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Best 5 Hip Hop Albums For Every Year
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| EmSeeD |
Date: Saturday, 31/Jul/10, 9:03 PM | Message # 1 |
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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
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1984 - 1989
1984
1. Run DMC, RunDMC 25pts
2. Whodini, Escape 13pts
3. Treacherous Three, Threacherous Three 9pts
4. Grandmaster Flash, Greatest Messages 7pts
5. Kid Frost, Rough Cut 5pts
1985
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
1986
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
1987
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
1988
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
1989
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
1990 - 1999
1990
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
1991
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
1992
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
1993
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
1994
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
1995
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
1996
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
1997
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
1998
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
1999
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
2000 - 2010
2000
1. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 25pts
2. Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design 24pts
3. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 23pts
4. Common - Like Water For Chocolate 17pts
5. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 7pts
2001
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
2002
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1. Nas - The Lost Tapes 19
2. Atmosphere - Godlovesugly 11
3. Nas - Gods Son 10
4. People Under The Stairs - OST 8
5. The Roots - Phrenology 8
2003
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
2004
1. Madvillainy - Madvillainy 23
2. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer 18
3. MF Doom - MM.. Food 11
3. Kanye West - The COllege Dropout 11
3. Klashnekoff - Saga's of Klashnekoff 11
2005
1. Nujabes - Modal Soul 9
2. Edan - Beauty and the Beat 8
3. Tonedeff - Archetype 7
3. Panacea - Ink Is My Drink 7
5. Common - Be 6
2006
1. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange 25
2. J-Dilla - The Shining 18
3. Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor 9
4. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale 6
5. Vakill - Worst Fears Confirmed 5
5. Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment 5
5. Darc Mind - Symptomatic of a Greater Ill 5
2007
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
2008
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
2009
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
2010
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
Nas, Illmatic vs
GZA, Liquid Swords vs
Raekwon, Only Built For Cuban Linx vs
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| eboyd |
Date: Thursday, 10/Feb/11, 2:54 PM | Message # 586 |
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Quote (El_Matador) You answered yourself - just because it's one of your favs it doesn't have to be one of my favs.  lol yeah i know. i just don't understand why people didn't like it. "Beauty" and "Torture Chamber" alone carry that album to greatness, but there are other dope ass tracks also. Quote (El_Matador) I didn't say it was wack, I said it was a big letdown that's just as bad! lol
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| El_Matador |
Date: Thursday, 10/Feb/11, 3:17 PM | Message # 587 |
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Quote (eboyd) lol yeah i know. i just don't understand why people didn't like it. "Beauty" and "Torture Chamber" alone carry that album to greatness, but there are other dope ass tracks also. I got the same with D.O.C.'s Helter Skelter and the video game Condemned - I have no idea why people didn't like it. D.O.C.'s delivery was unclear because of his fucked up voice, so maybe that was the reason. But Condemned is the greatest psychological thriller in da world of video games' . And people are hating. Fucking people! Quote (eboyd) that's just as bad! lol Nah, it was actually better than Beneath The Surface but still, I expected much more than that from Muggs and GZA
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| EmSeeD |
Date: Thursday, 10/Feb/11, 4:37 PM | Message # 588 |
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you're crazy man, you like DOC's Helter Skelter and Masta Ace's Take a Look Around but not Grandmasters?
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| El_Matador |
Date: Thursday, 10/Feb/11, 5:57 PM | Message # 589 |
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Quote (eboyd) he has the weirdest taste in hip hop i've ever seen. Quote (EmSeeD) you're crazy man, you like DOC's Helter Skelter and Masta Ace's Take a Look Around but not Grandmasters? And what's your problem with Take A Look Around? I like Grandmasters but I'm a Liquid Swords stan, and I guess that's why it disappointed me. I liked Legend Of Liquid Swords tho'.
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
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| Ratmn |
Date: Saturday, 12/Feb/11, 1:20 AM | Message # 590 |
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People sleeping on Lord Quas must get slapped.
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| EverGlazed |
Date: Sunday, 13/Feb/11, 7:01 PM | Message # 591 |
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Quote (eboyd) what tracks do you not like??? lol I dont like the second half of the album... Added (13/Feb/11, 7:01 PM)
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2006 was another good year ;-)
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| Adam |
Date: Sunday, 13/Feb/11, 7:04 PM | Message # 592 |
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Hell yeah 2006 was banging WE FLY HIGH NO LIE STAY FOCUSED BAAAALLLIINNN!!!!!
I JUST EXPLODED INTO RAINBOWS AND LOLLIPOPS!
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| EmSeeD |
Date: Sunday, 13/Feb/11, 9:01 PM | Message # 593 |
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really hard year to judge, some really sick underground albums, Modal Soul, Ink Is In My Drink, Beauty and the Beat, Atmosphere were all sick as fuck 1. Nujabes - Modal Soul
2. Panacea - Ink Is My Drink
3. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
4. Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much We're Having
5. CYNE - Evolution Fight
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| Treach |
Date: Monday, 14/Feb/11, 6:51 AM | Message # 594 |
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i gotta do my 2006 right now 1) Vakill - Worst Fears Confirmed (if you havent heard this youre missin out!)
2) K-Rino - Time Traveler
3) Outerspace - Blood Brothers
4) Akir - Legacy (missin out again lol)
5) Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
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Now you gotta have some sex appeal to get a record deal"
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| EverGlazed |
Date: Monday, 14/Feb/11, 10:43 AM | Message # 595 |
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FUCK!!!! The fact that I forgot Ink Is My Drink proves how good a year 05 was....lol List V.3 Jazz Addixx - Oxygen
Common - Be
Panacea - Ink Is My Drink
Cyne - Evolution Fight
Jah Roots - More Herbs For The Youth
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| Treach |
Date: Monday, 14/Feb/11, 1:02 PM | Message # 596 |
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i havent heard ink is my drink, is it good? cus im kinda over panacea i listened 12 step program and A Mind on a Ship Through Time to pieces
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Now you gotta have some sex appeal to get a record deal"
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| eboyd |
Date: Monday, 14/Feb/11, 2:40 PM | Message # 597 |
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Quote (EverGlazed) I dont like the second half of the album... what????! the second half of the album contains "Beauty", which is EASILY the best song! and did you not like "Rock & Roll" either??? Quote (Treach) i havent heard ink is my drink, is it good? cus im kinda over panacea i listened 12 step program and A Mind on a Ship Through Time to pieces i've heard people argue it's their best album.
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| eboyd |
Date: Monday, 14/Feb/11, 3:10 PM | Message # 598 |
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i don't even think i am going to make a list for 2006 because there was so much dope hip hop that came out that i haven't even heard in full, so i really can't judge. some albums i haven't heard that have come highly recommended: -The Roots - Game Theory
-Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
-Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell
-Shinsight Trio - Shallow Nights Blurry Moon
-Panacea - Ink Is My Drink (listened to the whole thing once but i don't even remember what it sounds like lol)
-Lord Jamar - The 5% Album
-Rhymefest - Blue Collar albums i've heard that were good: -J Dilla - The Shining
-Ghostface Killah - Fishscale average/disappointing albums (ones i thought were going to be classic that turned out to be decent but nothing special): -AZ - The Format
-J Dilla - Donuts
-Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead albums i've heard that were sub par/disappointing/wack: -Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
-Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
-Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
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"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"
-T.S. Eliot
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| El_Matador |
Date: Monday, 14/Feb/11, 5:42 PM | Message # 599 |
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1. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
2. Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (yes, I really picked that album)
3. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
4. idk (I'll add it later)
5. same as #4
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
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| EmSeeD |
Date: Monday, 14/Feb/11, 7:43 PM | Message # 600 |
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the numbers for 2005 are so low its ridiculous, almost every one had a different top 5 hardly anyone had the same album in their list. but 2005 was a dope year, i'm not so keen on 2006 though. 2007 has some really sick albums too some of the best underground albums from this decade came in that year, unfortunately some of the worst came out that year too Quote (El_Matador) 2005 is wack so this is all I got even Atmosphere?? come on here is the list for 2005 so far Nujabes - Modal Soul 9
Edan - Beauty and the Beat 8
Tonedeff - Archetype 7
Panacea - Ink Is My Drink 7
Common - Be 6
K-Rino - Worst Rapper Alive 5
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas 5
Sleep - Christopher 5
CYNE - Evolution Fight 5
Jazz Addixx - Oxygen 5
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having 5
Shad - When This Is Over 4
DangerDoom - The Mouse and the Mask 4
Pumpkinhead - Orange Moon Over Brooklyn 4
K-Rino - Fear No Evil 3
Common - Be 3
Murs & Slug - Felt 2 2
Self Scientific - Change 1
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show 1
Jah Roots - More Hearbs For The Youth 1
Showbiz ft. D.I.T.C. - Street Talk 1
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