YOUR OPINION: Must have cd's...

[Loose Cannon]

Most of the people i see that are just gettin into rap and hip-hop almost never get an old cd. They only get some new release once in a while or a new Pac mixtape or something. But im always tryin to keep up with new ones while learnin the old too.

Like if you read in the Source and you here someones name but never heard none of their shit, i write it down and get one of there cd's when i go back to the store.



anyway, i want you to post 3 of the albums you think are must have's. "must have's", meaning: An album that tons of people bite off of. One that is almost flawless, or changed everything.


Helix Picks:


Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001
I dont know if that needs an explanation. Dre started rhymin better around the time this came out. ALL the beats were like nothing else. Perfect.

Jay-Z - BluePrint2: The Gift & The Curse
Im not the hugest Jigga fan, but i think i'd be clueless to a lot of things right now if i never heard that album. Jigga had a whole semi-new arsenault of producers for this album too. And Two cd's worth of material.

Notorious B.I.G. - LIFE after DEATH
I think this album could be the MOST bitten or copied album of all time. "Kick In The Door/ Wave In The 4-4/", "Biggie, Biggie, Biggie... ...can't you see/"
Definition of a classic.




Don't post albums that you thought were "good". Post ones that you learned a lot from, and that changed the game.



PEACE

 

[Chedda]

public enemy - takes a nation of millions
ras kass - soul on ice
raekwon - cuban linx

it's hard to just name a couple but they're the albums i find most inspirational, albums that impressed me and grabbed my attention above most others.

 

[MIKELABZ]

NAS- ILLMATIC
RAKIM - 18TH LETTER
PETE ROCK - SOUL SURVIVOR
MOS DEF & TALIB KWELI - BLACKSTAR
COMMON- LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
REDMAN - MUDDY WATERS

 

[Ash Holmz]

raekwon - cuban linx
gza - liquid swords
nas - everything except nastradamus
dre - the chronic
ghost - supreme clientele

actually anything wu tang in between and not including 36 chambes and the wu forever was dope as hell .... ironman, liquid swords, only buit, bobby digtal soundtrack....thats my kinda shit ... rza at his best ... classic shit

 

[classic]

classic's classics

My shit

2 pac- strictly for my niggas
Outkast-ATliens
Goodie Mobb-soul food
juvinal -400 degrees
mobb deep the infamous

with all due respect yall up north dudes trip me out. My god, not one
credit from the south. What about organised noise, scareface, 8 ball MJG, ghetto boys ,goodie mobb,dungeon familty. etc... Plus how could you not have pac up in there??????



yall will learn someday

still got love for yall though

class...

 

[MaximeRobin]

cannibal ox-cold vein
dj shadow-introducing...
public enemy-it takes a nation...

they are my choices. It's very personnal I guess... Its hard not to put some rza shit in there (like the first odb or gza or wu-tang) or some outkast...

 

[Equality 7-2521]

dj shadow - endtroducng
krsone - i got next
eric b & rakim - paid in full

 

[changalang]

Big L - The Big Picture / Lifestylez ov the poor and dangerous

Twista - adrenaline rush

Nas - Illmatic

AZ - 9 Lives / Doe or Die

Cormega - The Realness

Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik / Hell on Earth

Those are some of my personal fav's that really got me into hip hop, i dunno if it really changed anything tho (besides illmatic).

 

[Shonsteez]

Helix:
Not to be sarcastic or nothin', but tha picks you chose are all relatively new...

Steezo

 

[enfinite]

Wut up albums that changed the game

2 Pac all eyez on me OG

nas illmatic city dwellas bible

Tribe Called Quest midnight marauders
wu tang 36 chambers grimiest of the grimy

outkast aquemini (best southern rap, most popular shit right now)

jay-z reasonable doubt and vol 2 illest hustler

DMX its dark and hell is hot back to the streets

Eminem slim shady lp

eric b rakim paid in full hustlers hustle

mobb deep infamous

 

[joeburnem]

AZ (ALL)
EPMD (ALL)
JAY Z (REASONABLE DOUBT)
BIG (READY TO DIE & LIFE AFTER DEATH)
PUN (CAPITOL PUNISHMENT)
GHOSTFACE (SUPREME CLIENTELE)
EIGHTBALL & MJG (IN OUR LIFETIME)
AKINYELE (VAGINA DINER)
NAS (IT WAS WRITTEN)
OUTKAST (AQUIMENI)

 

[StressWon]

A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders

Krs-1- I Got Next

Company Flow- Funcrusher Plus

Cannibal Ox- Cold Vein

Nas- Illmatic

Wu-Tang- 36 Chambers

De La Soul- *any* lol

Run DMC- Run DMC

 

[Streetwize]

illmatic
36 chambers
reasonable doubt
stillmatic
i am
hell on earth
murda muzik
supreme clientele
2001

those are my classics

reasonable doubt and illmatic are my faves buuuuut

beats on 2001 are incredible, best produced album imo

 

[Kevin A]

You asked for Three

How can you deny

Boogie down Productions> the Blueprint
If you've never heard this album, you've missed out on hip hop almost at it's full potentual.

Redman > What the album? Redmans first album was off the chain, he was definaitely in his prime with that album. Tonights the nights, Rated R, supa man lover, that was a ground breaking album that took metaphors to the next level.

2pac > Makavelli
Although a short album, and not that old, I've never heard better mastering in my life. The album is mixed down so well, the warmth is just perfect. Pac's delivery and passion on this album is ground breaking and off the meter, and the production is a perfect match for 2pac. Amazing album, it makes me excited like as if I was watching braveheart. No album has ever done this for me.


There are some other good albums out there, but these three are my top choice.
Honorable mention

N.W.A niggas4life
N.W.A maxi single > 100 miles and running
Eazy-E Eazy's 1st album

Although I wouldn't listen to it nowwa dayz and they are grossly negative, they where clever and produced above standards.

 

[eka]

run dmc - raising hell

a tribe called quest - people's instinctive travels and paths of rhythme.

dela soul - 3 feet high and rising

big daddy kane - long live the kane

fat boy's crushin'

king tee first album

nwa straight outta compton

public enemy - yo bum rush the show

epmd - strickly business

and I could go on.......

 

[N.U.G.]

okay, Must have CDs...

here are some of my personal classics;

1. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

2. Cypress Hill - Temples Of Boom

3. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords

4. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx

5. Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food

6. Dr Dre - The Chronic, 2001

7. Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers

8. Eminem - Slim Shady LP, Marshal Mathers LP, The Eminem Show

9. Tupac - Me Against The World, All Eyez On Me, Makaveli

10. Kanye West - College Dropout

11. NWA - Straight Outta Compton, Niggaz4Life

12. Outkast - ATLiens, Aquemini

13. Mobb Deep - The Infamous, Hell On Earth

14. B.I.G. - Ready To Die, Life After Death

15. Bliss n Eso - Flowers In The Pavement

16. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Trying

holla!