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RP912 what are your top 10 favorite rap albums of all time?

1. MF Doom-Operation Doomsday
2. Ras Kass- Soul On Ice
3. Camp Lo- Uptown Saturday Night
4. MF Grimm- The Downfall of Ibliys
5. CunninLynguists- A Piece of Strange
6. EL-P- I'll Sleep When You Are Dead
7. Kendrick Lamar- GKMC
8. Little Brother- The Minstrel Show
9. Nas- God Son
10. Jedi Mind Tricks- Violent By Design

 

[HiResDes]

Give Em Hell 2

 

[RP912]

Give Em Hell 2

Where and when? 0_0

 

[Hip Hop]

1. MF Doom-Operation Doomsday
2. Ras Kass- Soul On Ice
3. Camp Lo- Uptown Saturday Night
4. MF Grimm- The Downfall of Ibliys
5. CunninLynguists- A Piece of Strange
6. EL-P- I'll Sleep When You Are Dead
7. Kendrick Lamar- GKMC
8. Little Brother- The Minstrel Show
9. Nas- God Son
10. Jedi Mind Tricks- Violent By Design

No Common - BE

SMH

 

[RP912]

No Common - BE

SMH

BE was good, but would have been number 11.

 

[codhand]

1. MF Doom-Operation Doomsday
2. Ras Kass- Soul On Ice
3. Camp Lo- Uptown Saturday Night
4. MF Grimm- The Downfall of Ibliys
5. CunninLynguists- A Piece of Strange
6. EL-P- I'll Sleep When You Are Dead
7. Kendrick Lamar- GKMC
8. Little Brother- The Minstrel Show
9. Nas- God Son
10. Jedi Mind Tricks- Violent By Design

No Common - BE

SMH

 

[Ninja Dom]

I'm listening to this new Fetty Wap album. Dude has recorded the same song 20 times. Talk about repetition. I understand that Trap Queen was a big tune for him but he's just Used the exact same formula on every subsequent song. Just as well the album starts with Trap Queen cos once you've heard that you don't really need to listen to anything else.

 

[Courage]

I'm listening to this new Fetty Wap album. Dude has recorded the same song 20 times. Talk about repetition. I understand that Trap Queen was a big tune for him but he's just Used the exact same formula on every subsequent song. Just as well the album starts with Trap Queen cos once you've heard that you don't really need to listen to anything else.

Time is the best song on the album and it sounds nothing like his singles.

 

[Koozek]

Oh, it's that time again. Top 10, phew. Hard as hell. For every artist in the list I'd want to pick 2 albums, really. But I'll try anyway.

1. Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
2. OutKast - Stankonia
3. Common - Be
4. The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
5. Madvillain - Madvillainy
6. Jay-Z - The Black Album
7. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
8. Nas - Illmatic
9. Kanye West - Late Registration
10. De La Soul - The Grind Date

 

[MoodyFog]

1. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
2. Scarface - The Diary
3. GZA - Liquid swords
4. Kool G Rap - 4,5,6
5. Outkast - ATLiens
6. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
7. Biggie - Ready to Die
8. Raekwon - OB4CL
9. Nas - Illmatic
10. Wu Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers

 

[T Dollarz]

1. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
2. Scarface - The Diary
3. GZA - Liquid swords
4. Kool G Rap - 4,5,6
5. Outkast - ATLiens
6. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
7. Biggie - Ready to Die
8. Raekwon - OB4CL
9. Nas - Illmatic
10. Wu Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers

I'd mess around with the order, but I love this list.

 

[Courage]

My top 10 is really fluid, but here's what I got atm

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. GZA - Liquid Swords
3. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
4. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
5. Nas - Illmatic
6. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
7. Madvillain - Madvillainy
8. Danny Brown - XXX
9. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
10. Outkast - Aquemini

 

[PhoenixDark]

smh Courage. Just when I think you're a real nicca you do this to me.

 

[PBY]

My top 10 also is always changing. Me:

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
4. Outkast - Atliens
5. Waka Flocka - Flockavelli
6. Danny Brown - XXX
7. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
8. Cudi - MOTM II
9. Kanye - CD
10. Future - DS2

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Top 10 time again

1. Outkast - ATLiens
2. Blu/Exile - Below the Heavens
3. Common - Resurrection
4. Nas - Illmatic
5. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
6. GZA - Liquid Swords
7. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City
8. Blackstar
9. UGK - Super Tight
10. Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous

Edit: had to replace Ye with Big L, almost forgot. solved that CD/MBDTF dileemia

 

[overcast]

I'll be back later for this 😏

 

[WanderingWind]

Honestly my top ten hasn't changed. Yet. I'm going to give Summertime 06 some time to breathe. I have no idea what I'd drop off though. Reasonable Doubt still gives me fits. I probably listen to it more than Pac's Strictly.

Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons...
Kanye West - College Dropout
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, mAAd City
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Tupac - Strictly for my N.I.G.G.A.Z.
The Roots - Game Theory
Nas - Illmatic
Busta Rhymes - Big Bang
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Vince Staples - Summertime 06
Rick Ross - Teflon Don
Q-Tip - The Renaissance


It's weird. Because I certainly wouldn't put Lupe as a better rapper than Jay, or the Wu, or Cube or Snoop any of the legend, right? But I definitely like that album better than anything the others have put out. Quote that out of context all you want, but I'm not saying they also don't have amazing discographies.

tl;dr: When you get right down to it, top ten lists are downright disrespectful.

 

[Courage]

Edit: had to replace Ye with Big L, almost forgot. solved that CD/MBDTF dileemia

but at what cost

 

[HiResDes]

Where and when? 0_0

http://www.fatmankey.com/

...need the password though

 

[ViewtifulJC]

but at what cost

I think Dark Fantasy is better, but I listened to CD more. What do you do? Avoid the question altogether, b.

Had to stop myself from putting Below the Heavens at #1. I played the fuck out of that thing back in the day. Greater Love

 

[PBY]

I think Dark Fantasy is better, but I listened to CD more. What do you do? Avoid the question altogether, b.

Had to stop myself from putting Below the Heavens at #1. I played the fuck out of that thing back in the day. Greater Love

Below the Heavens got Lupe'd for me. (Cudi juuuuust squeaked by bc MOTM II is just too dope)

 

[MuddyDonut]

My top 10 also is always changing. Me:

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
4. Outkast - Atliens
5. Waka Flocka - Flockavelli
6. Danny Brown - XXX
7. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
8. Cudi - MOTM II
9. Kanye - CD
10. Future - DS2

Didn't know you liked xxx that much. I'm so proud.

 

[HiResDes]

DS2...LOL

 

[ViewtifulJC]

is it a leather jacket or denim, HRD

the people need to know

 

[Courage]

I can accept DS2, but MOTM 2... cmon PBY

 

[Esch]

1. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
2. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
3. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
4. Nas - Illmatic
5. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
6. Scarface - The Diary
7. Dälek - Abandoned Language
8. Madvillain - Madvillainy
9. UGK - Super Tight
10. Nujabes - Metaphorical Music

honorable mentions:
Wu Tang Clan - ET36C
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Boogie Down Productions - BDP
Curren$y - Pilot Talk
2pac - Me Against the World
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Kool G Rap - 4,5,6
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
Danny Brown - XXX
Kanye - College Dropout
Three Six Mafia - Mystic Stylez
Ka - The Night's Gambit
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader
Kendrick - GKMC
Jay-Z - The Blueprint

 

[BlackJace]

(no order)

Liquid Swords by GZA
Sittin' on Chrome by Masta Ace
MM..Food by MF DOOM
The Cool by Lupe Fiasco
Graduation by Kanye West
KING by TI
Run The Jewels by Run The Jewels
The Black Album by Jay-Z
Illmatic by Nas
Pilot Talk III by Curren$y

Mastermind by Rick Ross was dope too

 

[Courage]

Dalek and Organized Konfusion are the best things GAF-Hop have ever recommended to me. Absence would be in my top 20.

 

[MuddyDonut]

Dalek and Organized Konfusion are the best things GAF-Hop have ever recommended to me. Absence would be in my top 20.

Hearing stress for the first time and being confused on how it slipped by.

 

[Koozek]

You know, I really couldn't decide between De La Soul - The Grind Date and Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor. I loved F&L so much, but never really listened to his other albums (The Cool seems to be the only other good album anyway, no?). De La, on the other hand, I listened to more albums from (the two Art Official Intelligence ones especially) so it would be a bit more fair to pick them instead of Lupe.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

1. To Pimp a Butterfly

 

[PBY]

DS2...LOL

This shit getting colossal

 

[HiResDes]

is it a leather jacket or denim, HRD

the people need to know

I have both, but it's leather lol

 

[Koozek]

I have both, but it's leather lol

I knew it! In my dream you wore leather.

 

[Syntsui]

Jay Z - The Black Album

Biggie - Ready to Die

Kanye - My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy

Dr Dre - 2001 / The Chronic (it's a tie and I don't want to waste a spot, I love them equally for diferent reasons)

Nas - Illmatic

Kendrick Lamar - Section 80

Drake - Take Care

Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo

Mobb Deep -The Infamous

Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers

 

[PBY]

I knew it! In my dream you wore leather.

Gaf Hop OT 15 - In my dream you wore leather.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I knew it! In my dream you wore leather.

HOF GAF-Hop post

 

[MuddyDonut]

New RTJ
https://m.soundcloud.com/adultswimsingles/run-the-jewels

 

[Koozek]

Jay Z - The Black Album

Biggie - Ready to Die

Kanye - My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy

Dr Dre - 2001 / The Chronic (it's a tie and I don't want to waste a spot, I love them equally for diferent reasons)

Nas - Illmatic

Kendrick Lamar - Section 80

Drake - Take Care

Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo

Mobb Deep -The Infamous

Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers

Might have to check that one out finally.

 

[xHiryu]

1. Nas - Illmatic
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
3. Madvillainy - Madvillain
4. Kendrick Lamar - GKMC
5. Biggie - Ready to Die
6. Kanye West - Graduation
7. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
8. GZA - Liquid Swords
9. The Game - The Documentary
10. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo

Honorable Mentions:
ATLiens
TPAB
Operation Doomsday
Me Against the World
R.A.P. Music
Capital Punishment

 

[wild wild rice]

Hmm... Attempting in no particular order:

36 Chambers
Illmatic
Madvillian
Buhloone Mind State
1st half of Most Know Unknown+1st half of Da Unbreakables
Cuban Linx
2Pac Greatest Hits
Yeezus
Cold Vein
Ready to Die

 

[Trey]

Gaf Hop OT 15 - In my dream you wore leather.

it can only be this

 

[RP912]

http://www.fatmankey.com/

...need the password though

dang :/...I'll wait until it hits datpiff.

 

[Syntsui]

Hmm... Attempting in no particular order:

36 Chambers
Illmatic
Madvillian
Buhloone Mind State
1st half of Most Know Unknown+1st half of Da Unbreakables
Cuban Linx
2Pac Greatest Hits
Yeezus
Cold Vein
Ready to Die

This is an interesting choice. Pac has a lot of great songs scattered among shit albums (I just can't listen to any of them from start to finish) and this is by far ''his'' best project.

 

[RP912]

This is an interesting choice. Pac has a lot of great songs scattered among shit albums (I just can't listen to any of them from start to finish) and this is by far ''his'' best project.

Agreed. It's probably one of the best "Greatest Hits" albums since the Earth Wind and Fire 3 disc compliation.

 

[wild wild rice]

This is an interesting choice. Pac has a lot of great songs scattered among shit albums (I just can't listen to any of them from start to finish) and this is by far ''his'' best project.

I feel the same way. Plus it has Changes. Can't deny that's one of his best songs, one of the best hip hop songs ever tbh.

I'm glad we're listing these. There's a few people posted that I just never took the time to check out but will now.

 

[Koozek]

Man, all these Wu albums. Don't know, I just never could get into them, besides a few Ghostface albums. I understand why they're important, though.
---

I feel the same way. Plus it has Changes. Can't deny that's one of his best songs, one of the best hip hop songs ever tbh.

I'm glad we're listing these. There's a few people posted that I just never took the time to check out but will now.

The Changes single was the first CD I've ever bought, I must've been 7 or so back then.
Do For Love is my favorite Pac song, though.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxznl_2pac-do-for-love_music

 

[RP912]

For what it's worth...at least the top 10s are reasonable but DS2 on the top 10...wtf

 

[PhoenixDark]

Hmm... Attempting in no particular order:

36 Chambers
Illmatic
Madvillian
Buhloone Mind State
1st half of Most Know Unknown+1st half of Da Unbreakables
Cuban Linx
2Pac Greatest Hits
Yeezus
Cold Vein
Ready to Die

daps for being the first person to reference this album in like 3 GAF-Hop threads. If you like TPAB you should check it out.

 

[Koozek]

For what it's worth...at least the top 10s are reasonable but DS2 on the top 10...wtf

Yeah, agree. I mean, that would be like me putting Days Before Rodeo in my Top 10. I'm still bumping it a lot, but will it be relevant in a few years? Nah (probably). I doubt anybody will listen to DS2 much in 5 years either. Most of my Top 10 is pretty much still on regular rotation.