theacademy
08.03.09 | 1 is a good place to start. maybe the best place to start.
2 is meh.
If you want to listen to Rap, don't be one of those homoz who only listens to music rich white frat boys (read: "good") rap like kanye and lupe. Make sure you balance every lupe fiasco album you own with a 50 cent album. Be street about your shit.
Check out Q-Tip's "Amplified" immediately |
Titan50
08.03.09 | Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Me Against the World - 2pac
Try those three for starters |
illmitch
08.03.09 | i wouldn't really say it's rich white frat boys who only listen to the elitist backpacker stuff. im a frat boy and that shit annoys me to hell.
but my recs:
UGK - Ridin' Dirty
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Z-Ro - Let the Truth Be Told
8Ball & MJG - On tha Outside Looking In
Three 6 Mafia - Chapter 1: The End
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Cam'ron - Purple Haze
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full
Outkast - ATLiens |
Chewie
08.03.09 | dude Paul's Boutique rules
fappity fap |
Mordecai.
08.03.09 | Lupe Fiasco -The Cool, Food & Liquor
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
anything by De La Soul
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Kanye West - Graduation |
theacademy
08.03.09 | sorry to generalize illmitch. |
illmitch
08.03.09 | its all good |
joaogil
08.03.09 | I Suggest you:
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Nas - Illmatic
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
GZA - Liquid Swords
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to hold us |
thebbqshrimp
08.03.09 | #1 is possibly the greatest rap album ever. So, very good place to start.
CunninLynguists -- Will Rap For Food
People Under the Stairs -- O.S.T.
Jedi Mind Tricks -- Violent By Design
KiD CuDi -- A KiD Named CuDi
Tech N9ne -- Absolute Power
Busdriver -- RoadKillOvercoat |
Bleak
09.06.09 | NWA-Straight Outta Compton |
kygermo
09.06.09 | The Low End Theory (an absolute must my new friend)- A Tribe Called Quest
Moment of Truth- Gang Starr
Anything Biggie
Muddy Waters- Redman
Get these now! FUCK EMINEM! |
Phantom
09.06.09 | all the best stuff has already been suggested |
foreverendeared
09.06.09 | my favorites (besides 1):
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
MF Grimm - The Hunt For The Gingerbread Man
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Outkast - ATLiens
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days
EPMD - Strictly Business
Deltron 3030 - s/t
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
The Roots - Rising Downs
Gang Starr - Daily Operation
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Wu-Tang Clan - (36 Chambers)
Black Star - s/t
Guru - Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality
DOOM - MM ... Food
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armfarm
09.06.09 | P.O.S. and atmosphere got me into hip-hop |
EasternLight
09.06.09 | alright thank you. its time to take these recs, and turn them into MUSIC. |
Phantom
09.06.09 | illmitch and foreverendeared have got it sorted |
Streetvulture
09.06.09 | basically everything illmitch said
also try (for good mainstream stuff)
chamillionaire - ultimate victory |
MUNGOLOID
09.18.09 | The Roots - Do You Want More
3rd Bass - The Cactus Album
EPMD - Strictly Business
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Outkast - Aquemini
Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Handsome Boy Modeling School - So...How's Your Girl?
J Dilla - Donuts
Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Black Star
Prodigy - H.N.I.C. Pt. 2
Common - Resurrection
Wale - Mixtape About Nothing
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Q-Tip - The Renasance
Three 6 Mafia - Chapter 2: World Domination |
PanasonicYouth
09.18.09 | INSANE CLOWN POSSE YEA MMFCL |
