| 5.0 classic |
| 2Pac Me Against the World |
| 2Pac The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory |
| 2Pac All Eyez on Me |
| 3rd Bass The Cactus Album |
| A Tribe Called Quest People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths of Rhythm |
| A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory |
| A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders |
| Afrika Bambaataa and The Soulsonic Force Planet Rock |
| Artifacts Between A Rock and A Hard Place |
| AZ Doe or Die |
| Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill |
| Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique |
| Beastie Boys Check Your Head |
| Beastie Boys Ill Communication |
| Big Daddy Kane Long Live The Kane |
| Big Daddy Kane It's A Big Daddy Thing |
| Big L Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous |
| Big L The Big Picture |
| Big Pun Capital Punishment |
| Biz Markie Goin' Off |
| Black Moon Enta Da Stage |
| Black Star Black Star |
| Blackalicious Nia |
| Blackalicious Blazing Arrow |
| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony E 1999 Eternal |
| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Creepin On Ah Come Up |
| Boogie Down Productions Criminal Minded |
| Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary |
| Boogie Down Productions Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop |
| Boogie Down Productions Edutainment |
| Brand Nubian One For All |
| Busta Rhymes The Coming |
| Busta Rhymes When Disaster Strikes... |
| Busta Rhymes Extinction Level Event |
| Camp Lo Uptown Saturday Night |
| Chino XL Here to Save You All |
| Common Resurrection |
| Common One Day It'll All Make Sense |
| Common Like Water for Chocolate |
| Common Be |
| Company Flow Funcrusher Plus |
| Cypress Hill Cypress Hill |
| De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising |
| De La Soul De La Soul Is Dead |
| Dead Prez Let's Get Free |
| Del Tha Funkee Homosapien I Wish My Brother George Was Here |
| Deltron 3030 Deltron 3030 |
| Diamond D Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop |
| Digital Underground Sex Packets |
| DJ Quik Quik Is The Name |
| DMX It's Dark and Hell Is Hot |
| Dr. Dre The Chronic |
| Dr. Dre 2001 |
| Dr. Octagon Dr. Octagonecologyst |
| Eminem The Slim Shady LP |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
| EPMD Strictly Business |
| EPMD Unfinished Business |
| Eric B and Rakim Paid in Full |
| Eric B and Rakim Follow the Leader |
| Fugees The Score |
| Gang Starr Daily Operation |
| Gang Starr Hard to Earn |
| Geto Boys The Geto Boys |
| Geto Boys We Can't Be Stopped |
| Ghostface Killah Ironman |
| Ghostface Killah Supreme Clientele |
| Gift of Gab 4th Dimensional Rocket Ships Going Up |
| Goodie Mob Soul Food |
| Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five The Message |
| GZA Liquid Swords |
| Ice Cube Death Certificate |
| Ice Cube AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted |
| Ice-T Power |
| Ice-T The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What Yo |
| Ice-T O.G. Original Gangster |
| Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt |
| Jay-Z The Blueprint |
| Jeru the Damaja The Sun Rises in the East |
| Jungle Brothers Straight Out The Jungle |
| Jurassic 5 Quality Control |
| Kanye West The College Dropout |
| Kanye West Late Registration |
| Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo Road to the Riches |
| Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo Wanted: Dead Or Alive |
| Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo Live and Let Die |
| Kool Moe Dee How Ya Like Me Now |
| Kurupt The Streetz iz a Mutha |
| Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
| Leaders Of The New School A Future Without a Past |
| LL Cool J Radio |
| LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out |
| Lord Finesse Funky Technician |
| Lord Finesse Return Of The Funky Man |
| Lord Finesse The Awakening |
| M.O.P. Warriorz |
| Main Source Breaking Atoms |
| Masta Ace Disposable Arts |
| Masta Ace Take A Look Around |
| Masta Ace Sittin' on Chrome |
| Masta Ace Slaughtahouse |
| Masta Ace A Long Hot Summer |
| MC Lyte Lyte As A Rock |
| Missy Elliott Supa Dupa Fly |
| Mobb Deep The Infamous |
| Mos Def Black on Both Sides |
| N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton |
| N.W.A. Niggaz4Life |
| Nas The Lost Tapes |
| Nas Illmatic |
Illmatic was Nas big breakthrough, considered to be the greatest hip-hop album of all time by many (including myself). This is one of the hip-hop albums that put the east coast on the map, along with Ready To Die, and 36 Chambers. So lets get started with the review, track by track.
1. The Genesis: A really good way to start an album, but I can't really rate it because it isn't a song.
2. NY State of Mind: This song is the best song on this album, and the best overall Nas song. It tells a story about being in New York, and the first verse tells a brilliant story. Definitely classic with a great beat by DJ Premier. One of the best songs DJ Premier has produced for. 5/5
3. Life's A Bitch: Another classic song, this one has AZ, with his best verse ever. This song talks about living life while you can, as AZ says in the chorus, and is brilliant. 5/5
4. The World Is Yours: This song is another one of the best songs by Nas. If you have Tony Hawk's Underground than you have most likely heard this legendary song. This song also has a legendary beat done by Pete Rock, who also does the chorus. One of the best songs Pete Rock has produced, along with T.R.O.Y 5/5
5. Halftime: Another one of the best songs by Nas, with a legendary beat by Large Professor, and legendary lyrics by Nas. This is the best song Large Professor has produced for. 5/5
6. Memory Lane (Sittin In Da Park): Another masterpiece produced by DJ Premier, with a great beat, and legendary lyrics, and great storytellling. 5/5
7. One Love: This is one of the weakest songs on Illmatic, but it is still a masterpiece with a great beat by Q-Tip. 5/5
8. One Time 4 Your Mind: This is the weakest song on Illmatic, but it's still a masterpiece with a great beat by Large Professor. 5/5
9. Represent: Another gem produced by DJ Premier (notice a pattern?). With a great beat, and legendary lyrics, how can you go wrong with this song? 5/5
10. It Ain't Hard To Tell: What a way to finish an album! Great lyrics, one of the best songs Large Professor has produced for as well. 5/5
Pros:
Great lyrics
Great beats
All songs are classic
There are no cons. |
| Nas STILLmatic |
This album is considered by many to be Nas second classic (me being one of them), and it truly is. So let's get started with the review.
1. Stillmatic (The Intro): Great song where Nas freestyles. 5/5
2. Ether: The song where Nas viciously destroys Jay-Z, and is the best diss track of all time. 5/5
3. Got Ur Self A Gun: Great song with a great beat, where Nas showcases his lyrical ability. 4/5
4. Smokin: One of the weakest songs on the album, which talks about smoking, but it isn't bad. 3.5/5
5. You're Da Man: Great song with great production by Large Proffesor, who we have come to expect great beats from. 5/5
6. Rewind: A genius song where Nas tells a story backwards, where it starts at the end, and ends at the beginning, with a great beat by Large Professor. 5/5
7. One Mic: Now we have come to the best song on Stillmatic, and one of the best Nas songs in general. 5/5
8. 2nd Childhood: Another great song, this is the only song on Stillmatic produced by DJ Premier 5/5
9. Destroy and Rebuild: Another great diss track, in which Nas disses Cormega, and Nature, and theres an interpretation of The Bridge Is Over in the chorus. 5/5
10. The Flyest: A great collaboration with AZ. 5/5
11. Braveheart Party: Nas is good in this song, but the Bravehearts suck, the worst song on Stillmatic. 3/5
12. Rule: One of the weakest songs on this album. 3.5/5
13. My Country: After the album slowly fell down, it came back up with this song. 5/5
14. What Goes Around: Another great song. 5/5
15. Every Ghetto: Great way to finish the album. 5/5
Pros:
Great lyrics
Great beats
Great storytelling
Cons:
Not enough DJ Premier
Not enough Large Professor
Bottom line is, Nas is the best he's been since Illmatic. |
| Organized Konfusion Organized Konfusion |
| OutKast Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik |
| OutKast ATLiens |
| OutKast Aquemini |
| OutKast Stankonia |
| OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below |
| Pete Rock and CL Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother |
| Pharoahe Monch Internal Affairs |
| Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet |
| Public Enemy Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black |
| Queen Latifah All Hail The Queen |
| Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... |
| Ras Kass Soul on Ice |
| Redman Whut? Thee Album |
| Redman Muddy Waters |
| Reflection Eternal Train of Thought |
| Royce da 5'9 Street Hop |
| Run-D.M.C. Run DMC |
| Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell |
| Run-D.M.C. King Of Rock |
| Scarface The Diary |
| Slick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick Rick |
| Slum Village Fantastic, Vol. 2 |
| Smif-N-Wessun Dah Shinin' |
| Snoop Dogg Doggystyle |
| Souls of Mischief 93 'til Infinity |
| The Coup Genocide & Juice |
| The D.O.C. No One Can Do It Better |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die |
This album, by one of the best ever, put the east side of hip-hop on the map, and just put hip-hop on the map in general. This album showcases Biggies lyrical ability to be able to put comedy, raw lyrics, and storytelling all in the same song. This album has songs for any mood that you're in. This album contains stories of harsh street life. Ready To Die is the greatest album, by one of the greatest ever, that explains alot.
1. Intro: An interesting way to begin an album, it begins the theme of the album, it has him being born. Can't really rate it though since it's just an intro.
2. Things Done Changed: The album kicks off with one of the best songs by Biggie, which tells a story about life, with a great chorus, containing great samples. 5/5
3. Gimmie The Loot: Another great song. This one tells a story about robbing in an amazing way. He does the voice of two people in the way the Beastie Boys do, truly outstanding song. It also utilizes sampling in a great way. 5/5
4. Machine Gun Funk: Another song that truly shows Biggies skill, and samples Chief Rocka by Lords of The Underground in a brilliant way. 5/5
5. Warning: A great song, with great storytelling. 5/5
6. Ready To Die: The best album title song of all time, with great song. 5/5
7. One More Chance: A funny song, dedicated to the women, and you'll find a sample of Mind Playing Tricks On Me in there. 5/5
8. F*** Me: Skit.
9. The What: Two of the greatest ever going back and forth on the same track over a great beat. 5/5
10. Juicy: The best biggie song, and the most upbeat song on the album, Biggie raps about how hard it was growing up. 5/5
11. Everyday Struggle: One of the best songs by Biggie. 5/5
12. Me and My Bitch: Another song for the women. 5/5
13. Big Poppa: The best song for the women by Biggie. 5/5
14. Respect: Great chorus, with great lyrics. 5/5
15. Friend of Mine: The weakest song on the album, but still classic. 5/5
16. Unbelievable: One of the best Biggie songs of all time, with great production. 5/5
17. Suicidal Thoughts: What a great way to end an album. The album ends like it begins, with a heartbeat 5/5
Pros:
Great lyrics
Great beats.
No cons. |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death |
| The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde |
| The Roots Do You Want More?!!!??! |
| The Roots Illadelph Halflife |
| The Roots Things Fall Apart |
| The Roots Phrenology |
| The Roots Game Theory |
| Too $hort Life is... Too Short |
| Too $hort Born To Mack |
| Too $hort Short Dog's In the House |
| UGK Ridin' Dirty |
| Ultramagnetic MCs Critical Beatdown |
| Westside Connection Bow Down |
| Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
| Xzibit 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz |
| 4.0 excellent |
| ASAP Rocky Live.Love.A$AP. |
| AZ Pieces of a Man |
| AZ The Format |
| AZ A.W.O.L. |
| AZ S.O.S.A. (Save Our Streets AZ) [Mixtape] |
| AZ Undeniable |
| Bad Meets Evil Hell: The Sequel |
| Beastie Boys To the 5 Boroughs |
| Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot |
| Big Pun Yeeeah Baby |
| Blackalicious A2G |
| Boogie Down Productions Sex And Violence |
| Brand Nubian In God We Trust |
| Busta Rhymes It Ain't Safe No More... |
| Busta Rhymes Genesis |
| Busta Rhymes Anarchy |
| Canibus 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) |
| Canibus Rip The Jacker |
| Canibus Miclub: The Curriculum |
| Capone-N-Noreaga The War Report |
| Common The Dreamer/The Believer |
| Common Finding Forever |
| Cypress Hill Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom |
| Danny Brown XXX |
| De La Soul The Grind Date |
| De La Soul Buhloone Mindstate |
| De La Soul Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump |
| Del Tha Funkee Homosapien Both Sides of the Brain |
| Del Tha Funkee Homosapien No Need For Alarm |
| Del Tha Funkee Homosapien Future Development |
| DMX Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood |
| DMX ...And Then There Was X |
| DMX Grand Champ |
| Domo Genesis No Idols |
| Domo Genesis Under The Influence |
| Dr. Dooom First Come, First Served |
| Drake So Far Gone |
| Drake So Far Gone |
| Drake Thank Me Later |
| Drake Take Care |
| Earl Sweatshirt EARL |
| Eazy-E Eazy-Duz-It |
| Eminem The Eminem Show |
| Eminem Relapse |
| Eminem Recovery |
| EPMD Business as Usual |
| EPMD Back in Business |
| EPMD Out of Business |
| Eric B and Rakim Don't Sweat the Technique |
| Gang Starr Moment of Truth |
| Gang Starr The Ownerz |
| Ghostface Killah Apollo Kids |
| GZA Legend of the Liquid Sword |
| GZA Pro Tools |
| Hopsin Raw |
| Ice Cube The Predator |
| Ice Cube Kill at Will |
| Immortal Technique The 3rd World |
| Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 2 |
| Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 1 |
| J. Cole Cole World: The Sideline Story |
| Jay-Z In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 |
| Jay-Z Kingdom Come |
| Joey Badass 1999 |
| Juvenile 400 Degreez |
| Kanye West Graduation |
| Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
| Kendrick Lamar Training Day |
| Kendrick Lamar Section.80 |
| Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day |
| Kid Cudi Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager |
| Kool G Rap 4, 5, 6 |
| Kool G Rap Roots Of Evil |
| Kool G Rap The Giancana Story |
| Kool Keith Black Elvis/Lost in Space |
| Kool Keith Diesel Truckers |
| Kool Moe Dee Kool Moe Dee |
| KRS-One Prophets Vs. Profits |
| KRS-One Return Of The Boom Bap |
| KRS-One KRS-One |
| KRS-One Keep Right |
| KRS-One I Got Next |
| KRS-One The Sneak Attack |
| KRS-One Spiritual Minded |
| KRS-One Kristyles |
| Lil Wayne Tha Carter II |
| Lil Wayne Tha Carter IV |
| LL Cool J Bigger and Deffer |
| LL Cool J Walking With a Panther |
| Ludacris Word Of Mouf |
| Machine Gun Kelly Lace Up (LP) |
| Main Source Fuck What You Think |
| Meek Mill Dreamchasers |
| Meek Mill Dreams and Nightmares |
| MellowHype Yellowhite |
| MellowHype BLACKENEDWHITE |
| Method Man Tical |
| Method Man and Redman Blackout! |
| Method Man and Redman Blackout! 2 |
| Missy Elliott Da Real World |
| Mos Def The Ecstatic |
| Nas It Was Written |
Another album that put Nas on the map. Alot of people say that this album was average, or that it is too mainstream, but that is not true. Another thing that people judge this album for, is that the mafioso concept doesn't work, but that isn't true either, Nas does that very well. Anyways, lets get started with the track by track review.
1. Album Intro: Just an intro.
2. The Message: Just like Illmatic, It Was Written starts with the best song. This song has great storytelling, and great production by the Trackmasters, and a great chorus, which uses samples from previous Nas songs. This is one of Nas best songs. 5/5
3. Street Dreams: Another great song produced by the Trackmasters. One of the best songs on this album, and one of the best Nas songs in general. 5/5
4. I Gave You Power: Another standout track on this album, in which Nas personifies a gun, in a brilliant way. Unfortunately, this is the only song on It Was Written that is produced by DJ Premier. 5/5
5. Watch Dem Niggas: Another standout produced by the Trackmasters, this one has Foxy Brown, who delivers an outstanding lyrical performance as well. 4/5
6. Take It In Blood: Another classic track, with an outstanding lyrical performance by Nas. 5/5
7. Nas Is Coming: A song meant to squash the east coast vs west coast beef by having Dr Dre produce for it. This is another gem. 5/5
8. Affirmative Action: Another great song. This song has the Firm, and shows their best performance together, although it has the infamous math problem fail by Foxy Brown, it's still a great song. 4/5
9. The Set Up: A great song with Nas and Havoc, and great production by Havoc as well. 5/5
10. Black Girl Lost: Another great song 4/5
11. Suspect: Another great song. 4/5
12. Shootouts: Another great song. 5/5
13. Live Nigga Rap: An outstanding lyrical performance by Nas and Mobb Deep. 5/5
14. If I Ruled The World: One of the best songs on this album, and one of the best Nas songs in general. 5/5
Pros:
Great lyrics
Great guest performances
Cons:
Not enough DJ Premier
No Large Proffesor
Bottom line is, although this is nowhere near Illmatic, it's still a great album. |
| Nas Hip Hop Is Dead |
| Nas Life Is Good |
| Nas Street's Disciple |
| Nelly Suit |
| OFWGKTA Radical |
| OFWGKTA The OF Tape Vol. 2 |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version |
| Organized Konfusion The Equinox |
| Pete Rock and CL Smooth All Souled Out |
| Pete Rock and CL Smooth The Main Ingredient |
| Pharoahe Monch Desire |
| Pharoahe Monch W.A.R. |
| Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II |
| Raekwon Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang |
| Rakim The 18th Letter |
| Rakim The Master |
| Ras Kass Van Gogh |
| Ras Kass Rasassination |
| Redman Dare Iz A Darkside |
| Redman Doc's Da Name 2000 |
| Redman Red Gone Wild: Thee Album |
| Rick Ross God Forgives, I Don't |
| Royce da 5'9 Rock City (Version 2.0) |
| RZA RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo |
| RZA Digital Bullet |
| Scarface The Fix |
| Scarface The World Is Yours |
| ScHoolboy Q Habits and Contradictions |
| Slick Rick The Ruler's Back |
| Talib Kweli Eardrum |
| Tha Dogg Pound Dogg Food |
| The Game The Documentary |
| The Game Doctor's Advocate |
| The Game The R.E.D. Album |
| The Roots Rising Down |
| The Roots How I Got Over |
| The Roots The Tipping Point |
| Tyler, the Creator Wolf |
| Tyler, the Creator Goblin |
| UGK Super Tight... |
| UGK Too Hard To Swallow |
| Wale Attention Deficit |
| Wale Ambition |
| Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Chamber Music |
| Wu-Tang Clan 8 Diagrams |
| Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Forever |
| Wu-Tang Clan Iron Flag |
| Wu-Tang Clan Legendary Weapons |
| Xzibit At The Speed of Life |
