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Need help building a collection of definitive Hip Hop albums
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Author:  Rafael [ Wed May 16, 2012 7:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Need help building a collection of definitive Hip Hop albums
It just occurred to me collecting important CD's in the history of Hip Hop might be a cool hobby since I really have little else I spend my money on. I started with this list. Please feel free to add. My plan is to listen to them on Spotify or free sources then purchase the ones that I like in CD format. It doesn't have to be part of the original print run, any copy will do.

This list is very incomplete so anyone who has anything definitive to add, please do so. + denotes albums that I really enjoyed

*denotes have not give the album a fair number of repeated listenings yet

Have Purchased:

Nas - Illmatic+
Nas - Stillmatic
Nas - It Was Written++
Nas - God's Son+
Nas - I Am
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)+
Wu-Tang Clan - Wutang Forever
Wu-Tang Clan - The W
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx +
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. 2 +
Raekwon - Immobarlity*
Raekwon - Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang
Ghostface Killah - Iron Man
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Method Man - Tical
Method Man - Tical 2000*
Method Man - Tical 0*
GZA - Liquid Swords +
GZA - Beneath the Surface*
Rakim & Eric B - Paid in Full*

Have not purchased:

DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot
DMX - Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
Scarface - The World is Yours*
Scarface - The Diary*
Scarface - The Untouchable*
Scarface - My Homies*
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die*
Notorious BIG - Life After Death*
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt*
BDP - By All Necessary Means*
KRS-One - KRS-One*
KRS-One - I Got Next*
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane*
Tupac - Me Against the World*
Tupac - All Eyez on Me*
Dre - The Chronic*
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted*
Ice Cube - Death Certificate*
Common - Resurrection*
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill*
Mobb Deep - The Infamous*
Big Pun - Capital Punishment*
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star*
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides*

Unsure which albums to try:

MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
Kool Moe Dee
Canibus
Slick Rick
Redman
Common
A Quest Called Tribe
Author:  Raell [ Wed May 16, 2012 9:45 pm ]
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No love for Run DMC??
Author:  Rafael [ Wed May 16, 2012 9:55 pm ]
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My familiarity with hip hop kind of starts post Rakim era.
Author:  Lonedar [ Thu May 17, 2012 12:04 am ]
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I'm not the biggest hip hop fan (not really much of a fan at all, mostly), but I can't see collection being complete without:

NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Run-DMC - Raising Hell
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
Author:  FarSky [ Thu May 17, 2012 12:09 am ]
Post subject:  Need help building a collection of definitive Hip Hop albums
Lonedar wrote:
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

And thanks to this post, suddenly I understand a first-season Futurama gag.
Author:  Raell [ Thu May 17, 2012 12:14 am ]
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Their first four Run DMC albums are solid. King of Rock is fantastic. Honestly, check them out. It might seem...old or dated but without them, half your list would be gone.
Author:  shuyung [ Thu May 17, 2012 8:34 am ]
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Wait, do you want hip hop, or do you want rap?
Author:  Rafael [ Thu May 17, 2012 4:41 pm ]
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Well since rap is contained within hip hop you could say both, to some degree. However, I do not feel compelled to collect genres within hip hop such as breaks like Crystal Method, Uberzone or stuff like that.

I consider hip hop to contain the entire body of work known as "breakbeat".
Author:  Lenas [ Thu May 17, 2012 4:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Need help building a collection of definitive Hip Hop al
You looking for a certain era of stuff, or just anything we consider favorites?
Author:  Rafael [ Fri May 18, 2012 10:32 pm ]
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Eventually I want a chronicle of most the best albums but I'm kind of focusing on the era pre Slim Shady LP and post Rakim KRS One.
Author:  Corolinth [ Sat May 19, 2012 9:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Need help building a collection of definitive Hip Hop al
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Digital Underground - Sex Packets
Author:  shuyung [ Sat May 19, 2012 6:36 pm ]
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2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be
Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing
Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleeps
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster
MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
MC Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
Salt-n-Pepa - Hot, Cool & Vicious
Tone Loc - Loc-ed After Dark
Young MC - Stone Cold Rhymin'

Body Count - Body Count
(I list this separately, as it's not hip hop, but it's Ice-T)
Author:  Micheal [ Sat May 19, 2012 7:51 pm ]
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/biting tongue, turning on music
Author:  Numbuk [ Mon May 21, 2012 12:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Need help building a collection of definitive Hip Hop al
If you're looking for origins, I'd put some Herbie Hancock in there. One of the grandfathers of record scratching.
Author:  Drexel [ Wed May 23, 2012 11:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Need help building a collection of definitive Hip Hop al
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
Author:  Corolinth [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:39 am ]
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http://back2pluto.com/post/18523401823/thugnificent-niggas-computers-album-cover

It doesn't exist, but if it did, it would be the hip hop album to end all hip hop albums.
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