Complete List of 5 Mic albums from the source

[Hollow Dartz]

I know yall niggaz say ya'll don't care but.....


Run-D.M.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C._%28album%29) -- Run-D.M.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-D.M.C.)
Radio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_%28LL_Cool_J_album%29) -- LL Cool J (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J)
Licensed to Ill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensed_to_Ill) -- The Beastie Boys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beastie_Boys)
Raising Hell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Hell) -- Run-D.M.C.
Criminal Minded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Minded) -- Boogie Down Productions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Down_Productions)
Paid in Full (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_in_Full_%28album%29) -- Eric B. & Rakim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_B._%26_Rakim)
Long Live the Kane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Live_the_Kane) -- Big Daddy Kane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Daddy_Kane)
By All Means Necessary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_All_Means_Necessary) -- Boogie Down Productions
Strictly Business (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strictly_Business) -- EPMD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPMD)
Straight Out the Jungle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Out_the_Jungle) -- The Jungle Brothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Brothers)
Straight Outta Compton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton) -- N.W.A. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A.)
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Nation_of_Millions_to_Hold_Us_Back) -- Public Enemy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy)
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Adventures_of_Slick_Rick) -- Slick Rick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_Rick)
Critical Beatdown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Beatdown) -- Ultramagnetic MCs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramagnetic_MCs)
No One Can Do It Better (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_Can_Do_It_Better) -- The D.O.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_D.O.C.)
Grip It! On That Other Level (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grip_It%21_On_That_Other_Level) -- Geto Boys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geto_Boys)
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Instinctive_Travels_and_the_Paths_of_Rh ythm) -- A Tribe Called Quest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tribe_Called_Quest)
One For All (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_For_All) -- Brand Nubian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_Nubian)
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Rhythm_Hit_%27Em) -- Eric B. & Rakim
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmeriKKKa%27s_Most_Wanted) -- Ice Cube (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube)
Breaking Atoms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Atoms) -- Main Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Source)
The Low End Theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_End_Theory) -- A Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul Is Dead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Soul_Is_Dead) -- De La Soul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Soul)
Death Certificate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Certificate_%28album%29) -- Ice Cube
The Chronic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronic) -- Dr. Dre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre)
Doggystyle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggystyle) -- Snoop Doggy Dogg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg)
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_the_Wu-Tang_%2836_Chambers%29) -- Wu-Tang Clan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan)
Illmatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illmatic) -- Nas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas)
Ready to Die (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_to_Die) -- The Notorious B.I.G. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G.)
The Diary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary) -- Scarface (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_%28rapper%29)
The Infamous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Infamous) -- Mobb Deep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep)
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Built_4_Cuban_Linx) -- Raekwon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raekwon)
Liquid Swords (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Swords) -- Genius/GZA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA)
Me Against the World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Against_the_World) -- 2Pac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Pac)
The Score (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Score_%28album%29) -- The Fugees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fugees)
Reasonable Doubt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_Doubt) -- Jay-Z (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z)
All Eyez on Me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Eyez_on_Me) -- 2Pac
Life After Death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_Death) -- The Notorious B.I.G.
Aquemini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquemini) -- Outkast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outkast)
The Chronic 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronic_2001) -- Dr. Dre
Stillmatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stillmatic) -- Nas
The Blueprint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blueprint) -- Jay-Z
The Fix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fix_%28album%29) -- Scarface
The Naked Truth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Truth_%28Lil%27_Kim_album%29) -- Lil' Kim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Kim)

[VallKano]

that list aint that hot personally
Criminal Minded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Minded) -- Boogie Down Productions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Down_Productions) !!!!!!!!! < the shit

[DR. NICK RIVIERA]

all those beautiful albums and then Lil'Kim...WUT DA FUKK??

[JRoll]

Outkast my favs Aquemini is a classic along wit ATLiens

[Polocash7]

all those beautiful albums and then Lil'Kim...WUT DA FUKK??Real Talk

[VallKano]

not 5 mics...*albums ive heard*

One For All (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_For_All) -- Brand Nubian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Source)
The Chronic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronic) -- Dr. Dre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre)
All Eyez on Me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Eyez_on_Me) -- 2Pac
Life After Death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_Death) -- The Notorious B.I.G.
The Chronic 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronic_2001) -- Dr. Dre
The Blueprint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blueprint) -- Jay-Z
The Fix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fix_%28album%29) -- Scarface
The Naked Truth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Truth_%28Lil%27_Kim_album%29) -- Lil' Kim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Kim)

[11th Chamber]

all those beautiful albums and then Lil'Kim...WUT DA FUKK??

She was fucking the editor of the mag, or somthin like that

[WeMadeIt]

I think that's a fantastic list for the most part. There might be a few albums lacking on the list that should be there

you're missing The Clipse's Hell Hath No Fury

[Hollow Dartz]

lol hell no^ i like the clipse but that album not a classic

[Longbongcilvaringz]

if Blueprint is there, you may as well throw any half decent album of the last decade up.

[Hollow Dartz]

^^^yeah i forgot u hate anything that can make it on tv

[GSTYLE]

how can they have Lil Kim's album and not Gangstarr's MOMENT OF TRUTH?

[Longbongcilvaringz]

^^^yeah i forgot u hate anything that can make it on tvite"]were white[/COLOR]


nah, i just think that Blueprint is an average album.

Jay Z doesnt make it on TV where i live anyway... so im not sure what your point would be... and only 'alternative' radio stations play his music really...

most of the albums on the list are classics, but a lot of them arent very good. (but Blueprint is not a classic AND is not very good)

[Longbongcilvaringz]

oh yeah, and im one of the niggaz that doesnt care about the source.




ps. im white/netblack

[Hollow Dartz]

yeah i already knew that

[Dr Sleepwalker]

pretty much mainstream list... i don't see 'Sun Rises In The East', which is a landmark on hip-hop IMO..

[JRoll]

how can they have Lil Kim's album and not Gangstarr's MOMENT OF TRUTH?
Totally agree

[cap]

the source is way too conservative with their 5 mics,except for lil kim,that was just a discrase

[madchild]

Out of curiousity, what did Ghostface - Ironman and Wu-Tang - Forever get?

[DR. NICK RIVIERA]

Out of curiousity, what did Ghostface - Ironman and Wu-Tang - Forever get?

4 Mics I think

[Bucellito 136]

4 Mics I think

i think they desearve 5 mics more than jay-z or lil kim

[buckshotstheone]

how can they have Lil Kim's album and not Gangstarr's MOMENT OF TRUTH?


because the writers of the Source aren't 19 year old white college kids that never listened to hip hop before 1998 and then thought they were all special cause they liked Moment of Truth....it ain't even the best Gang Starr album...unless of course you fit the above description

[Jet Set]

Haha lil kim

It's so unbelievable that they never reviewed All Eyez On Me when it was released.

[Edgar Erebus]

because the writers of the Source aren't 19 year old white college kids that never listened to hip hop before 1998 and then thought they were all special cause they liked Moment of Truth....it ain't even the best Gang Starr album...unless of course you fit the above description


Heh.

So what am I then? I'm an 18 year old white college kid that never listened to hip-hop before 1998 (actually I'm lying, I remember for example "Check Yo Self", "Gangsta's Paradise", "California Love" and "Mo Money Mo Problems" as favorite songs of my childhood, but i started following it after The W), but I think that Hard to Earn is best Gang Starr album?



Plus I think Source was sometimes taking sides, was sometimes ungratefully slow, was sometimes giving some albums too high reviews, but it was for a damn long time the only magazine that really could serve as a fucking Source of reliable hip-hop information (that is, til Eminem beef).



Now it could substitute NY Post in PE's song.

[buckshotstheone]

Heh.

So what am I then? I'm an 18 year old white college kid that never listened to hip-hop before 1998 (actually I'm lying, I remember for example "Check Yo Self", "Gangsta's Paradise", "California Love" and "Mo Money Mo Problems" as favorite songs of my childhood, but i started following it after The W), but I think that Hard to Earn is best Gang Starr album?

with that statement, no bullshit, you are smarter than 99% of the so-called hip hop heads that i know. and i know you can't judge intelligence on an opinion of an album, but just the fact that someone your age actually even knows what Hard to Earn is, let alone would place it above the "holier-than-thou" Moment of Truth is proof that hip hop is still alive

[Edgar Erebus]

http://www.meeksmind.com/Hip-Hop-Old-school.jpg/Hip-Hop-Old-school-full.jpg

[VallKano]

moment of truth was cold as hell dont know what this diva talkin about...hard to earn was good but compared to other 94 releases...wow no time for that 1

[buckshotstheone]

moment of truth was cold as hell dont know what this diva talkin about...hard to earn was good but compared to other 94 releases...wow no time for that 1

you're right, no time for a solid premier album in a year when he dropped 3 certified classics, you're completely right. no time at all for a legendary gang starr album that had such brilliant guest appearances as Nice and Smooth, and of course the "I'm the Man" crew. yeah, fuck that album, it's a throwaway. fuck premier too, he sucks

[famenchuan]

hard to earn is good but moment of truth is great.

[Paranoid]

i liked hard to earn and daily operation better

[JRoll]

Yeah Daily Operation was the shit.

[MsRzaRecTaH]

all those beautiful albums and then Lil'Kim...WUT DA FUKK??

Word. /( Whoever put that song last should get fired.

[12weLvE]

Hold up when the fucke did GZA get 5 Mics??

[Edgar Erebus]

I think they gave it somewhere in '98, after realizing that it can't have less than 5 mics.

[Paranoid]

i think they desearve 5 mics more than jay-z or lil kim

indeed

[claaa7]

I think that's a fantastic list for the most part. There might be a few albums lacking on the list that should be there

you're missing The Clipse's Hell Hath No Fury

It was XXL that gave Hell Hath No Fury 5 mics, not the source. also many of those albums were originally given ratings like 4.5 and a couple of years later source threw a re-issue which changed em to top-ratings, examples are; Mobb Deep - Infamous, Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt, Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang and Biggie Smalls - Ready To Die ...

[Ghost In The 'Lac]

Anyone else find it impossible to read the words "criminal minded" without singing them like KRS does in the songlike crim-in-al mind-ded.

anyway source is gay, Outkast have like 3 classics

[buckshotstheone]

Anyone else find it impossible to read the words "criminal minded" without singing them like KRS does in the songlike crim-in-al mind-ded.



haha, yup

[DrUnK-N-MuNkY]

http://www.meeksmind.com/Hip-Hop-Old-school.jpg/Hip-Hop-Old-school-full.jpg

*looks at clothes*

Jim jones trying to bring the 80's back

[Tectrus Moa]

I thought East1999 got 5 mics?

[buckshotstheone]

I thought East1999 got 5 mics?


why? Bone Thugs pay the Source? cause it certainly ain't the material on the album that would garner 5 mics

[PuNcH_iN_PuNcH_OuT]

Word. /( Whoever put that song last should get fired.

they did

[Hollow Dartz]

why? Bone Thugs pay the Source? cause it certainly ain't the material on the album that would garner 5 mics

I read your sig. Teacherofhiphop? LOL c'mon, that album is classic.

[JackOfHearts]

eminem would have 2/3 albums on there had they not bitched.

[tical2000]

not 5 mics...*albums ive heard*

One For All (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_For_All) -- Brand Nubian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Source)
The Chronic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronic) -- Dr. Dre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre)
All Eyez on Me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Eyez_on_Me) -- 2Pac
Life After Death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_Death) -- The Notorious B.I.G.
The Chronic 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronic_2001) -- Dr. Dre
The Blueprint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blueprint) -- Jay-Z
The Fix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fix_%28album%29) -- Scarface
The Naked Truth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Truth_%28Lil%27_Kim_album%29) -- Lil' Kim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Kim)

The Source did an issue where they added half a mic to a number of albums that were classic, and made them 5 mics

[DJMethods]

You cunts are tripping, Lil Kim should be the first album to get 6 mics.

[Tectrus Moa]

why? Bone Thugs pay the Source? cause it certainly ain't the material on the album that would garner 5 mics

Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit opinion. East1999 is a hip-hop classic, my friend.:dududu:

Did the Source review Eminem's first two albums? They're classics!!!:dududu:

[BGS]

ps. im white/netblack


LMAO!!

[Greek Gheynician Anal Tradition]

all those beautiful albums and then Lil'Kim...WUT DA FUKK??

co-sign :)9:(

[buckshotstheone]

Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit opinion. East1999 is a hip-hop classic, my friend.:dududu:

Did the Source review Eminem's first two albums? They're classics!!!:dududu:

calling any album classic in the same sentence as calling the first two eminem albums classic automatically negates any credibility to your original drop of the word classic. way to body yourself

[11th Chamber]

calling any album classic in the same sentence as calling the first two eminem albums classic automatically negates any credibility to your original drop of the word classic. way to body yourself

SSLP and MMLP are both classics. You're just a faggot.

To Ironman, The Source had that beef going with Em for a while, so no they obviously didnt give him 5 mics

[VallKano]

SSLP and MMLP are both classics. You're just a faggot.

To Ironman, The Source had that beef going with Em for a while, so no they obviously didnt give him 5 mics

the beef didnt start til eminem got a review he didnt like if u dont remember

[12weLvE]

Can someone show me prove that GZA Liquid Swords got 5 Mics... I mean is my favorite album EVER!! but I ve never seen this get 5 mics not even on updates.

[Jet Set]

Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit opinion. East1999 is a hip-hop classic, my friend.:dududu:

Did the Source review Eminem's first two albums? They're classics!!!:dududu:
Say What You Say
I'ma die a sudden death, 5 mics in The Source
Ain't holdin' my fuckin breath

[THE W]

if SSLP and MMLP are classic than tical, return to 36 chambers, ironman, and wu-tang forever are classics.

congratulations to Rza for producing seven classic hiphop albums in a row!

[11th Chamber]

if SSLP and MMLP are classic than tical, return to 36 chambers, ironman, and wu-tang forever are classics.

congratulations to Rza for producing seven classic hiphop albums in a row!

SSLP, MMLP, and Wu-Forever are classic albums to me. 5 out of 5

Ironman is a near classic. 4.5 out of 5

Return and Tical are both really good. 3.5 out of 5

[cap]

Can someone show me prove that GZA Liquid Swords got 5 Mics... I mean is my favorite album EVER!! but I ve never seen this get 5 mics not even on updates.

LS definitely didnt get 5 mics.
it should have though

[12weLvE]

LS definitely didnt get 5 mics.
it should have though

Thanks Cap :spin:

[WWW.SINS.TK]

i think you definitly have to put moment of truth up there, and consider

ironman,
wu tang forever,
it was written,
the realness
the true meaning
doe or die

can't beleive no one mentioned the last 4