Good Non-Southern Rap Albums from the 2000's
HarveyCanal
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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 ??? 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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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??
Thanks for your contribution to this thread.
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.
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.
Del Tha Funky Homosapien/Dan The Automator - Deltron 3030
Brother Ali - Champion Sound EP
Prodigy/Alchemist - Return Of The Mac
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homeliss derilex
Myka 9 - It's All Love
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
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
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
YES
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& street desciple.
Alot hate about "Street Desciple" but it was better than that "Hip Hop is Dead"
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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
Yes on these.
Atlanta's not the south?
Ha
Dude, his list would consist of Uncle Murder mix cd's and some other such garbage.
peace,xavier
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
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.
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.
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.