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| 15 Favourite Rap Albums
People who are more into hip-hop often give me shit for my taste in the
genre, but I'm not really concerned with it. I didn't listen to it at all until
3 years ago, so I tend to enjoy the newer stuff more than the "classics",
much to the chagrin of certain purists, and I don't see the problem with
that. Anyway, here's my favourite (emphasis here) 15 rap albums, ranked
cause I'm just that OCD. | | 15 |  | Wax
Scrublife
A mixtape made by youtube-sensation-turned-signed-rap-star Wax (I kinda went
overboard with the hyphens there.). It contains a lot of gimmicky songs, some
straight up radio pop, but a handful of the tracks are absolute monsters and helped
me to start enjoying rap. 2010 til Infinity is a great track, thanks in part to the
sampled beat from 93 til infinity. Other highlights include New Crack, Wax Goes
Bananas..., and Red. | | 14 |  | Souls of Mischief
93 'til Infinity
the beat on the title track is classic, but the rest of the album also delivers the
goods. Plenty of super influential stuff on this album, and a lot of timeless songs. | | 13 |  | El-P
Cancer 4 Cure
Terrible album title but I fell in love with this shit last summer. Most non-white
white rapper ever, this is a true fact. | | 12 |  | Mobb Deep
The Infamous
The infamous guitar sample | | 11 |  | Goodie Mob
Soul Food
Food [italics don't work in lists] for the soul [/i] | | 10 |  | Killer Mike
R.A.P. Music
"I don't make dance music this is R-A-P, opposite of that sucka shit you see on TV"
album straight up bangs. Dirty South rap fucking rules. | | 9 |  | Emay
Adam
So a friend of mine knows this guy from Toronto who raps and is pretty damn
excellent. He's a great rapper and lyricist, but his true strength lies in his producing
-- some of the beats on this album are absolutely astonishingly beautiful. I'd expect
him to have gotten more exposure with this album, which I thought was
magnificent, but what are you gonna do? Share a youtube link I guess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a_PQhj2PX8 | | 8 |  | Gorillaz
Gorillaz
ohhhhh high school. Whenever I hang out with my old high-school buds, two songs
are always played: 1) Clint Eastwood, which we all still know ALL the words to. for
four minutes each time we party, these white boys bust out the whitest of white
boy raps 2) Knights of Cydonia by Good Muse (RIP) | | 7 |  | Nujabes
Modal Soul
Why there aren't hundreds of Nujabes wannabes popping up everywhere is beyond
me. This guy was onto something truly magnificent and unique in the world of hip-
hop, why aren't more people taking his lead. This album is glorious, damn glorious.
RIP to a bonafide genius. | | 6 |  | Nas
Illmatic
cause yah never know when you're gonna go | | 5 |  | Kendrick Lamar
Section.80
Now that the dust of that ridiculous (but oh so fun) hype train has finally settled, I
come back to this album 9 times out of 10 for my Kendrick fix. | | 4 |  | Big Boi
Sir Lucious Left Foot
Even back in my blink-182/Red Hot Chili Peppers Days (nvr frgt), I was still known
to rock some Outkast. When I finally started liking rap, Big Boi's first solo effort was
an easy sell. I love his flow, the album is produced magnificently from front to
back, and some of the guest spots are just perfect (RIP Yelawolf's good rapping). I
was so into this CD back in 2010 that I made my dad listen to Daddy Fat Sacks
three times on a drive back from Tofino trying to convince him that rap didn't
unanimously suck. I feel like he's a lost cause, but he still jams Rush and 54-40 and
like fukin Queens of the Stone Age so m/ | | 3 |  | Danny Brown
XXX
Words cannot begin to describe how intensely I have become obsessed with this
album over the past couple of months. Some of the songs are so ridiculous and
grotesque, something I would have absolutely despised only a few years ago, but
the way that Danny Brown contextualizes it all through an overarching concept
relating to his fears of failure, addictions, suicidal thoughts, and the like. It is a
humbling listen, especially at the beginning and the end, but still allows the listener
to get completely amped up on all the supposed perks of the rapper lifestyle. The
closing track, 30, is my favourite rap song. After all of the craziness of the
previous 18 tracks, Danny Brown brings it all back by completely exposing his
anxiety to us all. "When I turned 28 they were like 'what u gon do now?' And now
a nigga 30, and I don't think you heard me that the last 10 years I've been so
fuckin stressed. Tears in my eyes, let me get this off my chest. The thoughts of
no success got a nigga chasin death. Doin all these drugs, hope I'm OD-ing next,
triple x" | | 2 |  | Aesop Rock
Labor Days
Because I was originally put-off by cut/paste "weed/bitches/money" brand of
gangster rap, a lot of the stuff that originally stuck with me was the so-called
"conscious hip-hop." Aes is overall probably my favourite rapper, thanks to his
rapid-fire delivery, interesting lyrics (that sometimes take a handful of listens to
process), and masterful story-telling. The song "No Regrets" is one of my all-time
favourite tracks. In it, Aesop Rock tells the story of a 7-year old girl named Lucy,
an introvert who likes to draw chalk on the sidewalk. With each new verse, Lucy
has grown up a bit, moving through adolescence and adulthood, always drawing,
until the final verse. She is alone on her deathbed, her companion having died
years earlier, and as she finally slips away, she reflects back on a life in which she
lived exactly the way she wanted to. She had never had a dream, because she
seized every day and did exactly what she always wanted. Her life was her dream. | | 1 |  | Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Yeah yeah, hate away, laugh your dick off. This album single-handedly made me
start paying attention to rap, and had me beginning to embrace all the narcissism
of certain superstar rappers that I had previously scoffed at. Love him or hate him,
I think we all have to agree that Kanye West is one of the most puzzling and
interesting egomaniacs currently relevant in the pop music world. He's completely
self-absorbed, way past the point of it being just a fault, but he self-analyses it all
in such a way that is bold and clever. It is a shiny album, produced to within an
inch of its life, but all that glittery sheen just adds to the deliciously over-the-top
indulgence. Nearly all of the songs on this expansive masterpiece have worked their
way into my regular listening habits, and I can't begin to think about my journey
towards enjoying a genre I once completely dismissed without thinking of this
album. You may personally hate it (and I do understand why, it's ok guys, I do)
but to me, every damn second of this album is sonic perfection, and the majority of
Kanye's lyrics are either ridiculous, poignant, clever, catchy, or all of the above. I
hate this man as a human being, but god damn do I ever love that one album he
made back in 2010. | |
Aids
05.30.13 | oh shit I fragmented hard on my description for XXX
shit bros shit | foxblood
05.30.13 | HATE | foxblood
05.30.13 | no it's ok | luci
05.30.13 | the xxx blurb < 3. now if 808s could get somewhere here? | Aids
05.30.13 | haven't listened to that since I spun it twice and gave it a 3 or whatever. Maeby I will revisit it, but just for you tee hee. | FromDaHood
05.30.13 | one of my friends was like "Watch the Throne is better than MBDTF." I legit couldn't think of a rebuttal so I just named each song, stammering hard between each one, until she admitted how wrong she was.
so yeah, I wish I had your articulation skills. | Aids
05.30.13 | https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/484770_10100621474227671_635940844_n.jpg | illmitch
05.30.13 | ugk - ridin dirty | Urinetrouble
05.30.13 | ^the only correct choice | scorpiusx
05.30.13 | Based on my relatively limited knowledge of hip-hop, we agree on #1. | ZombicidalMan
05.30.13 | Liquid Swords | Aids
05.30.13 | other albums that were on the list before I cut it down to 15:
Low End Theory
Liquid Swords
When Life Gives You Lemons... (Atmosphere)
Concrete Soul (Beneficence)
Captain Murphy - Duality
Wiley - Treddin' on Thin Ince
CunninLynguists - Oneirology
Dark Time Sunshine - Vessel
Dela - Translation Lost
Flatbush Zombies - D.R.U.G.S.
Luv NY (s/t)
Marijuna Deathsquads - Tamper, Disable, Destroy
and shit I forgot to honourably mention Ill Mitch's classic "Punch While Rap"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeyhsYcHXOc | illmitch
05.30.13 | my namesake :+) | oltnabrick
05.30.13 | 10 isnt really dirty south lol | Funeralopolis
05.30.13 | madvilliany best album ever | illmitch
05.30.13 | 10 has dirty south lyrics but the music isnt really dirty south apart from southern fried | Aids
05.30.13 | the way his voice sounds is really "dirty south" to me. El-P does most of the beats and he's from Brooklyn. As a rapper though, I'd definitely lump him in with the dirty south crowd. | Trebor.
05.30.13 | 36 fucking chambers you fuck and liquid swords my word what the fuck adrian you fuck | illmitch
05.30.13 | if you wanna hear some of killer mikes stuff thats more southern you should peep i pledge allegiance to the grind ii
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2qOw6td2Hg | DamnVanne
05.30.13 | Nice job Aids. I'm acquiring that Nujabes album right now. I'll tell you how I like | GnarlyShillelagh
05.30.13 | yeezus aoty agreed | GnarlyShillelagh
05.30.13 | but 1000% what trebor said | auberginedreams
05.30.13 | some tracks on 17 are really excellent (like "30") but i there are some really garbage tracks on there too (like "i will" holy shit that song is stupid as hell).
| GringoSuave89
05.30.13 | c4c is great, but I'll Sleep When You're Dead is a masterpiece. | Aids
05.30.13 | haha "I Will" is one of my favourites
I go dumb and ignorant when I'm on that clitoris
Lick your ass delirious, my tongue game so damn serious
So bend that ass over let me eat it from the back
That pussy so good have a nigga coming back | JumpTheF**kUp
05.30.13 | listen to masters of the universe adrian | Aids
05.30.13 | will do also just downloaded ridin dirty also who ARE you | Sleaper
05.30.13 | dope list.
XXX -
"Words cannot begin to describe how intensely I have become obsessed with this album over the past couple of months"
im the same man i got back into it heaaaaps like 2 months ago, i was addicted again for a bit. | Winesburgohio
05.30.13 | You would probably (read: possibly but i'm trying to sell it) like Hell Hath No Fury and Lifestylez ov the Poor and Dangerous ;) | oltnabrick
05.30.13 | You should check out Clipse and the Doppelgangaz | Keyblade
05.30.13 | at least you have 14. you still my nigga | oltnabrick
05.30.13 | 14 is easily best album here | NapalmCrusader
05.30.13 | People who are more into hip-hop often give me shit for my taste in the genre, but I'm not really concerned with it.
You don't have to care about the opinion of the others, dude. Anyways, list is good | Guzzo10
05.30.13 | needs moar Shaolin shadowboxing. | jmnewcomer18
05.30.13 | Where the hell is Hybrid Theory? | iwasnvrurbf
05.30.13 | nice list, check out Deltron 3030 | JumpTheF**kUp
05.30.13 | i'm kasun jashrakalakafacka etc. | Gwyn.
05.30.13 | Madvillainy | demigod!
05.30.13 | bro, fantastic damage >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cancer 4 cure
props for killer mike though that was my AOTY last year | Aids
05.31.13 | FourthReich no love for 10-13? ah well I figured someone would be pissed
I miss potsy though, thankfully I still have graham | Gwyn.
06.03.13 | i've legit never seen ONE "favorite hip hop" list without Illmatic somewhere in it. gotta be some sort achievement right?
anyway nice list, I still need to listen to some of these, but Madvillainy is my favorite. | Snacktimeguy
07.14.13 | Solid list. | Aids
07.14.13 | alright I'm going through El-P's discorgraphy and its raping this list
Run The Jewels >
Fantastic Damage >
Funcrsuher Plus >
seriously that guy is a legend. and he and Mike are right: fuck Kanye. | Keyblade
07.14.13 | they said that? maybe i should check that RtJ album now :D | Scoot
07.14.13 | deltron 3030
madvillainy
liquid swords
aquemini
illmatic
top 5
| HereInAfter
07.14.13 | ugk - ridin dirty [2] | HereInAfter
07.14.13 | contenders for my top 15 hmm prob
liquid swords
ridin' dirty
marshall mathers LP
enter the wu tang
illmatic
deltron 3030
ready to die
aquemini
only built 4 cuban linx
lifestyles ov da poor and dangerous
stress: the extinction agenda
supreme clientele
the chronic
hard to earn
it takes a nation of millions
the infamous
the low end theory
de la soul is dead
fear of a black planet
slim shady LP
r.a.p. music
idk there's more | Aids
07.29.13 | so I started actually listening to hip-hop and this list is already obsolete | Keyblade
07.29.13 | Listen to Lil B before your existence becomes obsolete. | oltnabrick
07.29.13 | [2]
| musicalmedicine
01.24.14 | XXX is prob my number 1 and MBDTF my 2, or MBDTF 1 and XXX 2, anyway, my two fav rap albums. Didn't
get the lack of 36 Chambers, Marshall Mathers LP, Low End Theory and Liquid Swords tho, but such a
dope list. Loved Wax on 15, dude's an amazing rapper.
My contenders for top 15:
XXX
MBDTF
GKMC
Illmatic
36 Chambers
The Low End Theory
The Marshall Mathers LP
The Slim Shdy LP (too underrated)
Liquid Swords
Ready To Die
Rage Against The Machine (if we can consider it hip-hop)
Me Against The World
The Money Store (been loving that album lately)
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
The Chronic
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
The College Dropout
Scrublife
Old
something like that. |
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