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[brooklyngooner]

Just curious, I like to know what others are feeling. Doesn't have to be what you think are the five BEST of all time. Just the 5 that mean the most to you, and why.

Don't front, you know I got ya OPIN

 

[Chony]

Kool Kieth
Jurrasic 5
Gangstar
Eminem
Nas

Edit: Why?

Wait you didn't even post yours, I will wait on the why.

 

[brooklyngooner]

I shoulda specified....which albums? Or just single cuts.

By the way that list is bangin

 

[MIMIC]

Eminem
Kanye West
Ludacris
Talib Kweli
Nas

I'm too lazy right now for the other junk

 

[Chony]

When I got my first CD player, I also got Eminems first CD. Listened to it through and through and really loved it.

My cousin let me borrow some Jurrasic 5 and Gangstar, and thought it was incredible. Much different then the generic hip hop you hear.

My sister got me into Kool Kieth and all derevations thereof. Very talented. She also got me into Aesop Rock, which I would probably put on the list too, but I havent heard enough Aesop to put on the list. I put Nas cause I like them and saw them at Bumbershoot.

 

[methodman]

Tupac
Masta Ace
Gangstar (anything with premo is the shit)
Nas
(hes not really one my top 5 of all time but..) T.I. (I'm really liking everything he puts out right now, specifically his mixtape).

 

[Mason]

I guess we're going with artists, not albums? And it also depends if we're taking musical talent/beats into account or if we're talking about straight mic skills.

5) Talib Kweli
4) Opio
3) The Roots
2) Outkast
1) Del the Funky Homosapien

 

[Poody]

J5
Kweli
common
dilated peoples
tribe

 

[brooklyngooner]

I guess we're going with artists, not albums? And it also depends if we're taking musical talent/beats into account or if we're talking about straight mic skills.

5) Talib Kweli
4) Opio
3) The Roots
2) Outkast
1) Del the Funky Homosapien

Hit me off with which albums you are talking here. Because I am feeling that list. 'Cept Outkast.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Maybe I'm a lil' old school and.. white, but for me nothing sounds as good as the Beastie Boys.

Sure, I like a really good verse by Pharoah Monch or even TIP (and I really dig The Prunes of the JSRF soundtrack) but at any given time, I am 80% more likely to bust out "Johny Ryall" from Paul's Boutique and force people to inquire if I know what year it is.

 

[brooklyngooner]

Also, for those who remember: when the east is in the house oh my god DANGER

 

[brooklyngooner]

Maybe I'm a lil' old school and.. white, but for me nothing sounds as good as the Beastie Boys.

Sure, I like a really good verse by Pharoah Monch or even TIP (and I really dig The Prunes of the JSRF soundtrack) but at any given time, I am 80% more likely to bust out "Johny Ryall" from Paul's Boutique and force people to inquire if I know what year it is.

Not at all. Paul's Boutigue CANNOT be fronted on.

 

[kablooey]

Predictable:

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation...
Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
De La Soul - 3 Ft. High and Rising
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride 2 the Pharcyde
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 lp

 

[XS+]

My alltime faves (not in order):

Ras Kass
Masta Ace
Eminem
Ice Cube
ATCQ

 

[brooklyngooner]

I should contribute my own (especially because, no offense, there are a lot of new jacks in this thread):

Big Daddy Kane -- Long Live the Kane
Just listen to to Set It Off and Ain't No Half Steppin. Fifteen years later, those lyrics still haven't been touched. Louis Ave represent. Be sleepin on your rhymes til I start to snore.

Black Moon -- Enta tha Stage
Well basically I smoked a lot of blunts to this album. Also Who Got Da Props had everyone open. One of the best debuts of all time, and Buck's freestyles on Red Alert's show busted EVERYBODY up. Plus he represents FAP so act like you want it.

Tribe Called Quest -- Low End Theory
Not much to say except that it's simply one of the best of all time.

Common Sense (when he was Common Sense) -- Resurrection
Rhymes uglier than Craig Mack. His flow still needed work, and No ID's pops bought his beats, but still.

Off the top of my head...

 

[The Interrobanger]

1. Buck 65
2. Aesop Rock
3. Sage Francis
4. The Streets
5. Anything related to Dan The Automator (Deltron, Dr. Ocatgon, HBMS)

 

[Blackie]

Nas - Illmatic
Rakim - Paid In Full, Follow the Leader
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill, Paul's Boutique
Outkast - ATliens
Common Sense - Resurrection

 

[brooklyngooner]

Nas - Illmatic
Rakim - Paid In Full, Follow the Leader
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill, Paul's Boutique
Outkast - ATliens
Common Sense - Resurrection

My man.

 

[Ill Saint]

Public Enemy - It takes a Nation...
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
GZA - Liquid Swords
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

 

[Bobety]

J5
Hilltop Hoods
The Roots
Tribe
Pharcyde

 

[levious]

I hate the Fugees and what they've spawned into... although, are they even popular anymore?

- but Blunted on Reality is one of the greatest single albums ever.

Also, I always prefered Leaders of the New School's second album, The Inner Mind's Eye, to the first.

 

[Blacklion]

Damn..... couldn't do it in 5..... so many come to mind.

BDP
What can i say...... Criminal minded was and still is the shit

De la soul
the group that turned my ear ...pot holes in my lawn was just the start...De La soul is dead a classic album.

A tribe called quest
Sad they got so screwed by jive Zomba... IMO the reason their music just flattend near the end.

Black Star / Reflection eternal
A breath of fresh air from the shiny suits and crys poppin of the mid late 90's

Common
down with em since day 1

Nasty Nas
"sigh" brillance @ age 17 ... then had growing pains

Wu Tang
WHAT WHAT !!!!

Tha Liks
Mainly Tash ... but 21 and over was and is ILL!!

Slum Vill (with Jay Dee)
Not many felt thier style .... ut for me Fantastic voyage vol 1 and 2 were slept on by many.

EPMD
So whatcha sayin???

 

[Brian Fellows]

Tupac
Tech N9ne
Mac Dre
Andre Nicatina
Bone Thugs

 

[Mumbles]

5 best what?

rappers:

1: Rakim:
2: Chuck D
3: Cool G Rap
4: Kool Keith
5:Uh...Slick Rick...yeah, why not?

Albums:

1: Paid In Full
2: It Takes A Nation of Millions
3: A Book of Human Language (Aceyalone)
4: Critical Beatdown
5: Uh...Raising Hell...Sure, why not?

 

[teepo]

de la soul
public enemy
a tribe called quest
wu-tang
eric b and rakim


that was easy. to be honest i barley listen to any of that shit anymore but its what i grew up on so...