What are your favorite rap albums of all time?

by JimmyPage 23 Replies latest jw friends

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  JimmyPage

  Okay, most of these are going to show my age. But here goes:

  Notorious B.I.G. "Life After Death"

  Run DMC "Tougher Than Leather"

  Beastie Boys "Check Your Head"

  LL Cool J "Mama Said Knock You Out"

  Kid Rock "Devil Without A Cause"

  Red Hot Chili Peppers "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"

  Rage Against The Machine "Evil Empire"

  MC Hammer "Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em" (you know you listened to it)

  I know I'm leaving some off, like the soundtracks to the breakdancing movies or the Fat Boys' albums.

  What were some of your faves?
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  lalaa

  Dr Dre - The Chronic
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  donny

  Instruction CD : How to Wrap gifts to Impress!
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  Atlantis

  JimmyPage:

  You have a pm.

  Cheers! Atlantis!
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  Leolaia

  Paul's Boutique, for one.

  I love the Beasties....But I'm not very much into rap. I don't care for misogynistic lyrics, but I do like some of the musical aesthetics of rap, so I listen to various (radio-friendly) songs from Snoop, Dr. Dre, Ice-T, Talib Kweli, etc. I like listening to the (much-derided) duets between Ja Rule and Ashanti, Lil Mo, and J-Lo when I work. But that's mostly pretty tame stuff overall, comparatively speaking.
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  Leolaia

  Red Hot Chili Peppers "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"

  I never would have pegged that one as a rap album.

  Great album tho, of course.
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  GMahler

  Nas - Illmatic

  Dr. Dre - The Chronic

  Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother

  Little Brother - The Minstrel Show

  Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers and Wu-Tang Forever

  GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords

  Raekwon the Chef - Only Built 4 Cuban Links

  Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele

  Common - Finding Forever
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  Altar ego

  Jay-Z : Hard Knock Life (1998)
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  truthseekeriam

  Too short....Okay let me clarify before everyone goes nuts I'm talking old school Too Short the clean version. You know, Life is too short days.

  Bestie boys...Time to get Ill.

  LL cool J...I need love
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  JustHuman14

  NONE...I don't like rap...I'm a rocker