Best 5 Hip Hop Albums For Every Year - Page 46

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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

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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Date: Wednesday, 09/Mar/11, 7:47 AM | Message # 676

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i cannot believe u guys actually voted for that generic ass blue scholars album bayani.

I JUST EXPLODED INTO RAINBOWS AND LOLLIPOPS!

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Date: Wednesday, 09/Mar/11, 9:29 AM | Message # 677

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why is everyone sleeping on Brother Ali

Ive never understood why Brother Ali is rated so high by so many, I find his music so boring.lol

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1. Blue Scholars - Bayani 16

hehehehehehehe.lol The people have spoken...

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Date: Wednesday, 09/Mar/11, 1:48 PM | Message # 678

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how do you find Brother Ali boring and not the Blue Scholars??! at least Brother Ali has variation in his delivery lol. the Blue Scholars emcee is monotone and sounds like a generic underground rapper.

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Ive never understood why Brother Ali is rated so high by so many, I find his music so boring.lol

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Brother Ali's is like MEH, at least to me.

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I dont like his music, simple as that.lol I dont like his voice, I dont like his flow and I dont like the beats. I dont think that Blue Scholar's MC is an amazing MC, I just love their music in general. If you stopped analysing everything about them, and just sat back and listended to their music...you might actually like Blue Scholars ya know.

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Date: Thursday, 10/Mar/11, 2:15 PM | Message # 681

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If you stopped analysing everything about them, and just sat back and listended to their music...you might actually like Blue Scholars ya know.

i'm not analyzing. it was a quick observation. their beats are mediocre at best and the emcee is a generic underground emcee. what redeeming qualities do they have as a group or even individually speaking???

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Date: Tuesday, 15/Mar/11, 2:30 AM | Message # 682

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2008:

Panacea - A Mind On a Ship Through Time
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
Q-Tip - Renaissance Rap
Elzhi - The Preface
Nas - Untitled

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besides my two #1's and #3, 2008 was kind of a meh year. still better than 2001 and 2002 though

if you think that year was meh just wait until 2009 and 2010 they were even worse imo, i love Panacea's Mind on a ship through time though

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Date: Tuesday, 15/Mar/11, 1:41 PM | Message # 683

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^^^ agreed. 2009 and 2010 were definite dull spots, thought both had a few albums drop that were dope, especially 2009 (Mos Def - "Ecstatic").

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Date: Thursday, 17/Mar/11, 10:33 AM | Message # 684

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Im not rating The MC's, or the beats....im rating the album. Until you listen to the full album you cant really comment on it man...

Its my favourite album to listen to before bed, its mellow my fellow :-) I didnt rate it at all when I heard it for the first time but it def grew on me...

Anywayyyyyyyyy, imma get started on 2009 cos im bored...lol

2009

I got....

Dub Pistols - Rum & Coke
Kero One - Early Believers
Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat
Foreign Beggars - United Colours Of Beggattron
Soundspecies - Soundspecies
Substantial vs. Samurai Champloo - Beats, Rhymes, and Strife
Zion I - The Take Over
Braille & Symbolyc One - CloudNineteen
Smooth Current - Maintain The Focus

Any albums you guys suggest? Still havent heard The Re Route from Panacea...

Top 5:

Kero One - Early Believers
Soundspecies - Soundspecies
Foreign Beggars - United Colours Of Beggattron
Substantial vs. Samurai Champloo - Beats, Rhymes, and Strife
Dub Pistols - Rum & Coke

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Date: Saturday, 19/Mar/11, 12:56 PM | Message # 685

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1. Cormega - Born And Raised
2. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx 2
3. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
4. Exile - Radio
5. Tech N9ne - K.O.D.

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are we on 2008?

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Date: Saturday, 19/Mar/11, 8:58 PM | Message # 687

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yeah we're on 2008 but only 5 people have voted on that year

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The beats suck, the MC sucks. What could the ordering of multiple tracks with a wack MC and mediocre production do to make that album possibly sound good??? Lol

Anyways, while we're on 2009 I might as well make a list (I did 2008 already, right?):

1. Mos Def - Ecstatic
2. Raekwon - OB4CL2

And that's all I have. I didn't pay attention in 2009. I was busy with football in Mississippi.

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Well, there is Cyne: "Water For Mars" and De La Soul: "Mission Impossible: Operation Japan" (I didn't vote in 2006, so I'll try to rep the reissue, which had a few songs added, which were dope), there's Grandmaster Flash: "The Bridge: Concept of a Culture" (downloaded it, but haven't heard it yet, got a track called swagger ft. Snoop, so I'm not sure), and Godfather Don: "The Ill Funk Freaker EP" (haven't heard this yet either, but his debut was nice)