Hip-hop vinyl essentials

[DjArcadian]

Please list all hip-hop vinyl essentials. No raers. Just solid hip-hop needed for a well rounded collection.

 

[sloppywhite]

Native Tongue collective (De La, Tribe, JBs, etc.)

 

[anthonypearson]

EPMD Strictly Business
Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique
NWA Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy Nation of Millions
BDP By Any Means
Big Daddy Kane Long Live the Kane
Eric B and Rakim Follow the Leader
Eric B and Rakim Paid in Full

How's that? Am I showing my age?

 

[ja_bruce]

eric b. is president/my melody
it's like that/sucker mc's
the show/ladi dadi
psk/gucci time
my adidas/peter piper
its my thing/you're a customer
friends/five minutes of funk
run's house/beats to the rhyme
protect ya neck/method man
juicy/unbelievable
smooth operator/warm it up kane
big poppa/who shot ya
straight out the jungle/the promo
the breaks
planet rock
alkoholiks 12"s
ditc related 12"s
beatnuts 12"s
mc shan-the bridge
the message-grandmaster flash
mantroix 12"s

there is sooo much out there , are you looking for anything hip hop, old, middle, or new school ? anything in particular, i'll come with more later, i'm sure you;ll get some good results from the people here

 

[anthonypearson]

im a huge fan of the egyptian lover

 

[shitzr]

entire crew discographies of the original flavor unit and the juice crew.

 

[noz]

alkoholiks 12"s

i like the liks but really now.

 

[noz]

Doug E Fresh - Lodi Dodi / The Show
Melle Mel - The Message
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones
Audio Two - Top Billin'
Common Sense - Ressurection
Puffy - All About The Benjamins
Too Short - Born To Mack (even tho the pressing kinda sucks)

too many

 

[theory9]

Grandmaster Flash--Adventure on the Wheels of Steel
UTFO--Roxanne Roxanne
Ice-T--Six N the Mornin
Geto Boys--We Can't Be Stopped LP

 

[piedpiper]

Lord Finesse - funky technician
Show & AG - runaway slave
Diamond D - stunts, blunts and hip-hop
Gangstarr - daily operation, step in the arena
Native Tongue including the later stuff such as mos def-black on both sides, J5 ep, bush babees, Blackstar
Main source-breaking atoms
co flow - funcrusher plus
slick rick-great adventures of slick rick
masta ace-take a look around
bdp-criminal minded
eric b + rakim-paid in full
Juice crew essentials from big daddy kane, biz markie aso
...

 

[Risingson]

why too many to mention, but a few of my favourites

Eric B & Rakim - Eric B Is President/My Melody (Zakia)
Spoonie Gee & the Treacherous Three - Love Rap/New Rap Language (Enjoy Records)
T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - Its Yours (Party Time/Def Jam)
Ultramagnetic MCs - Ego Trippin (Next Plateau)
Word of Mouth feat DJ Cheese - King Kut (Beauty & the Beat)
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 - The Message (Sugar Hill Records)
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Its A Demo (Cold Chillin)
Biz Markie - Nobody Beats the Biz (Prism Records)
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 - Adventures of Flash on the Wheels on Steel (Sugar Hill Records)
45 King - The 900 Number (Tuff City)
Big Daddy Kane - Raw (Prism Records)
Mobb Deep - Shock Ones Pt 2 (Loud Records)
Double Dee & Steinski - Lessons
Big Apple Productions - 2 & 3

 

[JustAlice]

I agree wih 98.6% of all the above.
When I think of essential hip hop,
'Classic' simply becomes the key tone...just in my own head of course.
To each his own.


Nas- illmatic
Wu-Tang-Enter the 36 chambers
Pharcyde- Bizzare Ride
Dre- chronic
Redman- What the album, there is a Darkside
Souls of Mischief
The Roots
Dr. Octagon
Snoop- doggie style
Dare I say- FreeStyle Fellowship
Digable Planets
Del- No need for alarm
Outkast
Goodie Mob


My guess is there are probably more.

 

[piedpiper]

I totally agree that 'classic' becomes the key tone. Here we go, some more must haves, which have to be mentioned...

pete rock & cl - mecca and the soul brother, main ingredient and the 12"
ultramagnetic mc??s - critical beatdown
organized konfusion - stress
gravediggaz - 6 feet deep
beatnuts ep
souls of mischief - 93 til infinity
digable planets - blowout comb
quasimoto - the unseen
jeru the damaja - the sun rises in the east (who else had burning twin towers on the cover + "you can??t stop the prophet" back in 93?)

 

[batmon]

Lord Finesse - funky technician
Show & AG - runaway slave
Diamond D - stunts, blunts and hip-hop
Gangstarr - daily operation, step in the arena
Native Tongue including the later stuff such as mos def-black on both sides, J5 ep, bush babees, Blackstar
Main source-breaking atoms
co flow - funcrusher plus
slick rick-great adventures of slick rick
masta ace-take a look around
bdp-criminal minded
eric b + rakim-paid in full
Juice crew essentials from big daddy kane, biz markie aso
...

Bush Babies is not essential
Runaway Slave is not essential but the original EP w/ Soul Clap is.
Co Flow - not essential
Masta Ace Sittin on Chrome > Take a Look Around........ i love this though,but Chrome is his opus imo

 

[batmon]

Word of Mouth feat DJ Cheese - King Kut (Beauty & the Beat)

Classic but not essential.

 

[batmon]

Digable Planets

If u cop the Native Toungues stuff, you dont need these guys. Derivative.

 

[batmon]

Just solid hip-hop needed for a well rounded collection.

LL COOL J - Mama said Knock You Out - Marley Production
RUN DMC - Raising Hell
JAY-Z - Reasonable Doubt
LAUREN HILL - Miseducation...
JAZZY JAY & THE FRESH PRINCE - He's the DJ & I'm the Actor

I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?

 

[soulmarcosa]

I can't help here because I'm not sure if Dem Franchise Boyz is available on wax.

 

[Mike_Bell]

I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?

ATLiens

 

[batmon]

I cant make the call on which OUTCAST album everyone should own. Maybe the first one?

ATLiens
That's what i thought was the general consensus.