Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys (1989) For sheer inventiveness, the range and deployment of samples, the lyrical dexterity, the absurdist rhymes, the start-to-finish sonic assault and battery, the funkiness, the silliness, the joy - it's got to be this album. Easily their best, and one if not the best hip-hop album ever recorded. My only other candidate that really works as a whole album is Fantastic Damage by E-LP. But that's just too dystopian and intense for lifelong listening. Loads of great rap tracks, and bits of albums scattered over the past thirty years or so, but is there anything that comes close in this genre in album form? Rap/Hip-hop, like other forms of music, seemed to abuse the extended play potential of the CD format, and many albums became bloated, elongated messes. Even the Beastie Boys themselves succumbed to the horrors of saying yes to more excess on their subsequent albums. Thoughts/suggestions?
The greatest rap album of all-time?
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manicm
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impossible to name one.
ATLiens
Reasonable Doubt
Illmatic
R2D
Low End Theory
Death Certificate
It takes a Nation of Millions to hold us back
Midnight Marauders
ATLiens
Reasonable Doubt
Illmatic
R2D
Low End Theory
Death Certificate
It takes a Nation of Millions to hold us back
Midnight Marauders
Blueprint, yes. Paul's Boutique, yes. However:
Nia by Blackalicious has it all. Beats, rhymes, consciousness - and it's as funky as a really funky thing.
Nia by Blackalicious has it all. Beats, rhymes, consciousness - and it's as funky as a really funky thing.
How about Doo-Bop by Miles Davis, with Easy Mo Bee.
It was unfortunate that Miles didn't make it to the end of the album.
It was unfortunate that Miles didn't make it to the end of the album.
The_Lhc
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Helmut80:
impossible to name one.
No it isn't. Imagine someone's holding a gun to your head. NOW pick ONE!
impossible to name one.
No it isn't. Imagine someone's holding a gun to your head. NOW pick ONE!
the_lhc:Helmut80:
impossible to name one.
No it isn't. Imagine someone's holding a gun to your head. NOW pick ONE!LAD
impossible to name one.
No it isn't. Imagine someone's holding a gun to your head. NOW pick ONE!LAD
The_Lhc
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Helmut80:the_lhc:Helmut80:
impossible to name one.
No it isn't. Imagine someone's holding a gun to your head. NOW pick ONE!LAD
Who's that by?
impossible to name one.
No it isn't. Imagine someone's holding a gun to your head. NOW pick ONE!LAD
Who's that by?
Drummerdave
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Simon Lucas:
Blueprint, yes. Paul's Boutique, yes. However:
Nia by Blackalicious has it all. Beats, rhymes, consciousness - and it's as funky as a really funky thing.
Agreed - great album!
Blueprint, yes. Paul's Boutique, yes. However:
Nia by Blackalicious has it all. Beats, rhymes, consciousness - and it's as funky as a really funky thing.
Agreed - great album!
Helmut80:
impossible to name one.
ATLiens
Reasonable Doubt
Illmatic
R2D
Low End Theory
Death Certificate
It takes a Nation of Millions to hold us back
Midnight Marauders
Yes to Low End Theory. Great album.
impossible to name one.
ATLiens
Reasonable Doubt
Illmatic
R2D
Low End Theory
Death Certificate
It takes a Nation of Millions to hold us back
Midnight Marauders
Yes to Low End Theory. Great album.
the_lhc:Helmut80:the_lhc:Helmut80:
impossible to name one.
No it isn't. Imagine someone's holding a gun to your head. NOW pick ONE!LADWho's that by?
Life After Death - Notorious BIG
impossible to name one.
No it isn't. Imagine someone's holding a gun to your head. NOW pick ONE!LADWho's that by?
Life After Death - Notorious BIG
My fave Hip-Hop albums from back in the day were;
-First Jurassic 5 ep
-Tribe - Midnight Marauders (plus everything else!)
-De La Soul - Stakes is High (title track is awesome)
-Wu Tang - 36 chambers (although don't enjoy it as much now)
-Beastie Boys - Ill communication (listened to this non-stop for a year)
-Gangstar - Hard to Earn
-Nas - Illmatic
My top 3 dope joints are; 93 til infinity - souls of mischief
passin my by - the pharcyde
oh my god - tribe called quest
-First Jurassic 5 ep
-Tribe - Midnight Marauders (plus everything else!)
-De La Soul - Stakes is High (title track is awesome)
-Wu Tang - 36 chambers (although don't enjoy it as much now)
-Beastie Boys - Ill communication (listened to this non-stop for a year)
-Gangstar - Hard to Earn
-Nas - Illmatic
My top 3 dope joints are; 93 til infinity - souls of mischief
passin my by - the pharcyde
oh my god - tribe called quest
El Hefe
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Here's a few of my fav's
Lyrics Born - Same S*@t Different Day
J5 - Power In Numbers
KRS1 - I Got Next
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
Blaktwang - Kik Off
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
BDP - The Best Of The B-Boy Sessions
Lyrics Born - Same S*@t Different Day
J5 - Power In Numbers
KRS1 - I Got Next
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
Blaktwang - Kik Off
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
BDP - The Best Of The B-Boy Sessions
Gravediggaz - Niggamortis.
Hijack the terrorist group - The horns of jericho.
Guru - all of the Jazzmatazz albums.
Hijack the terrorist group - The horns of jericho.
Guru - all of the Jazzmatazz albums.
jastit:
Here's a few of my fav's
Lyrics Born - Same S*@t Different Day
J5 - Power In Numbers
KRS1 - I Got Next
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
Blaktwang - Kik Off
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
BDP - The Best Of The B-Boy Sessions
yep, Black on Both Sides would definitely make my top 20
Here's a few of my fav's
Lyrics Born - Same S*@t Different Day
J5 - Power In Numbers
KRS1 - I Got Next
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
Blaktwang - Kik Off
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
BDP - The Best Of The B-Boy Sessions
yep, Black on Both Sides would definitely make my top 20
steve_1979
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psurquhart
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No contest.
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Cant believe no one has even mentioned it.
The original and best.
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Cant believe no one has even mentioned it.
The original and best.
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