For his recent cover story with The Source magazine, Drake spoke with former Editor-in-Chief Kim Osorio about his five favorite Hip Hop albums of all time. During the interview, he named offerings from The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, OutKast, Clipse and Little Brother as his most coveted picks.
“[Jay’s] Black Album. Clipse, Lord Willin’. Uh, this is not an album, but The Little Brother/[Mick] Boogie mixtape [And Justus For All], that was like pivotal in my life. And then I would have to say, uh, I say [B.I.G.’s] Life After Death. And then I will say a toss up between The Love Below and Aquemini,” he said.
He also tacked on a few more influential albums that pushed him towards a career in rap. “And then that’s without…. That’s life changing. That’s without, you know, [Lil Wayne’s] Carter 2 and other things that pushed me to rap. Those were definitive albums that opened my sound. Oh, and Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle. Those were just definitive albums that opened my mind to sound and melody and cadences and flows and you know. Those were like really important to me.”
Drake’s sophomore album, Take Care, is due November 15th.
A Shout out to my man Snoop Dogg!!!
YMCMB WE DA BIZNESS!!!
Darke is Homosexual.
*FIXED Drake is a beast.
*FIXED YADIG is a homosexual
At this point of oversaturatedness, anyone with their own style and masters it in this age of monotony i can give respect too.
Drake is gay and his male fans are fuckboys!
Dont talk back either you little fruits cause I dont debate with fuckboys so if you reply with anything then you are a fuckboy because it obviously touched a nerve in your frail fairy body.
sounds like someone woke up on the wrong side of the cock this morning
lol
why so angry bruh
You and the writer of this, Horowitz, should cut your Jewish Beaks off
Drake’s fans have all been molested
i’ll molest you
i’ll watch
Yeah yeah
I’ve never really listened to any of Drakes music, most i’ve heard is that Sprite commercial, it was aight.
cool story bro
^^^^ hahhaaha for sure
You can his exposure or ear is limited.
Correction : You can tell his music ear is limited. The albums he mentioned none of them stand out besides the Big and Jay. *shrug*
Do you not have an idea of who OutKast is? I suggest bumping Aquemini…
And if Lord Willin’ isn’t considered a great album I really wouldn’t know one if i heard it. That cd was great from start to finish. Yeah you can say its just “coke rap” but it is coke rap at its finest.
it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
Man its his list dude…Damn!
hhdx has one of the most hate filled comment sections ive ever seen. I dont know if its filled with Teenagers with inferiority complexes or people that like to follow the blog hate bandwagon.
No one commented on the list at all but it was “drake is homosexual”, “drake is a pussy”, etc etc. This nigga is not the best of all time. we know that. Not even close, but damn yall make it seem like this “homosexual” rapper fucked your girl.
If you dont like drake thats cool. so what. life goes on. But if you think drake is “gay”, then why bother with commenting? It confuses the hell out of me
It’s worthless to fight it with valid points, people will hate. For no reason and keep coming back
“Im back to say shit you ain’t got the guts or the nuts to, pussy go pick your pussy leaves off you cunt tree(country), Fuck you”-Eminem dissing Drake anyone?
Yeah, Eminem always does subliminals. He’s not the type to name names or make entire mixtapes dissing people he has issues with.
ohwait
@ NEazy
I don’t think he’s taking any shots at any one person in particular in his music. I think he’s taking shots at the genre as a whole, to call out names of every artist he probably doesn’t like would take an entire mix-tape/album to do.
But on the other side of things, early on in his career he had no problem naming names of rappers (or magazines). I.E. Every song going at Everlast, The Limp Bizkit/Dilated Pupils track on Devils Night, The Sauce, Nail in The Coffin, Go To Sleep etc etc…
doggystyle, cool.
drake, pussy.
big ghost face
we get it drake,… Your Soft!
My Personal top 5 No Order
1. It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot
2. The Eminem Show
3. Get Rich Or Die Tryin
4. Obie Trice – Cheers (underrated)
5. Joe Budden – Mood Muzik 4 (underrated)
I Can’t even speak on the 2pac albums, nas albums, big albums cuz that was before my time so I just put what I came up on
…
I mean, opinions are opinions, but…
without ILLMATIC in his top 5 is like a pornstar who don’t do ANAL!!!
man Illmatic is cool but Jeru the damaja..the sun rises in the east…would beat illmatic in a race by a few inches…like go back and listen to that joint…power!
Lame – Jeru’s The Sun Rises in the East is great, classic by all means but for me, not touching Illmatic, due to both production and lyrics, but not far off…1994 was a ill year for hip hop!
did he seriously not mention nas? are kidding me? it was written, i am…, stillmatic??? not one? get outta here man SOFT
Drake needs to give props to people like Run DMC, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, EPMD.. take time out to discover the golden age classics.. that’s like today’s rock bands only giving props to people from Nirvana on up..
I’m sure with his age he didn’t grow up listening to that, that shit is before his time. People keep sticking in the past will never have a future
homo rapper
1. nas illmatic
2. the game the documentary
3. biggie smalls ready to die
4. 2pac all eyes of me
5. snoop dogg doggystly
no order top 5 i think
-Hell Hath No Fury>Lord Willin’
-Reasonable Doubt>The Black Album
-No Pac or Nas…really?
Honestly tho, does anyone expect much from a dude that was on Degrassi?
not EVERYBODY has to like Pac, it’s not a law, whenever a Pac song comes on, i have to change it, shit gets boring after a while. and i consider him one of the Greats
You lame ass hell…u facebook nigga!!!
Get sad faggots but he’s telling the truth. Nickelodeon kids don’t know hip hop
So… Drake includes Biggie, OutKast, Little Brother, Clipse, the best albums from Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg and, yeah, Lil Wayne (can’t all be winners) on his list of favorite albums and all people can say is that he’s gay?
Can somebody explain that to me?
And another thing… People are dismissing his entire list because Illmatic isn’t on it?
Just because one album you like isn’t on the man’s list doesn’t mean he doesn’t like it either. I’d bet Drake loves Illmatic! It might just not be in his top 5, get over it.
Really? Just because your favourites arent on HIS PERSONAL list, does it make him a douche? I dont like him as an artist, but tastes are subjective. Worse than mainstream fans are YOU “real” hiphop fans who entirely dismiss their opinions judging by their music taste. Thats fucking bullshit. And illmatic isnt in my top 5 either, does it make me a hiphop noob if I dont like that album?
You people make me laugh.
word up man…these fans are lame!!!!
1. My beautiful dark twisted fantasy
2. Graduation
3. The Cool
4. Man on the moon: the end of day
5. Its dark and hell is hot
career lol dx faill
hip hop is dead thanks drake for the help looooooooooooooooooooooool
My top 5 albums of all time.
1. 36 chambers
2. Illmatic
3. ATLiens
4. The Low End Theory
5. Be (Common album)
Dope List but
Midnight Maurauders>Low End Theory though
Wu-Tang… straight garbage. Don’t forget it says HIS PERSONAL favorites, obviously he’s from a different period and place than you are
NOOO! NO… DRAKE.. NO, THOSE ARE NOT THE TOP 5 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME…STOP IT IM THE RAP NERD AND YOUR NOT,….. GOSH DARN IDIOT…PHHHH, TAKE YOUR SITTING WITH THE COOL KIDS AT LUNCH SELF SOMEWHERE ELSE…
My personal list might be different, but Drake’s list is pretty decent, all things considered. I’m not sure why everyone is so angry.
I know people are prolly gonna be hatin, but i think marshall mathers lp has to be up for consideration in top 5 all time
That’s regarded as Em’s best album. but personally i think The Eminem Show is his best
No, you’re completely wrong, Em’s an OK emcee, but none of his LPs are worthy of joinin’ hip-hop’s elite. Drake’s list is bullshit as well. Where’s Cube, DOOM, DITC, Wu, any Premo album…
Damn man this is DRAKE’s list…let him live….IT IS HIS LIST….NOT YOURS….let him live…oh yall want him to say Illmatic…Ready to Die…Slim Shady Lp….them are the albums that influenced him….damn i dont like dude music but damn..yall are corny ass hell. Fuck hip hop fans nowadays…trendy ass kids…followers and less leaders.
GREATEST HIP HOP ALBUMS PERIOD
1)Illmatic
2)Midnight Marauders
3)Ready To Die
4)OC-Word…Life
5)Reasonable Doubt
wow someone puts OC joint on they list….respect!
My Personal Top 5 Albums (in no particular ranking)
1. Dr. Dre – 2001
2. Kanye West – College Dropout
3. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
4. Outkast – ATLiens
5. Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle
Top 5 List
1. illmatic
2. All Eyez On Me
3. Life After Death
4. Reasonable Doubt
5. The Blueprint
5B.The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
He has some cool favorites.
lmao at your name, well played
faggot ass drake
THE 5 BEST ALBUMS EVER:
1. THA CARTER IV
2. THA CARTER III
3. THAT CARTER II
4. THA CARTER
5. REBIRTH
lol
l0l0l0l0l0l
you top 5 gayest albums
lol
MY TOP 5 ALBUMS
The BluePrint – Jay-Z
The Salvation – Skyzoo
Food And Liquor – Lupe Fiasco
The W – Wu-Tang Clan
Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z
Damn my dude said the W by the WU…respect!
forgot to mention
Supreme Clientele – Ghostface
i know its supposed to be a top 5 but its my list and i dont follow rules to well lol
No order but top 5
Illmatic
Get rich die tryin
Black album
Ready to die
The documentary
Personal Fav top 5 hiphop
Stillmatic Nas
Silent Weapons 4 Quiet Wars Killamry
Chronic 2001 Dr Dre
Only built 4 Cuban linx Raewkon
Black on both sides Mos Def
1. Illmatic
2. All Eyez on Me
3. Disposable Arts
4. Liquid Swords
5. Hell on Earth
good conversation starter… props to Drake
Stillmatic
Get Rich or Die Trying
The Cool
All Eyez on Me
#Section80
sleeper
The Neptunes present Clones
Shhhiiit MF Doom – MMM…. Food.
Food > SW4QW actually.
Sorry all.
Fuck that let me change #Section80 to Overly Dedicated
1. ATCQ – Midnight Marauders
2. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – The Main Ingredient
3. Pete Rock & INI/Deda – Centre of Attention/The Original Baby Pa
4. Slum Village – Fantastic Vol. 1
5. Jeru the Damaja – The Sun Rises East
I cant knock Drakes list, I would be more suprised If It didnt look like that. A persons favourite album is based on longevity/classic songs from start to finish etc to THEMSELVES!
YO…man you are on some shit….these lames cant see the ILLness in this list…dope
Lol. I wouldnt call them lames, just ignorant. Ignorance is bliss. If 50 cent or Lil Wayne appears in your top 5, then you are not aware of stuff that might be better. To be honest I hate top 5 lists top etc. A number of these albums Gangstarr, Eric B. & Rakim etc are all as good as each other.
It Was Written
Supreme Clintele
Median’s Relief
ATLiens
The Sun Rises In The East
Ratings for that Jeru mentioning, mad skills forgotten by many…Invasion – serious track!
1. The Documentary
2. Illmatic
3. Ready To Die
4. Get Rich Or Die Tryin
5. Buck The World
ROFL 50? really? no fucking way
Dope list!
Rakim Paid in Full
Makaveli The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
ATCQ The Low End Theory
Raekwon the Chef OB4CL
2Pac All Eyez on Me
In no particular order,
Nas – Illmatic
Gang Starr -Moment of Truth
Jay – Reasonable Doubt
Biggie – Ready to Die
Outkast – Aquemini
Illmatic – Nas
Train of Thought – Reflection Eternal
Midnight Maurader – A Tribe Called Quest
Like Water For Chocolate – Common (Sense)
Fantastic Vol. 2 – Slum Village
too many to name… but these just the first 5 to pop up.
honorable mentions:
Ghostface Killah Supreme Clientele
Outkast Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
NaS Illmatic
Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die
BIG L The Big Picture
36 chambers
Lowend Theory/midnight marauders
Blueprint
illmatic
ready to die/life after death
Drake shoutin out outkast, definitely a good list
No illmatic, no all eyez on me, no get rich or die trying, no Blueprint 1, No paid in full, No chronic, and then this gay fuck mentions carter 2 wat has happened to rap
seriously quit complaining. and let me say i am not supporting mainstream rap i just thing people go about talking it down the wrong way. I’m no Drake or Wayne fan either. though it might sound like it from what i say. If your going to call out the guy, have some originality. Don’t just be like every real rap fan in the world and say what has happened to rap and put down lil wayne. Don’t name the albums that every person in the world has on their list. Also, you lose all credibility by putting down Carter 2 and then putting a 50 album on your list. I’m sorry and again i’m not promoting wayne i personally don’t like his music at all, but the Carter 2 was a far better album than anything 50 has ever put out. Lastly, you say “what has happened to rap”. Well to answer, nothing. Yes there maybe artists like Lil Wayne and Soulja Boy, but they are POP. They are only listened to by casual radio listeners. Look at the comments on this site and you will see that all people that actually seriously listen to hip hop like the classics and newer underground stuff like it. So shut up and stop trying to be so cool by criticizing mainstream rap. People like you always stand up and stay stupid stuff about it like “this is not rap”. Well your right it’s not. So just don’t listen to it and remember that it has it’s own lane and to let people who like it like it. Also, Drake didn’t even put C2 on his list, he shouted it out after as another album he likes. He had to do that or Wayne would have fired him or something. Drake had a much better list then you. Again, I hate mainstream rap also, I just hate when people criticize it like this even more. Just like whatever you like but recognize that everything else has it’s lane.
All eyes on me
Ready to Die
Reasonable Doubt
Illmatic
Me against the world
Follow me @4i2
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING
WE ARE YOUNG MONEY
LIGHTS OUT
500 DEGREEZ
THA BLOCK IS HOT
reasonable doubt
In my life time vol 1
Hard knock life vol 2
Life and time s.carter vol 3
The Dynasty Roc la familia
The Blue print
The Blueprint 2
The Black Album
Kingdom Come
American Gangster
BluePrint 3
Watch the Throne
now thats what im talkin bout jay is a legend
Rock Bottom, Lose Yourself, Going Through Changes, Beautiful, If I Had, Brain Damage, Role Model, Marshall Mathers, Kim, 97′ Bonnie & Clyde, No Apologies, Cleaning Out My Closet, Sing For The Moment, Hailie’s Song, Remember Me,
Nobody touching this man.
Except you with you mouth faggot lol!!!!!!!!!!!!
No particular order:
Nas: Illmatic
Em: The Eminem Show
Big: Ready to Die
Wu: 36 Chambers
X: It’s Dark and Hell is Hot
I just have to throw these in too: Em: Marshal Mathers LP, Nas: It was Written/Stillmatic, Kanye: Late Registration, Lupe: Food and Liquor/The Cool, Dr. Dre: 2001, Jay Z: Resonable Doubt/Blueprint, 50: Get Rich or Die Trying, Clipse: Lord Willin/Hell Hath no Fury, Game: The Documentary
(those are just off the top)
you’re white.
definitely a piece of white bread.
Obviously a cracker.
The Diary – Scarface
Me Against the World – 2Pac
ATLiens – Outkast
Efil4zaggin – NWA
Ironman – Ghostface Killah
1) Doggystyle
2) The Blueprint
3) No One Can do it Better
4) Enter the Wu tang
5) Paid in Full
would you stupid fucking retards stop listing your top 5 lists…please just fucking stop it…trust me…nobody wants to hear it.
in no particular order:
wanted dead or alive
enter the 36
liquid swords
its dark and hell is hot
the infamous or hell on earth
stop posting your top 5 lists…nobody wants to hear it.
Eat a dick
LMAO! I cosign! Everybody posting their fav albums like we give a damn…
Little Brother & Mick Boogie “And Justus For All” Mixtape, props to Drake.
little brother – most overrated non commercial group
Top 5:
1. Ludacris – Battle Of The Sexes
2. Lil Flip – U Gotta Feel Me
3. Chingy – Hoodstar
4. J-Kwon – Hood Hop
5. Jin – The Rest Is History
Honorable Mentions:
Smilez & Southstar – Crash The Party
Baby Bash – Cyclone –
Jibbs – Jibbs Featuring Jibbs
Ah, what the hell…
Eric B. & Rakim-Paid In Full
Ultramagnetic MC’s-Critical Beatdown
Main Source-Breaking Atoms
Nas-illmatic
Redman-Muddy Waters
next 5…
PE-…Nations Of Millions…
Pete Rock & CL Smooth-Mecca & The Soul Brother
Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
Gang Starr-moment Of Truth
Ghostface-Supreme Clentele
this nigga is a dick-rider, he onced said Nas is one of his influential. why dont he give the nigga his credit
n u a hater!!!!!
YO WHO GIVES A FUCK BOUT THAT OLD HEAD NAS!!!
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING
WE ARE YOUNG MONEY
LIGHTS OUT
500 DEGREEZ
THA BLOCK IS HOT.
Fuck you
Gtfo cocksucker
YADIG is a dumb faggot who doesn’t know shit, ya dig? AHAHAHAHA what a fucking loser.
I bet you’d take a shit on lil wayne’s stomach.
Lil B – I’m Gay
i dont see how he brought up souund and melody, n did not have not one kanye album in his top. I mean the dude jacked kanye’s whole style. he didn’t even start singin until after 808’s & heartbreak.
Lil B – I’m gay
V-Nasty – My coochie stinks
Foxy Brown – Can you hear me now?
Justin beiber – Fuck you, pay me
DJ Quick – Funky as I wanna be
Were you really trying to be funny?
1. raekwon – ob4cl
2. nas – illmatic
3. wu-tang forever
4. dr. dre – the chronic
5. snoop dogg – doggystyle
honorable mention to killa cam – purple haze
SOMEONE PLOW ME NOW!!
I GOT MY ASS UP IN THE AIR..
I MEAN IT!!! CUM IN MY MOUTH WAYNE!! I WANNA TWO DICKS IN MY ASS AT THE SAME TIME FROM WAYNE AND DRAKE!!! AND THE ILL LICK THEIR BALLS CLEAN!! THEN I WANT THEM TO PISS ON ME!!!
dylan dylan
dylan dylan dylan dylan dylan
you will now shut the fuck up forever.
1. Carter 4 2. Carter 3 3. Carter 2 4. Rebirth 5. We are young money.
dylan
You old heads need to stfu with your top 5 list, my top five shits on your list Anyday
STUPID ASS THEM ARE YOUR LITTLE LUNCHTIME SCHOOLYARD FRIENDS SHITTIN ON YOU, ANY OG CAN SEE YOU A TEENAGER WITH NO FRIENDS TROLLING A WEBSITE.
My top 5
1) Reasonable Doubt
2) College Dropout
3) Midnight Maradeurs
4) Eminem Show
5) Dedication 2 (should have been an album. classic shit)
Dedication 2 is wack
GTFOH!!!!
You DON”T know rap
WOW SMFH HATERS STILL MAD BC I SPEAK THE TRUTH LOL
You dont speak no truth. You same the same old bullshit on every post… booooooring! new material please we tired of hearing about Young Money move on to saying Waka Flocka is the best or Ray J
1. iSouljaBoyTellem – Soulja Boy
2. Units in the City – Shawty Lo
3. Thoughts of a Predicate Felon – Tony yayo
4. Jackpot – Chingy
That’s a pretty dope list.. Respect!
my 5th didnt make it up there :s
its Malice n Wonderland btw
Nice… Co-Sign!
5. J-Kwon – Hood Hop
FERRARI BOYZZZ
I MEAN IT!!! CUM IN MY MOUTH WAYNE!! I WANNA TWO DICKS IN MY ASS AT THE SAME TIME FROM WAYNE AND DRAKE!!! AND THE ILL LICK THEIR BALLS CLEAN!! THEN I WANT THEM TO PISS ON ME!!! ILL LICK YOUR FEET!! ILL SUCK ON THOSE NIPPLES WAYNE & PULL ON THOSE DREADS!!!
i actuallly appreciate his list…if you think of the way he does music his top 5 is right on..
for me its
its dark and hell is hot – dark man x
aquemini – outkast
streetz iz a mutha – kurupt
it was written – nas
malpractice – redman
eminem show – eminem
minstrel show – little brother
life after death – biggie
bullet proof wallets – ghostface
blueprint – jay Z
7 day theory makaveli – 2pac
streetz iz a mutha? really? malpractice over muddy waters? bulletproof wallets over ironman or supereme clientele? Interesting.
Red Gone Wild > Muddy Waters
Really? Just because your favourites arent on HIS PERSONAL list, does it make him a douche? I dont like him as an artist, but tastes are subjective. Worse than mainstream fans are YOU “real” hiphop fans who entirely dismiss their opinions judging by their music taste. Thats fucking bullshit. And illmatic isnt in my top 5 either, does it make me a hiphop noob if I dont like that album?
You people make me laugh.
No Ilmatic???
1. Black Star – Black Star
2. Liquid Swords – GZA
3. Illmatic – Nas
4. Things Fall Apart – The Roots
5. Soul Food – Goodie Mob
real talk
Liquid Swords never gets enough love.
OB4CL
Blueprint
Illmatic
Infamous
Ironman
1. All Eyes on Me- 2pac
2. Atliens- Outkast
3.Get Rich or Die Trying- 50 Cent
4.BluePrint 1- Jay Z
5.The Fix- Scarface
EVERYONE ELSE’S TOP 5 IS IRRELEVANT EXECEPT FOR MINE SO HANG IT UP FAGGOTS!
1. OC – Word…Life
2. Smif-n-Wessun – Dah Shinin
3. GZA – Liquid Swords
4. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Mecca and the Soul Brother
5. Show & AG – Goodfellas
good to see somebody put Liquid Swords in their top 5…
Finally, someone mentioned Word…Life
1.)illmatic
2.)All Eyez on Me
3.)Ready To Die
4.)The Marshall Mathers LP
5.)The Low End Theory
6.)The Chronic
7.)Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
8.)Reasonable Doubt
9.)Doggystyle
10.)The Score
Keep in mind there is a difference between the BEST albums and the most INFLUENTIAL albums (which is why Rakim and Big Daddy Kane isnt on here), their music had the most influence on every rapper and I give them credit for taking lyricism too the next level. But Nas, Biggie and Eminem perfected what those artist innovated in and are better lyrically.
Great list
1. Illmatic-NaS
2. College Dropout-Kanye West
3. Stillmatic/It was Written-NaS
4. Me Against the World-2pac
5. American Gangster-Jay-Z (Don’t care what any one says album is ridiculous)
any list without GRODT is bullshit
You Speak all the GODDAMN True
Like that he put lord willin on there… In my top 5 too
TOP 5 EVA!!!
1. ILLMATIC
2. ENTER THE 36 CHAMBERS
3. THE INFAMOUS
4. NIGGAZ 4 LIFE
5. READY TO DIE
IF U DONT LIKE IT , EAT A BOWL OF MUSTY BALLZZZZZ….MOST INFLENTIAL, BEST, DOPEST, RAW, SPIRITUAL, GANGSTER…WATEVA U WANNA CALL IT…AND IM OUT!!!
FREE MAX B…OOOOOWWWWWW!
i was suprised by his list its actually solid. dont care for his music but ill give him respect for an honest list..
my top 5
1.only built for cuban linx
2.hello nasty-beastie boys
3.jedi mind tricks-violent by design
4.illmatic
5.linx pt 2( i thought it was a perfect sequel)
Here are the top 5 albums of all time:
1. The State vs Radric Davis- Gucci Mane
2. My World 2.0- Justin Bieber
3. The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted- Gucci Mane
4. Ferrari Boyz- Gucci Mane/Waka Flocka Flame
5. Back To The Trap House- Gucci Mane
Worst 5 of all-time
1. Marshall Mathers LP- Eminem
2. Illmatic- Nas
3. College Drop-Out- Kanye West
4. The Black Album- Jay-Z
5. Lasers- Lupe Fiasco
It’s Gucci Time!
i pray your kidding
Don’t feed the troll
most of yall list is ok but to the one who listed all of gucci’s none senes kill yourself twice
1. don killuminati
2. strictly 4 my n.i.g.g.a.z.
3. me against the world
4. season of da siccness
5. Like father like son
1/ Talib Kewli & Dj Hi-Tek – Reflection Eternal
2/ Outkast – Atliens
3/ Mos Def & Talib Kweli are BlackStarr
4/ Gangstarr – Moment of Truth
5/ DMX – It’s Dark & Hell is hot
In no particular order
nas – stillmatic
nas – lost tapes
dmx – it’s dark and hell is hot
red & meth – black-out
nas – it was written
50 – get rich
big – life after death
pac – until the end of time
dre – 2001
scarface – my homies…
1. IT WAS WRITTEN
2. WU TANG 4EVER
3. HELL ON EARTH
4. ALL WE GOT IZ US
5. NIGGAZ 4 LIFE
AND A NOTABLE 6. THE WAR REPORT
NYC ALL DAY FAGZZZ!..AND OH YEAH…WE LUV THE WEST TOO..FUKK U WACK ASS 808 NIGGAZ DOWN SOUTH!!
mmm, tough one:
Marshall Mathers LP/Slim Shady LP
Illmatic
Reasonable Doubt/Blueprint
Enter the Wu-tang : 36 CHambers/OB4CL
Chronic 2001
College Dropout/MBDTF
The Infamous album
Ready to die
Hell Hath no Fury
Aquemini
Etc.. etc..
Too difficult to extract 5 definitive ones but Marshall Mathers Lp, illmatic and slim shady LP are not moving from here.
AIIGHT DRIZZY, GUDDA GUDDA SEE YO LIST MY BRUDDA BRUDDA. GUDDA GUDDA WANTS TO DROP GUDDA GUDDA’S TOP 5 LIST ON YA REAL QUICK. BRRRRR!
1. SKEE LO – I WISH I WAS TALLER
2. TONE LOC – LOC’ED AFTER DARK
3. JA RULE – PAIN IS LOVE
4. PRETTY RICKY – BLUE STARS (CHANGED THE GAME ENTIRELY)
5. FLO RIDA – R.O.O.T.S. (EVERY BLACK MAN SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS 5 TIMES)
AIIGHT, GUDDA GUDDA OUT
lmaooooooooooooooooooooo.
Old School
Tupac – All Eyes on Me
Nas – It Was Written
Outkast – Aquemini
Wu-Tang – Wu-Tang Forever
DMX – Its Dark & Hell is Hot
Newer School:
Kid Cudi – Man On the Moon I: The End of Day
Kid Cudi – Man On the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
Eminem – Marshal Matthers LP
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Trying
Kanye West – Graduation
Hell is Hot and Marshall Mathers LP are only 2 years apart…
@ Anthony
When did 1997 (the year Wu-Tang Forever was released) become ‘old school’?
Maybe I’m just an old cunt but I thought ‘old school’ was back in the 80’s
1. Nas – Illmatic
2. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
3. 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Trying
4. Biggie – Life After Death
5. Dre – 2001
Dear Drake. I can’t wait for your album to drop so that you can fill your contractual aggreement with that wack ass record label, and then on to greener pastures HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Top Albums in No Particular Order that influence Me are:
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
2pac- All Eyes on Me
Nas- It Was Written
No Limit Soldiers- Tru 2 the Game
Jay-Z- The Black Album
Outkast-SpeakerBox/The Love Below
Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Kanye West- Late Registration
Lil Wayne- The Carter 2
Young Jeezy- The Recession
And I paid for All Those Albums Because they all Were Worth Every Penny!
I think you wasted your money on some of those albums??
Jeezy?? no Limit?? Lupe??
I assume you brought these listen them once – then pretended like you like them
Ok so u didn’t like 3 out of 10, thats Good, but Since im a 80s Baby who Grew up around Mostly Crunk Bass Music and Speakers in Every1s Whip, No Limit in my Younger Days was Everywhere and Mac, Master.P Silk and C.Murder used to go Ham! Jeezy Music Hits Hard too, even though his Lyrics aint Great. Lupe though, what??? Lupe and Nas are the Best Lyricist on the Whole List and “The Cool” Was a Deep Album, With Super Lyrical Songs and Stories, and its a Classic to Me!
You cant have a top 5 album and be a big fan of hip hop.
Illmatic – Nas
Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
All Eyez on Me – Pac
Marshall Mathers LP – Em
Doggystyle – Snoop
Chronic – Dr Dre
Straight Outta Compton – NWA
Get Rich or Die Tryin – 50
Paid in Full – Rakim & Eric B
Return of the Boom Bap – KRS-One
Ready to Die – BIG
Road to the Riches – Kool G Rap
You cant make a top 5 album list, there is way too many albums that have made a huge impact on hip hop. That list was just off the top, I could probably name another 20 if I had time to think of dope albums
Co sign is very difficult to just pick 5.
You’re such a douchebag backpacker…pick albums that you connect with, not just the ones that are best known for defining hiphop.
@ dhruv494
Exactly – personal top 5 favourite not greatest according to impact and sales and all that other shit.
not sure about drakeslist but….all eyes on me, chronic,get rich or die trying, ready to die, and blueprint are my top five….
1. Illmatic
2. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
3. 36 Chambers
4. Midnight Marauders
5. Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
this guy has the best list so far.
Nah that Pharcyde album was good not great.
Stillmatic > Illmatic (I’m 25… I prefer Still)
Liquid Swordz/ Heavy Mental >>> 36 chambers
Considering I just started appreciating music the last 5 years, and didn’t listen to albums when I was a child…
– Food and Liquor
– So Far Gone
– The Warm Up
– The Marshall Mathers LP
– Graduation
WHat is this So Far Gone nonsense
rewindboy1, you’ve got some downloading to do….. you’ve missed a lot, buddy
You’re white and under 15
so far gone? wtf that shit is hot but not nowhere near top
Most important Hip Hop Album to ME in no order:
1. So Far Gone
2. Marshall Mathers LP
3. The Black Album
4. Illmatic
5. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
6. 36 Chambers
7. Da Drought 3
8. Aquemini
9. Madvillainy
10.Food and Liquor
You’re white
My top ten
1.All Eyes On Me
2.Makaveli
3.Ghetto Dope
4.Last Don
5.Brother’s Keeper
6.Charge It To The Game
7.God’s Son
8.Street’s Disciple
9.Blueprint
10.Hustsler’s Poem……
My top ten
1.All Eyes On Me
2.Makaveli
3.Ghetto Dope
4.Last Don
5.Brother’s Keeper
6.Charge It To The Game
7.God’s Son
8.Street’s Disciple
9.Blueprint
10.Hustsler’s Poem……..
HAHAHAHAHAHHH So Far Gone and Da Drought 3… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. GTFO
1.All Eyes On Me
2.Makaveli
3.Ghetto Dope
4.Last Don
5.Brother’s Keeper
6.Charge It To The Game
7.God’s Son
8.Street’s Disciple
9.Blueprint
10.Hustsler’s Poem
In terms of my favorites and what made an impact on me
Illmatic (I got into hiphop from listening to these songs. I grew up on late 90’s/early 2000’s popstars and I didn’t know rappers could get this deep)
Streets Disciple (Best double album ever. I can play this from start to finish. This showed Nas growth from immature kid (Remember the times, theifs theme, virgo) to growing up and having a wife and a kid (getting married, war, etc) This was the perfect album!)
Revolutionary Vol 2 (Even if some of the lyrics were propaganda/opinion I felt them. Like he really cared about what he was saying. 4th Branch was amazing to me…The One remix with Akir..Classic)
College Dropout (I first heard Through the wire on my way to school and burned the cd from a friend….I never heard beats like that before…The sped up sample style and crazy drums were amazing for their time. Loved the anti-degree theme too, loved the realness)
Only Built For Cuban Linx/Liquid Swords (I didn’t “get” these albums and for a while I thought they were garbage…But I love them now. Made me learn that you have to be patient with things sometimes in order for you to truly understand them)
The Pretty Tony Album (To me this was Ghostface’s best album. It had next to no wu-tang involvement and it was just Ghost…even the CD didn’t have ‘Ghostface Killah’ on it…Just Ghostface. It was real and raw and I play it on a regular)
Moment of Truth (
The Beautiful Struggle (The songs on here were very pop, but also very deep…I had never heard Kweli before this album…and this made me want to check out his shit more. Loved the black girl pain song)
Be (I always knew who Common was but I was sleeping…This is the album that woke me up. I still listen to it to this day. It made me want to rap!)
The Miseducation of Lauyrn Hill (This one speaks for itself…There will never be another r&b/hiphop album this great. I loved every song)
You got some wack tastes. Street’s Disciple and The Pretty Toney Album are among the weakest albums of Nas and Ghostface’s discographies.
Gotta agree. I like both those albums but Personally
Any Nas album >> Streets Disciple
Any Ghost Album expect Ghost of Wizardy shit >>> Pretty Tony.
I still listen to the Black Album on the daily no 1 can deny that that album was a classic at its time no other rapper will end their career with an album like that ever…..Jay-z shouldnt have came back after that album………………..
CHECK OUT THE MUSIC
http://soundcloud.com/inevitable-success/sets/taste-of-success
Top FIVE best albums of ALL TIME:
1. 2 hype- Kid n’ Play
2. Oh Aaron- Aaron Carter (little brother of backstreet boys member)
3. Illmatic- Nas
4. Doggy bag- Lil Bow wow
5. The Shocker- Silkk The Shocker
Top 5 rappers of all time:
1. Bushwick Bill
2. Milkbone
3. Master P
4. Aaron Cater…I swear that I told you the facts…cause thats how I beat shaq
5. Inspectah Deck from Wu tang
My top 5:
1.The girl who did the rugrats rap
2.The lady who sang the intro to the song bugjuice (that drama show on disney)
3.2pac
4. Leatherface from the St. Lunatics with Nelly
5.lil zane
Marshall Mathers LP
36 Chambers
Dre 2001
Illmatic
Cuban Linx
Wu-Tang Forever
Internal Affairs
The Infamous
Slim Shady LP
Liquid Swords
Word…Life
Things Fall Apart
Fishscale
The Fix
Late Registration
It’s Dark and Hell is Hot
Me Against the World
Ironman
Nigga you wikipedia’d your whole list. wikipedia ass usin nigga. big dick taker. Uncle willy’s son ass nigga. top flight security ass nigga
It’s called iTunes you dumb fuck
I’ll dumb fuck your mom and have her reciting pledge of allegiance in german you 900 pound dick weighing dolphin. dick taking porn slut. jackoff king. deep throatin popsickle sticks ass nigga. eat my dooky you nasty nigga
little brother wz not dat hot n my opinion,dnt no wat er’body seen n dem,plus if dey wz so well loved y dey neva sell well? & please listen 2 a super lyrical memphis mc wen u get a chance & dnt complain about hip hop being dead if u ain’t gon support da new rappers dats actually good….http://www.youtube.com/user/Darealkingrichard?feature=mhee
why the fuck dont you type in proper english and not like an illiterate moron. More people would understand you that way.
CLEARLY…you haven’t listened to Little Brother enough otherwise you wouldn’t be talking so ignorant and wreckless! And pay attention dummy…there are a ton of quality artist who make great/timeless music but don’t necessarily sell a lot of records!
& please listen 2 a super lyrical memphis mc wen u get a chance & dnt complain about hip hop being dead if u ain’t gon support da new rappers dats actually good….http://www.youtube.com/user/Darealkingrichard?feature=mhee
No Nas cmon son!
Illmatic, The Score, Liquid Swords, OB4CL, Enter the 36 Chambers
I like that one…. However I put Heavy Mental >>> Liquid Swordz
Marshall Matters Lp is easily the GREATEST HIP HOP ALBUM OF ALL TIME, fuck what u think !
but stan, why are you so mad?
Bullshit. To Everybody saying mmlp, in the real sense, mmlp is the weakest of Em’s 3 classic. Eminem show is his best, sslp comes second.
nah marshall mathers was his darkest, and deepest album that still helped him remain his goofy ass self. slim shady was aight, it was a good introduction to his style. And before motherfuckers start mentioning infinite, know that he was on a completely different style at that time.
DA list:
1. The blueprint-jay z
2. Illmatic-Nas
3. ready to die-Notorious big
4. Aqueimini-Outkast
5. Me against the world-Tupac
how come motherfuckers ain’t got nelly furtado or the black eyed peas on they list? DAT BOOM BOOM pow ain’t enough for you? promiscuous girls man i love promiscious girls.
Makaveli – is Hip Hop’s Holy Bible
Agreed… this and Illmatic.
Wu-Tang Clan-Forever,Nas-Illmatic,Jay-z-Reasonable Doubt,50 Cent-Get Rich Or Die Trying,& Raekwon-Only Built For Cuban Linx.
Whiteguy list.
swordz likes lames with gold teeth i assume.
R u serious???that’s his list? I’m looking at some your u pplz comments, at LEAST somebody put Wu Tang Clan down…what happened to Tupac? HUh? Me Against The World? All Eyez On Me?!?!?!?! Reasonable Doubt??
Are we talking classics or most influential on a personal level. Coz I hope his influence don’t project his own material….SHITY LIST….fo’real!!!!!!!!And some of you fools below need to check your own lsit also!!!!!!!!I aint seen nobody put Chronic down! This dude put “doggystyle” as if its something he needed to breeze over????GTFO
and no NAS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!WTF
It ain’t a hip hop top 5 album list less u got that chronic 2001 in this bitch
u mothafuckz….
Mine :
5.get rich or die tryin
4.doggystyle
3.Boss of all bosses ( Slim Thug )
2.Documentary
1.CHRONIC 2001
I hate this shit…everytime this debate comes up…don’t nobody know how to make a fucking list!
why does this jewish coon get so much fucking converage all the fucking time man? jesus christ fuck this faggot
i agree 100%
Would you guys rather they talked about your ugly cracker faces?
Or how about how you lay awake at night and wish you were black. Not just so you could for once actually pleasure a woman sexually, or so that you could actually dance to music with out looking like a cunt – but just so you could get away from living the nasty shit stain of a mark that you call a life.
Sound familiar? Pussies.
HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA DAMN… PHARRELL SAID GET EM SO YOU GOT EM HAAHHAHA
36 Chambers
Word…Life
The Infamous
Mecca & the Soul Brother
Regulate…The G-Funk Era
classics rite here
your niccas forgettin mobb deep – hell on earth? fuck outta here cooki ass bitchez
1. The Eminem Show
2. Marshall Mathers LP
3. The Slim Shady LP
4. Relapse
5. Encore
Before you idiots comment some stupid shit; I’ve got all the classics; from Masta Ace’s Slaughtahouse to Outkast’s Aquemini.
Call me a stan or whatever you want, I DON’T GIVE A SHIT, MOTHERFUCKERS!
yes u r are a stan
great list, good to see somebody’s own personal list and not a list that affected hiphop the most
5. Tech N9ne Anghellic
4. Straight Outta Compton – NWA
3. Section.80 – Kendrick Lamar
2. All Eyez On Me – Pac
1. Marshall Mathers-LP – Eminem
Commercial:
1. Big Punisher – Capital Punishment
2. Nas – Illmatic
3. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
4. O.C. – Word…Life
5. Dr. Dre – The Chronic
Strictly NY:
1. Big L – Lifestylez of Da Poor & Dangerous
2. Prodigy – H.N.I.C.
3. M.O.P. – Firing Squad
4. PMD – Business is Business
5. AZ – Do or Die
5. Wu Tang Clan – 36 Chambers
4. Dr Dre – The Chronic
3. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die
2. Tupac – All Eyes on Me
1. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
Nas, Jay Z, and the Fugees should be on there too, but a top 5 is hard
Eminem – The Eminem Show
Kanye West – Late Registration
Outkast – Aqueimini
Lil Bow wow – Doggy bag
50 cent – Get rich or die trying
emm emm i love ma selection, strait 4m de heart & stil got dese albums…
emm emm love ma selection, strait 4m de heart… still got dese albums…
Top Fyve:
1. Dylan
2. Dylan
3: Dylan
4. Dylan
5. Dylan…Cause he spit hot fiya!!!
@Blaque now that was funny lmao. Bring back “the Chappelle show” and STOP playing. Anyway good picks Drake but here’s my top 5 tho there’s so many Classics damn!!!!
1. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders (Favorite Group of all time)
2. Nas – illmatic (Favorite Emcee of all time)
3. Outkast – ATLiens (one of the most slept on Groups)
4. Gangstarr – Hard to Earn (RIP Guru and don’t tell me DJ Premier isn’t in the top Five Hip Hop Producers of all time)
5. NWA – Straight outta Compton (These cats took Hip Hop to another level)
Bonus Pick MC LYTE – Lyte as a Rock (Don’t forget about the beautiful Ladies in Hip Hop)
For those who aren’t familiar with any of these cats go listen to the Hip Hop from the 80’s and 90’s nothing will ever beat that NOTHING.
Mobb Deep, Jay Z, AZ, Boot Camp Clik, DJ Quik, Snoop Dog, Special Ed, RUN DMC, LL COOL J, Black Sheep, Chubb Rock, Slick Rick, Wu Tang Clan, Capital Tax, Naughty by Nature, Public Enemy, The Roots, Dr Dre, Scarface, Jeru The Damaja, UGK, The Beatnuts, De La Soul, Leaders of the new School etc etc REAL HIP HOP.
sorry gotta do it…
1 Revolutionary Vol 2-Immortal Technique
2 Me Against The World-Tupac
3 Illmatic-Nas
4 Liquid Swords-Gza
5 The Eminem Show-Eminem
Honorable Mentions..
Doctor’s Advocate-Game
The 3rd World-Immortal Technique
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx-Raekwon
Distant Relatives-Nas and Damian Marley
Criminal Minded-Boogie Down Productions
The Martyr-Immortal Technique
Revolutionary Vol 1-Immortal Technique
1. The Pink Lavalamp – Charles Hamilton
2. Ready to Die – Nototrious B.I.G.
3. Illmatic – Nas
4. Marshall Mathers Lp – Eminem
5. Heathen – Nickelus F or “This Perfect Life” – Charles Hamilton
Swordz suck drakes dick more faggot
white people own you son i dare you to be racist and public and get your coon ass lynched.. you can run and tell that home boy
THIS IS THE BEST RAP ALBUMS EVER TO ME
1 2PAC MAKAVELI
2 BIGGIE READY TO DIE
3 WU-TANG FOREVER
4 JAYZ REASONABLE DOUBT
5 NAS ILLMATIC
THIS IS THE BEST RAP ALBUMS EVER TO ME
1 2PAC MAKAVELI
2 BIGGIE READY TO DIE
3 WU-TANG FOREVER
4 JAYZ REASONABLE DOUBT
5 NAS ILLMATIC
NAS – ILLMATIC
BIG-L – THE LIFESTYLES OF DA POOR AND DANGEROUS
ANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS AINT REAL
My 2 cents
1. illmatic
rest not in order:
enter the wu tang
ready to die
ATLiens
Capital Punishment
Jewish mentions to Jewish supporters
1. 2Pac Greatest Hits
2. Ready To Die
3. Illmatic
4. The Eminem Show
5. Doctor’s Advocate
somewhere between 1 & 2 comes doggystyle
public enemy – fear of a black planet
aesop rock – labor days
dr. octagon
gza – liquid swords
slum village – fantastic vol. 2
honorable mention
jay-z – reasonable doubt
damn drizzy thats a pathetic list
1. LASERS – Lupe Fiasco
2. Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne
3. Thank Me Later – Drake
4. Rolling Papers – Wiz Khalifa
5. The Papercut Chronicles II – Gym Class Heroes
GOATs!