We're putting together a list of top 5 hip hop albums from every year from 1984 all the way up until 2010. we're already doing it in the youtube group but we should use the other networks to contribute to the list too.
the way it will add up is the albums get 5 points if it gets named number 1, 4 points for being named 2, 3 points for number 3, 2 points for number 4 and 1 point for being named number 5 on peoples top 5 lists.
after the lists are drawn the top 2 albums from each year will be put against other albums in a tournament style brackets, we will have votes to see which album will come out as the greatest
1. LL Cool J - Radio 20pts 2. RunDMC - Kings of Rock 13pts 3. Too $hort - Don't Stop Rappin 8pts 4. World Class Wreckin Cru - World Class 7pts 5. DJ Grandmaster Flash - They Said It Couldn't Be Done 5pts 5. Kurtis Blow - America 5pts
1. Run DMC - Raising Hell 19pts 2. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill 11pts 2. Doug E Fresh - Oh My God 11pts 4. Kool Moe Dee - Kool Moe Dee 9pts 5. Whodini - Back In Black 7pts
1. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full 30pts 2. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded 25pts 3. Public Enemy - Yo Bumrush The Show 20pts 4. NWA - NWA & The Posse 9pts 5. Ice T - Rhyme Pays 7pts
1. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader 22 pts 2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back 19pts 3. EPMD - Strictly Business 15pts 4. NWA - Straight Outta Compton 14pts 5. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane 9pts
1. The D.O.C., No One Can Do It Better - 24pts 2. De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising - 17pts 2. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Road To Riches - 16pts 4. Big Daddy Kane, Its A Big Daddy Kane Thing - 11pts 5. Ice-T, Iceberg/Feedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say - 10pts
1. A Tribe Called Quest - Peoples Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm 16pts 2. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth- Funky Technician 13pts 3. Eric B & Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit Em 10pts 4. Ice Cube - Amerikkkas Most Wanted 8pts 5. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted: Dead Or Alive 8pts
1. Ice Cube - Death Certificate 24pts 2. 2pac - 2pacalypse Now 23pts 3. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory 19pts 4. NWA - Niggaz4life 15pts 5. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena 12pts
1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic 29pts 2. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother 26pts 3. Gang Starr - Daily Operation 14pts 4. Ice Cube - The Predator 12pts 5. Comptons Most Wanted - Music To Drive By To 10pts
1. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 38pts 2. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders 17pts 3. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle 13pts 4. De La Soul - Buhlonne Mind State 8pts 5. Guru - Jazzmatazz vol. 1 6pts
1. Nas - Illmatic 39pts 2. Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East 21pts 3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die 16pts 4. Common - Ressurection 13pts 5. Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik 12pts
1. GZA - Liquid Swords 37pts 2. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx 30pts 3. 2Pac - Me Against the World 21pts 4. Mobb Deep - The Infamous 17pts 5. The Pharcyde - Labincanifornia 15pts
1. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst 17.5pts 2. Nas - It Was Written 14pts 3. The Roots - Illadelph Halfife 12pts 3. OutKast - ATLiens 12 5. Fugees - The Score 10
1. Rakim - The 18th Letter 26 2. OC - Jewelz 18 3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death 13 4. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever 13 5. Common - One Day It Will All Make Sense 8
1. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth 24pts 2. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are: Black Star 17pts 3. Big Pun - Capital Punishment 12pts 4. Brand Nubian - The Foundation 8pts 5. Killah Priest - Heavy Mental 7pts
1. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP 35 2. Dr. Dre - 2001 21 3. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides 17 4. The Roots - Things Fall Apart 10 5. Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs 8 5. MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday! 8
1. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts 18pts 2. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 9pts 3. Aesop Rock - Labor Days 7pts 3. Cormega - The Realness 7pts 5. Eyedea - The Many Faces of Oliver Hart 6.5pts
1. INI - Center of Attention 28 2. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2 16 3. Gang Starr - The Ownerz 15 4. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin 10 5. Insight - Updated Software V. 2.5 8
1. Blue Scholars - Bayani 16 2. Percee P - Perseverance 12 3. Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens 9 3. Y-Society - Travel At Your Own Pace 9 5. Cilvaringz - I 8
1. eLZhi - The Preface 10 2. Panacea - A Mind On A Ship Through Time 9 3. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold 8 4. Q-Tip - The Renaissance 5 4. Siah and Yeshua DapoED - The Visualz Anthology 5 4. Pacewon & Mr. Green - The Only Color That Matters Is Green 5 4. K-Rino - Triple Darkness Vol. 1 (Wreck Time) 5 4. Invincible - Shapeshifters 5
1. Fashawn - Boy Meets World 17 2. CunninLynguists - Strange Journey 2 14 3. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx 2 11 4. Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge 10 4. Cyne - Water For Mars 10
1. Panacea - 12 Step Program 18 2. Black Sheep - From The Pool of Black Genius 15 3. The Roots - How I Got Over 14 4. Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives 10 5. Random & K-Murdock - Forever Famicom 9
Elimination Rounds:
Round 1:
Run-DMC, Run-DMC vs Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill
Whodini, Escape vs Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded
LL Cool J, Radio vs Run-DMC, Raising Hell
Run-DMC, Kings of Rock vs Eric B & Rakim, Paid In Full Eric B & Rakim, Follow The Leader vs De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising/Kool G Rap, Road To Riches
Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation of Millions vs The D.O.C., No One Can Do It Better
A Tribe Called Quest, A Peoples Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm vs Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Mecca & the Soul Brother
Ice Cube, Death Certificate vs Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth, Funky Technician
Dr. Dre, The Chronic vs 2pac, 2Pacalypse Now
Wu-Tang Clan, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) vs Jeru The Damaja, The Sun Rises In The East
Nas, Illmatic vs A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders
GZA, Liquid Swords vs Nas, It Was Written
Raekwon, Only Built For Cuban Linx vs Dr. Octogon, Dr. Octogonecologyst
Rakim, 18th Letter vs Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Are Black Star
Gang Starr, Moment of Truth vs OC, Jewelz
Eminem, The Slim Shady LP vs Jedi Mind Tricks,Violent By Design
Dr. Dre, 2001 vs Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030
Masta Ace, Disposable Arts vs Atmosphere, Godlovesugly
Immortal Technique, Revolutionary Vol. 1 vs Nas, The Lost Tapes
InI, Center of Attention vs Masta Ace, A Long Hot Summer
Immortal Technique, Revolutionary Vol. 2 vs Madvillainy, Madvillainy
Nujabes, Modal Soul vs CunninLynguists, A Piece of Strange
Edan, Beauty and the Beat vs J Dilla, The Shining
Elzhi, The Preface vs Percee P, Perseverance
Blue Scholars, Bayani vs Panacea, A Mind On a Ship Through Time
Fashawn, Boy Meets World vs Black Sheep, From the Pool of Black Genius
CunninLynguists, Strange Journey Vol. 2 vs Panacea, 12 Step Program Round 2:
Run-DMC, Run-DMC vs De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising
Run-DMC, Raising Hell vs Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Eric B & Rakim, Paid In Full vs Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Mecca and the Soul Brother
Dr. Dre, The Chronic vs Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the 36 Chambers
Nas, Illmatic vs Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded
GZA, Liquid Swords vs Ice Cube, Death Certificate
Raekwon, Only Built For Cuban Linx vs Nas, The Lost Tapes
Rakim, The 18th Letter vs InI, Center of Attention
Masta Ace, Disposable Arts vs Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030
Gang Starr, Moment of Truth vs Madvillain, Madvillainy
CunninLynguists, A Piece of Strange vs Panacea, A Mind On A Ship Through Time
Edan, Beauty and the Beat vs Fashawn, Boy Meets World
eLZhi, The Preface vs Panacea, 12 Step Program
Round 3:
De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising vs Rakim, The 18th Letter
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back vs Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030
Eric B & Rakim, Paid In Full vs Madvillain, Madvillainy
84 albums to choose from, in no particular order..it might be easier to set up a poll for all these albums..this is tougher thank i thought Run DMC, Run DMC newcleus: jam on revenge the fat boys: fat boys Whodini, Escape kurtis blow, ego trip the treacherous three, treacherous three Kid Frost - Rough Cut grandmaster melle mel & furious five, Greatest Messages
for those that are not familiar withnewcleus: jam on revenge , here is a track..it was a very popular album in the ny hip hop communities ethat the dj's cut up espeically a good bboy album...its a classic and big part of hip hop history. i think it should be somewhere in that list of top 5 hip hop of 84 because of the impact it had in hip hop.
Run DMC, Run DMC grandmaster melle mel & furious five, Greatest Messages The Fat Boys, fat boys The Treacherous Three, Treacherous Three Kurtis Blow, Ego trip
Word, let's move to '85 MENACE 2 JOKER: Go back to Mexico you damn spic JOKER 2 MENACE: Shut up you fake nigga your a damn sand nigger not a full nigger
the way i did it is its 5 points if it gets named number 1, 4 points for being named 2, 3 points for number 3, 2 points for number 4 and 1 point for being named number 5 on peoples top 5 lists. so all together thats how it added up, unsurprisingly RunDMC came out on top.
LL Cool J, Radio Mantronix, The Album RunDMC, King of Rock Too $hort, Raw, Uncut X-Rated Too $hort, Don't Stop Rappin Fat boys, The Fat Boys Are Back World Class Wreckin Cru, World Class Newcleus, Space Is The Place West Coast Crew, In The Mix UTFO, UTFO DJ Grandmaster Flash, They Said It Couldn't Be Done
LL Cool J, Radio Mantronix, The Album RunDMC, King of Rock Too $hort, Raw, Uncut X-Rated Too $hort, Don't Stop Rappin Fat boys, The Fat Boys Are Back World Class Wreckin Cru, World Class Newcleus, Space Is The Place West Coast Crew, In The Mix UTFO, UTFO DJ Grandmaster Flash, They Said It Couldn't Be Done
LL Cool J, Radio Too $hort, Raw, Uncut X-Rated Too $hort, Don't Stop Rappin World Class Wreckin Cru, World Class DJ Grandmaster Flash, They Said It Couldn't Be Done
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
I'm greenpeacemyass from the Youtube group, didn't think I'd wanna derive the name to this side since it's pure shit. With that said, I just wanna let you know that Too Short didn't release "Raw, Uncut and X-rated" until '86 and therefor doesn't qualify for the list of albums in that year. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_short#Discography :)
Message edited by Greeny - Saturday, 14/Aug/10, 10:37 PM
lets keep going with it, i'm sure there will be more votes for the later years
Top 5 1985 Hip Hop Albums
1. LL Cool J - Radio 20pts 2. RunDMC - Kings of Rock 13pts 3. Too $hort - Don't Stop Rappin 8pts 4. World Class Wreckin Cru - World Class 7pts 5. DJ Grandmaster Flash - They Said It Couldn't Be Done 5pts 5. Kurtis Blow - America 5pts
RunDMC - Raising Hell, 2 Live Crew - 2 Live Crew Is What We Are, Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill, Too $hort - Born To Mack, Whodini - Back In Black, Doug E Fresh - Oh My God, Schoolly D - Scholly D Salt-N-Pepa - Hot Cool & Viscious Kool Moe Dee - Kool Moe Dee Africa Bambaataa - Beware
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