For many fans and artists alike, Nas’s 1994 debut Illmatic ranks among the top Hip Hop albums ever created. Now, in honor of the God’s Son’s impending album Life is Good, Complex flipped the script and asked the QB emcee to name his 25 favorite LPs.
Although Nas included cuts like Marvin Gaye’s Here, My Dear and MC Shan’s Down By Law, perhaps one of his most notable picks is former foe Jay-Z’s debut Reasonable Doubt. He said that even as Hova was dropping his debut back in ’96, he could tell that he was cut from the same cloth as the Notorious B.I.G. and himself, and that Jay wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
“I seen this kid Jay, I already knew he was nice. I’m watching him come into the game and he delivered a lyrical album, a street album, and he grabbed his spot,” he recalled. “A lot of people couldn’t do that. A lot of people that were putting out albums around the time Reasonable Doubt dropped are no longer around. He staked his claim. He showed everyone he was nice with his lyrics, he was nice with it. He came in the tradition of the New York streets, the way I did, the way Biggie did. He came in that way and he’s been holding it down ever since. If you listen to Reasonable Doubt, he made it happen.”
Nas also name-checked Boogie Down Productions’s 1987 debut Criminal Minded. Although it was hard for him to admit given that BDP’s “Bridge Wars” rivals the Juice Crew hailed from his native Queensbridge, the fact that they managed to make such a splash on the scene at an independent level deserves respect. He also stated that KRS-One is a revolutionary emcee who up and coming artists should study.
“The artists today are spoiled and they want to go from nobody to the best who ever did it. It’s foolishness,” he explained. “Criminal Minded, KRS-One was the streets coming after the empire of rap, the Juice Crew, without the major backing that the Juice Crew had. You know this takes a lot for me to say [that] because The Juice Crew was founded in my projects, but I gotta keep it real and give credit where credit is due. When KRS-One made the classic Criminal Minded—he didn’t need Warner Brothers, he didn’t need MCA records. He did it with an independent label. That’s why I say people show study him because here you are coming out with a classic album on an independent label, so did MC Shan. Cold Chillin’ was not a major label when Shan put out Down By Law. Artists today don’t see that entrepreneurship, they don’t live it. They claim to be the streets yet they’re looking for superstar record deals.”
He added, “I feel like young artists should study KRS-One because here he is, a strong voice in Hip Hop and he started off independent. I just feel like that’s a real street movement. I don’t see real street movements like that in New York anymore. I see people claiming to be the streets but I don’t see real street movements like that anymore. Big up to KRS.”
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This list ain’t in order in rank so ya know. They put it in order from the date it relesed.
It’s nothing surprising here,RD is Jay’s best CM is also a clear classic.
no one gave 2 shits about RD when it dropped
FACT
ALTHOUGH I AGREE
JAY HYPNOTIZED THESE GOOFBALLS INTO BELIEVING RD BLEW THE WORLD AWAY
BUT 2 SAY RD GOT NO RADIO, CAR & HOOD SPINS
IS LIES
No one gave a shit about Illmatic when it dropped. Look at it now. Same story for RD.
Where’s the list man? I want to see the whole 25.
http://www.complex.com/music/2012/05/nas-25-favorite-albums/#gallery
After track 8 (Can I Live) Reasonable Doubt loses its classic status very quickly. Plus, even Jay-Z knows RD is absolute garbage compared to Illmatic.
it does, i thought i was the only one who noticed that…its still a classic bt not a 5/5 classic more like a 4/5
Wow…..You nas stans will stoop to ridiculous levels to hate on jay-z smmfh…..All that matters is that jay-z is admired by your favorite rapper nas…..BTW Reasonable doubt is one if the greatest hiphop albums ever!!!! I understand you hate jay-z but damn be real with yourself and stop being biased and blind
AND CAN I LIVE IS A FILLER TRACK
AND NOT SH!TTIN ON JAY
BUT WHEN THE RAP HEAVYWEIGHTS WERE POPPIN
WU, NAS, BIGGIE, PAC, SNOOP
JAY WAS 2ND FIDDLE B LIST STATUS
can’t knock the husstle, aint no nigga and brooklyns finest were the only joints i bumped from RD. I just wasn’t as into the rest of the album and thought it was as upto par with a lot of albums that dropped then that I consider classics compared to it: ATliens, It was Written, Legal Drug Money, Illadelph Halflife, Muddy Waters. To me, those albums were doper than RD. In a sense, I think it was forced upon the masses as a classic just bc Jay had that hot streak until The Blueprint. Whenever artists rock streaks like that, everybody is points to the first album as a classic because it was what paved their way.
RD is an undisputed classic. Why can’t you trolls just admit it? And how does RD lose classic status after Can I Live? What about Regrets and Bring it On? They are two of the dopest tracks I’ve heard in my life.
Can I Live destroyes Nasir’s entire body of work, as does Where I’m From and other tracks off Jay’s historical pieces of works.
Did you not mention that Nas was on e cover of complex?
That’s a separate article but in the same magazine, or site and you even used the pic from the cover that nas is on
Or are you not allowed to mention that nas made the cover
Cause the Interview was amazing.
Nas opened up on his daughter Kelis and his money problems
Just google nas covers complex… Maybe DX will post tomorrow
Not to say RD wasn’t a good album, cuz on some levels it is. Obviously it helped Jay make a career in rap, but how many of you still roll around blasting that?
Idk maybe just me, but it doesn’t have nearly the hold of albums like ATLiens, The Score, Muddy waters, All eyes on Me, all from 96. And Id still say DMX first album in 1998 Its dark and hell is Hot kils RD.
Dude quit hating on jay-z…..Are you mad that rd is on nas top25? Typical nas stan
THIS IS WHY I SAY JAY JAY HYPNOTIZED THESE GOOFBALLS
IF U LIVED THIS RAP THING DURING THEN
U KNO RD CAN’T HOLD A CANDLE TO THE PURPLE TAPE
OR RTD OR IWW
COSIGN REDMAN HAD MORE OF A BUZZ THAN JIGGA
BUT LET’S NOT ACT LIKE PEOPLE DIDN’T CHECK 4 PRODIGY’S SAMPLE IN D’EVILS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY LISTENED TO JAY’S VERSES
VERBAL INTERCOURSE>>>>WHATEVER JAY SAID THAT YEAR
I still blast RD. And personally I wasn;t feeling Muddy Waters. Boring ass album in my opinion.
AND MOST FANS WILL SAY MUDDY WAS REDMAN’S OPUS
ALTHOUGH I SAY DARE IZ A DARKSIDE IS
Gotta Say My 25
The Marshall Mathers LP
The Slim Shady LP
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The Blueprint
The College Dropout
Stankonia
The Chronic
All Eyez on Me
Reasonable Doubt
Illmatic
Ready to Die
The Eminem Show
Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
Me Against the World
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
The Black Album
Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool
Aquemini
Raising Hell
Paul’s Boutique
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot
The Score
ATLiens
It Was Written
pretty decent list
I will add lost tapes and God’s son on that list. Wait where’s Stillmatic? N A S = G O A T !
gotta pick chronic 2001 somewhere
It astounds me as to how you guys believe Twisted Fantasy was anything more than neat instrumentals. Kanye’s first three albums were way better and even they weren’t classics.
Late Registration is miles beyond MBDTF
well damn!!…. probably one of the only lists i would ever agree on… of course i would change a couple here and there as a matter of opinion but this is pretty solid…
He got no WU, no AZ no Mobb. Not even tupac.
We need a top 50!
I haven’t heard reasonable doubt in a minute
Best list I ever seen from a rapper… Nas kno’s his shit!
N A S = G O A T !
Stop it, it’s ridiculous.
Nas was Greatest of the first half of the nineties… actually no… Big Daddy Kane was wayt iller. Nas is a legend but get out of here. at no point was he the nicest, Illmatic may be the best album. But Nas was never the nicest, his new shit trying to appeal to the masses is wack as fuck.
too much inconsistency compared to the other greats
Nas has the most flawed discography of all the legends. I mean, a battle is the highlight of dude’s career. He can never be the GOAT.
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Troll alert!!!! If you think jay-z RD wasn’t a hiphop classic then you are either a nas stan or notorious jay-z hater!!!! Please for the love of God hiphopdx please screen these numb minded ass trolls
LOOK AT THIS FOOL
RD WAS NOT THAT ALBUM THEN
NO MATTER WHAT U SAY
I LIVED THAT NYC INDUSTRY BKLYN PJ LIFE
JAY GOT BURN
AND WAS OVERLOOKED
HE COULDN’T SCRATCH THE SURFACE WITH BIGGIE, NAS, WU IN THEIR PRIME
THIS IS ACTUAL FACT
CLARK KENT, MR CEE WILL TELL U NOBODY WOULD INVEST IN HOV
UNTIL DAME CAME THRU
U DA FCUKBOI THAT NEEDS TO B SCREENED
@Andre Cooper…damn you got sonned.
Scratch the surface?????? Ask any vet in NYC and they will tell you rd is a classic hands!!!!! But why should i say it is a classic when clearly your favorite emcee nas already. stated it……You nas stans got nas dick so far up y’all ass that it blinds y’all from the truth…..You hate success and it irks you and makes it hard for you to sleep at night…..Point blank period jay-z catalog shits on nas entire career!!!!! And i don’t need a yes man to back me…… And while we at the great biggie never was on a nas album…..Hmmmm he was on rd though…..You can try and dish dirt all you want but the fact remains….Rd is a classic and you can’t admit then gtfoh with your no life no hiphop no knowledge troll ass
nigga says we got nas dick up our asses.. try checkin urs before u talk, i mean type, u cant talk cuz jiggas dickhead is pokin out ur throat
And while we at the great biggie never was on a nas album…..Hmmmm he was on rd though….
“My first album had no famous guest appearances. The outcome… I’m crowned tghe best lyracist.” – Nas
end of discussion
why not…
The Diary – Scarface
The Fix – Scarface
Niggaz4life – NWA
The Chronic – Dr Dre
Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg
Dogg Food – Tha Dogg Pound
Lethal Injection – Ice Cube
Me Against The World – 2pac
Ironman – Ghostface Killah
Illadelph Halflife – The Roots
Vol. 1 – Thug Life
Reasonable Doubt – Jay Z
ATLiens – Outkast
Forever – Wu Tang Clan
Murda Muzik – Mobb Deep
Only Built for Cuban Linx – Raekwon
Hard to Earn – Gangstarr
Muddy Waters – Redman
The Marshal Mathers LP – Eminem
We Can’t Be Stopped – Geto Boyz
Kiss My Black Azz – MC Ren
Aquemini – Outkast
Illmatic – Nas
E99 Eternal – Bone Thugs and Harmony
Life After Death – Notorious B.I.G.
dope list
Y UR COMMENTS DON’T REFLECT THIS LIST?
IN DA ALLEY-MC REN>>>>>>>>>
aint no way e99 e by bone thugs should be on that list over get rich or die tryin. idk if u just forgot to name it or what but cmon son
GRODT was a classic but it would’ve been just another dope album in 1997
Game’s Doctor’s Advocate is literally one of the best westcoast albums ever made….jus sayin…..funny how every artist leaves Game outta their list
So true. Doctor’s Advocate is a classic in every sense. Far superior to The Documentary as well.
The Documentary is far better than all his later albums put together.
^ then u dnt knw shit abt westcoast hiphop….Fuck Outta Here Doctor’s Advocate >>>>>>> Documentary ask any Game fan he will tell u
Doctor’s Advocate was his best album hands down he had more emotion and passion on that record. Not to mention the story telling. Documentary was a great album it had a lot of hits but the Doctor’s Advocate fit perfectly every song.
Game’s first 3 albums were all fucking ill
It goes DA > Doc > LAX & then the RED Album was the worst shit in the world
theres no way doctors advo was better than the documentary… hate it or love it, how we do, westside story, dreams, higher, the documentary, like father like son… nuff said. Hate it or love it alone is better than some entire albums
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – 50 Cent
Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
Slim Shady LP – Eminem
Me Against the World – 2Pac
Ready 2 Die – The Notorious B.I.G.
The Blueprint – Jay-Z
Stillmatic – Nas
Illmatic – Nas
The Black Album – Jay-z
The Eminem Show – Eminem
Aquemini – Outkast
Undun – The Roots
Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool – Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor – Lupe Fiasco
Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous – Big L
Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z
Asleep in the Bread Aisle – Asher Roth
Section .80 – Kendrick Lamar
Beg For Mercy – G-Unit
The Documentary – The Game
The Chronic 2001 – Dr. Dre
Infinite – Eminem
K.O.D. – Tech N9ne
The College Dropout – Kanye West
Word of Mouf – Ludacris
Tech N9ne? HAHAHAHAHAHA your list sucks
i like the list, but
1) where’s the old school shiz?
2) Asher roth? seriously?
I know its your opinion, and i respect that. But my opinion is that there was one song on that asher lp.
Kevin is definitely a fag.
thats wack list
@Anonymous:
Asher Roth has one damn album under his belt and not even a great one. What the hell are you talking about?
There’s a lot more people that deserve way more credit than him.
This has gotta be a white persons list (that’s not racist, i’m white)
to the guy commenting on how it has too be a white persons list…why say that as if its a bad thing when the majority of lil wayne, waka flocka, gucci mane, soulja boy,birdman and lil b fans are black. Also KOD is a deep, personal album and tech n9nes flow would destroy any rapper in your top 10
got mad dickriders i love it
i listen to albums for lyrics
i didnt know tech n9ne was whack
how boout listening to an album by him cuz hed destroy any1 in the rap game now so that kid looks stupid
and yeah i am white, asher roth is my dude
No Tupac? Fuck u NaSS! U lost a fan tonight.
I’m sayin! I went through the whole list hoping to see something from the GOAT up there but he never mentioned Pac even though he mentions him in a bunch of songs and even dedicated a verse to him on We Will Survive off I Am…
wow he lost a fan because his list of favorite album didnt include who you wanted? you are the type of hip hop fan that fucking disgusts me to the core. how the fuck does that affect your life or nas’ music? fucking FEMALE ass niggas. acting like youre tryna date this nigga and shit. he doest listen to pac in his free time so you wanna call it quits? W.T.F. He’s a musician nigga not an E-harmony profile.
like pac said some of you niggas are bitches too. that just might be the most bitch shit ive ever read on HHDX.
Tupack is im my top 5 any day but non of his albums make my top 10? It dont mean he aint Great.
@deg you called him tupack… Your opinion is null and void.
Fuck u anon. Who the fuck are u to bash me like that? I want to see ur fucking faggot ass step to me and say all those bullshit. I will fuck u up nigga
Sensitive ass nigga. He said “HIS” favorite.. NOT YOURS!
“you lost a fan tonight” over this? that’s the lamest shit I’ve ever read!
LOL @ “you lost a fan tonight.” so i guess its hagaan daz and the notebook dvd instead?
Made this list on a whim.
1) CunninLynguists – A Piece Of Strange
2) Blu & Exile – Below The Heavens
3) Nas – Illmatic
4) Rhyme Asylum – State Of Lunacy
5) Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
6) Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
7) GZA – Liquid Swords
8) CunninLynguists – Oneirology
9) Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
10) Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
11) Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
12) Joe Budden – Mood Muzik 2
13) Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
14) Outkast – Aqeumini
15) Jay-Z – American Gangster
16) Eminem – The Eminem Show
17) The Roots – Undun
18) MF Doom & Madvillain – Madvillainy
19) Nas – The Lost Tapes
20) Joe Budden – Mood Muzik 3
21) Kanye West – Late Registration
22) Lowkey – Soundtrack To The Struggle
23) Joe Budden – Escape Route
24) Jay-Z – The Black Album
25) Tonedeff – Archetype
Where is pac nigga? gtfoh
you got a lot of head scratchers on this list…
@Anonymous: Pac’s overrated. All his studio albums were great, but at the same time, they were bloated with fillers. Definitely not top 25 worthy.
@dockevoc: Such as?
Pac’s overrated? Do us the hiphop heads a favour and kill ur muthafuckin self
Haa, when you come up with a reason why one of his albums should touch my list, let me know.
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1.Tupac Me Against The World
2.Eminem The Marshall M. LP
3.50 Cent Get Rich…
4.Jay Z The Blueprint
5.Nas Illmatic
6.Talib&Hi-tek Reflection Eternal The Train of Thought
7.Notorious BIG Ready Die
8.Dre Dre Chronic 2000
9.Slum Village Fantastic
10.Buster Rhymes The Anarchy
11.Buster Rhymes The Coming
12.Wu Tang Clan Forever
13.Kanye West Late Reg
14.Nas Stillmatic
15.Jay Z The Black Album
16.Dead Prez Lets Get Free
17.Common Like Water For Chock.
18.Snoop Dogg Doggystyle
19.Lil Wayne The Carter 2
20.Game Documentary
21.Eminem The Em Show
22.Kanye West Late Reg.
23.Nas God’s Son
24.Kendrick Lamar Section 80
25. The Foreign Exchange Collected
you added kanye late reg. twice
and thats wack
THE POINT IS THO
U OVERLOOKING KRS
HE WAS UNFCUKWITTABLE DURING THIS SAME ERA
My top 30 list:(i tried to post my top 25 but i cant remove any of these albums!)
1- eminem – eminem show
2- eminem – marshal mathers lp
3- eminem slim shady lp
4-nas – illmatic
5- nas it was written
6-jay z – blueprint
7- 2pac – all eyes on me
8- 2pac – me against the world
9- wu tang clan – enter wu tang 36 chambers
10 wu tang clan – wu tang forever
11 – raekwon – only built 4 cuban linx
12 – raekwon – only built 4 cuban linx II
13- GZA – Liquid swords
14- DMX – its dark & hell is hot
15- game – the documentary
16- dr dre – the chronic
17- nwa – straight outta compton
18- mobb deep – the infamous
19- outkast – aquemini
20- gangstar – moment of truth
21- kanye west – the college dropout
22- lupe fiasco – foods & liquor
23- the roots – things fall apart
24- mos def – black on both sides
25- imortal technique – revolutunary vol II
26- dead prez – lets get free
27- jedi mind tricks – violent by design
28- scarface – the fix
29- biggie – ready to die
30- snoop dogg – doggystyle
lately Nas is sucking to much jay-Z dick.
I thought I was the only one that noticed that shit. Reasonable doubt aint no gotdamn classic. That fag left out pac
Reasonable Doubt is not a classic WTF. Shut your bitch ass up. Im from the south and Im not a Jayz fan and I give that album its props.
Man fuck u bitch. RD is 3.5/5 u fag. Stop the dickriding. Black Album>>>>>> RD. Blueprint>>>> RD
Reasonable Doubt is the worst music album to ever be done alongside Tha Carter III. Words of wisom from a nigga that doesn’t have anything else better to do.
too lazy for top 25….here’s my top 10
1. Doggystyle
2. Chronic 2001
3. Doctor’s Advocate
4. Wu Tang Forever
5. The Eminem Show
6. Illmatic
7. All Eyes On Me
8. The Black Album
9. Reasonable Doubt
10. Death Certificate
So DX where” s this top 25 then??????
1. Illmatic – Nas
2. Moment of Truth – Gangstaar
3. Illadelph Halflife – The Roots
4. Capital Punishment – Big Pun
5. Gza – Liquid Swords
6. The Fix – Scarface
7. Infamous – Mobb Deep
8. Only Built for Cuban Linx – Raekwon
9. Blackout – Meth and redman
10. Sneak Attack – KRS ONE
11. 18th Letter – Rakim
12. The Score – Fugees
13. Beats, Rhymes & Life – Tribe Called Quest
14. The Very Best of Brand Nubian – Brand Nubian
15. It was Written – Nas
16. Ready 2 Die – The Notorious B.I.G.
17. Finding Forever – Common
18. At the speed of Life – Xzibit
19. Can-i-Bus – Canibus
20. GOAT – LL Cool J
21. The Lost Tapes – Nas
22. Blueprint – Jay Z
23. The Chronic – Dr Dre
24. Aquemini – Outkast
25. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
No 2pac becoz hz albums though containing gemz are not thorough. He is in my top 5.
Thus, ur list aint shit then
you got canibitch who had lyrics like this… “I can double my density from three-sixty degrees to seven-twenty instantly.”
^ he really said that? LOL
how could you have pac in your top 5 and not any of his albums…outside of his albums he didnt do much now did he? I would have respected if you just said he isnt in your top 5 either because lets be honest…he wasnt even that nice
and also…including can-i-bus over rip the jacker and 2000bc? Come on man…rip the jacker was his masterpiece.
legit list minus GOAT lol
Here is top 10 for me
1.illmatic
2.low end theory
3.amerikkkaz most wanted
4.paid in full
5.Like water for chocolate
6.Black on both sides
7.illadelph halflife
8.Eardrum
9.The cool
10.Hard to earn
i forgot the diary by scarface 😛
In no particular:
Slum Village – Fantastic Vol.2
Nas – Illmatic
Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Linx
Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
Outkast – ATLiens
Madvillain – Madvillainy
J Dilla – Welcome 2 Detroit
J Dilla – Ruff Draft
J Dilla – Donuts
Ghostface Killah – Ironman
A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
2pac – All Eyez On Me
2pac – Makeveli
A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
The Roots – Illadelph Halflife
The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
De La Soul – Buhloone Mindstate
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
Mobb Deep – Hell On Earth
Mobb Deep – The Infamous
Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
Notorious BIG – Ready To Die
Big Pun – Capitol Punishment
Pete Rock – Soul Survivor
Method Man – Tical
GZA – Liquid Swords
Dr. Dre – The Chronic
There’s quite a few more I think are classics, but I’m not going through making a big ass list.
who cares! nobody values your opinion.
Makeveli
Me Against the World
Shell Shocked
In My Lifetime Vol 1
Soul on Ice
All Eyes on Me
Street’s Disciple
Carter 2
The Blueprint
God’s Son
A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure
Long Live the Kane
Ghetto Dope
Heaven’s Movie
rap beginner
at least a Soul On Ice is in their… but Carter 2? God’s Son? STREETS DISCIPLE WAS SHIT YO
that’s an honest list and i agree with it.
Where da fukk is BASEDGOD’z IM GAY
REAL TALK LOL
Illmatic
The Infamous
Liquid Swords
The Low End Theory
The Chronic
It Was Writtin
Blue Funk
93 Til Infinty
Ready To Die
The Score
Straight Check’m
LiveLoveA$AP
Me Againgst The World
Soul On Ice
Death Certificate
Raising Hell
1. Illmatic
2. Only Build 4 Cuban Linx
3. Liquid Swords
4. Supreme Clientele
5. 36 Chambers
6. It Was Written
7. Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Half hiphop)
8. Enter Da Stage
9. The Infamous
10. Black Trash
I love fux with Nas, but Reasonable Doubt is not no classic….”Jigga started to flow like us but hit with ‘aint no nigga'” Nas is just trying to be nice because they’re cool now…There’s nothing unique or creative about it…It didn’t push the genre or get any acclaim when it came out….People only started calling it “classic” when Jay got famous. It’s a good album, just not top 25 status.
1. Illmatic – Nas
2. Liquid Swordz – Genius
3. Ironman – Ghostface
4. OB4CL – Rakewon
5. The Torture Papers – Army of the Pharaohs
6. Here to Save You All – Chino XL
7. Soul On Ice – Rass Kass
8. The Score – The Fugees
9. Serveants in Heaven, Kings in Hell – Jedi Mind Tricks
10. Wanna Snuggle? – Apathy
Soulja Boy – iSouljaBoyTellem
Soulja Boy – The DeAndre Way
Birdman & Lil Wayne – Like Father, Like Son
Wacka Flocka Flame – Flockaveli
Triples C’s – Custom Cars & Cycles
Soulja Boy – Souljaboytellem.com
Rick Ross – Port of Miami
Ying Yang Twins – Alley: The Return of the Ying Yang Twins
Ja Rule – Blood in My Eye
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being
Birdman – Birdman
Fat Joe – Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)
Ying Yang Twins – U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta)
DJ Khaled – Victory
DJ Khaled – Listennn… the Album
Fat Joe – Loyalty
Ja Rule – Venni Vetti Vecci
Ying Yang Twins – Thug Walkin’
Plies – Goon Affiliated
DJ Khaled – We the Best Forever
Rick Ross – Trilla
Plies – Da REAList
DJ Khaled – We Global
LOL only joking!!!
The ^^^ worst fuckin list.. Smh
No one cares about you guy’s list… It was an article about the music that Nas loves.. HIS FAVORITE albums.. Can the man be a fan of RD? I think it’s Jay’s best album! If he doesn’t have a tupac “ALBUM” in his list then so what? It’s HIS list. Just appreciate the ability to know the type of music a Legendary artist enjoys.. Damn.
well i think people kinda do because some of them are commenting on each others lists so…
STFU!
why every time a rapper makes any sort of list and it is posted on here do we see an influx of “look at my list and accept me” comments. The thing is that half of these people probably already posted their list on kendricks article a week ago…
Kendrick made one? Man I gotta get to that page and put my list on that muthafucker!
I’m sorry Nas but RD was marginal at best. The album had six strong tracks but as far rest no replay value at all.
U buggin.. Nas is right RD was a classic
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The Chronic – Dr Dre
Paid In Full – Eric B & Rakim
Straight Outta Compton – NWA
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back – Public Enemy
Enter The Wu-Tang – Wu-Tang Clan
Licensed To Ill – Beastie Boys
Illmatic – Nas
The Diary – Scarface
Criminal Minded – Boogie Down Productions
Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg
The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest
Raising Hell – Run-D.M.C.
Long Live The Kane – Big Daddy Kane
Ready To Die – The Notorious B.I.G.
Fear Of A Black Planet – Public Enemy
All Eyez On Me – 2Pac
Paul’s Boutique – Beastie Boys
Aquemeni – OutKast
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx – Raekwon
No One Can Do It Better – The D.O.C.
AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted – Ice Cube
The Infamous – Mobb Deep
The Slim Shady LP – Eminem
Life After Death – The Notorious B.I.G.
Death Certificate – Ice Cube
who cares about your top albums Norwegian…you’re not well known enough for folks to give a fuck about your opinion. That’s all
The Blueprint
Tha Chronic
The Score
The Marshall Mathers LP
Paid in Full
Life After Death
The Black Album
Get Rich or Die Trying
Ironman
Doggystyle
Strictly Business
MBDTF
2pac Greatest Hits
Late Registraion
lol, no Gang Starr? Tribe? De La? BDP? Big Daddy Kane? But you got 50 Cent, the Fugees, Kanye West and Eminem?
lol yikes I hate the same old johnny-come-lately best of lists.
Mike, ur an idiot. Its obvious anon is a white boy and a fag.
Fagot ass Nas hater!
Illmatic
KOOL G. RAP – LIVE AND LET DIE. DAMMIT!!!
Jay-z just came in and got something to say: Got success? So haters go ahead and try and convince yourself that rd is not a classic because in the end you look like complete haters …..Good day……(Bumping d’evils)
Reasonable Doubt is a damn good album that was overlooked by the populous because of the strength of other albums that were out during that time. There has been a well known sentiment throughout the years within the rap community that it was Jay himself who made the fans GO BACK and buy and listen to it (released in 96, went platinum in 2002).
“Reasonable Doubt, classic, shoulda went triple”-Blueprint
Compare timelines, it was YOU who were convinced and coerced by him. He said that in 2001, all of a sudden in 2002 it’s certified platinum and CLASSIC.
And don’t worry about hating, I bought RD in ’96.
Illmatic didn’t go platinum til 2001….people wasn’t buying cd’s like that back in thoes days
Nas speaking sense, good to see Criminal Minded getting a mention, great album.. and yes the way KRS did his thing is admirable as Nas says, all these vacuous acts looking for a superstar deal need to wise up!!
Straight Outta Compton
Raising Hell
Criminal Minded
AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
The Chronic
2Pacalypse Now
Ready to Die
Paid in Full
Strictly Business
Licensed to Ill
It Takes a Nation of Millions
Capital Punishment
It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot
The Blueprint
The Marshall Mathers LP
Aquemini
The Diary
Illmatic
The Don Killuminati
Live and Let Die
187 He Wrote
Enter the Wu-Tang
Hard to Earn
No One Can Do It Better
@Jacc
That’s some bullshit ass list yo.
This is a good fuckin list too
@Jacc
nigga how the fuck could you put Illmatic on the bottom and The Bullshit Chronic on the top???!!!
None of y’all have good taste of music.
why because your favorite rapper isnt on here?? you seem to be an ignorant hater
^^^
fuck you nigga, my rappers are here, but y’all just pick the wackest albums on their careers.
oh so you are the “hip hop god” huh lol man i bet you’re a white boy from the suburbs thinking he knows about hip hop
I bet 90% of these comments saying Reasonable Doubt wasnt classic are the same Nas stan
well you are wrong then I hate Reasonable Doubt and I hate Nas too
Nigga u Crazy I’m a NasFanatic and Reasonable Doubt was the shit!
Tupac the best of all time no matter what
Sorry kid ^^^ Nas is…
not even close. i got respect for pac but his image is what made him popular, not his lyrics. mc’s like Nas, K-Rino, GZA, Immortal Technique etc etc are much better overall
Top 31. Illmatic. Paid in full. Criminal Minded. Ready to die. Children Story. It Was Written. All Eyes On Me. The Chronic. Reasonable Doubt. Stillmatic. The Purple Tape. Life after Death. Lost Tapes. People’s Instinctive Travels. God’s Son. The Low End theory. Lifestyles ova the poor. Stunts Blunts and Hiphop. 36 Chambers. Long Live the King.. 4,5,6. One for All. The Fix. Road to the Riches. The Predator. Straight out of Compton. Dynasty. Doe or Die. Capital Punishment. Pieces of a Man. Iron Man.
1.illmatic
2.paid in full
3.criminal minded
4.ready to die
5.it was written
6.straight out of compton
7.people’s insstinctive travels and th pats of rhythm
8.road to the riches
9.long live kane
10. stillmatic
11.follow the leader
12.the fix
13.amerikkas most wanted
14. do or die
15.life after death
16. all eye on me
17.god’s son
18.aquemini
19.lost tapes
20.reasonable doubt
21.capital punishment
22.death certificate
23.chronic
24.midnight marauders
25.the purple tape built for cuban links…
by all means this is my top 25 not in order except for ILLMATIC that will always be no.1 to me, Peace
That’s the best list up here
^^^ that’s a I’ll list.. Nas no doubt has the hiphop bible album nothing better then that red CD.
1. Nas- I Am
2. K-Rino – Book Number 7
3. Wu Tang Clan – Wu Tang Forever
4. Nas – Illmatic
5. Nas – It Was Written
6. Scarface – Untouchable
7. Geto Boys – The Resurrection
8. GZA – Liquid Swords
9. Scarface – The Fix
10. Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full
11. Gang Starr – Moment Of Truth
12. DMX – It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot
13. Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent By Design
14. K-Rino – The Lyrics
15. K-Rino – Annihilation Of The Evil Machine
16. Ice Cube – The Predator
17. Gang Starr – Hard To Earn
18. Dr Dre – The Chronic
19. Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle
20. C-Murder – Life Or Death
21. Wu Tang Clan – The 36 Chambers
22. 2Pac – Makaveli
23. Jedi Mind Tricks – A History Of Violence
24. Jedi Mind Tricks – Servants In Heaven Kings In Hell
25. Mobb Deep – The Infamous
that is the worst list
i know jay z fans dont like this list but bottom line is he is a sell out. just like kanye, just like the new outkast, and all these other commercial suckers
That is such a shitty list dont let the fact that they are “sellouts”
affect your decision making on which album is the best
you just sound like a shitty person man. thats a great list
there’s no jay z album on that list… that’s why ol dude is hatin lol sorry but sell out mc’s dont belong on here. especially one who isnt even that great of a lyricist. he is all swag and bitchassness
honorable mention to The Score, Lost Tapes, Soul On Ice, and The Diary
I wouldn’t have a particular order because I can’t say 1 album is better than the other.
No Order:
1. Black Album- Jay-Z
2. Illmatic- Nas
3. Stillmatic- Nas
4. God’s Son- Nas
5. Reasonable doubt- Jay-Z
6. Black on both sides- Mos Def
7. Paid in Full- Eric B. & Rakim
8. Laugh Now, Cry Later- Cube
9. Raw Footage- Cube
10. All Eyez On Me- Pac
11. Strictly for my N.I.G.G.E.R.S- Pac
12. The Big Picture- Big L
13. Lifestyle’s ov da poor and rich- Big L
14. 36 Chambers- Wu Tang
15. The Low End Theory- ATCQ
16. Resurrection- Common
17. The Dreamer/Believer- Common
18. Don’t sweat the technique- Eric B. & Ra
19. The Documentary- Game
20. Doctors Advocate- Game
21. LAX- Game
22. Moment of Truth- Gangstarr
23. Liquid Swords- Gza
24. The Shining- J Dilla
25. Food & Liquor- Lupe
Its actually ridiculous, I couldn’t narrow it down. I would add Only Built for Cuban Linx- Rae, Ready to die- Big, the 18th Letter- Rakim, Criminal Minded- Boogie Down, Detriot Deli… A Taste of Detriot- SV, Villa Manifesto- SV, Doggystyle- Snoop, The Chronic 1992 & 2001- Dre, Regulate… G Funk Era- Warren G, The Hard Way- 213, Guilty by Affilliation- WC, The Shadiest One- WC, Bow Down- Westside Connection, Forever, Iron Flag- Wu, The W- Wu.
There are so many dope albums, no doubt I’ve prolly missed enough, that its hard to have a top 25.
Damn bruh, no scarface (the diary, the fix, untouchables)??? Other than that props on the dope ass list. I love seeing brothers that appreciate this hip hop shit to the core!
any order
illmatic
stillmatic
it was written
untitled
life styles of the poor and dangerous
capital punishment
enter the 36 chambers
purple tape
ready to die
me against the world
food and liqour
the cool
tical
moment of truth
the infamous
mecca and the soul brother
reasonable doubt
blueprint
liquid swords
chronic 2001
the documentary
death certificate
doe or die
stankonia
the great depression
and 100s more.. DAMN I LOVE HIP HOP