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This album contains their well-known first hit singles and is solid through and through, no filler tracks here. Distant Relatives is a seamless fusion of Hip Hop, Reggae, Dancehall, and African musical elements, with uplifting afro-centric vocals about freedom, family, spirituality, and ancestry. At 65 minutes, Distant Relatives offers both quantity and quality — all killer, no filler. Distant Relatives is aging really well and sounds as timely and timeless today as it did the day it was released.
Unfortunate, because Distant Relatives is much too good to be ignored. The chemistry between Nas and Damian Marley is palpable, and they complement each other perfectly.
More than a Hip Hop album — all fans of music in general need to have this one in their collections. What do you know about billy woods? Musically this album could have been part of the Def Jux realm with its dusty and experimental sounding musical backdrops.
History Will Absolve Me is a challenging and intense listening experience, but ultimately extremely rewarding. One of the best albums in , which was sadly ignored upon its release. It is standing the test of time though, so it is never too late to check it out. The Impossible Kid is the seventh studio album by Aesop Rock. Aesop Rock is a master of intelligent, poetic lyricism and on this album his flow perfectly blends with the highly original beats he crafted himself.
Overall Apocalypse 91… may lack the special spark of its two predecessors, but there are enough strokes of brilliance here as well. Apollo Brown is one of the best producers in the game today. The number of top-quality projects he has put his stamp on in this decade is amazing. Trophies is 16 tracks of straight to the point Hip Hop; no frills, no gimmicks. There are no guest emcee appearances, no hook singers, no skits, no wasted moments — and despite the album is about one hour long, it never gets boring.
In the gangsta theme still had originality and authenticity, which makes Ice T a true O. With this sophomore effort, Freestyle Fellowship really deliver the goods. Conscious, humorous, clever, versatile: emcees Mikah 9, P. This highly original album is a slept-on lyrical masterpiece. Another Gang Starr album, another classic.
After discovering their signature sound on Step In The Arena , Premier and Guru perfected it here, dropping another gem that can be played from beginning to end without having to skip any tracks. He is an incredible producer AND a great lyricist.
He is responsible for two near-flawless albums as one-third of the Diamond District trio, and he has released a string of great solo-projects. Tangible Dream is his best solo-effort of the s, along with The Good Fight This album is full of great songs. Tangible Dream offers smooth and intelligent Hip Hop of the highest quality — this album should be a part of any serious Hip Hop collection. This album is FUN. The debut album of the Jungle Brothers , and the first album of a group affiliated with The Native Tongues collective.
Dope production, dope rhymes — this is one of the many classics, arguably the greatest year in the history of Hip Hop. Also one of the best-produced albums of It never achieved the same legendary status that the seminal release of the year — Dr. One of the biggest albums of the aughts. The fact he made a bunch of not-so-good albums had more to do with subpar production than his work on the mic. On Rip The Jacker , his fifth studio album, everything finally comes together for Canibus — resulting in what arguably is his best album.
Forget 50 Cent, this is one of the best albums of Enta Da Stage is such an album. The question was if they could do it again — and the answer is a resounding yes. Bandana is cut from the same cloth as its seminal predecessor and is just about as good. With Pinata they showed that their apparent differences only served to create a result that was bigger than the sum of the two parts; with Bandana they prove it was not a fluke.
Because of a string of mediocre later releases and probably also because of his mega-successful business dealings, Jay Z has become a love-him or hate-him kind of figure. A young, hungry and ambitious Jay Z paints a compelling picture of his life as a hustler. With masterful production, brilliant lyricism, Reasonable Doubt shows us Jay Z at his musical peak. Markedly darker — both sonically and lyrically — than their previous albums, Guru is great and especially DJ Premier is in top form as always, cementing their combined status of one the most consistent acts in Hip Hop ever.
Also part of the epic run of classic Wu-Tang solo debuts. Brokelore is the most surprising album of the year. Excellent rhyming — lyrics and flow — and smooth, infectious beats from beginning to end. This is a near-perfect album, expertly blending traditional West Coast and East Coast Hip Hop sounds and adding a unique contemporary vibe. The mark of a classic? Endless replay value and no skips — Brokelore is such an album.
Another DITC classic. Diamond D always was a producer first and an emcee second and it shows. The beats on this joint are flawless from start to finish, no need to skip tracks on this album.
This is a fantastic album, one of the best released in After having made a big enough impression with two mixtapes and his excellent debut project Bucket List Project in , year-old Chicago rapper Saba dropped a modern classic with his sophomore album Care For Me. In an interview, Saba spoke about the mental process and how writing the songs on the album were therapeutic saying:.
A lot of it had to do with losing my best friend and older cousin, [John] Walt, which is throughout the album. Care For Me is a subtle and intimate concept album dedicated to the memory of his cousin. The emotion involved can be felt throughout the 10 tracks on Care For Me , and this is one of those albums where the instrumentals and the lyrics complement each other perfectly, the minimalist but tasteful soundscapes Saba cooked up himself serving only to enhance the poignant emotions reflected in his lyrics.
In addition to their monumental debut, the classic Enter The Wu-Tang , there were 5 outstanding solo projects by Wu-Tang Clan members released prior to this sophomore effort. Wu-Tang Forever is a double album, which is always tricky. The risk is that the album loses focus and cohesiveness, that there are some tracks that will be seen as filler material and that the album simply is too long winded.
Not the case here. Sure, it could have done with fewer tracks and certainly with fewer skits , but overall this is an excellent album and great addition to the Wu-Tang catalog. Nothing wrong with the musical backdrops by the way — a lot of dirty, dusty drums and snares, just as can be expected on an MF DOOM record — but the lyrics steal the show here. The album is filled with crazy creative imagery, humor, and dope punchlines, DOOM once again proves lyrically he is in a lane of his own.
So, how to top or even equal a classic like Illmatic? An impossible task, even if It Was Written turned out to be another excellent Nas album. Going for a more commercial-friendly sound here and there, and trying out the mafioso subgenre on some tracks, It Was Written just feels a little less tight and coherent than Illmatic does.
With It Was Written Nas cemented his status as one of the most talented, all-around skilled emcees in the game. Music , forming a duo was nothing but a logical step. Although not even their strongest outing, Run The Jewels still is one of the better projects of the decade, laying the groundwork for even better things to come. Like RTJ2 and RTJ3 , this project is aging very well, and with three straight near-perfect albums under their belts, there can be little discussion about the fact Run The Jewels is one of the greatest duos in Hip Hop history.
In his year career, KRS dropped many classic albums — this is one of his best. Lyrics, flow, delivery, message, beats, diversity — this album has everything. This is Southern Hip Hop at its finest. Real and raw, Soul Food has that genre-bending musicality reminiscent of OutKast with true lyrical depth.
One of those albums that age like fine wine and only get better as time goes by. Where most of his Wu-Tang colleagues struggled and failed… to follow-up their classic solo debuts with worthy follow-ups, Ghostface even surpassed his already awesome debut Ironman with Supreme Clientele. If not for the little lag — with a few skits too many — in the middle of the album, Supreme Clientele would have been an absolute Hip Hop classic.
Simply brilliant. A challenging listen maybe, but ultimately extremely rewarding — a milestone not just for Hip Hop, but for music in general. Sonically creative and diverse and lyrically astute — this album is standing the test of time and will always have a place among the best Hip Hop albums of all-time.
Even though The Listening was much-lauded it went relatively unnoticed. The Rennaissance obliterated all doubters and Q-Tip critics. The album is consistent as hell, 13 tracks with no filler material. Why this album is hardly ever mentioned when discussing best ever Hip Hop albums is a mystery.
Everything about this album is DOPE. Production is great, Paris is a fine emcee with a dark, menacing tone of voice and the subject matter is thought-provoking. Paak, and Busta Rhymes to spice things up some. City and To Pimp A Butterfly.
No sophomore slump for EPMD. One year after their brilliant debut album Strictly Business they turned out another classic. Danny Brown hit a home run with Atrocity Exhibition. This album feels like a feverish nightmare that gives us a glimpse of the insanity, depression, and hedonism of the Danny Brown psyche. This album is deep and dark and at times over the top, both sonically and lyrically.
Production is superb though, and even those who gravitate towards more traditional styles will find a lot to like here. One of the best album covers front and back in Hip Hop history too. Few groups in Hip Hop, if any, can boast both the longevity and consistency De La Soul has shown over the years.
The reason for that probably is that it has less commercial appeal than the others. Artistically it is every bit as strong, though — cohesive and consistent throughout — an artistic peak for both De La Soul and producer Prince Paul. LL Cool J at the top of his game.
Amazingly consistent and entertaining throughout. The album flew well under the mainstream radar but was quickly recognized as a classic by true heads. And he could spit too. This album would be the one to change the direction of Hip Hop. Going for rock-infused, stripped-down, hard beats, and a new kind of emceeing, it was game-changing in more ways than one.
A great prelude to even greater things to come. The album sounds a bit dated now, but Run DMC set the new standard when it came out.
Maybe due to bad promotion by O. This easily is one of the best Hip Hop albums of This album is pure Hip Hop. With gangsta rap becoming the dominant thing on the West Coast in the early 90s, these guys were a breath of fresh air. Highly original, humorous, fun, and not afraid to show their vulnerable sides — The Pharcyde was never concerned with gangster posing and tough-guy-posturing but was more like a West Coast version of ATCQ or De La Soul.
Not immediately recognized as such upon its release, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik gained more and more recognition over the years and is now universally recognized as a staple of Southern Hip Hop. On the four CunninLynguists albums preceding this project, Kno already amply proved that he can put a big stamp on an album in terms of production.
In the CunninLynguists producer released Death Is Silent : a solo album on which he also accounts for a large part of the lyrics. The production on this album is nothing short of spectacular, and the beats and the stories blend together like gears on a machine. The whole album has the same feel, without ever sounding monotonous.
This is an album to zone out on, to press play and let it run from start to finish — no need to skip anything, there are no fillers tracks and no stupid skits. But even if Kno will always be a producer before he is an emcee, he can carry an album on the microphone as well. He calls himself the Emo Premo on one of the tracks, providing lyrics that should shame most full-time rappers.
Death Is Silent is one of our favorite albums released in , a true musical gem in a world full of fake thugging, bling-bling, dumb-ass b. From start to finish, this is a masterpiece of music not just Hip Hop. Anyone with an interest in quality music with substance will love this melancholic masterpiece. Over some of the most engaging beats Ant ever crafted, Ali paints honest, poignant, and compelling pictures all over the album.
He has not adopted the all-out thug persona yet and the album is better for it. On this album, he is able to show us all aspects of his tormented being, better than on any of his other albums.
We love it when everything we value in Hip Hop comes together in one project. Music Rebellious African People Music is such a project, one that fires on all cylinders. Hard-hitting, kick-ass beats for Killer Mike to spit his uncompromising and thought-provoking lyrics over, this is what Hip Hop is all about.
Music was an instant classic, reminiscent of the fire and fury early Ice Cube and Public Enemy albums brought — this album has that same sense of intensity and urgency. Killer Mike was already able to boast a strong discography before the release of R. Music , but this album is on another level. His synergy with DefJux head-honcho El-P is awesome — something they would continue to prove with the three excellent Run The Jewels albums that would follow this collaboration.
Music was too real to attract big-time mainstream media attention, but it is an important album and a modern classic. He would go on to release a myriad of excellent albums and collaborations — and Operation: Doomsday is up there with the best of his work. Cannibal Ox really delivered something special with The Cold Vein. With invaluable work on the boards of El-P during the heyday of the unsung DefJux label , this album is nothing less than a masterpiece.
The Cold Vein was years ahead of its time and is only getting better as time goes by. Another one of those albums that received widespread critical acclaim, but no radio play — as it was not about guns, money, and bitches but rather about intelligence and upliftment.
This is a timeless classic. Licensed To Ill offers pure energy and great fun. The Beastie Boys were the first white act in Hip Hop to make it big, and maintain credibility and respect in the Hip Hop world throughout their career. This album is one of the big, early successes of Def Jam — the dominating and most innovating record label at the time, extremely important for the exposure of Hip Hop to larger audiences worldwide.
The Roots is one of the most consistent acts in the game. Practically their whole catalog is excellent — but for us, Game Theory is one of their stand-out albums — right up there with the very best Roots albums Illadelph Halflife and Things Fall Apart Their insanely smooth flows and outstanding creativity and originality make for an atypical late nineties NYC Hip Hop album. It has aged really well though and is deservedly recognized now by many as the masterpiece it is.
Consistent quality. Two words that describe the work of EPMD. They admirably succeeded in creating an album with similarities to the first album, while doing something completely different at the same time. Prince Po and Pharoahe Monch come with unparalleled lyricism on this dark, dense, complicated , and intellectual album.
This album was way ahead of its time in vision and execution. Some albums from this era sound dated now but Stress: The Extinction Agenda sounds as fresh today as it did on the day it was released — the mark of a true classic.
In terms of wordplay, flow, delivery, AND content — this is the gold standard. Pharoahe Monch is and has always been the better rapper of the two, but Prince Po is perfectly able to hold his own — which is incredible enough. Whether they are storytelling, philosophizing, joking, bragging, being conscious, or simply throwing out battle raps — their lyrical performances are top-tier in every aspect — there is NOTHING cliche or run-of-the-mill about the lyricism on Stress: The Extinction Agenda.
The mostly self-produced beats on Stress: The Extinction Agenda are dope as f too — dark and menacing, but jazzy at the same time: musically this album comes off as a hybrid of the sounds of A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang Clan — combining the best of both worlds. Stress: The Extinction Agenda is one of the most underrated albums released in the s — this truly is a one-of-a-kind kind of album. Review: This is the first sampler to drop ahead of the next Deep in the Jungle Anthems LP, and since we're seven deep into this series already, you'll know just how hard they tend to hit.
This sampler is no exception and the team have roped in a handful of the best in the game. Napes steps up first for a remix of 'Madman' by DJ Hybrid and the result is furious expression of breaks and bass, a flurry of energy that starts on the drop and doesn't let up for a second, its old school vibe cut through with modern jump up force.
Janaway's cut - 'Know Dem' - is especially sick, with stepping drums and an infectiously funky bassline that ripples with high frequency energy. Minimal Crunk - BPM. Bounce - BPM. System Raised - BPM. Pillow Bite - BPM. Review: Things are shaping up very nicely for Shayper right now. After a string of heaters quite literally in the case of 'Burnt Gerbil' on Sub-liminal, he's bounced over to Sub-Division with this EP of volcanic proportions. The title track says it all; 'Bounce' is a ludicrously bumping 4x4 slap-about with a drop so sick it makes the rona seem like a mere sniffle.
It's in good company; 'Can You Feel' is absolute beast of a growler laced with all manner of glitches and twists while the 1. More 'Bounce' to the ounce. Burnt Gerbil. Burnt Gerbil - BPM. Played by: Juno Download. Summer Selection. Guzi - "Area 51" - BPM. Dunk - "Bingo" - BPM. Yatuza - "Cliche" - BPM. Prestige - "Logical" - BPM. Warhead - "Mucked" - BPM. Motiv - "Necroplasm" - BPM.
Guzi - "Pulse 95" - BPM. Dunk - "Silence" - BPM. Ghxsty - "Simmer" - BPM. Warhead - "Triggered" - BPM. Guzi - "Trippy" - 58 BPM. Review: So it doesn't feel like we've had much of a summer this year.
It also feels like the arts are being hung-up to dry right now. But at least the good folk at Sub-liminal care for us To mark the albeit raveless sunny season, they've put together a 50 yes, fifty track collection from some of the most exciting names in the game. Highlights include the Remarc levels of badness on Guzi's 'Area 51', the tension and staggered creepiness of Yatuza's 'Clich? And that's just three out of Thank you Sub-liminal. We need this more than ever right now.
The Myriad Part 4. Review: Few labels are as on-point as Sub-liminal when it comes to new talent. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Myriad by name, myriad madness by nature. Nemy - "Shifted" - BPM. Patient - "Understand" - BPM. Headsbass Volume 2 Part 3. Shayper - "Infiltrate" - BPM. Shayper - "Rever" - BPM. Shayper - "Marianas" - 58 BPM. Review: Sub-Division have absolutely bloody killed it with this one.
Featuring 5 cuts from Shayper including features from Guzi and Substance, Infiltrate is a collection of pure, gully numbers that all sit comfortably within the scene trends at the moment. All 5 of these could be talked about it in detail, but 'Nagato' stands out for the sheer audacity of its sub bass, a wobbling, pulsating wall of energy that pushes out into all corners of the range.
Every list comes with a link to a top 40 page for each year, where you can find short albums reviews and dozens of honorable mentions. Dive deep into those lists, and no doubt you will find lots of excellent Hip Hop albums you have never listened to before. If you discover new favorites, let us know in the comments!
Check here for the full list, including honorable mentions. Work in progress. Cause I read these amazingly informative list too much! Trying to collect them all! Way cool list! Much love! Not everyone was an anticon fan but should of included their finest release Deep Puddle Dynamics for sure.
Be interested in seeing a list of the worst albums from each decade I remember owning some shocking stuff DerekB on top!!!! Ill Bill and Stu Bangas album is definitely one of the best of The Opioid Era and Diabolic and Vanderslice as well.
And Nems album. Annihilation of the Evil Machine, etc. Fait Accomoli by Canibus should have got a mention too. As an indie artist, part of the challenge is getting my music heard. So, I truly appreciate you shedding some needed light upon my art.
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