psurquhart:
No contest.
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Cant believe no one has even mentioned it.
The original and best.
Got it on vinyl, picked up at a car boot I think, but never got round to playing it, will try it soon though.
No contest.
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Cant believe no one has even mentioned it.
The original and best.
Got it on vinyl, picked up at a car boot I think, but never got round to playing it, will try it soon though.
psurquhart
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BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW:psurquhart:
No contest.
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Cant believe no one has even mentioned it.
The original and best.
Got it on vinyl, picked up at a car boot I think, but never got round to playing it, will try it soon though.
You owe it to yourself.
If you like Fear of a Black Planet then your going to be blown away by the first album.
Pure genius.
No contest.
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Cant believe no one has even mentioned it.
The original and best.
Got it on vinyl, picked up at a car boot I think, but never got round to playing it, will try it soon though.
You owe it to yourself.
If you like Fear of a Black Planet then your going to be blown away by the first album.
Pure genius.
It's a great album. I remember being utterly startled when I first heard it.
I was a post-graduate with a 99% guitar-band world view (anything from Zep to The Smiths to the then contemporary Stone Roses), when someone I knew played it. Incredible, iconoclastic stuff.
Less worthy of acclaim, but equally altering of ear and brain was the debut NWA album. Someone hi-jacked the stereo at a dour house party and played a pre-release tape of it. It certainly struck a dissonant note or two in the face of endless U2, Madchester tunes hogging the airwaves.
And somewhere between those two releases Paul's Boutique took up residence on my turntable and in my brain.
I was a post-graduate with a 99% guitar-band world view (anything from Zep to The Smiths to the then contemporary Stone Roses), when someone I knew played it. Incredible, iconoclastic stuff.
Less worthy of acclaim, but equally altering of ear and brain was the debut NWA album. Someone hi-jacked the stereo at a dour house party and played a pre-release tape of it. It certainly struck a dissonant note or two in the face of endless U2, Madchester tunes hogging the airwaves.
And somewhere between those two releases Paul's Boutique took up residence on my turntable and in my brain.
Naughty by nature: Poverty's paradise wa my first rap album and my second snoop's doggystyle.
Both of them still off the hook!
Both of them still off the hook!
john1000000boy
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All of the above are excellent classics. If anyone was to listen to any of these albums, a healthy intro to rap would be easy!!
1st album that got me into it all was Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle,
Dr Dre- The Chronic has to be a must have to get into it all.
Jurassic 5 AMAZING album!!
My favourite album right now has to be-
Strong Arm Steady- In Search of Stoney Jackson
Go on give it a try......
1st album that got me into it all was Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle,
Dr Dre- The Chronic has to be a must have to get into it all.
Jurassic 5 AMAZING album!!
My favourite album right now has to be-
Strong Arm Steady- In Search of Stoney Jackson
Go on give it a try......
Ice-T, Power or NWA straight outta Compton, or anything by Public Enemy or Talkin all that Jazz (can't remember the artist off the top of my head, the LP is in the loft).
I still enjoy Bum Rush the Show
Nation of Millions highlights the bomb squad's production at its most confronting, with its James Brown era funk turned into sirens,
but I think Fear of a Black Planet just brought it all together It has some great songs, but really stands out as an album.
Nation of Millions highlights the bomb squad's production at its most confronting, with its James Brown era funk turned into sirens,
but I think Fear of a Black Planet just brought it all together It has some great songs, but really stands out as an album.
Good to see some people digging Hip Hop. The early 90's saw Hip Hop at its finest
The Goats - Tricks of the Shade (absolute classic, title track is a stormer)
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Del La Soul - Stakes is High (one of all time favourite albums regardless of genre)
Tribe called Quest - Low End Theory (They are one of the most consistent album bands)
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (Premiere knew how to do a beat)
J-live - All of the above (amazing lyricist)
The Goats - Tricks of the Shade (absolute classic, title track is a stormer)
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Del La Soul - Stakes is High (one of all time favourite albums regardless of genre)
Tribe called Quest - Low End Theory (They are one of the most consistent album bands)
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (Premiere knew how to do a beat)
J-live - All of the above (amazing lyricist)
Gusboll
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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.
Listening to this on Spotify as I type - liking it!
Can't beat Check Your Head by the Beastie Boys though.
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.
Listening to this on Spotify as I type - liking it!
Can't beat Check Your Head by the Beastie Boys though.
Yep, Check Your Head is great. Raw and raucous. Punk-hop?
Hello Nasty was good too, but very uneven. To The 5 Boroughs had about five good tracks and too much mediocre "by-numbers" stuff on it for me.
Looking forward to Hot Sauce Committee whenever it emerges.
Re: Blackalicious. I've got lots of tracks spread out over compilations, but can't recall hearing a whole album. Will investigate after all the "shout outs" on this thread.
Hello Nasty was good too, but very uneven. To The 5 Boroughs had about five good tracks and too much mediocre "by-numbers" stuff on it for me.
Looking forward to Hot Sauce Committee whenever it emerges.
Re: Blackalicious. I've got lots of tracks spread out over compilations, but can't recall hearing a whole album. Will investigate after all the "shout outs" on this thread.
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the soul Brother
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Main Ingredient
Outkast - Aliens
People Under the Stairs - Check out their first 4 albums
Show & AG - Goodfellas
Souls of Mischief - 93 til infinity
Black Sheep - A sheep in Wolf clothing
If you want to hear a hip hop mix check out Jaguar Skills 30 years of Hip Hop mix which he did for Radio 1. Available for download, search on google. The first 20 years being the best.
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Main Ingredient
Outkast - Aliens
People Under the Stairs - Check out their first 4 albums
Show & AG - Goodfellas
Souls of Mischief - 93 til infinity
Black Sheep - A sheep in Wolf clothing
If you want to hear a hip hop mix check out Jaguar Skills 30 years of Hip Hop mix which he did for Radio 1. Available for download, search on google. The first 20 years being the best.
My favs in no order
1) FUGEES The Score
2) EMINEM Marshall mathers lp
3) Jay z - Blueprint, Reasonable Doubt and Black Album
4) Kanye West - The college dropout
5) Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
6) Immortal Technique
7) Nas Illmatic
And many more...
1) FUGEES The Score
2) EMINEM Marshall mathers lp
3) Jay z - Blueprint, Reasonable Doubt and Black Album
4) Kanye West - The college dropout
5) Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
6) Immortal Technique
7) Nas Illmatic
And many more...
Method man - Tical
Jeru tha damager - The sun rises in the east
Ice-t - home invasion
Onyx - bac da **** up
Mac 10 - The recipie
Jeru tha damager - The sun rises in the east
Ice-t - home invasion
Onyx - bac da **** up
Mac 10 - The recipie
6th.replicant
Well-known member
Well, his vocal-style certainly can't be described as "singing"
Meanwhile, back on planet Earth...
Some quality suggestions, Ice-T home invasion & black sheep OMG completely forgot about that one. Gonna have to have a dig around the loft me thinks.
Messiah
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There are many, many good albums and I simply could not put one on top of the pile.
However, Snoops 'Doggystyle' was the first rap album I heard and there was no turning back so I guess I hold this album in the highest esteem.
Just waiting for Snoop to produce one as good. It's been a long and disappointing wait.
However, Snoops 'Doggystyle' was the first rap album I heard and there was no turning back so I guess I hold this album in the highest esteem.
Just waiting for Snoop to produce one as good. It's been a long and disappointing wait.
The_Lhc
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Don't know who it is but I know who it isn't, anything by Tinie Tempah, just watched him on the Brits, lovely guy I'm sure but what a pile of old... best of British Hip Hop, crisps I hope not...
My entire rap/hip collection consists of:-
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Power to the People and the Beats - Public Enemy
Black Sunday - Cypress Hill
New Funky Nation - Boo Yaa Tribe (apart from 'Pickin' Up Metal' it's pants)
Are:-
Haunted Cities and Transplants - Transplants
Collision Course - Jay-Z and Linkin Park
Hip Hop if so I'll add them.
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Power to the People and the Beats - Public Enemy
Black Sunday - Cypress Hill
New Funky Nation - Boo Yaa Tribe (apart from 'Pickin' Up Metal' it's pants)
Are:-
Haunted Cities and Transplants - Transplants
Collision Course - Jay-Z and Linkin Park
Hip Hop if so I'll add them.
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