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This list provides a guide to the most important hip hop albums, as determined by their presence on compiled lists of significant albums: see the "Lists consulted" section for full details. Inclusion on a list is indicated by numbering after each release. The brief accompanying notes offer an explanation as to why each album has been considered important. The organization of the list is by date of release, ranging from Run-D. s eponymous debut in 1984 to Jay-Z's 2001 album, The Blueprint.

We all knew Fakin’ Jax, but what else was there? I’ll tell you what, a whole album filled with some of the juiciest PR tracks ever heard consistently to this day. 24. Jean Grae "This Week" (2004). This is not a conventional Hip Hop album. This is a challenge to absorb, but once you do, you’ll realize it’s nothing you’ve ever heard, and will likely never hear again in quite this aesthetic, yet dark and murky, masterwork. 3. MF Doom "Operation Doomsday" (1999). Welcome to the unorthodox world of MF DOOM.

Ultimate Hip-Hop Album Guide 2: Electric Boogaloo. UPDATE: It's officially June, and the year appears to be heating up. Last year was one of the biggest in recent memory, with releases from what felt like ninety percent of the game. That may be an exaggeration, but it’s not entirely far from the truth. Drops from Drake, Pusha T, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Eminem, Royce Da 5’9, Migos, Takeoff, Quavo, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, .

It makes sense because they're awesome rappers, but no one ever really mentions GZA from the legendary hip hop group, which is a shame because he arguably made the best solo album out of all the members. His second album, Liquid Sword, is one of the finest pieces of hip hop music ever. Each track has that signature Wu-Tang sound crafted together so intricately by the group's de facto leader the RZA, with snippets of the legendary jidaigeki film (that's a Japanese period drama if you were wondering) Shogun Assassin dotted throughout the entire album. GZA's lyrics are simply.

Non-album single, 1996 One of hip-hop’s most powerful mourning anthems put Midwest hip-hop on the map. At the time, Bone Thugs had lost several loved ones, including Eazy E, who signed them in 1993. To this day, when we perform it, said Krayzie Bone, there will be, like, 20 people in the crowd crying. Music gives you the chance to say what you want to say, André said. And her mom loved it. She’s like, ‘Where’s my publishing check?'

Criteria: These are the albums that epitomized all facets of hip-hop music/culture in the 1990s. They were chosen and ranked according to quality, popularity, timelessness and influence. Last Updated: 2010-01-29. 1. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan (1993) 2. Illmatic - Nas (1994) 3. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992) 4. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (1991) 5. Ready to Die - Notorious .

That album was 6 Feet Deep by The Gravediggaz and it truly withstands the test of time, as it’s possibly even better today than when it was first released. When I hear someone hasn’t heard Prince Among Thieves, I react the same way you do when you hear I haven’t seen The Wire. So, let’s just admit mutual disgust and get to it. Ugly Duckling – Fresh Mode (1999). See it in detail and read Bobby’s words on the collection’s late-’80s, early-’90s West Coast and mid-’90s East Coast Hip-Hop roots here.

It is your moment in the Hip Hop sun; the moment you finally get to have the floor in the rumbling, jubilant mess hall of your genre. Create something great, and the people will love you for it, usually. Make something not so great and you may get skewered to high heaven, especially if your art is considered derivative or nonsensical. The ‘10s have been an amazing time in Hip Hop and rap music. So whether it’s Beyonce dropping an album completely out of the blue or Jay Z selling a million records before his album officially spilled out into the streets, the music business has changed almost as dramatically as the artists making the tunes. And while some albums are culturally important, others are artistically and entrepreneurially so.