RANK THE ALBUMS OF THE HIP HOP HEAVYWEIGHTS

[Phill_Most]

I feel like starting a riot on a saturday night... looks like I caught my son's cold and may be really f**ked up by tomorrow morning (and will have to take care of both kids all day tomorrow, sick or not), so I'm just gonna start some schitt up in here tonight just for the hell of it

RANK THE ALBUMS OF THE HIP HOP HEAVYWEIGHTS

Meaning, list the albums of some of the legends of rap in order from best (or most liked) to worst (or least liked). To do this can only cause arguments, chaos and commotion. Maybe even bad feelings, name calling and death threats. Let's do it. I will set it off, y'all add on:

GHOSTFACE KILLAH

1. 
   1. Supreme Clientele
   2. Iron Man (just BARELY behind Supreme Clientele)
   3. Pretty Tony
   4. Bullet Proof Wallets

DE LA SOUL

1. 
   1. The Grind Date (surprised, aren't you?)
   2. 2. Stakes Is High
   3. 3. Three Feet High And Rising
   3. 4. De La Soul Is Dead
   5. Buhloone Mindstate
   6. 6. Those A.O.I albums... doesn't really matter which comes before the other IMO

KRS ONE / BDP

1. 
   1. Criminal Minded
   2. 2. Return Of The Boom Bap
   3. 3. By All Means Necessary
   4. 4. Sex And Violence
   5. 5. KRS One
   6. 6. Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip hop
   7. 7. Edutainment
   8. 8. I Got Next
   9. 9. whatever else... Kris did a lot of recent stuff I haven't checked for, and although he is a great live performer i wasn't crazy about the "Live Hardcore Worldwide" lp... that's just me, though

JAY-Z

1. 
   1. Reasonable Doubt
   2. 2. The Blueprint (actually not all that far behind "Reasonable" for me)
   4. The Black Album (can't believe how much this album grew on me)
   5. Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life5. In My Lifetime Vol. 1
   7. Vol 3... Life & Times Of S. Carter
   8. MTV Unplugged
   9. The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
   11. Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse

COMMON / COMMON SENSE

1. 
   1. Resurrection
   2. 2. One Day It'll All Make Sense
   3. 3. Be
   4. 4. Like Water For Chocolate
   5. 5. Can I Borrow A Dollar
   6. 6. Electric Circus (I don't remember if I ever even heard all of "Can I Borrow A Dollar", but I still rank it over this one)

I'm just gonna get you started with these, y'all add to it with some rap dudes representing the dirty south, midwest, west, more recent artists, emo rappers, kufi and headwrap advocates or whatever others. Also feel free to start similar threads in which you can all debate the rankings of albums by soul and funk artists, rock stars and, of course, the legends of AM Gold. I will just sit back and sip Theraflu while you manimals rip each other to shreds.

Get yo' debate on, n*ggaz!

 

[Swayze]

GHOSTFACE KILLAH
1. Supreme Clientele
2. Iron Man (just BARELY behind Supreme Clientele)
3. Pretty Tony
4. Bullet Proof Wallets

I'm right there with you; Clientele is a better album, but the highs on Iron Man are more better. (ie I'll take "winter warz" and "daytona" over anything else he did...but maybe that's cuz I actually like u-god)

DE LA SOUL
1. Stakes Is High
2. The Grind Date
3. Buhloone Mindstate
4. De La Soul Is Dead
5. AOI 1 (had some good shit)
6. AOI 2 (had that one good single)
7. Three Feet High (I hate this album)

JAY-Z
1. Reasonable Doubt
2. The Blueprint (actually not all that far behind "Reasonable" for me)
3. The Black Album (can't believe how much this album grew on me)
4. Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life
5. In My Lifetime Vol. 1
6. Vol 3... Life & Times Of S. Carter
7. MTV Unplugged
8. The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
9. Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse

I aint up on jigga in the vol 1-3 era enough to judge this, but where would you put Blueprint 2.1 (which trimmed a lot of the crap off what was a pretty fucking dope album)?

COMMON / COMMON SENSE
1. Resurrection
2. Like Water For Chocolate
3. One Day It'll ALl Make Sense
4. Can I Borrow A Dollar
5. BE
6. Electric Circus (I never really heard this, but everything I did was real shit)

and adding on...

THE ROOTS
1. Illadelph Halflife
2. The Tipping Point
3. Do You Want More?!??
4. Things Fall Apart
5. Phrenology
6. Organix

 

[bboyparkz]

DE LA SOUL
1. The Grind Date (surprised, aren't you?)
2. Stakes Is High
3. Three Feet High And Rising
4. De La Soul Is Dead
5. Buhloone Mindstate
6. Those A.O.I albums... doesn't really matter which comes before the other IMO

Damn
That???s one of the greatest albums of all time!


I just got back from the club and need to catch some Zzzzz???s. Look forward to reading the rest of this thread in the morning (or afternoon).

 

[HAZ]

DE LA SOUL
1. Three Feet High
2. Buhloone Mindstate
3. De La Soul Is Dead
4. Stakes Is High
5. The Grind Date
6. AOI 1 (had some good shit)
7. AOI 2 (had that one good single)

 

[noz]

(i'm not going to bother doing more than 5 for these dudes)

JAY-Z
1. Vol 3... Life & Times Of S. Carter
2. Reasonable Doubt
3. The Blueprint
4. Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse (my burnt single disc version)
5. Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life

E-40
1. In A Major Way
2. Grit & Grind
3. Federal
4. Hall Of Game
5. Breakin' News

Too Short
1. Born To Mack
2. Life Is...
3. Get In Where You Fit In
4. Don't Stop Rappin'
5. Shorty The Pimp

Outkast
1. ATLiens
2. Southernplayalistik
3. Aquemini
4. Stankonia
5. Speakerboxx/Love Below

Poor Righteous Teachers
1. Holy Intellect
2. New World Order
3. Pure Poverty
4. Black Business

Scarface
1. The Fix (yeah i said it)
2. Mr. Scarface Is Back
3. The Diary
4. The World Is Yours
5. Untouchable
(although i never heard last of a dying breed)

De La Soul
1. Bulhoone Mindstate
2. De La Soul Is Dead
3. Stakes Is High
4. 3 Ft High & Rising
.... everything else

 

[Artifactor]

Diggin' In The Crates

1. Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop
2. Fat Joe - Represent
3. O.C - Word...Life
4. Showbiz & A.G - Runaway Slave
5. Lord Finesse - The Awakening
6. Lord Finesse - Funky Technician
7. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
....
....
....
....

Don't even really know if this is the order I would choose so I stopped adding. All I know is my favorite 3 are Diamond D and Fat Joe and O.C not necessarily in that order.

 

[drewnice]

OUTKAST


1. Aquemini


2. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik


3. ATLiens


4. Speakerboxxx/Love Below


5. Stankonia

 

[noz]

Diggin' In The Crates

1. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
2. Lord Finesse - Return of The Funkyman
3. Showbiz & AG - Runaway Slave
4. Lord Finesse - Funky Technician
5. Diamond D - Stunts Blunts & Hip Hop

 

[cas]

tribe called quest
-low end theory
-midnight marauders
-people's instinctive travels...
-beats, rhymes and life
-love movement

gangstarr-(this is so fucking hard)
-step in the arena
-daily operation
-hard to earn
-moment of truth
-no more mr. nice guy
-the ownerz

masta ace
-slaughtahouse
-sittin on chrome
-disposable arts
-take a look around

still haven't heard a long hot summer

epmd
-business as usual
-strictly business
-business never personal
-unfinished business ("wasn't me it was the fame" and "time to party" moved this down)
-back in business
-out of business

 

[noz]

masta ace

1. take a look around
2. disposable arts
3. slaughtahouse
4. sittin on chrome

still haven't heard a long hot summer

 

[mesh]

Beatnuts:
1.Intoxicated Demons
2.Street Level
3.Stone Crazy
4.The Spot Remix EP
5.Take It or Squeeze It

 

[mesh]

good thread phill

ATCQ
1. Midnight Marauders
1. The Low End Theory
3. Peoples Instinctive...
4. Beats Rhymes...
5. Love Mov...naw, fuck that one.

 

[mrpek]

Diggin' In The Crates


1. Lord Finesse - Return of The Funkyman
2. Diamond D - Stunts Blunts & Hip Hop
3. Showbiz & AG - Runaway Slave
4. Lord Finesse - Funky Technician
5. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (dude is too ill for this record...a couple more track like the "Devils son" 12 and dude would be #1 on my list)

De La
1. Mindstate
2.3 feet high
3. Stakes
4.Tie Can I count "Psycho analysis" and id dead...
5. Grind date

Gangstarr
1. Moment of truth
2.(close second) Daily operation
3. Arena
5. Hard 2earn
6. Owners (even though it is 5th I really like this record fuck what ya heard)
7. No more mr.nice guy

P
hil nailed the KRS list for me

 

[Scott]

Ice Cube
1. Death Certificate
2. Amerikka's Most Wanted
3. Predator
4. Kill At Will EP
5. Lethal Injection
6. Everything Else

Boot Camp Click
1. Enta Da Stage
2. Da Shinin'
3. Nocturnal
4. Da Storm
5. Da Rest of da Catalog

 

[scones]

GHOSTFACE KILLAH
1. Iron Man
2. supreme clientele
3. Pretty Tony
4. Bullet Proof Wallets

DE LA SOUL
1. 3ft high
2. stakes is high
3. de la soul is dead
4. buhloone mindstate
4. grind date
6. Those A.O.I albums... doesn't really matter which comes before the other IMO


JAY-Z
1. Reasonable Doubt

COMMON / COMMON SENSE
1. Resurrection
2. Be

GANGSTARR
1. daily operation
2. hard to earn
3. step into the arena
4. moment of truth (whats with people who put this in their top 5 ALL TIME albums.. its pretty shit really..)

 

[magnetic]

Nas





1. It Was Written.


2. Illmatic


3. Stillmatic


4. The Lost Tapes


5. I Am.





Mobb Deep





1. The Infamous


2. Hell On Earth.


3. Juvenile Hell.


4. Free Agents(Murder Mix Tape).


5. Murda Muzik.

 

[scones]

Nas

1.It Was Written.
2.Illmatic

oh no you didnt.

 

[Aaron]

Diggin' In The Crates

1. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
2. Lord Finesse - Return of The Funkyman
3. Showbiz & AG - Runaway Slave
4. Lord Finesse - Funky Technician
5. Diamond D - Stunts Blunts & Hip Hop
What? No Terror Squad?

Really, though, Funky Technician belongs at the top.

 

[el_sparko]

GHOSTFACE KILLAH
1. Supreme Clientele
2. Iron Man
3. Pretty Tony
4. Bullet Proof Wallets

DE LA SOUL
1. Buhloone Mindstate
2. Stakes is High
3. de la soul is dead
4. Grind Date
4. 3 Feet High and Rising
6. A.O.I 1 and 2


JAY-Z
1. Reasonable Doubt
2. Blueprint
3. Black Album
4. I don't fuck with the rest

COMMON / COMMON SENSE
1. Resurrection
2. Be
3. Like Water For Chocolate
4. One Day It'll All Make Sense
5. Electric Circus
6. Can I Borrow A Dollar

GANGSTARR
1. Hard To Earn
2. Step Into The Arena
3. Daily Operation
4. moment of truth (loads of classic tracks...)
5. The Ownerz (i liked this a lot...)
6. No More Mr Nice Guy

TRIBE

1. Midnight Marauders
2. Low End Theory
3. Beats Rhymes and Life
4. People's Instinctive Travels...
5. Love Movement

DITC

1. Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts
2. Show and AG - Runaway Slave
3. Big L - Lifestyles...
4. Lord Finesse - Funky Technician
5. O.C. - Jewelz

 

[spivy]

ditc-
1: oc-word life
2:diamond d-stunts blunts and...
3:lord finesse-funky tech...
4:show and ag-goodfellas (hate all you want...i love this album)
5:lord finesse-return of...

nas-
1.illmatic
2:illmatic
3:illmatic
4:illmatic
5:it was written

beatnuts-
1:street level
2:intoxicated demons
3:stone crazy
4:the spot
5:musical massacre

gangstarr-
1:daily operation
2:hard to earn
3:step in the arena
4:moment of truth
5:group home-livin' proof (lil' dap and malachi blow but the beats are incredible)