Personal Classics...(No Haters allowed)

[HarlemDiplomat]

What albums do you have a personal connection with whether they were XXL/5 Mic or not.

These are records that should evoke emotion and bring back memories, and/or get you hype or make you go wild.

For me:
Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Westide Connection - Bow Down

2Pac - All Eyes On Me

Ma$e - Harlem World

Bad Boy - No Way Out

2Pac - Better Dayz

2Pac - Greatest Hits

Juvenile - 400 Degreez

Ruff Ryders - Ryde or Die Vol. 1

DMX - Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

DMX - Its Dark and Hell Is Hot

Nelly - Country Grammer

The Clipse - Lord Willin

Jay-Z - The Dynasty

Nas - Stillmatic

The Game - Doctor's Advocate

The Game - Documentary

G-Unit - Beg For Mercy (THIS IS THE ONLY SHIT I LIKED)

Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity

Jim Jones - Harlem: Diary of A Summer

Beanie Siegel - The B. Coming

Lil John - Crunk Juice

Lil Wayne - The Carter II (better than 1)

Nas - GODSON

Camron - Purple Haze

Juelz Santana - What The Game Been Missing

Wu-Tang personals
36
The W
Iron Flag
OB4CL
Liquid Swords
Dirty Weaponry
Tical
Tical 2000
Blackout
How High Soundtrack
Supreme Clientèle
Bulletproof Wallets
No Said Date
Legend of the Liquid Sword
I
And a shitload of random songs...

[11th Chamber]

Eminem - Slim Shady LP

Juvenile - 400 Degreez

The Game - You Know What It Is Vol.3 (mixtape)

Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001

I got a whole list, but those are usually the first couple that pop in my mind

(not including Wu material)

[Come Honor Face]

Good list. Except for Lil John,Lil Wayne,Jay-z,Nelly,Juvenile,Ruff Ryders, and MASE! OMFG MASE!

My personal classics include - Da Lench Mob-Guerrillas In tha Mist
Masta Ace-A long Hot Summer
Gang Starr-Moment Of Truth
Bone Thugs N Harmony-E. 1999 Eternal
Afu Ra-Body Of The Life Force
The D.O.C.-No One Can Do It Better
Bushwick Bill-Little Big Man
And a bunch of wu shit I don't need to mention.

[TSA]

im gald someone is recogniing 4

400 degreez for what it is, probably the best collection of voices in hip hop at the time.



Heavy-D and the Boyz

(all the already considered classics)

Gravediggaz-Pick, Sickle, Shovel

RocDocumentz- Myself(unreleased)
&
MayDay- SicCeazer(unreleased) lol

[DR. NICK RIVIERA]

I hope I don't have to mention those 6585 classic Wu-related albums, LOL, just joking

OK, I'm going only to say the non-Wu stuff...and I'm not saying that this is 5 MIC material, its just rap I love, albums I love no matter what

Masta Ace-A long Hot Summer
Gang Starr-Moment Of Truth
Nas-God's Son
Nas-It Was Written
all three Gravediggaz albums + that Hell EP (not all hip-hop but I love it)
One.Be.Lo - love almost all his ish
Sage-Personal Journals
Cage-Hellz Winter

[HarlemDiplomat]

The Game - You Know What It Is Vol.3 (mixtape)

Damn... forgot that, yeah that joint def. had an impact for me... it was all over. Even people that didn't really like rap was talkin about it.

[HarlemDiplomat]

and MASE! OMFG MASE!

Come on dogg... that shit was rockin for the time.

[TAURO]

Im too tired to make a list, but theres many, it ranges from Dr Dre to MF DOOM and wu obviously. Theres just so many albums that I own that I love.

[Sosa]

Come on dogg... that shit was rockin for the time.

i agree, Ma$e had an energy about him back then, and a great flow

the albums that really meant a lot to me over the years are

OutKast - Aquemini
Nas - Illmatic
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Erick Sermon - Double Or Nothing
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Beanie Sigel - The Reason
Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming
Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
M.O.P - Warriorz
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
GangStarr - Moment Of Truth
EPMD - Strictly Business
Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
ATCQ - Midnight Marauders
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

and im sure there are many more, but these are just albums that i put on and they get my full individed attention. thats what its all about, losing yourself in the music, really getting into it.

[Olive Oil Goombah]

Nas-Illmatic
Brotha Lynch Hung-Season of Da Siccness
Jay-Z- Reasonable Doubt
Nas- The Lost Tapes
Rae- Cuban Linx
Ghost- SC, Ironman
Wu- 36 chambers
Common- Be
Eminem- Slim Shady Lp
Prodigy- HNIC
Mobb Deep- Murda Muzik
Eazy E- Its On 187um
Bone- E. 1999, and Creepin on ah come up
Luniz- Operation Stackola
Eightball and MJG- On the Outside lookin IN
Redman- Muddy Waters
Pharoahe Monch- Internal Affairs
Theres prolly more.

[SaqurakiHanamichi]

nas-illmatic
mas-harlem world
rakim - the 18th letter
the fuggees - the score (i think thats the album)
nas-stillmatic

dr dre- the chronic
mobbdeep- the infamous

[SaqurakiHanamichi]

Come on dogg... that shit was rockin for the time.

lol ya man


for me back in the day that album was the shit

[Dough Snatcher]

OutKast - Aquemini
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Wu- 36 chambers
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Victor Vaughn - Madvillainy
The Clipse - Lord Willin
Beanie Siegel - The B. Coming

G-Unit - Beg For Mercy

[TAURO]

Ok here goes.....

Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers - Wu Forever

Rae - OLB4CL

Ghostface - Iron Man - Supreme Clientele

Gza - Liquid Swords

ODB - Return to the 36 chambers

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday - Temples of Boom - Los Gran Exitos (Spanish album)

Orishas - A Lo Cubano

MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday - MM..FOOD - Madvillain

Eminem - Slim Shady LP

Dr Dre - The Chronic - Chronic 2001

Snoop - Doggystyle - Top Dogg

Funkdoobiest - Which Doobie U B? - Brothas Doobie

Sondoobie - Funk Superhero

Nas - Illmatic - It was written - Stillmatic

Masta Ace - Slaughta House - Disposable Arts - Long Hot Summer

Big Pun - Capital Punishment

The Beatnuts - Intoxicated Demons EP - Street Level - Stone Crazy - Take it or Squeeze it.

Delinquent Habits - Here come the Horns - Merry Go Round

Psycho Realm - The Psycho Realm - War Story Book I - War Story Book II

The Fugees - The Score

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders - Low End Theory

Killarmy - Silent Weapons... - Dirty Weaponry

Shyheim - The Lost Generation

Killah Priest - Heavy Mental

La The Darkman - Heist of The Century

Murs - 3:16

Mobb Deep - The Infamous - Hell on Earth - Murda Muzik

Outkast - Atliens

Mos Def - Black on Both Sides

Tony Touch - The Piece Maker

Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design - Visions Of Ghandi - Legacy Of Blood

I AM - Lecole Du Micro D'argent

Binary Star - Masters Of The Universe

One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M

Onyx - Bacdafucup

2Pac - All Eyez On Me

Dead Prez - Lets Get Free

Outsidaz - Night Life EP

Snoop Dogg Presents - The Eastsidaz

The Roots - Illadelph Halflife - Things Fall Apart

Notorious Big - Ready to Die

Soundbombing part 2

Lyricist Lounge

Dilated Peoples - The Platform - Expansion Team

Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop

Thats pretty much it, in terms of personal classics. All the albums listed made some sort of positive impact upon the first few listens were I just thought about the reasons why I love hip hop so much. Of Course there are albums that I left out, but thats because I view them as just dope albums but not necessarily personal classics, but I enjoy them a lot regardless.

[ronaldo6]

nas - illmatic
the game - documentary and doctors advocate
mobb deep - the infamous
bg knocc out and dresta - real brothas
eazy e - eazy duz it
dr dre - chronic

[djskillz]

2Pac - Me Against the World
2Pac - Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z
Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah
Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 2
Common - Be
Common - Ressurection
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
Devin the Dude - The Dude
Devin the Dude - Just Tryin' Ta' Live
Devin the Dude - Waiting To Inhale
DJ Muggs & GZA - Grandmasters
Dr. Dre - 2001
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
The Fugees - The Score
Gangsta Boo - Enquiring Minds
GZA - Liquid Swords
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Ice Cube - Kill at Will
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
The Kaze - Kamakazie Time's Up
Lil' Wyte - Doubt Me Now
Lil' Wyte - The One and Only
Lil' Wyte - Phinally Phamous
Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Black Star
Nas - Illmatic
Nas - It Was Written
OutKast - ATLiens
OutKast - Aquemini
OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
OutKast - Stankonia
Pastor Troy - Face Off
Paul Wall & Chamillionaire - Get Ya Mind Correct
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Project Pat - Ghetty Green
Project Pat - Mista Don't Play
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
Redman - Muddy Waters
Redman - Red Gone Wild: Thee Album
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Scarface - The Diary
Scarface - The Fix
Scarface - Mr. Scarface Is Back
T.I. - Trap Muzik
Tear da Club Up Thugs - CrazyNDaLazDayz
Tech N9ne - Absolute Power
Tech N9ne - Anghellic
Tech N9ne - Everready: The Religion
Tech N9ne - Misery Loves Kompany
Three 6 Mafia - Chapter One: The End
Three 6 Mafia - Chapter Two: World Domination
Three 6 Mafia - Choices: The Album
Three 6 Mafia - Da Unbreakables
Three 6 Mafia - Underground Vol. 3: Kings of Memphis
Three 6 Mafia - When the Smoke Clears
Trae - Losing Composure
Trae - Same Thing Different Day
UGK - Ridin' Dirty
UGK - Super Tight
Z-Ro - The Life of Joseph W. McVey

[GhettoGnom]

Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
Wu-Tang Clan - 36, Forever, W
Wu-Tang Killa Bees - The Swarm
Eminem - SSLP & MMLP
Aceyalone - Book of Human Language
Kool G Rap - L&LD, Wanted, 4, 5, 6

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Durag]

K im only gonna mention a few Wu coz i couldnt be bothered with them all:

Raekwon : Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...

GZA : Liquid Swords

Wu Tang Clan : Enter the Wu-Tang

Killah Priest : Heavy Mental

Killarmy : Dirty Weaponry

Gravediggaz : 6 Feet Deep : The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel

Sunz of Man : The Last Shall be the First

And the non Wu.......

Black Moon - Enta Da Stage

Smif 'N' Wesson - Dah Shinin'

Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop

Nas - Illmatic - It Was Written - Stillmatic

Organized Konfusion - OK - Stress: The Extinction Agenda

Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs

Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek - Train Of Thought

AZ - Doe Or Die

Masta Ace - Slaughterhouse - A Long Hot Summer

Mobb Deep - The Infamous - Hell On Earth

Onyx - BacDaFucUp - All We Got Iz Us

Jedi Mind Tricks - The Psycho Social... - Violent By Design

Main Source - Breaking Atoms

Lords of the Underground - Here come the Lords

Eric B & Rakim - Let the Rhythem Hit Em'

DJ Polo & Kool G Rap - Live & Let Die

Kool G Rap - 4,5,6

Originoo Gun Clappaz - Da Storm

Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal

Show & AG - Goodfellas

And loads more that i cant think of right now, their some of my favourites of the top of my head

[2L8Lit da croatianMC]

Redman&Method Man - Blackout
Redman - Dare Is Darkside, Muddy Waters
Run DMC - Down With The King
Alkaholics - Coast 2 Coast, Likwidation
Scarface - The Diary
Mobb Deep - Juvenille Hell, Infamous, Hell On Earth
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage, Alter The Chemistry
Tram 11 - Na Vrućini Gradskog Asfalta
Goats - Tricks Of the Shade
EPMD - Business Never Personal
Dr. Dre - 2001
Ice Cube - Death Certificate , Amerikkkaz Most Wanted
and so on n' on....

[noel411]

I would say these albums have the most significance to me, and have had the greatest impact on me. These would be the albums that I have given the most play, and gone back to the most. Therefore I would call them my personal classics.


2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be
9th Wonder and Buckshot - Chemistry
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Bushwick Bill - Phantom of the Rapra
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Cryptic One - The Anti-Mobious Strip Theory
Cypress Hill - Self Titled
Da Lench Mob - Guerillas in tha Mist
Eazy-E - Eazy Duz It
Gangstarr - Step In The Arena
Ganksta Nip - The South Park Psycho
Geto Boys - We Can't be Stopped
-'Til Death Do Us Part
Icecube - Death Certificate
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Volume 2
Madvillian - Madvilliany
MF Doom/MF Grimm - Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1
MF Grimm - American Hunger
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
-Hell on Earth
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
-100 miles and runnin'
-Efil 4 Zaggin'
Public Enemy - Muse Sick 'N Hour Mess Age
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
-Muddy Waters
Snoop Doggy Dog - Doggystyle
Spice 1 - Spice 1
Tha Doggpound - Dogg Food
Too Short - Gettin' It
Westside Connection - Bow Down
Xzibit - At The Speed of Life
Bronze Nazareth - The Great Migration
Cappadonna - The Pillage
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
-Supreme Clientele
Gravediggaz - Niggamortis
GZA - Liquid Swords
-Beneath the Surface
-Legend of the Liquid Sword
Killah Priest - Heavy mental
Pop Da Brown Hornet - Underground Emperor
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
Rza - Digital Bullets
Sunz of Man - The Last Shall Be First
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers)
-Forever
-The W
-Iron Flag


A few notes on this list.

-This list would be completely different if I had heard all these albums at the same time. Most of them are listed for how they impacted me at the time I heard them.

-This list would be entirely different to my actual hip hop classics list.

-A Tribe Called Quest, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, EPMD, Eric B and Rakim, Kool G Rap, Pete Rock and C L Smooth, Public Enemy, Slick Rick and Killarmy all have great-to-phenomenal catalogues, but no single album from any of them had that notable an impact on me, aside from the PE album I mentioned, which I think was the second hip hop album I ever heard.

[2L8Lit da croatianMC]

I would say these albums have the most significance to me, and have had the greatest impact on me. These would be the albums that I have given the most play, and gone back to the most. Therefore I would call them my personal classics.


2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be
9th Wonder and Buckshot - Chemistry
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Bushwick Bill - Phantom of the Rapra
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Cryptic One - The Anti-Mobious Strip Theory
Cypress Hill - Self Titled
Da Lench Mob - Guerillas in tha Mist
Eazy-E - Eazy Duz It
Gangstarr - Step In The Arena
Ganksta Nip - The South Park Psycho
Geto Boys - We Can't be Stopped
-'Til Death Do Us Part
Icecube - Death Certificate
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Volume 2
Madvillian - Madvilliany
MF Doom/MF Grimm - Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
-Hell on Earth
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
-100 miles and runnin'
-Efil 4 Zaggin'
Public Enemy - Muse Sick 'N Hour Mess Age
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
-Muddy Waters
Snoop Doggy Dog - Doggystyle
Spice 1 - Spice 1
Tha Doggpound - Dogg Food
Too Short - Gettin' It
Westside Connection - Bow Down
Xzibit - At The Speed of Life
Bronze Nazareth - The Great Migration
Cappadonna - The Pillage
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
-Supreme Clientele
Gravediggaz - Niggamortis
GZA - Liquid Swords
-Beneath the Surface
-Legend of the Liquid Sword
Killah Priest - Heavy mental
Pop Da Brown Hornet - Underground Emperor
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
Rza - Digital Bullets
Sunz of Man - The Last Shall Be First
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers)
-Forever
-The W
-Iron Flag


A few notes on this list.

-This list would be completely different if I had heard all these albums at the same time. Most of them are listed for how they impacted me at the time I heard them.

-This list would be entirely different to my actual hip hop classics list.

-A Tribe Called Quest, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, EPMD, Eric B and Rakim, Kool G Rap, Pete Rock and C L Smooth, Public Enemy, Slick Rick and Killarmy all have great-to-phenomenal catalogues, but no single album from any of them had that notable an impact on me, aside from the PE album I mentioned, which I think was the second hip hop album I ever heard.


Didn't you give a proper listen to PE's It Take A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back and Yo!Bum Rush The Show
I consider em both classics, but nation of millions dont have a flaw by my opinion...

[noel411]

Like I said dude, PE have an amazing catalogue. So too do several other groups and artists of whom I listed no albums. But none of their albums have had that huge an impact on me, aside from "Muse Sick..." being that it was the second hip hop album I ever heard. I also mentioned that my list of ACTUAL classic albums would differ greatly to my list of PERSONAL classics. For example, there is no fucking way in hell I would say "Muse Sick..." is a classic album, whereas I might well say a couple of PE's earlier albums are.

Don't get me wrong. I fucking love PE's early albums. Even some of the later ones. Same goes for all those other groups and artists I mentioned. Just no single one of their albums have ever been HUGELY important to me.

[DR. NICK RIVIERA]

Killa Bees - The Swarm and Bronze Nazareth - The Great Migration are two wu related albums I must mention...love this shit

[DrUnK-N-MuNkY]

Personal Classics mean albums that didn't get 5 mics,but there classic in your own opinion??

but anyway

BG-Chopper City In The Ghetto
Juvenile-400 Degrees
Bone Thugs-East 1999
Scarface-The Untouchables
Big Pun-Capital Punishment
Nas-It Was Written
Hot Boyz-Gurilla Warfare
2Pac-Better Dayz
The Game-The Documentary
Jay z-The Black Album
Canibus-2000 BC

[Durag]

- Dark & Hell is Hot - DMX
- Death Certificate - Ice Cube
- Ready to Die - Biggie Smalls
- Illmatic - Nas
- Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
- OB4CL - Raekwon
- Lifestylez of da Poor & Dangerous - Big L
- Liquid Swords - GZA
- Supreme Clienetel - Ghostface
- Da Unbreakables - 3'6'' Mafia
- 36 Chambers - Wu
- Forever - Wu
- Apocalypse 91....The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy
- Symphony in Effect - Maestro Fresh Wes
- Fine Malt Lyrics - House of Pain
- Same as it ever was - House of Pain
- Slim Shady LP - Eminem
- 40 Days & 40 Nights - Xzibit
- Blackout - Redman & Methodman

Yo, Mr.MMA, what are those House Of Pain albums like? I was always curious, but never got round to gettin them

[Tectrus Moa]

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony-E.1999, Art of War, Collection Vol.1, BTNHResurtion, Strength and Loyalty :mmmyah: :hooray: :hooray:

Wu-Tang Clan-36 Chambers and Forever :hooray:

GZA- Liquid Swords, Beneath the Surface, Legend of the Liquid Sword, Grandmasters :cool: :hooray: :hooray:

Raekwon-OBFCL :hooray: :dududu: :hooray: , Immortilty, Lex Diamond Story.

Ghostface Killah- Ironman, SC, Bulletproof Wallets, Pretty Toney Album, Fishscale

Krayzie Bone-TM 1999, Thug on da line, Gemini:Good v/s Evil :hooray: :hooray:

Bizzy Bone-Heaven's Movie, The Gift, Alpha and Omega, The Story :hooray:

Dj Quik- Quik is the name, Safe and Sound, Rhythmism, Blance and Opitions :hooray:

G-Dep- Child of the Ghetto

...can't think of anymore.

[Sosa]

man when i think about it, theres a lot more albums that i can see myself still listening to 20 years from now.

[RagnaroK]

not counting wu

nas - It Was Written
Cypress Hill - Temple Of Boom
Metal Face Doom - Special Herbs Instrumental
Vico C - Aquel Que Habia Muerto (a rapper from PR)
" " - Historia
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die (gimmie The loot Got me crazy one of the dopest song ever)
D12 - Devil's Night (veryveryvery dope cd with great beats and funny angry lyrics)
Emin3m - Marshal Mathers
" " - Slim Shady (he's best album)
Dilated People - expansion Team (worst comes to worst i just listen to that song and bought the album the very next day)
Prodigy - H.N.I.C. (the best thing put out by the Mobb)

i would have put Busta Rhymes The Coming but i DL recently so i have not listen to it that much to add it here

[PuNcH_iN_PuNcH_OuT]

i agree, Ma$e had an energy about him back then, and a great flow

the albums that really meant a lot to me over the years are

OutKast - Aquemini
Nas - Illmatic
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Erick Sermon - Double Or Nothing
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Beanie Sigel - The Reason
Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming
Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
M.O.P - Warriorz
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
GangStarr - Moment Of Truth
EPMD - Strictly Business
Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
ATCQ - Midnight Marauders
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

and im sure there are many more, but these are just albums that i put on and they get my full individed attention. thats what its all about, losing yourself in the music, really getting into it.

word thats my shit right there

[HarlemDiplomat]

Personal Classics mean albums that didn't get 5 mics,but there classic in your own opinion??


Really it means albums that had an impact on you and your love for hip-hop.

[cap]

im not gonna post the usual wu classics

nas - illmatic/it was written/the lost tapes/stillmatic

2pac - me against the world/all eyez on me/the 7 day theory

the notorious b.i.g. - ready to die

jay-z - reasonable doubt/the blueprint

masta ace - disposable arts/a long hot summer

mobb deep - the infamous

big pun - capital punishment

big L - lifestylez ov da poor and dangerous

onyx - all we got iz us/shut 'em down

sticky fingaz - black trash the autobio....

dr dre - the chronic/2001

snoop doggy dogg - doggystyle

xzibit - at the speed of life

ludacris - red light district

mos def - black on both sides

shabazz the disciple - the book of shabazz

dead prez - rbg

little brother - the minstrel show/the chitlin circuit

clipse - hell hath no fury

the game - the documentary/doctors advocate

marco polo - port authority

joell ortiz - the brick: bodega chronicles

q uniqe - vengeance is mine

talib kweli & hi tek - train of thought

cypress hill - temples of boom

common - be

kool g rap - 4,5,6

[Durag]

they are str8 grimey man, if u like old skool rugged production from DJ Muggs and DJ Lethal, than I suggest u pick them up right away.

I still bump both on the reg, especially when I'm training at the gym, or if I'm just in 'one of those moods'

It sounds similar to old skool Cypress Hill and Onyx-type shit.

My personal fav out of the 2 is 'Same as I ever Was' but others will say 'Fine Malt Lyrics' because it has more of their successful commercial hits like 'Jump Around' and 'Shamrocks & Shenanigans'.

But I def. suggest u pick up both if u like that type of stuff.

Nice one man. the main reason i was curious was coz of the whole Irish connection ting but ya im def gonna pick them up and give them a try if there that good. Old Cypress Hill is da shit and im a big fan of the first three Onyx albums. Thanks for that man.

[TAURO]

Nice one man. the main reason i was curious was coz of the whole Irish connection ting but ya im def gonna pick them up and give them a try if there that good. Old Cypress Hill is da shit and im a big fan of the first three Onyx albums. Thanks for that man.

You should also check for funkdoobiest since they were part of the Cypress/ house of pain trinity and also had great DJ Muggs production.

[TAURO]

dead prez - rbg



Cap, you should really check for Dead Prez's Let's get free album which is far superior.

[Durag]

You should also check for funkdoobiest since they were part of the Cypress/ house of pain trinity and also had great DJ Muggs production.

Thanks man i will

Cap, you should really check for Dead Prez's Let's get free album which is far superior.

Ya I didnt like RBG at all i was very dissapointed by it. Thats actually one of my least fav albums in my collection, i havent got round to gettin any of their other stuff, ive heard its good doh, def better than RBG.

Speakin on personal classics, i forgor to mention King Just - Mystics of the God. Its not exactly a classic, but i bought it years ago and loved it and still play it every now and then. I thought Just was a great rapper - great lyrics, flow, and especially delivery. He was very commanding on the mic and could switch his flow and voice from easy going to aggressive.

A very underrated album.

[Durag]

little brother - the minstrel show/the chitlin circuit


Yeah i forgot about Little Brother, have you The Listening album? That was a fuckin dope album

[CHRONZ]

Non Wu-Related!

Dead Prez - Let's Get Free. & RBG
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Gangstarr - Moment Of Truth. & Step In The Arena
Mobb Deep - Juvenile Hell
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday. & Temples Of Boom
Onyx - Bacdafucup
Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
K-OS - Atlantis
OutKast - Southernplayalisticaddillacmuzik. & Aquemini

+ More, but im too blazed out to remember at the moment, i'll update when i get a chance......if i remember that is.:b


Peace.

[cap]

Cap, you should really check for Dead Prez's Let's get free album which is far superior.


i do own lets get free, but i always liked rbg better,maybe cus its the first prez album i heard.
i seem to be the only one who likes rbg over the 1st one lol

[Jeru]

I like none of the Dead Prez albums:$ , only that hiphop song

[CHRONZ]

i do own lets get free, but i always liked rbg better,maybe cus its the first prez album i heard.
i seem to be the only one who likes rbg over the 1st one lol
Naw homie, i dig RBG aswell.
Its a whole lot different than Lets Get Free, but i still dig it.


peace

Edit : Damn maybe i read shit too fast,
RBG is tight, but Lets Get Free is def tighter !
And you should check out the Mixtape : Get Free Or Die Tryin' ( Vol 2 )

[whers]

Holocaust/Warcloud - Blue Sky Black Death Present:The Holocaust
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Immobilarity
GZA - Liquid Swords
Legend Of The Liquid Sword
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
Black August
The RZA - Bobby Digital In Stereo
Digital Bullet
Birth Of A Prince
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
Legacy Of Blood
Servants In Heaven Kings In Hell
Army Of The Pharoahs - The Torture Papers
Tragedy Khadafi - Still Reportin'
Outerspace - Jedi Mind Tricks Presents;Outerspace
King Syze - Syzemology
Virtuoso - Evolution Of The Toturer
Goretex - Art Of Dying
Dr. DreChronic 2001
Nas - NAStradamus
Jay-Z - The Blueprint2
DMX - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood
Eminem - Slim Shady LP
Marshall Mathers
D-12 - Devil's Night
Xzibit - Restless

Probabally more but I can't think at the moment...

[Energy Turtle]

coolio - gangstas paradise
snoop dogg- doggystyle
2pac - 2pacalaypse now
outkast - southernplaya...
eminem - slim shady/marshall mathers lp
dr dre - 2001
master p - ice cream man
dmx - flesh of my flesh...

[ironwizard]

excluding wu:

Madvillain
Deltron 3030
The 4 first Tribe albums
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me, Dub Come Save Me, Brand New Second Hand
Illmatic
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Most Gang Starr albums, but Moment of Truth might take the crown
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (I think this counts as hiphop)
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
Gravediggaz - 6 feet deep ( kind of wu, but then again it isn´t)

That´s all I can think of for now...

[2L8Lit da croatianMC]

they are str8 grimey man, if u like old skool rugged production from DJ Muggs and DJ Lethal, than I suggest u pick them up right away.

I still bump both on the reg, especially when I'm training at the gym, or if I'm just in 'one of those moods'

It sounds similar to old skool Cypress Hill and Onyx-type shit.

My personal fav out of the 2 is 'Same as I ever Was' but others will say 'Fine Malt Lyrics' because it has more of their successful commercial hits like 'Jump Around' and 'Shamrocks & Shenanigans'.

But I def. suggest u pick up both if u like that type of stuff.



Word!!! I bump House Of Pain pretty often.. rugged production, phat!!!
I suggest everyone to check it out...

[Ginnsey]

lets seee. what comes to my head (No Order)

1. Jurassic 5: Self titled and Quality Control
2. Dilated Peoples: The Platform
3. Hot Boy$: Guerilla Warfare
4. Project Pat: Mista Dont Play
5. 36 Mafia: cant think of the name but one of em
6. Gangstarr: Moment of Truth and Daily Operation
7. Guru: All the Jazzmatazz 1,2,3 and 4 (by the way the new one kicks ass)
8. Eazy-E: Its on DRE (18th Killa) This whole album was made to beef snoop and Dre but i love it
9. Nas: Illmatic
10. Cypress Hill: Black sunday, Skull and Bones

[LuckyTheWonderDog]

Gravediggaz - Niggamortis + Pick, Sickle, shovel
Lords Of Th Underground - Here Come the Lords
Mobb Deep - Infamous + Hell On Earth
Big L - Lifestylez Of Da Poor And Dangerous
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers + Forever
GZA - Liquid Swords + all of it really
Raekwon - Cuban Linx
ODB - Return To The 36
Ghostface Killah - ironman + Supreme Clinetelle
Wu-Syndicate
Nas - Illmatic
Biggie - Ready To Die
Slick Rick - Great Adventures Of... + Art Of Storytellin'
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full + pretty much all of it
Big Daddy Kane - A lot of stuff!
MF Grimm - American Hunger + the other four
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday + MM...Food
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Mr.Lif - I Phantom + Mo Mega
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Binary Star - Masters Of the Universe
Monsta Island Czars - Escape From Monsta Island
Edan - Primitive Plus
Rugged Man - Die Rugged Man Die
Gangstarr - Daily Operation + step in the arena + most of it really
Tribe Called Quest - first three albums
Task Force - Music From The Corner 3
Task Force - Music From The Corner 4
Skinnyman - Council Estate Of Mind
Foreign Beggars - Asylum Speakers
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother & Main Ingredient
Cypress Hill - self titled & black sunday
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
J.Dilla - Donuts
J.Dilla - Welcome to Detroit
Slum Village - Fantastic Vol.1
Slum Village - Fantastic Vol.2
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
Onyx - Bacdafucup
Kool G Rap - Road To Riches, hell the lot of them pratically
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush The Show
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91
Non Phixion - The Future Is now
Arsonists - As The World Burns
Shabazz The Disciple - Book Of Shabazz
EPMD - Strictly Business
Jeru - Sun Rises In the East
Jeru - Wrath Of The Math

And more I'm probably forgetting. I just love so many hip-hop albums this has made me realise!

[rubyspirit]

Tical - Method Man
Tical 2000: Judgement Day - Method Man
RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo
The Birth of A Prince - RZA
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
MTV Unplugged - Lauryn Hill
The Carnival - Wyclef Jean
The Fugees - Greatest Hits
Wu-Tang Forever
Iron Flag - Wu-Tang Clan
Idlewild - Outkast
The Pick, The Shovel, and The Sickle - Gravediggaz

I really, really, really enjoyed the releases from the generals last year. All of them rate high on my list of all time favorites.
4:21 ... The Day After - Method Man
The Resident Patient - Inspectah Deck
Fishscale - Ghostface Killah
Made In Brooklyn - Masta Killa

[THE W]

cuban linx
liquid swords
ironman
no said date
tical
return to 36 chambers
the W(from a production standpoint)
the infamous
revolutionary vol 1&2
silent weapons

i've listened to a lot of albums that people say are classic and i was nary impressed. ie. reasonable doubt, long hot summer, the chronic, the chronic 2001, stillmatic, the blueprint, step into the arena, hard to earn, doggystyle, firing squad, sun rises in the east. and many others.

not to say that all these were bad but they're nowhere near my personal classics.

i think when people constantly overhype albums as being the best stuff ever it ruins the listening experience.

[RagnaroK]

but you have a personal classic that is none wu cuz putting wu on the list basically makes this thread useless