Best Hip-Hop Albums of All Time

If you're a fan of good hip hop though than you should really give the first album I posted a listen. No one knows of Surreal and he's really underrated but his shit is REALLY good.
 
In no particular order:

Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous

GZA - Liquid Swords

Nas - Illmatic

Big Pun - Capital Punishment

Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
 
No order:

Pete Rock & CL Smooth- Main Ingredient

Nas- Illmatic

People Under the Stairs- Question in the Form of an Answer

Black Star- Black Star

Heltah Skeltah- Nocturnal

Gravediggaz- 6 Feet Deep

A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory

Nujabes ft. Shing02- Luv (Sic)

Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Roots- Do You Want More?!/From the Ground Up
 
New Classics:

Slime Flu

Trials & Tribulations (No hate, has every attribute of a classic rap album)

Rugby Thompson

Crime Pays

Time Is Money

Carter II (If you disagree, you just don't know about Heatmakerz production and the effect they used to have on projects)

Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman

Killa Season

Mood Muzik Series

Slaughterhouse The Album

Halfway House

Padded Room

Escape Route

Old Classics:

Diplomatic Immunity (All Time Great)

We Are The Streets (All Time Great)

It's Dark & Hell Is Hot

Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood (All Time Great)

Ryde Or Die Vol. 1

SDE

Come Home With Me

Purple Haze

From Me To You

Gangster & A Gentleman

The Big Picture

Murda Muzik

Hell On Earth

HNIC (Cannot stress this one enough, replay value for crazy)

I dunno. I'm missing some, but I'm really tired so who cares.
 
Schoolboy Q- Oxymoran.

Kendrick Lamar-m.A.Ad city

Eminem-Marshal Mathers LP

Public Enemy-It takes a million to hold us back

Dr Dre-The Chronic

N.W.A-Straight Outa Compton

Biggie-Ready to die and Life After Death
 
Peoples instinctive travels and the paths of rythem. Tribe called quest

Deltron 3030

Dr octogonelgest(sp)

Dre 2001
 
I've been wanting to comprise this list for myself for a while so I'm gonna take this very seriously, gonna be a bit long but I truly believe each album I'm gonna post is amongst the best of all time. At least the OG's list. The New Weirdos list has a few that can definitely go toe to toe with the big boys, but it's mainly just to spread the word of the resurgence of rap music and the awesome stuff coming out these days that some might be missing out on.

OG's

Ready to Die-BIG

Reasonable Doubt-Jay Z

Illmatic- Nas

All Eyez on Me- Pac

36 Chambers-Wu

Only Built for Cuban Links- Raekwon

Capital Punishment-Big Pun

The Big Picture- Big L

The Blueprint- Jay Z

Blackout!- Method Man and Redman

Stankonia- Outkast

Madvillainy- Madvillain (DOOM/Madlib)

Tha Carter II- lil weezyana

The Infamous- Mobb Deep

Things Fall Apart- The Roots

Diplomatic Immunity- Dipset

It's Dark and Hell is Hot- DMX

The Chronic/2001- Dr Dre

The Slim Shady LP- Eminem

Paid in Full- Eric B and Rakim

The Album- The Firm

Get Rich or Die Trying- 50 Cent

The Score- The Fugees

Doctors Advocate- The Game

Full Clip- GangStarr

Liquid Swords- GZA Genius

Supreme Clientele- Ghostface Killah

Revolutionary Vol. II- Immortal Technique

The College Dropout- Kanye West

Black on Both Sides- Mos Def

NY's Finest- Pete Rock

Raps New Weirdos

Section 80- Kendrick lamar

Good Kid Maad City- Kendrick Lamar

BetteroffDEAD- Flatbush ZOMBIES

1999- Joey Badass

Doris- Earl Sweatshirt

The Program EP- Action Bronson

Control System- Ab Soul

Strictly Flowz- Bishop Nehru

Faces- Mac Miller

Duality- Captain Murphy

Acid Rap- Chance the Rapper

Born Sinner- J Cole

Cocaine Pinata- Freddie Gibbs

Cassette 3: The Marrion Morrison Mixtape- JonWayne

NehruvianDOOM- Doom/Bishop

Extended Play- Statik Selektah
 
No order top 5 of what I consider to be part of the hip hop "canon" so to speak. Greatest may not necessarily mean "best," but I think that is what you were going for. These have stood the test of time:

Muddy Waters

Ready to Die

Blackout!

Supreme Clientele

Liquid Swords
 
13143088:Nacho_Macho_man said:

Is this even a question?
Click to expand...

2001 was a lot better

dre-2001.jpg
 
Soon to be Logics "Under Pressure" this guys talent is insane and the album will blow everyone away.

Heres the first single off of it-
 
13142785:Dr.Nitrog3n said:
New Classics:

Slime Flu

Trials & Tribulations (No hate, has every attribute of a classic rap album)

Rugby Thompson

Crime Pays

Time Is Money

Carter II (If you disagree, you just don't know about Heatmakerz production and the effect they used to have on projects)

Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman

Killa Season

Mood Muzik Series

Slaughterhouse The Album

Halfway House

Padded Room

Escape Route

Old Classics:

Diplomatic Immunity (All Time Great)

We Are The Streets (All Time Great)

It's Dark & Hell Is Hot

Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood (All Time Great)

Ryde Or Die Vol. 1

SDE

Come Home With Me

Purple Haze

From Me To You

Gangster & A Gentleman

The Big Picture

Murda Muzik

Hell On Earth

HNIC (Cannot stress this one enough, replay value for crazy)

I dunno. I'm missing some, but I'm really tired so who cares.
Click to expand...

did someone pour some drano into your ears?
 
13143707:RevolverHustleO said:
did someone pour some drano into your ears?
Click to expand...

Yeah because Vado, Slaughterhouse, Mobb Deep, The LOX, DMX, Big L, Cam'ron etc... Aren't some of the greatest rappers of all time. my bad.

You're a fucking idiot, if you call yourself a hip hop fan.
 
Surprised no cypress hill or de la soul has made it in ye. That said some pretty solid choices from a lot of people. Still some shit in the mix but way better than this thread normally turns out.

I'll stick with my 6. Otherwise I probably would have ended up with a list of 15-20
 
13143731:Dr.Nitrog3n said:
Yeah because Vado, Slaughterhouse, Mobb Deep, The LOX, DMX, Big L, Cam'ron etc... Aren't some of the greatest rappers of all time. my bad.

You're a fucking idiot, if you call yourself a hip hop fan.
Click to expand...

I approve wholeheartedly of your list.
 
13143812:Cirillo said:
lel
Click to expand...

This a joke? All of his projects are great, solo or with Cam'ron, his storytelling ability is something else, he has great lyrics and makes some of the sickest references out, there's not a bad thing about him bedides the fact that Khaled won't let him drop anything.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top