| 4.5 superb |
| 2Pac Me Against the World |
| A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory |
| A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders |
| A Tribe Called Quest People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths of Rhythm |
| Amon Tobin Permutation |
| Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days... |
| Artifacts Between A Rock and A Hard Place |
| Beirut The Flying Club Cup |
| Beirut The Rip Tide |
| Berry Weight Music for Imaginary Movies |
| Big Brother And The Holding Company Cheap Thrills |
| Big Brother And The Holding Company Big Brother And The Holding Company |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid |
| Black Star Black Star |
| Blackalicious Blazing Arrow |
| Bliss N Eso Flying Colours |
| Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan |
| Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Exodus |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Uprising |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Burnin' |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Soul Rebels |
| An other 'Soul Rebel' is mentioned on Sputnik, but I never heard or read about it, so I guess it's a compilation. This one is the first Wailers album that was released outside Jamaica. It contains the first Wailers masterpieces 'Rebel's Hop', 'Soul Rebel', '400 Years' (well I could actually put the whole tracklist). Combined with Lee Perry haunting production and that perfect rocksteady touch, it gives the first Bob Marley and the Wailers classic album. |
| Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago |
| Buck Owens & His Buckaroos I've Got a Tiger by the Tail |
| Canibus Rip The Jacker |
| Canned Heat Boogie With Canned Heat |
| Caravan In the Land of Grey and Pink |
| Cedric IM Brooks Cedric IM Brooks & The Light Of Saba |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory |
| CunninLynguists A Piece Of Strange |
| CunninLynguists Oneirology |
| Current 93 All the Pretty Little Horses |
| The type of a record which can turns any sane guy into a psychopath. |
| Cypress Hill Cypress Hill |
| Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables |
| DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... |
| Duke Ellington The Far East Suite |
| El-P I'll Sleep When You're Dead |
| Elliott Smith Either/Or |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
| Eminem The Slim Shady LP |
| Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking |
| Fairport Convention Liege and Lief |
| Unresistible folk/rock album. I can't see any negative points in it. Denny's smooth voice just fades perfectly on slow tracks ('Farewell, Farewell') and on upbeats one ('The lack in the morning'). 'The Deserter' shows how much inspired every musician of the band is, and electric guitar solos are more than enjoyable. Furthermore some says it changed the face of Folk music, so be sure it is worth a listen. |
| Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes |
| Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues |
| Fonky Family Si Dieu Veut |
| Frank Zappa Hot Rats |
| Fugees The Score |
| Funkdoobiest Brothas Doobie |
| Gang Starr Moment of Truth |
| Ghostface Killah Supreme Clientele |
| Ghostown ReflectionZ |
| Goldie Timeless |
| Timeless is a near 2 hours trip into a music that seems to be created by someone who doesn't live on Earth. While Goldie is alternating between mind-blowing and furious moment, he's painting a surrealistic world as complex as his beats and as saturated as his bass. This unique piece of work will fascinate anyone that would be courageous enough to immerse himself in it. Even if it can sometimes sound a bit old, this is probably one of the earliest Drums & Bass classic, and I don't think there's two records like this one. |
| Goodie Mob Soul Food |
| Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead |
| Gravediggaz 6 Feet Deep |
| Harmonium Les Cinq Saisons |
| Harmonium L'heptade |
| Have a Nice Life Deathconsciousness |
| Herbie Hancock Head Hunters |
| Horace Andy Mr. Bassie |
| Horace Andy Skylarking |
| Howlin Wolf Howlin' Wolf |
| Iron Maiden Powerslave |
| Janis Joplin I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! |
| I guess I will niver get tired of that voice. 8 tracks of exception, and I prefered this one to Pearl, although I think it's only a matter of taste. |
| Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt |
| Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow |
| Jethro Tull Aqualung |
| Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 |
| John Fahey The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death |
| John Martyn Solid Air |
| Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison |
| Johnny Cash At San Quentin |
| Jurassic 5 Power in Numbers |
| For what can I blame Power in Numbers for ? There ain't no weaker tracks, it seems hard to sing better choruses, Chalina 2na's voice is way too cool, the funk/jazz inspired beats are refreshing and the last track 'Acetate Prophets' shows the DJs could have made a dope Trip-Hop album. Must hear. |
| Justin Hinds and the Dominoes Jezebel |
| Awesome ska record. Great main and backing vocals, cool riddims. |
| Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert |
| Killah Priest Heavy Mental |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King |
| Kno Death Is Silent |
| Kraftwerk The Man-Machine |
| Unbelievable atmosphere and an incredible modern sound for its time. Not to mention how influential it has been. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II |
| Leftfield Leftism |
| I thought dance music had and will always have a problem concerning repetition. But by mixing such a plethora of genres, Leftism brings that kind of music where I would have never expected it to be. Reggae/dub inspired percussions, captivating beats, oppressant vocals when needed ('Open Up'), what-the-fuck sounds patterns and even a bit of contestative lyrics ('21st Century Poem') are present here, and putted together with an unbelievable mastery. |
| Les Cowboys Fringants La Grand Messe |
| Lords of the Underground Here Come the Lords |
| I'm impressed of not having heard of those cats sooner. This album is really dope and shows so much energy. |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd |
| Mac Lethal The Original 11:11 Sessions |
| Masta Ace Disposable Arts |
| Matisyahu Shake Off the Dust...Arise |
| Miles Davis Kind of Blue |
| I can't explain how and why it works, but damn it works. Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane and the others created and awesome piece of music. Nothing else to add. |
| Mobb Deep The Infamous |
| Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica |
| Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps |
| Neil Young On the Beach |
| Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere |
| Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| Nick Drake Five Leaves Left |
| Nujabes Metaphorical Music |
| One Be Lo S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. |
| Operation Ivy Energy |
| Otis Rush Mourning in the Morning |
| OutKast ATLiens |
| Oxmo Puccino Opera Puccino |
| Pacewon & Mr. Green |
| Panacea (USA) Ink Is My Drink |
| Parliament Mothership Connection |
| Pete Rock and CL Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother |
| Peter Tosh Equal Rights |
| Pixies Surfer Rosa |
| Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| There's probably too much to say about 'It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us' and Public Enemy. So I will only focus on the obvious : The blend of social awareness, unpredictable and powerful samples, Flavor Flav energy and humor, cool Chuck D flow and the old school production forms one of the most controversial, influential and successful hip-hop record of all time. So Bring the Noise ! |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails |
| Damn it. Awesome acid/psychedelic rock album. I guess you can't listen to this album whole day, but when you're feelin it well, Quicksilver Messenger Service surely knows how to blow your mind. |
| Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II |
| Redman Whut? Thee Album |
| "I'm FUCKED UP ! I'm FUCKED UP" says Redman on the first track. And he transforms his fucked up mentality into limitless creativity. Whut Thee Album will leave your head empty. Redman has one of the weirdest delivery and his flow never turns repetitive. He's magistrally served by the powerful funk samples associated with heavy drums and bass that brings a crazy-as-fuck touch. Even the skits are too unpredictable and funny to be skipped, and even reinforces the album cohesion. Shit is red hot. |
| Richie Havens Mixed Bag |
| Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers |
| Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom |
| Dissonants horns, perfect violins, crazy percussions, unexpectable lyrics and pronounciation, amazing ambiance. Unique. |
| Rod Stewart Gasoline Alley |
| Roger Molls The Man With Dusty Fingers |
| Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell |
| Sadistik The Balancing Act |
| Santana Abraxas |
| Saycet Through The Window |
| Scarface The Diary |
| Shurik'n Ou je vis |
| Soap and Skin Lovetune for Vacuum |
| Soft Machine The Soft Machine |
| Steppenwolf The Second |
| While the first side is composed of more than enjoyable songs, the real awesomeness of the album resides on the second side that forms an unique blues-inspired rock track that'll lift you off the ground. |
| Supreme NTM Supreme NTM |
| Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77 |
| The Aggrolites The Aggrolites |
| The Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach |
| The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| The Chameleons Script of the Bridge |
| The Clash London Calling |
| The Doors The Doors |
| The Doors L.A. Woman |
| The Gladiators Trenchtown Mix Up |
| The Grouch and Eligh Say G&E! |
| The Incredible Bongo Band Bongo Rock |
| The Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter |
| The Jam Setting Sons |
| The Kinks Something Else by The Kinks |
| The Left Gas Mask |
| The Melodians Swing and Dine |
| The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed |
| The Mothers of Invention Freak Out! |
| The Mothers of Invention Absolutely Free |
| The Pretty Things S.F. Sorrow |
| The Roots Things Fall Apart |
| The Roots How I Got Over |
| The Roots undun |
| The Selecter Too Much Pressure |
| The Specials Specials |
| The Specials More Specials |
| The Strokes Is This It |
| The Who Quadrophenia |
| The Zombies Odessey and Oracle |
| Tim Armstrong A Poet's Life |
| Tim Buckley Greetings From L.A. |
| Tom Waits Blue Valentine |
| Tom Waits Bone Machine |
| Tom Waits Franks Wild Years |
| Townes Van Zandt Townes Van Zandt |
| UGK Ridin' Dirty |
| Van Morrison Moondance |
| Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Forever |
| Yes Close to the Edge |
| Yndi Halda Enjoy Eternal Bliss |
| Z-Ro Let the Truth Be Told |
| Z-Ro doesn't fall on the too-long and sometimes boring rap record. How does he do that ? Well, every track fades perfectly on the next one, he's showing a multiple variety of flows that never get annoying, he's got a lot of dope verses to share ('I'm coming from a place where we're killing each others for practice'), a multi-layered production and some great guests rappers behind him. Finally, he has the more important component : Things to say. Those things ain't really funny to hear, as he confesses it during the record, but it will surely keep you listening until the end. And goddamn, there's 'The Mule' ! |
| Zoxea A Mon Tour D'Briller |
| 4.0 excellent |
| A Tribe Called Quest Beats, Rhymes And Life |
| Beats, Rhymes and Life is probably the darkest (Well, it stays A Tribe Called Quest you know) album of the group, and I recognize they didn't do as much innovations as their three first. But still, you just have to check Q-Tip's answers to Westide Connection to understand how unique A Tribe Called Quest's lyrics and state of mind are unique. The productions features 'The Ummah', a group composed of Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jay Dilla, and the result is a funk/jazz (well) inspired album that shows an other side of ATCQ. |
| Aesop Rock Labor Days |
| Alain Bashung Fantaise militaire |
| Alice Coltrane Journey in Satchidananda |
| Alton Ellis Cry Tough |
| Arcade Fire Funeral |
| Arsenik Quelques Gouttes Suffisent... |
| At the Drive-In Relationship of Command |
| Atmosphere God Loves Ugly |
| Augustus Pablo East of the Nile River |
| B. Dolan The Failure |
| BADBADNOTGOOD BBNG |
| Beenie Man Art and Life |
| Beirut Gulag Orkestar |
| Ben Harper Fight For Your Mind |
| Benga Diary Of An Afro Warrior |
| Betty Davis Betty Davis |
| Big K.R.I.T. ReturnOf4eva |
| Big L Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous |
| Big Pun Capital Punishment |
| Bjork Post |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality |
| Black Sabbath Black Sabbath |
| Blu and Exile Below the Heavens |
| Blu and Exile Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them |
| Boards of Canada Music Has the Right to Children |
| Boards of Canada Geogaddi |
| Bob Dylan Desire |
| Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan |
| Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' |
| Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Natty Dread |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers The Wailing Wailers |
| The Wailing Wailers was recorded between 1963 and 1965 at Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd studio, so don't expect a clean and smooth post-1973 sound. Nevertheless, it's still very interesting to listen to the first versions of 'One Love', 'Put It On' or 'When Your Well Runs Dry' and to understand how they evolved through time. Furthermore 'Rude Boy', 'Love or Affection' or 'Simmer Down' are excellent Ska tracks. |
| Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver |
| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony E 1999 Eternal |
| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Creepin On Ah Come Up |
| Bop Alloy Bop Alloy |
| Boston Boston |
| Brand Nubian One For All |
| Brian Eno Another Green World |
| Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club |
| Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Again |
| Burning Spear Marcus Garvey |
| Camp Lo Uptown Saturday Night |
| Cannibal Ox The Cold Vein |
| Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Safe As Milk |
| Catch 22 Keasbey Nights |
| Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady |
| Chicago Chicago Transit Authority |
| Clams Casino Instrumental Mixtape 2 |
| Clarence Ain't Got No Home |
| cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD |
| Cocteau Twins Treasure |
| How to describe such an album ? Mindblowing melodies, non-sensical lyrics ? I discovered this amazing record on a Sputnik list called "Music To Enter The Spiritual World". I Guess this is the perfect sentence for this album. Check it out ! |
| Common Resurrection |
| Comus First Utterance |
| Country Joe And The Fish Electric Music for the Mind and Body |
| Cream Disraeli Gears |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Deja Vu |
| Culture Two Sevens Clash |
| Cyne Evolution Fight |
| Cyne Pretty Dark Things |
| Cyne Time Being |
| Cypress Hill Black Sunday |
| Danny! Payback |
| Das EFX Dead Serious |
| Das Racist Sit Down, Man |
| De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising |
| 3 Feet High And Rising contains some classics tracks with perfects samples ('The Magic Number', 'Tread Water', 'Buddy'), some really cool skits ('Transmitting from Mars', 'A little bit of soap') and an undescriptible ambiance. There's no doubt Prince Paul's work on this cd had influenced a plethora of producers, and all those hippie subjects can easily light your day. Nevertheless, I admit it suffers being too long, and some skits cut the album rythmn. Still, this is excellent. |
| Dead Prez Let's Get Free |
| Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock |
| Del Tha Funkee Homosapien I Wish My Brother George Was Here |
| Deltron 3030 Event II |
| Depeche Mode Violator |
| Derek and the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs |
| Desmond Dekker Action! |
| Diamond D Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop |
| Digable Planets Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) |
| Dilated Peoples Expansion Team |
| Dillinger CB 200 |
| Dirty Elegance Finding Beauty in the Wretched |
| Dixie Dregs Industry Standard |
| Dr. Dre The Chronic |
| Dr. John Gris-Gris |
| Dub FX Everythinks A Ripple |
| East Coast Avengers Prison Planet |
| El-P Cancer 4 Cure |
| Eligh & Amp Live Therapy at 3 |
| Eloy Ocean |
| Emerson, Lake and Palmer Tarkus |
| enz Ma Boutique |
| EPMD Strictly Business |
| Awesome old school production, highly influential album. |
| EPMD Unfinished Business |
| Eric B and Rakim Paid in Full |
| Even if it sometimes sound a little simplistic (I won't say outdated), Paid in full is worth a listen only to see how many times it has been sampled/quoted. Rakim's verses are efficient, and Chinese Arithmetic shows Eric B talents. It's also a milestone in Hip-Hop history. |
| Eyedea and Abilities First Born |
| Fabe Detournement de son |
| Fairport Convention What We Did on Our Holidays |
| Fashawn Boy Meets World |
| First Aid Kit The Lion's Roar |
| Florence and the Machine Lungs |
| Flynt J'Eclaire Ma Ville |
| Flynt Itineraire Bis |
| Frank Zappa Apostrophe |
| Funkadelic Maggot Brain |
| And what the hell am I supposed to write on Itunes 'Genre' field ? |
| Funkadelic Funkadelic |
| Galaxie 500 On Fire |
| Gang Starr Daily Operation |
| Gang Starr Hard to Earn |
| Gangrene Gutter Water |
| Genesis Selling England by the Pound |
| Ghostface Killah Fishscale |
| Ghostface Killah Ironman |
| Ghostface Killah Apollo Kids |
| Ghostface Killah Twelve Reasons to Die |
| Gift of Gab The Next Logical Progression |
| Gillian Welch Hell Among the Yearlings |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven |
| Goldfrapp Seventh Tree |
| First you hear the smooth Goldfrapp's voice answering the sweet accoustic guitar, the whole thing creating a relaxing and kind of mind-blowing tracks. Then there are those little electronic effects that allows the album having some upbeat moments. Seventh Tree is a very cohesive piece of work which is good to listen to when you're doing nothing. |
| Goodie Mob Still Standing |
| Word is bond : there is no rapper that could be compared to Cee Lo in terms of voice awesomeness |
| Grateful Dead American Beauty |
| Grizzly Bear Veckatimest |
| GZA Beneath the Surface |
| Handsome Boy Modeling School So ... How's Your Girl? |
| Has-Lo In Case I Don't Make It |
| Hatfield And The North Hatfield and the North |
| Heltah Skeltah Nocturnal |
| Hieroglyphics Full Circle |
| Hocus Pocus 73 Touches |
| Horace Andy You Are My Angel |
| House of Pain House of Pain |
| Ice Cube AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted |
| Iggy Pop Lust For Life |
| Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps |
| IJahman Haile I Hymn (Chapter One) |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast |
| J Dilla Donuts |
| J.J. Cale Okie |
| J.J. Cale Troubadour |
| James Brown Live At The Apollo |
| James Brown The Payback |
| Saying James Brown has the groove would be an euphemism, cause that dude IS the groove. Excellent funk rythmn and brass. |
| Jamiroquai The Return of the Space Cowboy |
| Janis Joplin Pearl |
| Jefferson Airplane After Bathing at Baxter's |
| Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick |
| Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come OST |
| Joan Baez Joan Baez |
| Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust |
| Joe McPhee Nation Time |
| Joey Badass 1999 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 |
| John Coltrane A Love Supreme |
| John Coltrane Blue Train |
| John Martyn Grace and Danger |
| John Martyn One World |
| Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around |
| Johnny Cash American Recordings |
| Joy Division Unknown Pleasures |
| Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny |
| Jungle Brothers Straight Out The Jungle |
| Junior Murvin Police and Thieves |
| Recorded at almost legendary Black Ark Studio, Police and Thieves is probably one of the finest albums produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry at this time. Murvin's soaring voice just fades perfectly with the music. It also contains the classic 'Police and Thieves' that inspired the Clash on their self-titled album. |
| Jurassic 5 Quality Control |
| Kendrick Lamar Section.80 |
| Killah Priest The Offering |
| Koji Kondo The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony |
| Kool and The Gang Wild and Peaceful |
| L'Orange The Mad Writer |
| La Rumeur Du Coeur a l'Outrage |
| Laura Marling I Speak Because I Can |
| Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin |
| Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy |
| Leila Martial Dance Floor |
| Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen |
| Leonard Cohen Songs of Love and Hate |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson Dread Beat an' Blood |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson Bass Culture |
| Louis Jordan Rock N Roll |
| Love Forever Changes |
| Ludwig van Beethoven "Pathétique" Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 |
| Lunatic Mauvais oeil |
| Main Source Breaking Atoms |
| Maneige Les Porches |
| Masta Killa No Said Date |
| Max Romeo War Ina Babylon |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace |
| Method Man Tical |
| Method Man and Redman Blackout! |
| MF DOOM Operation: Doomsday |
| Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther |
| Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells |
| Milk Coffee & Sugar Milk Coffee & Sugar |
| Mobb Deep Hell on Earth |
| Mos Def Black on Both Sides |
| Motorhead Overkill |
| Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 |
| The first word that came to my mind while listening to this Muddy Waters live was 'Timeless'. It gots that authentic and warm sound that can easily make your grandparents' finger shaking and I hope our grandchildren will do it the same. Muddy Waters' charismatic voice blends perfectly with those crazy piano/trumpet/harmonica-driven rythmn, and the track 'I Feel So Good' could be the definition of feeling good. |
| Nas God's Son |
| Nas and Damian Marley Distant Relatives |
| Naughty By Nature Naughty By Nature |
| Neil Young Harvest |
| Neil Young Tonight's the Night |
| Neil Young After the Gold Rush |
| New Order Low-Life |
| New Order Power, Corruption and Lies |
| New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble |
| Niccolo Paganini Caprice no. 24 |
| Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Henry's Dream |
| Nick Drake Bryter Layter |
| Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (DVD) |
| NOISIA Split The Atom |
| Nujabes Modal Soul |
| Nujabes Spiritual State |
| Okkervil River Down the River of Golden Dreams |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard Nigga Please |
| This just doesn't make sense. But if you have heard about ODB, I guess you already know it. But take care, it will stick some other ODB's unique sentences on your mind. |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard A Son Unique |
| Organized Konfusion Organized Konfusion |
| OutKast Aquemini |
| Oxmo Puccino Lipopette Bar |
| Oxmo Puccino Le Cactus de Siberie |
| Oxmo Puccino L'Amour est Mort |
| P.O.S Never Better |
| Panacea (USA) A Mind on a Ship Through Time |
| Pete Rock and CL Smooth All Souled Out |
| Pink Floyd Animals |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| Pink Floyd Meddle |
| Pixies Come On Pilgrim |
| Poncho Sanchez Papa Gato |
| Prince Far I Crytuff Dub Encounter: Chapter One |
| Pupajim Stand High Smokers Pack |
| Q-Tip The Renaissance |
| R.E.M. Murmur |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| Randy Newman Sail Away |
| Chilling album composed of piano-driven tracks where you can sometimes hear subtle electric guitar. But the actual highlight of the album is clearly Randy Newman's catchy voice, and also the lyrics talking about africa slave trading ('Sail Away'), or doing religious satire ('He Gives Us All His Love'). |
| Ras Kass Soul on Ice |
| Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication |
| Redman Muddy Waters |
| Right Away, Great Captain! The Church of the Good Thief |
| RJD2 Deadringer |
| Robert Glasper Experiment Black Radio |
| Rodriguez Cold Fact |
| Roots Manuva Brand New Second Hand |
| Roots Manuva Run Come Save Me |
| Sad Lovers and Giants Epic Garden Music |
| Sage Francis A Healthy Distrust |
| Saycet One Day At Home |
| Screenatorium Takeoff for Naive |
| Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson |
| Serge Gainsbourg Aux armes et caetera |
| Shad When This Is Over |
| Sinead O'Connor Throw Down Your Arms |
| Skinnyman Council Estate Of Mind |
| sleepmakeswaves ...and so we destroyed everything |
| Slick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick Rick |
| Snoop Dogg Doggystyle |
| Soundtrack (Film) O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Soundtrack (Film) Ma 6-T Va Cracker |
| Spanky and Our Gang Spanky and Our Gang |
| Specifics Lonely City |
| Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus |
| Stan Getz Focus |
| Steel Pulse Handsworth Revolution |
| Stephen Stills Stephen Stills |
| Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte |
| Sufjan Stevens Illinois |
| Sweet Smoke From Darkness To Light |
| Sylford Walker and Welton Irie Lamb's Bread International |
| Sylford Walker's voice is probably one of the most authentic reggae one, his lyrics can get really cool, nice riddims, and awesome remix and dub sequences provided by deejay Welton Irie. |
| T. Rex Electric Warrior |
| Ten Years After Cricklewood Green |
| The 13th Floor Elevators Easter Everywhere |
| The Abyssinians Satta Massagana |
| The Antlers Hospice |
| The Avalanches Since I Left You |
| The Band The Band |
| The Beach Boys Pet Sounds |
| The Beatles Revolver |
| Revolver gots essential listens that surprises by their weird instruments ('Love You To', 'Yellow Submarine', 'Taxman') and also catchy songs. But unlike Abbey Road or Sgt Pepper's, I think Revolver is missing longer tracks where the Beatles could have expand their ideas (Why the hell does 'Tomorrow Never Knows' longs less than 3 minutes ?). Furthermore it ain't as trippy as Sgt Pepper's. |
| The Beatles Rubber Soul |
| The Beatles Abbey Road |
| The Beau Brummels Triangle |
| The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man |
| The Chicharones When Pigs Fly |
| The Clash The Clash |
| The D.O.C. No One Can Do It Better |
| The Doors Waiting for the Sun |
| The Doppelgangaz Lone Sharks |
| The Doppelgangaz Beats For Brothels, Vol. 1 |
| The Dynospectrum Dynospectrum |
| The Future Sound of London Lifeforms |
| The Goats Tricks of the Shade |
| The Horrible Crowes Elsie |
| The Internet Purple Naked Ladies |
| The Kinks The Village Green Preservation Society |
| The Kinks Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) |
| The Kinks Face to Face |
| The Mamas and The Papas If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears |
| The National High Violet |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die |
| The Paragons On The Beach |
| The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde |
| The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers |
| The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed |
| The Roots Illadelph Halflife |
| The Shins Oh, Inverted World |
| The Smiths The Queen Is Dead |
| The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight |
| The Temptations Cloud Nine |
| The Third Eye Foundation The Dark |
| The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground |
| Tim Buckley Goodbye and Hello |
| Tom Petty Wildflowers |
| Tom Waits Heartattack and Vine |
| Prelude to the 3 following classics by Tom waitsr |
| Tom Waits Closing Time |
| Tom Waits Mule Variations |
| Tom Waits Alice |
| Tom Waits Small Change |
| Tom Waits The Heart of Saturday Night |
| Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner |
| Tom Waits Bad As Me |
| Toots and The Maytals In The Dark |
| Townes Van Zandt Delta Momma Blues |
| Tricky Maxinquaye |
| Typical Cats Typical Cats |
| UGK Super Tight... |
| Vakill The Darkest Cloud |
| Various Artists (Hip Hop) Hostile Hip Hop Vol.1 |
| Viktor Vaughn Vaudeville Villain |
| Wax Tailor Dusty Rainbow from the Dark |
| Why? Alopecia |
| Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
| Wings Band on the Run |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626 |
| WU LYF Go Tell Fire to the Mountain |
| X-Men Jeunes, Coupables et Libres |
| Yabby You Conquering Lion / Ram-A-Dam |
| Conquering Lion is probably one of the most pious reggae album I've heard, along with Ijahman work. Yabby You is also a great vocalist who knows how to express joyful and hopeful feelings in his songs. The music behind him is both light and efficient. It's only a 30 minutes record that will certainly warm anyone listening to it. |
| Zion I Mind Over Matter |
| Zion I True & Livin' |
| Zion I and The Grouch Heroes In the Healing of the Nation |
| 3.5 great |
| 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Midnight Landing |
| 2 Bal 2 Neg 3 X Plus Efficace |
| 2Pac All Eyez on Me |
| 2Pac The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory |
| A Tribe Called Quest The Love Movement |
| Ab-Soul Control System |
| Aesop Rock Skelethon |
| Akhenaton Meteque et Mat |
| Alain Bashung Bleu pétrole |
| Alix Perez 1984 |
| Alpha Come From Heaven |
| Alpha Blondy Jerusalem |
| Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar |
| Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| Asaf Avidan & the Mojos The Reckoning |
| ASAP Rocky Live.Love.A$AP. |
| Asian Dub Foundation Community Music |
| Audio Bullys Ego War |
| Augustus Pablo Original Rockers |
| AZ Doe or Die |
| B.B. King Live at the Regal |
| Band of Horses Everything All the Time |
| Band of Horses Cease to Begin |
| Band of Horses Infinite Arms |
| Barrington Levy Hunter Man |
| Belle and Sebastian Tigermilk |
| Big K.R.I.T. 4Eva N A Day |
| Big Youth Screaming Target |
| Bill Evans Portrait in Jazz |
| Bjork Debut |
| Black Moon Enta Da Stage |
| Rough rhymes, some good wordplay, but it gets a little monotonous. Great album though and the single "Who Got Da Props' is dope. |
| Black Uhuru Red |
| Black Uhuru Black Sounds Of Freedom |
| Black Uhuru Mystical Truth |
| Blakroc Blakroc |
| Boards of Canada The Campfire Headphase |
| Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline |
| Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind |
| Bob Dylan and The Band The Basement Tapes |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Babylon By Bus |
| Babylon is a great live album, even if I ain't really fan of the fact it sounds more rock inspired than the studio versions. Still, War, Rebel Music and some other tracks sounds slightly better in their live versions. |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Kaya |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Confrontation |
| Bonobo Animal Magic |
| Boogie Down Productions Criminal Minded |
| Booker T. and The MGs Green Onions |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Brand Nubian In God We Trust |
| Brother Ali The Undisputed Truth |
| Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield |
| Bunny Wailer Blackheart Man |
| Burial Untrue |
| Captain Murphy Duality |
| Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat |
| Cecil Otter Rebel Yellow |
| Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf Big Shots |
| Chiens de Paille Mille et Un Fantomes |
| Clipse Hell Hath No Fury |
| cLOUDDEAD Ten |
| Common Be |
| Common Like Water for Chocolate |
| Cormega The True Meaning |
| Culture Baldhead Bridge |
| CunninLynguists Will Rap For Food |
| Curtis Mayfield Superfly |
| Damian Marley Welcome To Jamrock |
| Das EFX Straight Up Sewaside |
| Das Racist Shut Up, Dude |
| Das Racist Relax |
| Dead Can Dance Within the Realm of a Dying Sun |
| Derrick Morgan Moon Hop |
| Dirty Three Ocean Songs |
| DJ Muggs Vs GZA Grandmasters |
| Dr. Dre 2001 |
| Dr. Octagon Dr. Octagonecologyst |
| Edan Beauty and the Beat |
| Eisley The Valley |
| Elton John A Single Man |
| Elvis Costello My Aim Is True |
| Music is real good, but I just can't stand his voice. |
| Elvis Presley Elvis Presley |
| Elzhi Elmatic |
| Eminem The Eminem Show |
| Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard |
| 461 Ocean Boulevard alternates between great upbeat/cheerful songs ('Motherless Children', 'Steady Rollin' Man') and more melancholic-orientated tracks such as 'Give Me Strength'. The whole thing brings a great blues-rock album that also features 'I Shot The Sheriff' Clapton's version, that ain't really as soulful as Marley's one but is still cool to listen to. |
| Eurythmics Touch |
| Evidence Cats & Dogs |
| Fats Domino This is Fats [Vinyl] |
| Feist Let It Die |
| Fleet Foxes Sun Giant |
| Fleetwood Mac Tusk |
| Flying Lotus 1983 |
| Fonky Family Art De Rue |
| Forest (UK) Full Circle |
| Medieval inspired british folk. Forest was probably trying to imitate the Incredible String Band, but didn't really reach their goal. It still stays a cool listening, and the album contains the song 'Graveyard' sampled by Kno on Death Is Silent. |
| Frank Zappa Lumpy Gravy |
| Sick bastard |
| Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand |
| Freeman L'Palais de Justice |
| Funkdoobiest Which Doobie U B? |
| Gang Starr Step in the Arena |
| Gangrene Vodka & Ayahuasca |
| Geto Boys We Can't Be Stopped |
| Gillian Welch Soul Journey |
| Gorillaz Demon Days |
| Gorillaz D-Sides |
| Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five The Message |
| Grant Lee Buffalo Fuzzy |
| Grieves Together/Apart |
| Grizzly Bear Shields |
| Group Home Livin' Proof |
| Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill |
| Gryphon Gryphon |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction |
| GZA Legend of the Liquid Sword |
| Happy Mondays Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches |
| Herbie Hancock Empyrean Isles |
| Hieroglyphics 3rd Eye Vision |
| IAM Revoir un Printemps |
| Ice Cube The Predator |
| Ini Kamoze Here Comes The Hotstepper |
| Inspectah Deck Uncontrolled Substance |
| Iron And Wine Our Endless Numbered Days |
| Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida |
| Album consists of 5 energizing tracks that sound typically psychedelic rock, and of a title song during 17 minutes, where it alternates between upbeat moments, fascinating melodies and great drums dolo. The whole thing is really enjoyable but never really bring you as far as some other psychedelic rock bands. |
| J. Cole The Warm Up |
| Joanna Newsom Ys |
| John Butler Trio Grand National |
| Johnny Osbourne Truths and Rights |
| Josh Ritter Golden Age of Radio |
| Juno Reactor Shango |
| Justice System Rooftop Soundcheck |
| Keny Arkana L'Esquisse |
| Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day |
| Klute Music For Prophet |
| La Rumeur Tout Brule Deja |
| Le Rat Luciano Mode de Vie... Beton Style |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson LKJ in DUB |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson Making History |
| M.O.P. Warriorz |
| Mac Lethal Irish Goodbye |
| Madness One Step Beyond |
| Maps and Atlases Perch Patchwork |
| Marcin Wasilewski Trio Faithful |
| Marvin Gaye What's Going On |
| Mastodon Leviathan |
| Matisyahu Youth |
| Max Richter The Blue Notebooks |
| Max Romeo Open The Iron Gate |
| Meth, Ghost and Rae Wu-Massacre |
| Midlake The Courage Of Others |
| Mimosa Silver Lining |
| Misfits Static Age |
| Monsters of Folk Monsters of Folk |
| Morcheeba The Antidote |
| Morrissey You Are the Quarry |
| Mos Def The Ecstatic |
| Nas STILLmatic |
| Nas It Was Written |
| Nemo Achida Goodbye Brooklyn EP |
| Nick Drake Pink Moon |
| Nico Chelsea Girl |
| O.C. Word...Life |
| Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues |
| One Be Lo L.A.B.O.R. |
| Onra Chinoiseries |
| Onyx Bacdafucup |
| Oxmo Puccino L'arme de Paix |
| Peter Tosh Mama Africa |
| Peter Tosh Mystic Man |
| Peter Tosh Wanted Dread & Alive |
| Phonte Charity Starts at Home |
| Can't really bear when he sings, but beats are cool and he obviously knows how to rap. |
| Photek Modus Operandi |
| Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
| Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet |
| Puzzle P.U.Z.Z.L.E. |
| Q-Tip Kamaal The Abstract |
| Queen A Night at the Opera |
| Radikal Guru The Rootstepa |
| Raekwon Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang |
| Raekwon Unexpected Victory |
| Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles |
| Great album combining furious and catchy guitar riffs, angerful vocals and lyrics, but when I'm comparing it to other stuff from the band I've listened, I find it a little bit under, without really knowing why. I still recommand this album for those who are needing limitless energy and fury. |
| Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raising Sand |
| Rx Bandits Mandala |
| RZA Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai |
| Saïan Supa Crew KLR |
| Sandy Denny The North Star Grassman and the Ravens |
| SBTRKT SBTRKT |
| Scientist (JAM) Scientist Meets the Space Invaders |
| Senim Silla The Name The Motto The Outcome |
| Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols |
| Showbiz and A.G. Runaway Slave |
| Sly and The Family Stone There's A Riot Goin' On |
| Smif-N-Wessun Dah Shinin' |
| Soap and Skin Narrow |
| Soul II Soul Club Classics Vol. One |
| Souls of Mischief 93 'til Infinity |
| Stetsasonic In Full Gear |
| Strand of Oaks Pope Killdragon |
| Sunz of Man The Last Shall Be First |
| Supreme NTM Paris Sous Les Bombes |
| Tandem Ceux Qui Le Savent M'Ecoutent |
| Tech N9ne All 6's and 7's |
| The Aggrolites Dirty Reggae |
| The Antlers Burst Apart |
| The Beat I Just Can't Stop It |
| The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour |
| The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole |
| Dig Your Own Hole consists of three distincts parts : During the first, The Chemical Brothers show how much energy they can put on a track thanks to excellent,heavy beats (And also an awesome funk sample on 'Block Rockin' Beats'). The second part is in my opinion the weakest of the three : unfortunatly some of the duo's experimentation ain't as good as the rest of the record, and it sometimes even sound a little bit repetitive. The third and last part is more mind-blowing based and is clearly as enthralling as the first. |
| The Coup Party Music |
| The Doors Strange Days |
| The Doors The Soft Parade |
| The Doors Morrison Hotel |
| The Mayan Factor 44 |
| The Police Reggatta de Blanc |
| The Police are here mixing Pop, Rock, Reggae and some kind of gentle punk. Sometimes it works, and it gives some awesome piece of music that everybody knows ('Message In A Bottle' and especially the fantastic 'Walking On The Moon'), and sometimes it unfortunately doesn't really work. Drums are a little bit simple (but it can be efficient), and Sting's voice is doing well. |
| The Roots The Tipping Point |
| The Roots Rising Down |
| The Tallest Man on Earth Shallow Grave |
| The Third Eye Foundation Little Lost Soul |
| The Upsetters Super Ape |
| The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat |
| The War On Drugs Slave Ambient |
| THEESatisfaction awE naturalE |
| Tom Waits Foreign Affairs |
| Tom Waits The Black Rider |
| Tonedeff Archetype |
| Toots and The Maytals Pass The Pipe |
| Townes Van Zandt Our Mother the Mountain |
| Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards |
| Weather Report Heavy Weather |
| Weezer Weezer |
| Westside Connection Bow Down |
| Bow Down is probably one of the most archetypical Gangsta-rap album, so you can expect subjects like dick measuring, pussy counting and guns. Even if I clearly ain't a huge fan of that kind of Hip-Hop, I admit the three MC's have some awesome flows you can't find elsewhere, and also some geniuses and funny verses (Damn, I almost feel ashamed after smiling when they were rappin' about Q-Tip in a trashbag with a cucumber on his ass). For those who can't get enough of this Gangsta shit. |
| Y Society Travel At Your Own Pace |
| Young Buck Straight Outta Cashville |
| Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth |
| Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation |
| Ethereal piece of music, excellent album for chilling. Nevertheless it suffers in my opinion of a lack of diversity in its sound. |
| Zion I Deep Water Slang V2.0 |
| ZZ Top Tres Hombres |
| 3.0 good |
| Apathy Eastern Philosophy |
| ASAP Rocky LONG.LIVE.A$AP |
| Band of Horses Mirage Rock |
| Brother Ali Shadows On The Sun |
| Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso [Tropicália] |
| Cam'ron Purple Haze |
| Album contains pure gems ('Harlem Streets', 'Killa Cam', 'Dip-set Forever), production is real good, but despite Cam'ron is a great lyricist, I ain't really a huge fan of his posture and that's probably why I can't stand the many skits and find the album too long. |
| Chamillionaire The Sound of Revenge |
| Danny Brown XXX |
| Electric Light Orchestra Time |
| Eminem Infinite |
| Even if Infinite seems kind of anecdotic comparing to the following Eminem's album, I think it is still worth a listen. Production sounds weak too often, but Em knows yet how to play with words (you can clearly hear his Nas/AZ influences though) and it's pretty funny to hear him talking about some topics without sounding totally insane. The title track is pretty cool. |
| Eminem Relapse |
| Goldfrapp Felt Mountain |
| GZA Pro Tools |
| Homeboy Sandman The Good Sun |
| IAM De la planete Mars |
| Ideal J Le Combat Continue |
| J. Cole Cole World: The Sideline Story |
| Jacob Miller Who Say Jah No Dread |
| Jay-Z The Blueprint |
| Jedi Mind Tricks Legacy of Blood |
| Legacy of Blood is violent and controversial by nature, and I highly recommend to listen to it when you're full of anger like Vinnie Paz's flow or right after a christian parade singing latin poems near your house while you were sleeping. The record samples a lot of classic music giving an epic sound to the whole thing. Even if the large variety of guests MC's diversifies this album (The track featuring GZA is dope, Killah Priest is at his top on his contribution), the rapper's flow gets sometimes monotonous and the album is slightly too long. Good renegade shit. |
| Jeru the Damaja The Sun Rises in the East |
| Kanye West The College Dropout |
| Keith Hudson Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood |
| Kid Cudi Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager |
| Killah Priest Priesthood |
| Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water |
| Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo Live and Let Die |
| Laura Stevenson Sit Resist |
| Mac Lethal North Korean BBQ |
| Max Tannone Mos Dub |
| Method Man Tical 2000: Judgement Day |
| N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton |
| Nas Hip Hop Is Dead |
| Norah Jones Come Away with Me |
| Peter Tosh No Nuclear War |
| Peter Tosh Black Dignity |
| Pigeon John Dragon Slayer |
| Portishead Dummy |
| Good album if you want to chill, but I personnally think it's a bit overrated. Singer's voice is really soulful and harmonious but quickly gets somehow monotonous. I didn't find the music as complex/interesting as DJ Shadow's or beats as trippy as Amon Tobin's. |
| Ray LaMontagne Trouble |
| Stephen Marley Mind Control |
| Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb |
| Talib Kweli Liberation |
| The Carpenters Close to You |
| The Comsat Angels Waiting for a Miracle |
| The Dear Hunter Black |
| The Strokes Room on Fire |
| The Tallest Man on Earth The Wild Hunt |
| Tom Waits Night on Earth |
| Tyler, the Creator Goblin |
| U-God Golden Arms Redemption |
| U-God Dopium |
| Van Halen Van Halen |
| Various Artists (Hip Hop) 8 Mile OST |
| Wu-Tang Clan 8 Diagrams |
| Wu-Tang Clan Legendary Weapons |
