Bulldog: Hip Hop Essentials - The Basics

Bulldog 09.08.10	Hopefully this series will be just as popular as 'The ABCs of Hip Hop' was. Enjoy guys. Might (and probably will) add descriptions later.
Deviant. 09.08.10	Kinda looks exactly like your last couple of lists
whywontyoudie 09.08.10	if you're doing additional installments, i recommend adding Jay Electronica and possibly Blu and Exile.
Bulldog 09.08.10	"Kinda looks exactly like your last couple of lists" Also kinda looks like all the recs that are ever given on this site (save Deltron 3030, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock). But I mean it IS the essentials list. Things will get more original as the series progresses. I promise Dev :)
BigTuna 09.08.10	I have listened to only one of these and still enjoy hip-hop thoroughly.
Bulldog 09.08.10	which one?
BigTuna 09.08.10	Illmatic
patroneyes 09.08.10	no tribe...?
eternium 09.08.10	Run DMC and A Tribe Called Quest bro.
Deviant. 09.08.10	Why are you saying stuff is missing when he said this is the first in a series?
eternium 09.08.10	Assuming that they're ordered in importance.
SCREAM! 09.08.10	@Dev cause if this is like the itunes lists he mentions, the other parts of the series are going to cover different waves of the genre and they think those artists should have appeared in the basics part.
Deviant. 09.08.10	You know what they say about assumptions
Brontosaurus 09.08.10	I want #8 so bad.
Bulldog 09.08.10	@BigTuna - Also, I'm pretty sure there are plenty of 14 year old boys that LOVE hip-hop but haven't heard ANY of these. Not dissing your taste, because I don't know what you like, but chances are, if you have heard these, you have higher standards when it comes to, and better knowledge of, the genre.
Urinetrouble 09.08.10	nice list but Ill Communication>Paul's Boutique and this lacks the first cypress hill album
ThirtySixChambers 09.08.10	i know it's already been mentioned, but i could never make a hip-hop essential list without deltron 3030
Bulldog 09.08.10	Deltron 3030 will probably be on the next list.
ThirtySixChambers 09.08.10	cool, cool. how do you feel about the first dr. octagon?
Bulldog 09.08.10	4-4.5
ThirtySixChambers 09.08.10	second?
Urinetrouble 09.08.10	dr. octagon 3.5-4 i found the tracks blended at one point through the album and some tracks seemed awkward
Psilocyanide 09.08.10	Bulldog and Urine, you spelled 5 wrong.
Urinetrouble 09.08.10	Psilo spelled, no one cares wrong
Bulldog 09.08.10	cant tell which i like better out of 2 and 1 (prolly 2) and 4 and 5 (prolly 4)
Urinetrouble 09.08.10	bulldog which is better? OB4CL or liquid swords
Bulldog 09.08.10	imo - OB4CL, easily. although i think i have liquid swords rated a 4.5 and ob4cl, ob4cl wins hands down
Urinetrouble 09.08.10	yah me too. producton beats and his voice hold my interest more than liquid swords for some reason
Bulldog 09.08.10	123 123
shrapnel 09.08.10	lol @ 8 being essential
Deviant. 09.08.10	"nice list but Ill Communication>Paul's Boutique " Nope
Urinetrouble 09.08.10	"nice list but Ill Communication>Paul's Boutique " Yes fixed
Deviant. 09.08.10	You broke it even more
shrapnel 09.08.10	"nice list but Ill Communication>Paul's Boutique " Nope[2]
Bulldog 09.08.10	havent heard ill communication. only paul's boutique and licensed to ill
robertsona 09.08.10	i think ive listened to all of these at one point but will reget them, thanks
Urinetrouble 09.08.10	pauls boutique is their second best in my opinion because only the music was really great. the rapping was still weak in there careeer. both music and raps were great on ill communication
Bulldog 09.08.10	watched a documentary on pac last night. was decent. wish he had lived longer :(
Maniac! 09.08.10	oh look, another hiphop list with the most popular hiphop albums ever
Urinetrouble 09.08.10	i think if tupac lived longer his music would've gotten mor formulaic and generic and he'd have a period like eminems where he made music and no one cared but then he'd have a semi decent comeback
taroo 09.08.10	so... these are the albums I have to listen to if I want to get into hip-hop. I heard 1, great albums.
Mordecai. 09.09.10	srsly dude, you make the same fucking list everytime. i thought you left sputnik cause it made you cry or something?
notorioussam23 09.09.10	doggystyle, reasonable doubt
Skyler 09.09.10	"lol @ 8 being essential" this is what i was going to post
Satellite 09.09.10	You pretty much nailed it with these selections, but where the fuck is Straight Outta Compton?
illmitch 09.09.10	hey guys bulldog is trying to get people to like him by posting stuff that isnt gucci mane
Thor 09.09.10	Paul's Boutique is the superior Beastie Boys album, well done.
BigTuna 09.09.10	@Bulldog I'm 20 (not 14), and I really don't like the production on these albums, nor most of the lyrical content. Instead of assuming my age and offending my taste, maybe next time you could head over to my profile and see what hip-hop I enjoy. I don't claim to be a hip-hop connoisseur, but I recently have developed an appreciation for it and your stupid fucking elitist attitude isn't appreciated in the least. Maybe I'll get around to these in the future, but for now, I love the stuff I have and like to think I do have decently high standards for the genre.
zeppelinUSA 09.09.10	coughReasonable Doubtcough
Bulldog 09.09.10	"Not dissing your taste, because I don't know what you like, but chances are, if you have heard these, you have higher standards when it comes to, and better knowledge of, the genre."
BigTuna 09.09.10	still being a pretentious asshole
BigTuna 09.09.10	"maybe next time you could head over to my profile and see what hip-hop I enjoy