50 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of all time....oh yea...its here baby..

[christopher]

Originally Posted by OraclesofAgony

You should finish this list man.

I've been re-acquainting myself with old school hip-hop the last few days and I plan on checking out the stuff on this list I haven't heard, which is just about all of it.

I used to listen to really shitty rap in early high school along with a little bit of old school stuff, but then I stopped listening to it altogether. Now I'm coming back to the old school stuff and want to branch out and hear some more good hip-hop.

He hasn't been online in 2 months...I hope he's alright

[OraclesofAgony]

Originally Posted by christopher

He hasn't been online in 2 months...I hope he's alright

Well I did see him at Napalm Death a few weeks ago.

[christopher]

Originally Posted by OraclesofAgony

Well I did see him at Napalm Death a few weeks ago.

That is true. Should've asked him to finish this thread when you saw him

[OraclesofAgony]

Originally Posted by christopher

That is true. Should've asked him to finish this thread when you saw him

Well I had no interest in it at the time. Now I do lol. I only started getting back into hip-hop the past week or so. If this had happened before the show I would've.

[christopher]

Originally Posted by OraclesofAgony

Well I had no interest in it at the time. Now I do lol. I only started getting back into hip-hop the past week or so. If this had happened before the show I would've.

haha I'm just messing with you man, I wouldn't have expected you to ask him. I hope he finishes this thread someday

[Wizard in Black 666]

The combination of my laziness and the fact that this should have been a top 100 list is making it much more difficult for me to finish since some prominent records will be missing on this list.. oh and the fact that i'm pretty much at work 24/7..

the next two albums to be posted before the year ends will seriously need no introduction or much of a post, honestly... They are stone cold classics that are probably more important than anything that has been posted so far, yeah that's right buddy, more important than those who's precious beasties boyz, gza, public enemy have been been already mentioned in this list. Those who have a problem with the next two albums being posted in the coming days that disagree with the posts and it's importance in the developing the sound and creation of rap/hip hop need to kindly fuck off from this thread.

You know folks, even if you guys don't agree with the listing i really hope i accomplished one thing so far with all the albums being posted, and that is that hip hop is a very diverse and very unique genre with different sound structures, lyricism, and instrumental sound waves of sample, jazz horns and beautiful bass. It's kinda like metal in the sense that are so many kinds of sub genre of metal, kinda like hip hop

You got death metal, sludge, doom, stoner, thrash, all that good stuff. I really hope up until this point that you guys have noticed how radically differently each album being posted is from the other..

And those close minded that disagree can kindly fuck off because how the fuck are you going to tell me that No one can do it better by DOC, Pain language by planet asia, Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill, Dr. Octogynocologys by Kool Kieth all sound the same?? They sound nothing alike but they are all HIP HOP, and the music great, hell not just great, they're classics or else they wouldn't be getting praised by yours truly ahahha...

Anyways, i apologize for my random rambling. I haven't been on here in awhile and i'm shocked that this thread gets the love that it gets ahahha, i really do apologize on the long lagg, feel free to leave mean angry comments on my laziness, i guess that's what i get for making a promise every couple posts to finish this thread. Hey, but if it makes anyone feel better; Natty High still needs to finish his orgy list, and HB420 has like two sludge/doom album threads he needs to finish up, oh and Daimonos has like two Doom threads that he still needs to finish up which he is not even close too, so give this nigga a break. CAUSE all four of us have one thing in common and that is we iz some busy ass mother fuckers. I work two jobs and have little to no free time, and what ever i do have is border line non-existent my friends...anyways like i said GIVE A NIGGA A BREAK

Anyways, like i said the next album to be posted won't really have much of an entry. Seriously, it will be one of the shortest posts on here cause i'm pretty certain that any know that knows anything about one of the first rap groups in to make it big will not be surprised by the next post.. It's not so much mind blowing in the sense of lyricism but more of the fact that it was revolutionary in putting The genre and the name "HIP HOP" on the map, and of course on commercial radio. that's all i'm say now. Time for a six hour nap nap cause this maw fuckawz got work in a bit. as raekwon would say "PEACE TO THE GODS"..

[Wizard in Black 666]

14: The Message

Group: Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five
Members: Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy, Mr. Ness/Scorpio, and Rahiem
Producer: DJ GRAND MASTERFLASH
Recorded: 1981-1982
released: 1982
album title: THE MESSAGE



Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. Composed of one DJ (Grandmaster Flash) and five rappers (Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy, Mr. Ness/Scorpio, and Rahiem), the group's use of turntablism, break-beat deejaying, choreographed stage routines and lyricism was a significant force in the early development of hip-hop music.
The group rose to fame in the early 1980s with their first successful single "Freedom" and later on with their magnum opus "The Message", which is often cited as among the most influential hip hop songs. The Message was also their debut studio album released in 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. It is considered one of the most prominent records in the history of hip-hop music with its most notable single being "The Message", which is often listed as one of the most influential hip-hop songs. However, in 1983, relations between Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel began straining and the group disbanded.


It still blows me away that these guys only lasted for five years(78'-82') and only came out with two albums....although they are legendary fucking records...

I'm pretty sure every single person on this board has heard the song "The Message" which is considered to be by many as hands down one of the most important songs ever created in the genre and a major influence to a lot of rising stars during the late 80s-90s. Hands down one of the most influential rap songs ever created. Although there was already tons of rap acts popping out in the 70s and 80 there just wasn't a group quite like grand master flash and the furious five. The group as well as their debut record help push the envelope in an already developing genre that was still barley getting started(don't forget that hip hop started popping off not too long ago in the mid to late 70s).The lyrics were ahead of its time and the song as well as this record was a corner stone in helping move and push rap into a more wider audience and help push the envelope commercially on the radio by developing a unique sound that would soon be mimicked by a lot of acts. Nothing came close or sounded close to the originality of this CD. Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five released one of the greatest Old school records of all time in 1982 with the Message, and the song the message will go down as one of the greatest songs ever.. Those who don't see the importance of this group, record and influence need to stop reading this thread, please and thank you...

DONT

PUSH ME CAUSE I'M CLOSE TO THE THE

EDGE!!!

I'M

TRYING

NOT

TO

LOOSE

MY HEAD!!!!

it's like a jungle out there it sometimes makes me wonder how i keep from going under...



"The Message" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a lyrical social commentary. It took rap music from the house parties to the social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy, N.W.A., and Rage Against The Machine. Melle Mel said in an interview with NPR: “Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn’t actually want to do the message because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that.” It is credited as the catalyst for the conscious Hip-Hop or political sub-genre of Hip-Hop music. It is a social narrative that details the struggles and difficulties due to living in poverty in the inner-city. In addition, it embodies the distress, anger, and sadness an individual experiences when confronting these inequalities. The description of various social and economic barriers followed by the mantra “don’t push me cause I’m close to the edge, I’m trying not to lose my head” exemplifies that it is not just the disparity in opportunity that is oppressive but also the emotional response that is debilitating. It is frequently referred to as the greatest record in hip hop history and was the first Hip-Hop record ever to be added to the United States' National Recording Registry of historic sound recordings. Though not the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto, the song was unique in that it was set to a slower beat, refocusing the song on the lyrics over the music.

The Message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqky4dSGJnE

Christ all mighty reviving this thread has got me back on my hip hop fix once again, christ all mighty I forgot how fucking incredible and ahead of its time this song and album was. The deep social commentary presented on this song and record is so legendary and put simply set a corner stone for future acts living in the struggling ghetto to come out and take the style that grandmaster group had and mold into there own. Kinda like rising death metal/thrash bands who took older bands formulas and molded to make their own kind of style..

[JRA]

A child is born with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
God is smiling on you but he's frowning too
Because only God knows what you'll go through
You'll grow in the ghetto, living second rate
And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate
The places you're playin', where you stay
Looks like one great big alley way
You'll admire all the number book takers
Thugs, pimps, pushers and the big money makers
Driving big cars, spending twenties and tens
And you wanna grow up to be just like them, huh,
Smugglers, scrambles, burglars, gamblers
Pickpockets, peddlers even panhandlers
You say: "I'm cool, I'm no fool!"
But then you wind up dropping out of high school
Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walking 'round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd
Turned stickup kid, look what you've done did
Got sent up for a eight year bid
Now your manhood is took and you're a may tag
Spend the next two years as a undercover fag
Being used and abused to serve like hell
Till one day you was found hung dead in a cell
It was plain to see that your life was lost
You was cold and your body swung back and forth
But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song
Of how you lived so fast and died so young

Anybody who says this shouldn't be in the top 5 lyrical performances of all time should be excommunicated from any hip-hop discussion group. Anyone who says it doesn't count because it was written by executives needs to be stabbed in the throat with fiberglass.


I thought for sure this spot would be Run DMC though.

[Wizard in Black 666]

13. Rappers Delight

Group: The Sugarhill Gang
Members: Wonder Mike Master Gee Big Bank Hank
Recorded: 1979
Released: 1980
Album title: Rappers Delight



The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for its 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight," the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. The song uses an interpolation of the instrumental track from the classic hit "Good Times" by Chic as its foundation. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song's opening lyric, "I said a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop," is world-renowned. The song was recorded in a single take.

This album really needs no post. The 14 minute classic "rappers delight" alone is worth the listen and seriously put hip hop on the map all across the U.S...hell i donno what rap would be like if it wasn't for sugar hill gangs "rappers Delight" LP...once again, those that don't agree with the post can stop checking this shit out, although i'm sure you won't

Rappers Delight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTUAESacQM


This song is one of the greatest songs ever... and this album is legendary...but the next 12 albums to be posted take rap to the next level of lyricism, beats, samplings, dating from albums from 1994, 1993, 1995,2001, 1998, 1993.

till next time folks..

[JRA]

Originally Posted by Wizard in Black 666

but the next 12 albums to be posted take rap to the next level of lyricism, beats, samplings, dating from albums from 1994, 1993, 1995,2001, 1998, 1993.

till next time folks..

I am going to guess

Illmatic
Midnight Marauders
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Blueprint (I fuckin hope not)
Aquemini
Enter The 36 Chambers