmann shit, oh and I'm not saying "essential classic this will be talked about on Vh1 10 years from now" I'm just talking about some good dam rap albums.
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Do Or Die - D.O.D.
Common - Be
Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming
The Game - The Documentary
De La Soul - The Grind Date
Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville
Lateef & The Chief Present The Maroons
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
Dead Prez - RBG
T.I. - Trap Muzik
Lifesavas - Spirit In Stone
Lyrics Born - Later That Day
Little Brother - The Listening
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Diverse - One A.M.
Vakill - The Darkest Cloud
Akrobatik - Balance
Scarface - The Fix
Nas - The Lost Tapes
J-Live - All Of The Above
The Unspoken Heard - Soon Come...
Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology
The Coup - Party Music
M.O.P. - Warriorz
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Blackalicious - NIA
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
GZA - Beneath The Surface
Dr. Dre - 2001
and so on...
Well I already know you're diggin the Cee-Lo...what else is dopeness.
Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
Pigeon John - Is Clueless
E40 - Breaking News
Turf Talk - Street Novelist
The Nextmen - Amongst The Madness
Outkast - Stankonia
Suga Free - Street Gospel
DJ Quik - Under Tha Influence
Devin The Dude - The Dude
King Tee - Thy Kingdom Come
there's a lot more but I can't think
theres this one guy 50 cent? Hes pretty good.
Got these, I like 'em. Especially the Jay, Unspoken Heard & Lil' Bro
Da Grassroots – Passage Through Time
YEAH! I thought it was pretty good, a few "so-so tracks" but I remember playing a lot of those joints on college radio
BUT YO! I reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaallly still like the two singles off of that album, that second got crazy love from me.
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dude! that's like asking Kanye "You got a pink sweater". Seriously big inspiration on the production tip, Jay-Skillz is a nice ass fucking dude as well.
Murs - The End of the Beginning.
Count Bass D - Dwight Spitz.
Chino Xl - I told you so.
G-Unit - Beg For Mercy.
Black Market Militia - s/t
The Leak Bros(Cage & Tame One)- Waterworld.
Juelz Santana - From Me To You.
What happened to these dudes, a lot of really good producto. Anybody know if they still around?
serious though, i'm feeling this dude mega
Devin the Dude!!
Attic still does production work w/ a bunch of canadian artists. Also still an avid collector, although I should let Moss speak on this one.....
Mr. Murray (Nick) is doing production work for LAL and also putting out broken beat material on PTR. LAL is actually playing at the Jazz Cafe later this month opening for Terry Callier.
Swiff I have no idea......
now as magnetic mentioned, we need some Count Bass D appreciation here. This dude has put out some very solid material.
thats the most slept on jump off right thurrr.. "square ass bitch go bake a pie, get a tattoo of a dick in ya eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeye"
some more:
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Clipse - Lord Willin
Typical Cats - Civil Service
Quasimoto - The Unseen
Masters of Illusion - Masters of Illusion.
DElTRON 3000.
Co-sizlature on the Devin, Masta Ace and Murs, though definitely not on the Sound Providers and their twinkly little beats & corny as hell raps.
Attic's working. He just did 8 beats for the new Saukrates record, some shit for Kardy and he has some stuff going on in NY right now I can't really speak on just yet.... Outside of that he's digging as usual and we're working on an lp with Jake that's in the same vein as grassroots. It's about 60% recorded.
If you liked the grassroots ish you should check out this lp/cd. The dist wasn't as big as people would have hoped, but it's a little gem;
Blueprint-1988
Deep Thinkers-Necks Move
Boom Bap Project-Reprogram
The Pacifics-Sunday's Chicken
Blue Scholar-s/t
Ludacris-The Red Light District
Ludacris-Chicken-N-Beer
Jadakiss-Kiss Of Death
Byrdie-N Flight
Edan-Beauty And The Beat
Jurassic 5-Quality Control
Jurassic 5-Power In Numbers
Maroons-Ambush
Blackalicious-Nia
Lyrics Born-Same !@#$ Different Day
Roots Manuva-Run Come Save Me
The Roots-Phrenology
Non-Prophets-Hope
Prefuse 73-One Word Extinguisher
Mission:-One
Crown City Rockers-Earthtones
Madvillian-Madvilliany
Quasimoto-The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas
Mos Def-The New Danger
Talib Kweli-Quality
Carlos Mena-Hip-Hop Meditations
Leak Bros.-Waterworld
Soul Junk-1957
People Under The Stairs-Answer In The Form Of A Question
Outkast-Stankonia
Flynn-In Like Flynn
Gershwin B.L.X.-Sunch
Omni-FunkdaFied Freddy
Omni-Burgundy Brown
Dumhi-Vote Dumhi
Youngbloodz-Drankin' Patnaz
Bullfrog-s/t
Dead Prez-Let's Get Free
tRuuuu
People are posting way too many albums to be useful. Jusy buy the above and shut up. It's great.
-e
First half of RZA "Birth of a prince" was solid
M.F. Doom "Operation Doomsday"
D-Styles "Phantazmogorea" Only If you like scratchin
Manny Fresh "Mind of Manny Fresh" got the dope skits and subject matter
Andrae Niktina "Daquari Factory"
J-Zone "Pimps Don't Pay Taxes" Kinda dope
Z-man "anti-nerd"
De LA "the grind date" Not %100 solid but some dope cuts
Alchemist solo ... some may hate but I'm feelin it just solid beats and rhymes
Count bass stuff
so many more but I can't think right now
definitely one of my favorites from the last 7 years.