Flashmobba
10.08.23 | wow what a great list bro I give u a 98 |
Ryus
10.08.23 | hmmmmmmm
madvillain - madvillainy
mobb deep - the infamous
dr dooom - first come first served
bladee - eversince
chief keef - almighty so
mf doom - mm food
quasimoto - the unseen
three 6 mafia - underground vol 1
rx papi - 100 miles and walkin
binary star - masters of the universe |
Flashmobba
10.08.23 | 89, shout out to binary star! |
calmrose
10.08.23 | GZA - Liquid Swords
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Dälek - Absence
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD
Deep Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel?
Cult of the Damned - Part Deux: Brick Pelican Posse Crew Gang Syndicate |
bellovddd
10.09.23 | 1 is always 1
When life gives you lemons - atmosphere is my personal fav. |
DominionMM1
10.09.23 | goodie mob- soul food
wu tang- 36 chambers
ugk- ridin dirty
gza- liquid swords
nwa- straight outta compton
bone thugs-n-harmony- e 1999 eternal
raekwon- only built 4 cuban linx
geto boys- the resurrection
gang starr- moment of truth
goodie mob- still standing |
Kompys2000
10.09.23 | Fear of a black planet
Paul's boutique
Game theory
Madvillainy
A piece of strange
Run the jewels 2
Anime Trauma and Divorce
Deltron 3030
Enter the wu-tang
Malibu Ken
Switch Malibu Ken for donuts if donuts counts |
BlazinBlitzer
10.09.23 | Very interesting favorite song selections, I kinda like it. |
Deez
10.09.23 | Off the top of my head...
Cannibal Ox -The Cold Vein
Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies Re:
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Rubberoom - Architechnology
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Cult Favourite - For Madmen Only
Biggie - RTD
Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation
Dr. Octagon, ‘Dr. Octagonecologyst
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda |
twlight
10.09.23 | Kanye west - late registration
Should be included. |
twlight
10.09.23 | Needs more roots too |
PotsyTater
10.09.23 | The way Travis Scott is sandwiched between mobb deep and souls of mischief |
MoM
10.09.23 | Travis Scott is like Young Thug, where i just automatically assume someone’s trolling if they like them, even if it’s unjustified |
PotsyTater
10.09.23 | That’s quite charitable of you. I just assume they’re stupid |
MeatSalad
10.09.23 | 1 6 and 10 and also
Madvillain - Madvillainy
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
MF DOOM - Mm...Food
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Quasimoto - The Unseen
Yeah I need to listen to more hip-hop |
evilford
10.09.23 | Outkast - Aquemini
Three 6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez
MF DOOM - MM.. FOOD
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
GZA - Liquid Swords
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Nas - Illmatic
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Big L - Lifestylez of da Poor & Dangerous |
Avagantamos
10.09.23 | deltron 3030 - deltron 3030
cannibal ox - the cold vein
three 6 mafia - chapter 2: world domination
spaceghostpurrp - larry bird season
outkast - atliens
lil ugly mane - mista thug isolation
dr. dooom - first come, first served
company flow - funcrusher plus
death grips - bottomless pit
gza - liquid swords |
Avagantamos
10.09.23 | honorable mention probably gotta go to mobb deep the infamous
...or the unseen... or madvillainy |
Masochist
10.09.23 | I cheated a bit: 'Illmatic', 'The Infamous' and 'To Pimp A Butterfly' are all 100% in my top 10, but I didn't include them in my list because you included them in yours. So here are the other albums in my Top 13, I suppose (ABC order):
A Tribe Called Quest - 'Midnight Mauraders'
Black Star - 'Black Star'
Common - 'Be'
Joey Bada$$ - 'B4 Da $$'
Killer Mike - 'R.A.P. Music'
Lupe Fiasco - 'Tetsuo and Youth'
MF Doom - 'MM.. Food?'
Raekwon - 'Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx... Pt. 2'
The Roots - 'undun.'
Run The Jewels - 'Run The Jewels'
BONUS: Flying Lotus - 'You're Dead!' |
twlight
10.09.23 | Lupe fiasco - the cool |
ghostalgeist
10.09.23 | jay eazy |
Flashmobba
10.09.23 | wow Potts ure so smart n im so dumb for liking Travis!!! fuck outta here w that mean girl attitude
also y’all have great lists but I can’t rate em all so EVERYONE GETS A HUNNID |
cylinder
10.09.23 | Aesop Rock - Appleseed, Hail Mary Mallon - Bestiary, and Lice - the first EP
Madvillain - Madvillainy
SIR E.U - R E D H E L L Y/Twin Towers and I Will Never Let You Go
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Genelec and Memphis Reigns - Scorpion Circles
Hawk House - A Handshake to the Brain
Sole - Selling Live Water
Lil Ugly Mane - Oblivion Access
Billy Woods and Kenny Segal - Maps |
Ryus
10.09.23 | “ That’s quite charitable of you. I just assume they’re stupid”
ur prob stupid if u dont like young thug tbh |
DANcore
10.09.23 | Mobb Deep-The Infamous
Wu Tang-36 Chambers
GZA-Liquid Swords
Kendrick-gk,mc
Billy woods-Hiding Places
Gang Starr-Moment of Truth
The Roots-undun
Goodie Mob-Soul Food
Eminem-the Marshall Mathers
Bone Thugs-E 99 Eternal |
Veldin
10.10.23 | Drake above 36 chambers is very sus |
Scoot
10.10.23 | north memphis south memphis westwood orange mound |
Flashmobba
10.10.23 | deal w it veldin
tho each album in this list changes places a lot, except for 1
1 is always 1, 2 as well |
Drifter
10.10.23 | fuck outta here w that mean girl attitude
|
Flashmobba
10.10.23 | hey u can’t use my line on me!!! |
EyesWideShut
10.10.23 | Outkast - Aquemini
Raekwon - OB4CL
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Nas - Illmatic
UGK - Ridin Dirty
The Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Scarface - The Fix
Jay Z - The Blueprint
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Goodie Mob - Soul Food |
Flashmobba
10.10.23 | that’s a really sexy list, shout out to Cube, I’d choose AMW |
MyNameIsPencil
10.10.23 | 11/11 list |
Winesburgohio
10.10.23 | 1. N.O.D. - Niggaz of Destruction (song = Fugitive)
[1.5: DJ - Endtroducing... (song= Mutual Slump)
2. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (song = Da Mystery of Chessboxing)
3. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (song = Nowhere2go)
4. Maniac - The World of a Psycho (song = Hell Raiser)
5. Lil' Wayne - Da Drought III (song = Ride 4 My Niggas)
6. cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD (song = And All You Can Do Is Laugh 2)
7. Viper - The Hiram Clarke Hustler (song = Maybe One Day You'll See Me Again)
[7.5 DJ Screw - Endonesia (song = One Day)
8. Lo Key - Test My Nutz (song = Test My Nutz)
9. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (song = Cold Lampin With Flavor)
10. Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots (song = Talk About a Girl)
is mine :) |
vult
10.10.23 | All the Deltron love here is amazing to see |
VaruunZealot
10.10.23 | Immortal Technique and Canibus are probably my two favorites but these are some good albums |
AlexKzillion
10.11.23 | no order except top 3 is top 3
outkast - aquemini
madvillain
danny brown - xxx
kendrick - tpab
brockhampton - saturation ii
earl sweatshirt - some rap songs
freddie gibbs + madlib - bandana
clipse - hell hath no fury
gza - liquid swords
beastie boys - paul's boutique |
Ryus
10.13.23 | "Lil' Wayne - Da Drought III"
based |
SomeCallMeTim
10.13.23 | Madvillainy and Paul's Boutique
but since everyone did dun say those already
A Tribe Called Quest - Thank you For your Service... We Got it From Here |
Flashmobba
10.14.23 | good shout, great swansong |
Jash
10.15.23 | Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
JPEGMAFIA - All My Hero’s Are Cornballs
Saba - Care For Me
Westside Gunn - Pray For Paris
$ilkmoney - I Don't Give a Fuck About This Rap Shit, Imma Just Drop Until I Don't Feel Like It Anymore
Mac Miller - Faces
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places
Milo - So The Flies Don’t Come
Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti |
CamiloG
10.15.23 | 5 Classics:
1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2. OutKast - ATLiens
3. Nas - Illmatic
4. Erykah Badu - Baduizm
5. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
5 more contemporary:
1. Kendrick Lamar - good kid…
2. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
4. Mac Miller - Circles
5. The Internet - Ego Death
|
AlexKzillion
10.16.23 | hmm i def would not consider the mbdtf/gkmc/tpab trifecta "contemporary" at this point but i may be in the minority... feels like an entirely different era to me. would be the same as calling get rich or die tryin, late registration, and the carter iii contemporary in 2016
interesting thought exercise... what's the oldest hip hop album that still feels contemporary to today (regardless of quality)? the life of pablo? flower boy? |
CamiloG
10.16.23 | I was mainly saying “contemporary” compared with the first 5 I’ve mentioned, not contemporary as of today.
I would say 5 to 6 years is a reasonable margin to consider an album contemporary as an artistic expression. |
Emim
10.16.23 | P.O.S. - Never Better
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Beautiful Eulogy - Instruments of Mercy
Cunninglynguists - A Piece of Strange
Nas - Illmatic
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Outkast - Aquemini
Deltron 3030 - s/t |
DarkSideOfLucca
10.16.23 | Oh Jesus Christ, your favorite Kanye album is absolutely not allowed to be Pablo, the man has like 6 more albums that are far superior to that. |
CamiloG
10.16.23 | [2] |
Drifter
10.16.23 | yeah alex i’ve been saying for a couple years now how it’s hilarious when people say the modern day rappers like kendrick and j cole when they started popping off over a dozen years ago now. people will include kanye in that bracket too it’s odd. it’s like saying snoop dogg and doggystyle was the best rapper and album of the current generation when get rich or die trying had already been out for 2 years. 12 years is like 2 generations separated
people like lil uzi vert aren’t even the current rappers if we’re being honest. he started to pop upwards of 10 years ago as well |
Flashmobba
10.17.23 | @lucca and @camilog based on sentimental value + replay value it clears everything else, and the duality he portrayed as a man trying to pursue both the traditional virtuous life and fighting his impulses trying to chase the celebrity life and all the problems that come with it was extremely compelling to me, see No More Parties in LA/Saint Pablo
y’all are free to disagree w my list but keep it civilized, don’t be elitist lil bitches and provide an argument instead of being condescending |
CamiloG
10.17.23 | I don’t have any issues with your picks tbh. That’s the beauty of art in any of its forms, its subjectivity. Imo early Kanye is better and mbdtf is his creative peak, but to each its own |
Flashmobba
10.17.23 | that’s fair, I just thought you were echoing his sentiments completely lol
late registration is definitely my no. 2 pick, adore that album, I just have too many good memories in high school w TLOP and its themes really resonate w me now that I’m getting older (and richer lol)
also I may or may not have bipolar, and the way the album switches moods and vibes, along with its fantastic and versatile production, is just an easy classic for me |
DarkSideOfLucca
10.17.23 | "y’all are free to disagree w my list but keep it civilized, don’t be elitist lil bitches and provide an argument instead of being condescending"
Your nostalgia is for the wrong album |
Flashmobba
10.17.23 | @lucca
? this is my list bro, make your own if you’re gonna hate like this |
CamiloG
10.17.23 | I still place TLOP above Yeezus and everything that came afterwards… |
DarkSideOfLucca
10.17.23 | Aha sorry, I'm just kidding dude. Whole list is solid, that's like the only thing I disagree with here. |
Flashmobba
10.17.23 | ah sall good, had a bad day n didn’t mean to come at y’all like that, thanks for the props :) what’s yalls top 10 so i can roast it too lol |
CamiloG
10.17.23 | Mine is in the comments |
DarkSideOfLucca
10.17.23 | Lmao nah man I went in hard, if you don't know I'm fucking around it's insanely easy to misread.
I have to think about my order but definitely Illmatic, Marshall Mathers LP, The Score, Ready to Die, Liquid Swords, good kid mAAd city, Low End Theory, The Cold Vein, Run The Jewels 4, Labor Days
edit: Uh there are like 10 other albums that should also be in that list (The Chronic, 36 Chambers, Straight Outta Compton, Death Certificate, Take Care, Violent By Design, etc)
Uh, I guess I have no idea what my top 10 is. |
Flashmobba
10.17.23 | aw nice nice, shout out to Chronic, can’t believe I missed that! might be #10 for me
also love Vein n RTJ4, and ATLiens of course, though Aquemini n southernplaya are my favorite outkast |
DarkSideOfLucca
10.17.23 | I can't even rank Outkast, it's way too hard dude |
Flashmobba
10.17.23 | truuuuu, tho my #1 song by em will always be the Player’s Ball reprise at the end of southernplayalistic, what a vibe that song is my god |
Typhoon24
05.23.25 | player ball's reprise is my 2nd fav song on that album! brilliant album |
Flashmobba
05.23.25 | hells yea bro that song deserves so much more credit
might have to update this list lol |
Hawks
05.23.25 | Gotta think about it. I know E 1999 Eternal is first and The Infamous is second but I'd really have to think after that lol. |
jrlikestodance
05.23.25 | Infamous, Ridin Dirty, Midnight Marauders, Cuban Linx, Illmatic, TPAB, Aquemini, On Top of the World, Liquid Swords, 36 Chambers. I apologetically just love Wu-Tang lol. Piñata is working its way up there with time too |
Hawks
05.23.25 | 1. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E 1999 Eternal
2. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
3. Nas - Illmatic
4. Chief Keef - Back from the Dead
5. Project Pat - Mista Don't Play: Everythang's Workin'
6. GZA - Liquid Swords
7. CunninLynguists - Oneirology
8. Goodie Mob - Soul Food
9. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
10. UGK - Ridin' Dirty |
jrlikestodance
05.23.25 | Oh I have to put College Dropout in mine. That changed my love of hip hop forever as a wee lad |
Hawks
05.23.25 | So many great ones! |
Flashmobba
05.23.25 | nice ones guys
hawks you’re goated for the Tommy wright rec |
Hawks
05.23.25 | Tommy Wright is the MAN. |
Drifter
05.23.25 | i always quote the list i made years ago at this point but im not sure i even know anymore. i dont really think about it much anymore i just know when something is up there that it's up there lol. my reigning fav is still all eyez on me tho. other honorable mentions include the art of war by bone thugs n harmony, ghetto d by master p, tha doggfather by snoop dogg, guerrilla funk by paris, the chronic by dr dre, yoc influenced by woodie, shell shocked or world war 3 by mac, g funk classics by nate dogg. i could go on for so long lol. is that 10? idk use that to roast me |
Hawks
05.23.25 | All great choices Drift!! |
jrlikestodance
05.23.25 | Ghetto D is likely gonna be a massive grower for me this summer |
Drifter
05.24.25 | its definitely a summer album. it's very hot summer night, driving or just chilling at home. it was an immediate 4.5 when i first heard it but it only grew even more and more over the next couple years. i dont listen to it in full very often anymore, but it's certifiably stamped into my utmost top tier echelon of albums period. i think to this day it's still like my third or fourth most played albums of all time as well behind all eyez on me, e 1999 eternal and art of war |
