[JoyStick]

(11-19-2014 08:37 PM)Sweet Jones Wrote:  

i can't really choose a best, but for me my favourites, are:

Wu-Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang
Jungle Brothers - J. Beez wit the Remedy
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Lords of the Underground - Keepers of the Funk
Method Man - Tical

not an album, but i feel like i need to mention Deadwate - Stress

with Sweet Jones as your user name I am surprised there's no UGK on that list.

[PhilE]

(11-19-2014 02:06 PM)Deuce Anna Half Wrote:  

Common - Resurrection doesn't get enough love aside from I Used To Love H.E.R., his wordplay and lyrical ability was crazy throughout that entire album.

Masta Ace - Disposable Arts, Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer and Sticky Fingaz - Black Trash: The Autobiography Of Kirk Jones are three classic storytelling "concept" albums that I always point to whenever people go on about how Good Kid Maad City was some sort of brand new idea of using an album to tell a story.

I heard that sticky Fingaz album through yahoo music (before Pandora) and it was a great concept story telling album and surprisingly good lyrically. It was almost a decade late tho, if he was able to produce this earlier he would have way more notoriety than he currently does.

[Redwood]

Just as good as Pt. II.

[LouEvilSlugger]

Canibus' Rip the Jacker is a masterpiece.

[game_ethic]

No love for A Tribe Called Quest? I used to listen to Midnight Marauders damn near every day when I was younger. Even now when I don't want to listen to contemporary rap, I'll play a few tracks on Midnight Marauders, roll a blunt and zone out.


Under Pressure by Logic is a good album, too. His storytelling is reminiscent of Nas' and his lyricism is just pure raw. Here's a song from one of his old mixtapes(Young Sinatra: Undeniable, I believe).

[MidWest]

I like NWA's first album Straight out of Compton

[enderilluminatus]

Anyone else not even interested in hearing the leaked Wu-Tang Clan album?

[Cr33pin]

[Redwood]

(11-29-2014 01:12 PM)enderilluminatus Wrote:  

Anyone else not even interested in hearing the leaked Wu-Tang Clan album?

I'm a Wu fan as much as the next guy, but my interest is leaning more towards Ghostface's new album. Probably one of the most consistent hip hop artists out right now.

[thirty-six]

(11-29-2014 12:08 PM)game_ethic Wrote:  

No love for A Tribe Called Quest? I used to listen to Midnight Marauders damn near every day when I was younger. Even now when I don't want to listen to contemporary rap, I'll play a few tracks on Midnight Marauders, roll a blunt and zone out.

Don't sleep on post #72 holmes!

[Sweet Jones]

(11-20-2014 03:57 AM)JoyStick Wrote:  

(11-19-2014 08:37 PM)Sweet Jones Wrote:  

i can't really choose a best, but for me my favourites, are:

Wu-Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang
Jungle Brothers - J. Beez wit the Remedy
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Lords of the Underground - Keepers of the Funk
Method Man - Tical

not an album, but i feel like i need to mention Deadwate - Stress

with Sweet Jones as your user name I am surprised there's no UGK on that list.

The username is from Pimp by Iceberg Slim; I never really got into UGK

[Redwood]

Ridin' Dirty is a definitive Southern classic though:

[monster]

Swollen Members' BLACK MAGIC is one of my fav hip hop albums. So many strong songs, great beats and catchy & real lyrics.

Unfortunately, although that album is a masterpiece it is their only good album.

[Kingsley Davis]

RIP Larry Smith.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Smith_%28producer%29

[enderilluminatus]

Lupe's MBDTF