Best Classic Hip-Hop Album Of The 90's?
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I came here to say all of the above..and I liked that some of y'all added mobb deep(me and my homie was on that one) redman and dmx (got hip to him later tho)
I still remember the impact with snoops debut album..everybody I mean everybody was fienen(SP) for that album cuz of the impact of The Chronic..he kept pushing the release date back..my other homie had some how got three bootleg singles from doggystyle and you can tell it wasn't finished.. I remember hearing the unfinished version of "ain't no fun" and trust me Dre did justice on the finished version cuz the unfinished version had the same beat just a few missing pieces..also Snoop's deput album did not let down anyone..the whole album was fire..the whole hood was bumping Doggystyle everywhere you went you heard Doggystyle I remember gangstas banging it out they cutlass' and regals..that shit was ahead of it's time for real..those beats were ahead of it's time as well..that's why when Snoop's second album came it was ahh..cuz Snoop didn't have Dre on the production.. by that time Death Row was falling apart and Pac had got killed.
I'm going with Doggystyle cuz of the memories I had..shout out to Only Built for Cuban Links..I remember the buzz that created..niggaz that loved hip hop was on that one too..some of the best beats and lyrics I have ever heard and the concept of the album was just dope period..every track got better and deeper..I don't recall a wack track everything was dope(and I'm a Cali nigga..giving it up) those were definitely good times way back then.
I probably got a story for every album the OP posted but I'ma chill tho...
I still remember the impact with snoops debut album..everybody I mean everybody was fienen(SP) for that album cuz of the impact of The Chronic..he kept pushing the release date back..my other homie had some how got three bootleg singles from doggystyle and you can tell it wasn't finished.. I remember hearing the unfinished version of "ain't no fun" and trust me Dre did justice on the finished version cuz the unfinished version had the same beat just a few missing pieces..also Snoop's deput album did not let down anyone..the whole album was fire..the whole hood was bumping Doggystyle everywhere you went you heard Doggystyle I remember gangstas banging it out they cutlass' and regals..that shit was ahead of it's time for real..those beats were ahead of it's time as well..that's why when Snoop's second album came it was ahh..cuz Snoop didn't have Dre on the production.. by that time Death Row was falling apart and Pac had got killed.
I'm going with Doggystyle cuz of the memories I had..shout out to Only Built for Cuban Links..I remember the buzz that created..niggaz that loved hip hop was on that one too..some of the best beats and lyrics I have ever heard and the concept of the album was just dope period..every track got better and deeper..I don't recall a wack track everything was dope(and I'm a Cali nigga..giving it up) those were definitely good times way back then.
I probably got a story for every album the OP posted but I'ma chill tho...
You need to add Muddy Waters
peace
Remember,
there was an early 90s era,
a mid
mid to late,
Post mortem eras
then late 90s with a whole bunch of music flooding an ever changing by the day game
Rae's album got minimal airplay but hood to hood that shit was geting love & blasted out of windows & trucks through just the TriState area.
Nas used to brag in rhymes abt getting no airplay & going gold.
Early mid 90s shit.
Rae's album got minia
..alongside
Remember,
there was an early 90s era,
a mid
mid to late,
Post mortem eras
then late 90s with a whole bunch of music flooding an ever changing by the day game
Rae's album got minimal airplay but hood to hood that shit was geting love & blasted out of windows & trucks through just the TriState area.
Nas used to brag in rhymes abt getting no airplay & going gold.
Early mid 90s shit.
Rae's album got minia
In my particular order:
1. Midnight Marauders
2. Cuban Linx
3. Ironman
4. 36 Chambers
5. Low End Theory
6. Ready To Die
7. Reasonable Doubt
8. Aquemini
9. ATLiens
10. Illmatic
1. Midnight Marauders
2. Cuban Linx
3. Ironman
4. 36 Chambers
5. Low End Theory
6. Ready To Die
7. Reasonable Doubt
8. Aquemini
9. ATLiens
10. Illmatic
What About...
1, GANG STARR...DALIY OPERATION
DJ PREMIER and THE GURU along with the GANGSTARR FOUNDATION at their very best
2. GZA...LIQUID SWORDS
This muthin fuckin album to me proved the GZA is the sharpest sword in the WU TANG!
Lots kats slept on and continue to sleep on this album a classic up there with real HIP-HOP CLASSICS.
PEACE TO THE GZA!
1, GANG STARR...DALIY OPERATION
DJ PREMIER and THE GURU along with the GANGSTARR FOUNDATION at their very best
2. GZA...LIQUID SWORDS
This muthin fuckin album to me proved the GZA is the sharpest sword in the WU TANG!
Lots kats slept on and continue to sleep on this album a classic up there with real HIP-HOP CLASSICS.
PEACE TO THE GZA!
yep
All Albums listed were great but of all the artist mentioned none of them had the influence snoop had when he entered the game and still going. Snoop helped change the game with west coast rap and rap in general, love or hate him.
How did you leave out DMX it's dark and hell is hot albumC'mon buh, you are missing quite a few Classic (90’s) Hip Hop Albums from your list.
In no particular order…
1990 Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
1999 Most Def - Black on Both Sides
1998 Big Pun - Capital Punishment
1998 Lauren Hill - The Miseducation of Lauren Hill
1996 The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
1993 Souls of Mischief - ’93 til Infinity
1998 Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
1995 Mobb Depp - The Infamous
1995 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
1999 Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
1993 Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
1995 Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia
1996 Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
1996 OutKast - ATLiens
1992 Redman - Whut? Thee Album
You sound absolutely crazy
And you sound young a dumb.You sound absolutely crazy
I apologize.
All good but i can't believe u think the rise of west coast music subsequently coincides with the rise of bad hip hop..east coast had plenty of bad hip hop as well. ..
The problem with... this had a lot of bad rap... Is that is a whole LOT GOOD. Where as west coast rappers had the Pharcyde. And...................that's it. Other than that you had rappin about 6'4's and gin and juice and bloods and crips and whatever.
There was NOTHING to counter it.
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/dilla96/greatest_hip_hop_albums_of_the_90s/
http://hiphopgoldenage.com/list/top-100-hip-hop-albums-of-the-1990s/
http://www.thetoptens.com/greatest-rap-albums-90s/
http://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.2615/title.10-classic-albums-from-the-90s-that-never-went-platinum
http://ca.complex.com/music/2014/04/the-90-best-rap-albums-of-the-90s/
http://thehundreds.com/top-10-underrated-90s-hip-hop-albums/
http://rateyourmusic.com/
http://hiphopgoldenage.com/list/top-100-hip-hop-albums-of-the-1990s/
http://www.thetoptens.com/greatest-rap-albums-90s/
http://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.2615/title.10-classic-albums-from-the-90s-that-never-went-platinum
http://ca.complex.com/music/2014/04/the-90-best-rap-albums-of-the-90s/
http://thehundreds.com/top-10-underrated-90s-hip-hop-albums/
http://rateyourmusic.com/
beautiful...http://rateyourmusic.com/list/dilla96/greatest_hip_hop_albums_of_the_90s/
http://hiphopgoldenage.com/list/top-100-hip-hop-albums-of-the-1990s/
http://www.thetoptens.com/greatest-rap-albums-90s/
http://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.2615/title.10-classic-albums-from-the-90s-that-never-went-platinum
http://ca.complex.com/music/2014/04/the-90-best-rap-albums-of-the-90s/
http://thehundreds.com/top-10-underrated-90s-hip-hop-albums/
http://rateyourmusic.com/
C'mon buh, you are missing quite a few Classic (90’s) Hip Hop Albums from your list.
In no particular order…
1990 Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
1999 Most Def - Black on Both Sides
1998 Big Pun - Capital Punishment
1998 Lauren Hill - The Miseducation of Lauren Hill
1996 The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
1993 Souls of Mischief - ’93 til Infinity
1998 Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
1995 Mobb Depp - The Infamous
1995 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
1999 Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
1993 Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
1995 Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia
1996 Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
1996 OutKast - ATLiens
1992 Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Yea the OP's list is fairly thin, omitting some serious contenders.
I didn't leave it out.
I was waiting for you to drop it.
And you was right on time.
Eh.
MELH was probably the best album if you're going track by track.
I think all of these albums are overrated. The drop off, track by track, is just too noticeable. An album with three dope tracks, no matter how dope those tracks are, does not a classic album make.
Never really got into Outkast or Tribe. A friend of mine was a huge fan of theirs. Not that they didn't have ANY songs I fucked with, but - once again - track to track, I felt they fell short.
Wu-Tang always had fire singles, but a lot of the rest of the album would sound like throw-away tracks.
Tupac was the Mark McGwire of hip hop. Meaning? Either he was hitting monstrous home runs, or he was striking out. When I heard about his recording process, I understand better why he had so much weak filler on his albums.
Illmatic never 'touched' me. Nas was a dope artist, but he was more of a cold-lyricist, to me. He lacked charisma in his music. Biggie had charisma and talent. Nas had talent. Pac had hella charisma, but less talent than Biggie and Nas, in my opinion.
Once again, I just feel most albums credited as 'classics' are being carried by a few super-fire tracks.
The West Coast dominance was more about groove than actual overall artistry. Snoop ain't WACK, but he ain't crazy. He just had wild swag on track. That alone doesn't make you a great artist.
MELH was probably the best album if you're going track by track.
I think all of these albums are overrated. The drop off, track by track, is just too noticeable. An album with three dope tracks, no matter how dope those tracks are, does not a classic album make.
Never really got into Outkast or Tribe. A friend of mine was a huge fan of theirs. Not that they didn't have ANY songs I fucked with, but - once again - track to track, I felt they fell short.
Wu-Tang always had fire singles, but a lot of the rest of the album would sound like throw-away tracks.
Tupac was the Mark McGwire of hip hop. Meaning? Either he was hitting monstrous home runs, or he was striking out. When I heard about his recording process, I understand better why he had so much weak filler on his albums.
Illmatic never 'touched' me. Nas was a dope artist, but he was more of a cold-lyricist, to me. He lacked charisma in his music. Biggie had charisma and talent. Nas had talent. Pac had hella charisma, but less talent than Biggie and Nas, in my opinion.
Once again, I just feel most albums credited as 'classics' are being carried by a few super-fire tracks.
The West Coast dominance was more about groove than actual overall artistry. Snoop ain't WACK, but he ain't crazy. He just had wild swag on track. That alone doesn't make you a great artist.