5 Rap Albums You MUST Know!

[@sharingan072]

I would've liked to see 1 "must know" for each decade. Something like: 1) NWA - Straight Outta Compton 2) Nas - Illmatic 3) Lupe Fiasco - the Cool 4) Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid MAAD City 5) JID - The Forever Story

[@LuisFelipeBallénUriarte]

1)THE CHRONIC, 2)ILLMATIC, 3)ENTER THE 36 CHAMBERS, 4)AQUEMINI, 5)THINGS FALL APART

[@LuisFelipeBallénUriarte]

@@Tonyisgaming hey i thought the point is was to name 5 classics everyone is supposed to know if that aint it please enlighten me which is the god damn point then i dont know what mufukas thing i´m supposed to know but if i had to start schooling someone on hip hop those are the different albums i would recommend all different regions all different flavas but all high quality material

[@TheMad31683]

Lolol easy you two easy lol

[@lonelylubberkin7299]

How original.

[@wombwomp2983]

​@@LuisFelipeBallénUriarteok so now name 5 that you dont find within 30 min of discovering hip hop😂 no point in naming albums EVERYONE knows😂

[@LuisFelipeBallénUriarte]

@@wombwomp2983 hey i just named some great albums what the fuck do you want from me buddy? ok you want geeky underground shit some male alfa gangsta shit you want consciousness for hippies... i mean i guess i can give you 20 albums i think are different and great without thinking too much 1)Aceyalone = A book of human languaje 2)MC eith = which way is wezt 3)killah priest = the offering 4)Ras kass & apollo brown = blasphemy 5)Chino xl = here to save yall 7)AZ = do or die 2 8)cormega = Legal hustle 9)ice cube = the predator 10)Scarface = untouchable 11)organized konfusion = organized konfusion 12)krs one = the sneak attack 13)public enemy= whachu gona do when the greed goes down 14)Talib kweli & styles p = Seven 15)pharoah monch = W.A.R. 16)SA Roc = nebuchadnezzard 17)Rapsody= laila's wisdom 18)jean grae= this week 19)Che noir and apollo brown = as god intended 20)bahamadia= kollage hopefully this lil list will make mufukas happier

[@bobbyjefferson7929]

Some less well known (but still great) albums: 1) The Beatnuts - The Beatnuts: Street Level 2) Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal 3) Compton's Most Wanted - Music to Driveby 4) Masta Ace Incorporated - Sittin on Chrome 5) Three 6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez

[@CarlosHernandez-rl2wg]

For Beanuts, mine would be "Stone Crazy".

[@nullvoid2001]

Damn, this list is great i would have put 2,4,5 higher though

[@bobbyjefferson7929]

@@nullvoid2001 I guess I should have mentioned that it's not in any particular order

[@wombwomp2983]

My top 5 is always changing so here's a top 10 in NO ORDER 1. Surreal - True Indeed 2. Rasco - Time Waits For No Man 3. Ugly Duckling - Down The Road Cassette 4. Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens 5. Centa Of The Web - Beyond Human Comprehension 6. Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts & Entertainment 7. Common Market - Tobacco Road 8. Avantdale Bowling Club - Live 9. Deca - Smoking Gun 10. 5 Elementz - The Album Time Forgot

[@OctavianJohnson]

I always have to turn my volume up when I watch these lives lol

[@dmdubb3129]

Fr bro. After all these years I can’t believe these dudes can’t figure out how to fix this trash audio

[@jordanullom8353]

I need more hater Ken!!! He’s so hilarious when he’s throwing shots at the guys!!

[@fernandoc1550]

Funny Moments: 4:18 / 10:32 / 17:13 / 17:47 / 20:22 / 21:42 / 27:47 / 36:32 / 37:26 / 38:40 (kens face 😂) / 1:02:05 / 1:04:43 (my superchat) / 1:08:43 / 1:10:23/

[@Moltzenn]

Someone who had no idea about hiphop, i would recommend these must know albums. J Cole - 2014 FHD Funky DL - Black Current Jazz 2 Kendrick - Section 80 Dom Kennedy - Yellow Album Noname - Telephone

[@kazzykaioken8873]

Thats whack bro if someone gas no idea about hip hop how u not gonna put them on to albums like aquemini and illmatic?

[@Moltzenn]

@@kazzykaioken8873 lol

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

The Yellow Album is a real gem. Sadly, I still don't think it's on streaming.

[@DefSquadFan]

@Michael Brown How a new person supposed to find it?

[@Moltzenn]

@@DefSquadFan theres popular platform called youtube.

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

I would recommend these albums: Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Aquemini Good Kid, Maad City College Dropout Ready To Die

[@11platupus]

This is easy 1)nas-illmatic 2)mf doom - mmm food 3)lil xan-xannarcy 4)Freddie Gibbs-pinata 5) maclamore- TPAB

[@mafiosotruely]

Im super excited that you guys are gonna make this topic an ongoing thing!!! These are my picks 1. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool 2. Ice Cube - Death Certificate 3. The Roots - Things Fall Apart 4. Project Pat - Ghetty Green 5. Twista - Adrenaline Rush

[@DefSquadFan]

Death Certificate is like multi platinum. How is that lesser known?

[@mafiosotruely]

@@DefSquadFan true but I feel like it doesn't get pushed out there enough like other albums

[@FrederickGarrett-s8g]

Damn bro me and my uncle argue this at least once a year …. But you got ghetty green over mista don’t play? I mean you can’t go wrong. We also can’t agree on too hard to swallow or riding dirty

[@mafiosotruely]

@@FrederickGarrett-s8g yes ghetty Green. Both are solid albums but my pick was only for the sake of the topic and also I based my choice on the fact that chicken head is Project Pat biggest song which is on the Mista don't play album

[@FrederickGarrett-s8g]

@@mafiosotruely mdp in my top 5 all time. It’s so many hits ,chickenhead ,might be the worse song on the album respectfully

[@08Coronel]

Start at 2:04

[@Kingolimar354]

Much obliged

[@HR-up5lf]

I made my 11 yr old son listen to Ready to Die when he was getting into hip hop. I made him listen to the WHOLE THING because I wanted him to have a good foundation in the genre...he really didn't want to but sometimes you have to be a dad and do what is best for your kids haha

[@benimanah]

Brilliant album but I hope you skipped the sex skit lmao that would scar me as a kid

[@HR-up5lf]

I did haha

[@kazzykaioken8873]

@@HR-up5lfSo ur puttin him on to an album, but that same album contains content u dont want him to hear.. ready to die is not for 11 year olds bro

[@hahaharvey3068]

I wish I had a role model like you all I had was my brother making me listen to tyga and tinie tempah

[@lonelylubberkin7299]

Yeah forcing your kids to listen to something they don’t want to is great parenting…

[@originalmoneybuckets]

DAG SAVAGE is a great pick. Something relatively left field but still approachable to a non hiphop fan.

[@TheEliteSharingan]

In no specific order: 1. Avantdale Bowling Club - Self Titled 2. Epik High - Epik High is Here 3. Andy Mineo - Uncomfortable 4. Sa-Roc - The Sharecropper’s Daughter 5. JGivens - Fly Exam

[@Sparagoosedonkey]

Yes man. Avantdale bowling club are fucking fantastic. Great jazz music and the rapper reminds me of Kendrik. Top tier choice 👌

[@TheEliteSharingan]

@@Sparagoosedonkey maaan, Tom Scott is incredible with the different flows and multisyllabic and internal rhymes. I’m from the UK and the self titled album is one of my all time favourite albums.

[@Sparagoosedonkey]

@@TheEliteSharingan I'm from the UK also mate. North East England. I randomly found them on bandcamp and instantly loved it. Tom is such a good rapper like you say his flows etc are excellent. His rapping style reminds me so much of Kendrik which is the highest compliment you can get imo

[@wombwomp2983]

Dang I also put Avantdale in my list nice bro! My top 5 is always changing so here's a top 10 in NO ORDER 1. Surreal - True Indeed 2. Rasco - Time Waits For No Man 3. Ugly Duckling - Down The Road Cassette 4. Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens 5. Centa Of The Web - Beyond Human Comprehension 6. Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts & Entertainment 7. Common Market - Tobacco Road 8. Avantdale Bowling Club - Live 9. Deca - Smoking Gun 10. 5 Elementz - The Album Time Forgot

[@wombwomp2983]

For UK sound check out The Brotherhood - Elementalz BVA - Lex Neville. Numskullz - Chapter Two. Gutter Snypes - The Trials Of Life. Krispy - From The Country Dirty Dike - Matress

[@kuriousstylez]

Diabolic-Fightin Words Input-Pictureface Wicked Genius-Super Villains Dayton Family-Charges Of Indictment Lil Wyte-The One And Only I still keep those in heavy rotation and I wish more people knew them

[@JustDraysonTV]

Illmatic - Nas Aquemini - Outkast Ready To Die - Biggie Straight Outta Compton - NWA To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

[@domsyncro4226]

Nas “Illmatic” Ice Cube “Death Certificate” A Tribe Called Quest “Midnight Marauders” OutKast “ATLiens” Public Enemy “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back”

[@DefSquadFan]

Only difference I had was Straight Outta Compton instead of Death Certificate. Death Certificate is a good choice though.

[@MrSquaky]

I think Dead End Hip Hop gets stuck on the surface level "classic" albums way too much. They don't delve into more soundcloud, underground and independent works nearly enough.

[@mistersippiburning]

Ken should listen to The Southern Way by UGK. It's the prequel to Too Hard to Swallow.

[@spitz_495]

Surprised Ken's wasn't some Grandmaster Flash album

[@jaydub224]

Meth had a song with Mary before Can’t Knock The Hustle, and it was a bigger hit too. And Mary was getting rappers on her songs and remixes way before that. I don’t think Jay popularized that at all.

[@FrederickGarrett-s8g]

1. Chronic 2 Mista don’t play everythang working -project pat 3. Ugk too hard to swallow 4 bone e 1999 eternal 5 jay z reasonable doubt

[@harrisondiggs3508]

“Never signed a deal till it was worth a millie” -feefo on no where to turn 👀👀👀

[@HUNGRYFLOWER98]

Beezy said gunner🤣🤣🤣

[@supermariodmac]

Hip hop minute!

[@mafiosotruely]

I think that this would make more sense if the criteria is particularly the lesser known or sleeper albums. Some picks were too popular...just my two cents

[@hahaharvey3068]

Hear me out 4 rappers and a producer meth, ghost face, Raekwon, GZA and madlib would be a really weird mix but I bet they could pull it off

[@gritty25]

Nas- illmatic Dre- 2001 Kendrick- To Pimp A Butterfly OutKast- Aquemini WuTang- 36 Chambers

[@RadiOG58]

Some of the Best 1st line of songs/verses (no particular order) off the top of my head 1) A child is born with no state of mind, blind to the ways of mankind 2) 1st I do like this, put a look on my face like I smell some piss 3) the world is mine ***** get back, don't fuck with my stack, the gauge is racked 4) Nobody likes me, but that's ok cuz I don't like y'all anyway. Man I don't like y'all anyway Fuck All Y'all! 5) They said it couldn't be forever wouldn't be forever, the grain ain't enough you gotta mix it with the leather 6) if pirus and crips all got along, they probably gun me down by the end of this song 7) That's you in that bad ass benz ha 8) Like LT Dan I'm rollin' back to back I keep on smokin 9) Very contagious raps should be trapped in cages 10) look who creepin look who crawlin still ballin in the mix I can probably name another 100 lol

[@throwsomenuggzonit7613]

Some recent stuff 1. Alfredo (Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist) 2. The Suns Tirade (Isaiah Rashad) 3. Atrocity Exhibition (Danny Brown) 4.Lamb Over Rice (Action Bronson & Alchemist) 5. Daytona (Pusha T)

[@nightimermx8934]

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein Cunninlynguists- A Piece of Strange Home Brew - Home Brew Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol 2 David Dallas - The Rose Tint

[@itsjooey69]

Damn home brew? Much love from New Zealand

[@nightimermx8934]

@@itsjooey69 @Peace - Girl Songs an honorable mention!

[@lonelylubberkin7299]

The only respectable list I’ve seen that isn’t all the basics

[@Dodgerz_McFly]

Black On Both Sides Muddy Waters Supreme Clientele Operation: Doomsday Fantastic, Vol. 2

[@wombwomp2983]

My top 5 is always changing so here's a top 10 (which is also always changing, to much good hip hop haha) in NO ORDER 1. Surreal - True Indeed 2. Rasco - Time Waits For No Man 3. Ugly Duckling - Down The Road Cassette 4. Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens 5. Centa Of The Web - Beyond Human Comprehension 6. Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts & Entertainment 7. Common Market - Tobacco Road 8. Avantdale Bowling Club - Live 9. Deca - Smoking Gun 10. 5 Elementz - The Album Time Forgot I dont do popular "classic albums" that everyone knows. Tell me WHY tf anyone would rec. something everyone knows on a Hip Hop video IN 2023 you feel😂 yall have a good one. If anyone wants a large list I can seperate it by subgenres of hip hop like soulful, loud, jazzy, UK, underground "classics", non hip-hop and really everything in-between. I seriously love to help people discover new music as I search for cool stuff all the time with my friends and can relate to it being hard at first to get, for example the KZbin recs. you want. Ill listen to anything you throw at me as well so feel free!

[@ElijahMCMalik]

🔥🔥🔥

[@dhyanpatel3589]

42:17 hehehee

[@sersarsor]

36 Chambers Soul Food To Pimp A Butterfly All Eyez On Me Lord Willin'

[@CarlosHernandez-rl2wg]

Kendrick is great, but he still needs some time. Pac, E-40, and Too Short are my top Westcoast artists based on catalog and influence.

[@IamFirtyDucker]

10 years is enough

[@LJChibueze]

What time does he need? Dude Pac died in his prime lol. He already passed up Pac. People just can’t accept the fact that he’s better smh

[@loveNsuccessfollowsme]

Kendrick been rapping for more than a decade, just give the dude his respect. If you don't like him let it be known. But stop moving the goal post 😂😂

[@LJChibueze]

And he passed up E-40 and Too Short. That’s not even a debate lol. He passed them up a while ago

[@samc5018]

Kendrick needs no more time. We need to give people their flowers while they’re still making music.

[@Zo6695]

Not in order necessarily: 1. TPAB 2. Illmatic 3. Aquemini 4. The Eminem Show 5. Paid in Full

[@blondymonk1535]

@@secondary479 Yeah. Replace with mmlp.

[@SyySteezy]

BLACK MOON RUNS YOU

[@LuisFelipeBallénUriarte]

now if mufukas woul ask me what type albums do i listen from different genres i would go Big L lifestyles ov da poor and dangerous(for boom bap) Westside connection bown down (for gangsta rap) Dogg pound dogg food(more so for G funk) De la soul buhloone mindstate(personally for experimental hip hop althought i could be wrong) the roots do you want more(for jazz rap) Common one day it´ll all make sense(for conscious hip hop) and of course muddy waters blackout and dare is darkside (for blazing up an L)

[@IamFirtyDucker]

5 albums that will give people a diversified palette for Hip Hop would be: Good Kid Maad City My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Rodeo Stankonia Nothing Was The Same People will probably disagree

[@dmdubb3129]

Best one I’ve seen on here imo. Most of the stuff I’m seeing on here is underground boom bap and that’s just not my lane

[@theebonymaw]

Jay did NOT popularize Mary J features. Tical was '94! the revisionist history is sickening.

[@LJB140486]

Chronic 2001

[@DefSquadFan]

Reasonable Doubt ain't it. People wasn't checkin for it when it came out so obvious it's not an entry point album.

[@theebonymaw]

THANK YOU. it was not standing shoulder-to-shoulder with anything Wu, Mobb, or Nas was putting out at the time. it even got a *retroactive* 5-mics during the Nas beef to make their catalogue appear more even. there's a reason why he didn't pop until Vol. 2.

[@seankelly4594]

This is a lie that album went gold he did a nation wide tour off that album you clearly wasn’t outside when it came out

[@seankelly4594]

@@theebonymaw jay first went album gold second went platinum so the myth that nobody was checking for jay until vol 2 is false

[@theebonymaw]

@@seankelly4594 bruh, knock it off. it took RD a year to go gold. OB4CL went gold in 3 months the year before in '95. Jay was NOT the competition.

[@DefSquadFan]

@Sean Kelly Gold. Yeah it went gold two years later. This album was certified slept on.

[@DefSquadFan]

In a lot of peoples eyes 2Pac died representing the West Coast immortalizing him as the greatest west coast m.c.

[@lonnielynn9566]

Tragedy khadafi - thug matrix 4118 Sean price - jesus price superstar Juss allah - all fates have changed Typical cats - typical cats Juelz santana - from me to you

[@kazzykaioken8873]

I thought i was the only one who remembered jus allah! Dude was the dopest in his group

[@lonnielynn9566]

@Kazzy Kaioken my brother 💪💪💪 I always proffered him to Vinny Paz. A lot of people don't like his solo stuff but I love it

[@th3thiiird3y3]

*What rapper annoys me whenever they or the song come on?* (And I know I'm not the only one) NAV Yoooo I CANT STAND TO HEAR THAT DUDES VOICE. Nav's friends? We gotta do better yo. Y'all let him *ruin a near perfect track from Astroworld* . I will never forget... I rather have a verse by the Biebs frfr. Canada do something, I don't want any 💨

[@prettytone2089]

NO ILLMATIC MENTION IS LUNACY

[@Tonyisgaming]

Who doesn’t know Illmatic.

[@prettytone2089]

@TonyisToking the list is for people being introduced to hip hop not for already hip hop fans because if that's the case they would know every album mentioned

[@GrinchyGreen334]

@@TonyisgamingA lot of people believe it or not

[@lonelylubberkin7299]

It’s so boring

[@lakerfan722]

Kendrick is the king of the west coast, simply based on the fact he’s actually born and raised in Compton

[@LJChibueze]

Exactly Pac is from the East Coast representing the West Coast. That don’t even sit right with me lol

[@lonelylubberkin7299]

It’s a pretty low bar to be the west coast king

[@lakerfan722]

@@lonelylubberkin7299 maybe before Kendrick

[@s.i.n.survivalinnegativity]

These new age backpack keyboardists really tryna rewrite history on Jay-Z 😂🤣

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

They only know Hov bc of his marriage and billionaire status

[@lonelylubberkin7299]

There isn’t any albums you must know. Listen to whatever you want and ignore gate keeping old heads. Most of the highly recommended albums are mainstream bullshit.