RHH: Mitch!’s top 50 hip-hop albums?
Based purely on entertainment value.
1. A Piece of Strange – CunninLynguists
2. The College Dropout – Kanye West
3. Liquid Swords – GZA/Genius
4. Madvillainy – Madvillain
5. The Cold Vein – Cannibal Ox
6. The Slim Shady LP – Eminem
7. Deadringer – RJD2
8. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star – Black Star
9. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan
10. I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead – El-P
11. The Blueprint – Jay-Z
12. Endtroducing….. – DJ Shadow
13. Dirty Acres – CunninLynguists
14. The Chronic – Dr. Dre
15. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
16. Southernunderground – CunninLynguists
17. The Unseen – Quasimoto
18. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… – Raekwon
19. Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z
20. The Black Album – Jay-Z
21. The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest
22. Will Rap for Food – CunninLynguists
23. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous – Big L
24. Illmatic – Nas
25. Ready to Die – The Notorious B.I.G.
26. Illadelph Halflife – The Roots
27. Below the Heavens – Blu & Exile
28. I Phantom – Mr. Lif
29. Man on the Moon: The End of Day – Kid Cudi
30. Northern Star – Cold Legistics
31. Black on Both Sides – Mos Def
32. Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – 50 Cent
33 Food and Liquor – Lupe Fiasco
34. Fantastic Damage – El-P
35. Funcrusher Plus –Company Flow
36. Operation: Doomsday – MF DOOM
37. Be – Common
38. The Documentary – The Game
39. Shadows on the Sun – Brother Ali
40. Ritual of Battle – Army of the Pharaohs
41. Shades of Blue – Madlib
42. Stillmatic – Nas
43. Take Me to Your Leader – King Geedorah
44. The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
45. Archetype – Tonedeff
46. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2 – Raekwon
47. A Long Hot Summer – Masta Ace
48. The LP – Large Professor
49. 2001 – Dr. Dre
50. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – Mr. SOS
Rate, hate, ejaculate.
My problem is The Blueprint > Reasonable Doubt and Black Album
No 2Pac Albums?
Still Good List 9/10
Comments
nope…no criticisms here.
well, I wouldn’t put Get Rich or Die Tryin’ above some of the albums below it, but hey, its your list.
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a lot of my favorites up in hea……… *respect knuckles*
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Rate: 9/10
Hate: Imo, Liquid Swords >>> College Dropout
Ejaculate: Uh, I don’t think females can do that…
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P.S. Thumbs up to you for Operation: Doomsday by MF DOOM
Is The Cold Vein top 10? Yes. Great list.
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i ejaculated.
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Need more A Tribe Called Quest
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lol @ The College Dropout 2nd yet Illmatic at 24th. Y0U DUN G00FED
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My problem is The Blueprint > Reasonable Doubt and Black Album
No 2Pac Albums?
Still Good List 9/10
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Nice list. 9/10
Hate: Some Albums I feel should be higher.
Loved Madvillany at 4.
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I’m trying to understand how a list with so much Madlib can also have people like Kanye West, Eminem and Kid Cudi.
Too much Cunninlynguists, Jiggaboo and El-P for my taste. Also you only have less than 10 albums that would be on my own list.
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Based.
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Number 50 is rated too close to 47. And 47 under 45? Naw man…
Lol jk, great list. Loving the CL.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 7:22 am
I will never understand why everyone loves
4. Madvillainy – Madvillain
5. The Cold Vein – Cannibal Ox
but yeah, great list. I like Endtroducing… at 12.
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