Hip Hop albums that changed my life

[MarshallMathers]

Such a pity Biggie and Pac died just bfore Em came on the scene.

Awesome wrap flight, made me remember a few classics.

[Nige Cooper]

I love Ready to Die, it's probably the album that got me into hip hop. I love the rapping in Gimme the Loot but Suicidal Thoughts would be my favourite song from the album. It's just a pity Puffy had to imprint himself all over it

Such a pity Biggie and Pac died just bfore Em came on the scene.

Awesome wrap flight, made me remember a few classics.

The best of all three worlds

[Narkee]

Gimmie the Loot

[flight23]

It's still 1995, hip hop pls

i was basically my self silly to old Jordan clips, so here's one i've prepared earlier





watch it, DO IT!!!! guys a freak full stop.


One of the most under rated by the masses and one of the most rated by those in the know had just landed in my hands and it became one of my all time favorites very very quickly, this was just pure underground hip hop finding its way into the right hands, my body truly was ready



was the 10th album to change my life



"word up y'all this beat is ill"
ye just knew before the song even got to the first chorus, something special was about to unfold, this was one of those, just play it over and over tracks, throwing out the Queensbridge shout out just gave it street cred, but it was all about the tempo for me, just a slow roll and like all my favorite hip hop, best heard after midnight


was a classic about half way through the first verse

AINT NO SUCH THING AS HALF WAY CROOKS!!!!!!! - ALL TIME

this track was the one that made me think no matter what happens from here, i will always listen to anything these guys do, its just an absolute banger, this had its own sound, pure gangster but it was those goddam beats that were stone cold, if you aren't nodding your head to this, i feel for you son



FIYA!!!!! STRAIGHT FIYA!!!!!!!!

Trust me, nigga couldn't touch me if he snuff me
So bust me, you're gonna have to, 'cause I'ma blast you
My lyrical like a miracle, ill spiritual
I'm born wit' it, I'm gettin' on wit' it
An' I'ma have it 'til I'm fuckin' dead and gone wit' it

for a bunch a cunts i had never heard of this was more almost more of a shock, to me Give up the Goods was about a close to a 10 as you can get, the beat was so so smooth and the rhymes are completely infectious, even listening to it now, its still about as smooth as is a choon can be, unbelievable track



still one of the great storytelling rhymes of all time, listening to it back then it just painted a perfect picture of what was happening and if you could ever put a chick singin in to any gangsters song to just boost a chorus, this was it, soooo much soul AND..........AND

BEAT




told ya eminem would get a mention

this guys a gangster, his real names Clarence



to all the killers and a hundred dollar billas - ALL TIME................ ALL TIME

I got you stuck off the realness, we be the infamous
you heard of us
official Queensbridge murderers
the Mobb comes equipped with warfare, beware
of my crime family who got nuff shots to share
for all of those who wanna profile and pose
rock you in your face, stab your brain wit' your nosebone
you all alone in these streets, cousin
every man for theirself in this land we be gunnin'
and keep them shook crews runnin'
like they supposed to
they come around but they never come close to
I can see it inside your face
you're in the wrong place
cowards like you just get they're whole body laced up
with bullet holes and such
speak the wrong words man and you will get touched
you can put your whole army against my team and
I guarantee you it'll be your very last time breathin'
your simple words just don't move me
you're minor, we're major
you all up in the game and don't deserve to be a player
don't make me have to call your name out
your crew is featherweight
my gunshots'll make you levitate
I'm only nineteen but my mind is old
and when the things get for real my warm heart turns cold
another nigga deceased, another story gets told
it ain't nothin' really
hey, yo dun spark the Phillie
so I can get my mind off these yellowbacked niggas
why they still alive I don't know, go figure
meanwhile back in Queens the realness is foundation
if I die I couldn't choose a better location
when the slugs penetrate you feel a burning sensation
getting closer to God in a tight situation
now, take these words home and think it through
or the next rhyme I write might be about you

Son, they shook...
'cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks

REWIND THAT SHIT AND PLAY IT BACK RIGHT NOW - THIS ISN'T PART OF THE SONG, THIS IS flight23 TELLING YOU TO REWIND THAT SHIT AND LISTEN TO IT AGAIN

i actually didnt want to hear the whole song, it was too good, i replayed that first verse about 20 times

For every rhyme I write, its 25 to life
yo, it's a must the gats we trust safeguardin' my life
ain't no time for hesitation
that only leads to incarceration
you don't know me, there's no relation
Queensbridge niggas don't play
I don't got time for your petty thinking mind
son, I'm bigga than those claimin' that you pack heat
but you're scared to hold
and when the smoke clears you'll be left with one in your dome
13 years in the projects, my mentality is what, kid
you talk a good one but you don't want it
sometimes I wonder do I deserve to live
or am I going to burn in hell for all the things I did
no time to dwell on that 'cause my brain reacts
front if you want kid, lay on your back
I don't fake that kid you know I bring it to you live
stay in a child's place, kid you out o' line
criminal minds thirsty for recognition
I'm sippin' E&J, got my mind flippin'
I'm buggin' think I'm how bizar to hold my hustlin'
get that loot kid, you know my function
cause long as I'm alive I'ma live illegal
and once I get on I'ma put on, on my people
react mix to lyrics like Macs I hit your dome up
when I roll up, don't be caught sleepin'
cause I'm creepin'

REWIND THAT SHIT AND PLAY IT BACK RIGHT NOW - THIS ISN'T PART OF THE SONG, THIS IS flight23 TELLING YOU TO REWIND THAT SHIT AND LISTEN TO IT AGAIN

its the perfect song, both verses are ridiculous and that beat will be getting used til all of us are long gone, it was a timeless gangster classic and you knew it before the lyrics even kicked in, it still completely blows me away now, but back then it was my favorite song for years

The Infamous changed my life forever because it just raised the bar on gangster rap and did it on both fronts, the beats goddam those beats were so tasty and then Havoc and Prodigy were just punching out some of the fiercest rhymes all through the album, there was about 3-4 DIFFERENT styled classics in there too and then SHOOK ONES just elevated them to ALL TIME for me

[drd23]

The beat of Shook Ones is close to my favourite bit of music of all time

[flight23]

it just sounds like a movie, score, theme song, trailer all in one, its just stone cold

[flight23]

Grunge was taking over (especially in my social circles) and finding ANY hip hop was near on impossible for me (no interwebz )
there were 3 things keeping me semi in touch, Rage (ABC) Mctv (an SBS video hits, that actually played cool shit) and a radio show called the Max Hollywood show (think it was RRR friday night at midnight)



was the fourth album to change my life

i know a career later its the laziest thing to say, but at that time in my life that Dre beat breathed new life into my hip hop enthusiasm

The Chronic changed my life forever for a few reasons
1 - it kept me in touch with hip hop at a time when i just ad limited exposure and having an album with enough brilliant tracks on it, really kept me wanting to keep searching
2 - introduced me to Snoop, which will be discussed further in this thread
3 - made me realize that the DJ from NWA had some serious talent
its not the greatest album ever, there are some weak tracks in there and Dre aint no grand MC, but The Chronic will always get love from me

Dr. Dre, The Chronic (1992)
Label: Death Row, Interscope, Priority

Nas: “The Chronic was a psychedelic, funkadelic, California hip-hop genius piece of work. It lifted rap music as a whole to its next stage. That album single-handedly lifted the whole culture higher, made it stronger, kept it street, and it’s just beautiful. It’s a beautiful-sounding album and hardcore at the same time.”

Nas' 25 Favorite Albums | Complex

just after all that shit went down and after the bulls opened up the new season without MJ, the dude who had dominated Dre's album from the previous year dropped what i consider to be a "genre changer"



was the fifth album to change my life

the hype off this album was huge, everyone knew it was coming, everyone knew Dre was going to produce it and everyone knew it was going to be amazing, still they had to deliver

doggystyle changed my life because the combination of Snoop and Dre at that time in the 90's was exactly what hip hop needed, quality in both production and rhymes, so many hits that still stand up today and at the time i knew it was a groundbreaking album for the ages, was also Dre cementing himself as one of the greatest producers and most influential figures in the game

Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle (1993)
Label: Death Row, Interscope, Atlantic

Nas: “At that point, Snoop was the most anticipated person in music. How could you do it twice was the question. You did The Chronic which was out of this world and then it was like, ‘What’s going to happen with Snoop?’ The whole world was waiting to know and they delivered.”

Nas' 25 Favorite Albums | Complex

[Big Sledge]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
















pls flight23

[Narkee]

LOL @ the eminem reference

[flight23]

The year was 1996

it was the best of years IT WAS THE MUTHAFUCKEN BEST YEAR!!!!!!



72-10 BOOM!!!

was the most ruthless brutal annihilation of a sporting competition i have ever seen 1 team produce, Michael was in complete beast mode, Scottie went back to being the best number 2 and Dennis....well Dennis was Dennis

possibly the trade of the century (we had to give up Will Perdue )

on the hip hop front, things were a little dry in my world, exposure was low again and Eddie Vedder and his mates were obliterating stereos and radios everywhere (made the Seattle win a little better i'll be honest)

somewhere along the lines i had heard Tupac talk about this dude from San Fran that he was digging, so i had a dig



was the 11th album to change my life



This was the closest thing i had heard to that Dre and Snoop sound, it was G-funk with a really cool MC, a Bootsy Collins/George Clinton dude chiming in and a chick going off her tits, i was IN!!!



First beat in and i knew this was a classic track, its just got sound
Too Short nails his verse as well, it was just smoothe as fuck from go to woe, then MC Breed who had one of my favorite tracks with

brings it home. These 3 together was just the perfect combination for me



This song is the one that i still love playing, it just flows, the beat is phat and 4-Tay has all the time in the world, it sounded like it should have been a hit, no swearing, cool beat, great hook, but people needed Niggas with Guns back then

Off Parole changed my life because it made me realize the hip hop that i really liked was out there, it just wasn't getting played on the radio or in my circles, what Dre and Snoop had started 4-Tay had basically ripped and put his own spin on it

Don't fight the feeling which is his first album is probably my favorite of his, but 4-Tay has great music spread all over his albums

[Big Sledge]

flight23 finish list pls

[Big Sledge]

flight23 finish list pls

[Cheech]

The beat of Shook Ones is close to my favourite bit of music of all time

word up son, word.

[flight23]

flight23 finish list pls

finish......its 1996

[Big Sledge]

Should I even bother posting here or do you guys still dont know what song ill post?

actually it will get a mention, as it was the album that changed my opinion of both Kanye and Jay-z, but obviously not for a while

...

finish......its 1996