The Hip-Hop Appreciation Thread

[Gowienczyk]

||| Essentials: Classic Hip-Hop

2 Live Crew - Is What We Are
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
DJ Jazy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Rock the House
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
LL Cool J - Radio
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen
Run DMC - Raising Hell
The Sugarhill Gang - The Sugarhill Gang
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Young MC - Stone Cold Rhymin'

||| Essentials: Hardcore Hip-Hop

2pac - Me Against the World
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Ice T - OG, Original Gangster
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Mobb Deep - The Infamous...
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
The Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

||| Essentials: Conscious Hip-Hop

Del tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
Fugees - The Score
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Nas - Illmatic
Outkast - Aquemini
The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

||| Essentials: Jazz-Hop

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Arts the Beatdoctor - Transitions
Common - Resurrection
De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
Gang Starr - Step In the Arena
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music
Organized Konfusion - Stress: the Extinction Agenda
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Madlib - Shades of Blue

||| Essentials: Trip-Hop

Blockhead - Downtown Science
DJ Krush - Meiso
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Earthling - Radar
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Morcheeba - Big Calm
Pelican City - Rhode Island
Portishead - Dummy
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Wax Tailor - Tales of the Forgotten Melodies

||| Essentials: Abstract Hip-Hop

Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Busdriver - Fear of a Black Tangent
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Dalek - Absence
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
Madvillain - Madvillainy
MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday

||| AOTW

8/15: Dessa - A Badly Broken Code
8/22: Gangstagrass Gangstagrass
8/29: Optimus Rhyme - School the Indie Rockers
9/5: Abstract Rude - Rejuvenation
9/12: Black Eyed Peas - Behind the Front
9/19: Fugees - Blunted on Reality
9/26: Talib Kweli - Eardrum
10/3: Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
10/10: Atmosphere - Seven's Travels
10/17: The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
10/24:Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
10/31: Sage Francis - Personal Journals
11/7: The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction
11/14: K-OS - Yes!
11/21: Nas - Hip-Hop is Dead

[SaikoSakura]

That is some fancy flute skills. Jethro Tull would be proud.

[Lolicat]

I still think Public Enemy are the best hip hop artists ever. I never got into A Tribe Called Quest much, but they're pretty good. The whole Alternative Hip Hop revolution was awesome.

[Gowienczyk]

I agree! Due to that scene starting in the late 80s we have a lot of politically-charged hip-hop artists now and more than enough albums that are worth time to listen to.

Not just "enertainment".

[Lolicat]

I prefer my music politically charged, unsurprisingly. Jurassic 5 managed to keep it fun though, and yet managed to subvert the whole of mainstream Hip Hop by mocking it in their songs, I enjoyed that.

[Gowienczyk]

I think a lot of people had that mentality. Even early Black Eyed Peas, believe it or not!

[kwami42]

I'm so glad you posted "Imaginary Places," that's one of the few hip-hop songs I like. The only hip-hop album I ever listen to with any regularity is Deltron 3030's self-titled one, though.

[Lolicat]

I want to punch Will.i.am. He said some rather nasty things about *** people in hip hop.

[Alright_Computer]

I think a lot of people had that mentality. Even early Black Eyed Peas, believe it or not!

I'm guessing that was before they started singing about their humps?

[Lolicat]

I'm guessing that was before they started singing about their humps?

Don't you know that song was all about subverting the patriarchy?

Also, remember when Fergie pissed herself on stage? That made me chuckle.


Mos Def is an awesome Hip Hop artist, good lyricist too.