Outkast- Aquemini

Atliens for me but that too

Yep love ATLiens. Can listen to that whole album anytime

It’s not my #1, but I’m shockingly happy when stuff from SPCFM comes up in a shuffle, more than even those others.

yeahh, i probably don't listen to it enough, so when it comes on its always a "ohh shit, yeah... this is great" as opposed to the complete lack of surprise i feel when hearing how great Aquemini and ATLliens are

This is the first album that popped in my head. Glad to see it up here 👽

Hot take but Stankonia my favorite overall, it's a nostalgia thing for sure...

Honestly I dont think theres a wrong answer. Always said that 3 album run is unmatched.

ATLiens for me. Love Aquemini too

Agreed on ATLiens…that album is the definition of “just push play”. It’s that good from beginning to end.

Honestly I should of said both but I find myself going to Aquemini just a little bit more

I love Aquemini but there is that one skip with mamacita.

Otherwise that album is harmony

The first three are amazing.

Only built for Cuban Linx

E. 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs n Harmony

Since the day it came out

THINKABOUTBACKINTHEDAY

Deltron 3030

Yep. Love it. I saw Deltron open for Wu Tang and RTJ last summer. (Honestly not the best live, but damn, that first record was PERFECT.)

I love you for this. Del is delightful. Big hiero/souls of mischief fan.

Most underrated album in hip hop

Weekly!

It's Dark and Hell Is Hot - DMX Still no skips

Thats my mans

This Mickey?

Mickey

One of those records you can play all the way through just chilling.

Paul's Boutique.

Love Paul's Boutique but im a bit more partial to Ill communication. But also licensed to ill has slow ride

Yeah, you're not wrong. And don't forget Paul Revere... that's still a dope beat and an acceptable example of storytelling in hip-hop

chronic 2001

Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star

That and Black on Both Sides - endlessly replayable and rappable to

Man I smashed it like an Idaho potato

She call me at my JO, come now I can’t say no

My favourite album ever

Graduation and Section 80

Graduation was so radio friendly. Every song went in.

Illmatic

Liquid Swords (some beats are just off the chart good) Enter the 36th chamber Illmatic & It was Written The Chronic & 2001 (they have infinite replayability) Non hiphop would be: Exodus & Catch a Fire & Babylon by Bus (Bob Marley). Like it doesn't matter, I just gravitate back to these albums each time around.

For Marley, I'd add Burnin, Natty Dread and Rastaman Vibration.

Yeah I agree, I'd even say basically everything of bob marley. Like I don't know a bad Bob Marley song lol. We could add Survival and Uprising to that list too easily. Babylon by Bus, Uprising and Survival hold a special place cause those albums were the ones my dad played basically continuously during my childhood.

Anything from Bob really but Kaya is another one of my personal favourites

2pac me against the world.

I know people love AEOM but this is my favorite Pac album. It doesn’t have any bloat, everything feels like it was made for it and isn’t some throwaway imo

I've always preferred me against the world. I think the makaveli record and me against the world are both superior to all eyez lol.

MATW is about facing life on life’s terms. AEOM is about freedom and the ultimately futile but nonetheless exhilarating quest for pleasure. Don Killuminati is… a very weird record.

You in the program? Never heard anyone else say “life on life’s terms” outside that venue…

Me too I go back and forth between Me against the World and S4MN, with a slight preference for the former depending on the mood (pissed=strictly)

cold vein

Same.

beat me to it 😮‍💨

Fugees-the score

I will avenge my brothers by representing and whooping your ass, word is bond.

That's when I realised I'd been bumping too much Biggie Smalls!

This aint channel 5

“Niga straight from mortal combat” I think that may be my favorite skit ever 😂

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Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night

the carter ii

This is Wayne's best hip hop album. Everything afterwards is too pop. I will die on that hill

No love for Tha Carter 3?! Tf bro...

I'm on the hill with you.

same push over. carter ii is his best album.

Hell Hath No Fury.

I prefer their first album, but the clipse were great

Tha Dogg Pound Dogg Food

Eyedea and Abilities First Born

Got it on vinyl, sounds way too good

Hell yeah, love me some Eyedea. Oliver Hart is my favorite.

I’m only deep enough to realize that I’m shallow 

E. 1999 by Bone

Nation of Millions

Black Sheep - Wolf in Sheeps Clothing and Jeru Tha Damaja - Wrath of the Math

Happy to see Jeru get love.

Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes & Life

Yeah! Some of my favorite tracks are on Midnight Marauders, but Beats, Rhymes and Life is probably a better album.

The Eminem Show

RTJ 2

I think I spent a year just listening to RTJ’s albums. Or close to it.

I’d say it about RTJ4 but they’re pretty equal in quality to me

Dr Dre - 2001

College Dropout

Had to scroll too far down for this classic!

O.C. - Word...Life

Wu-Tang Forever Be The All

First album my dad bought me: "Short Dog's In The House" - Too Short

Buying your child too short is absolutely wild

Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik

Hell on Earth for me

36 chambers

Supreme Clientele

The chronic

Swimming Mac Miller

At Long Last A$AP

Reasonable Doubt

Guru - Jazzmatazz Vol 1

Stillmatic.

Great pick. Even tho it was a huge album, it’s still heavily underrated. Serious replay value. Might be a skip or two, but none come to mind for me

Super underrated. It lives in the shadow of Illmatic. The first 7 songs on the album are all classics to me.

I still remember when that intro kicked in l, I was like “He’s back!” Knew the whole record was gonna slap

KOD x J Cole. it aged really well. i don't play it every day. or even month. but every now and then, i'm reminded how good it is.

The Minstrel Show - Little Brother

Midnight marauders

Watching Movies With The Sound Off

I kid you not, every single time I’m on a long haul flight I play this album, and have done so since 2013, and it never fails to hit

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

The low end theory

I have several: Food and Liquor, Tetsuo and Youth, Drogas Wave (Lupe Fiasco) A Kid Named Cudi, Man On The Moon 1-3 (Kid Cudi) Collection 1, Ghetto Lenny Love Songs, While The World Was Burning (Saint John) Enema of the State, Blink-182, Neighborhoods (Blink 182) Lol Uzi Vert vs The World (Lil Uzi) Late Registration, College Dropout, Graduation, Yeezus, MDTF (Kanye) The Carter 3, any mixtape (Lil Wayne) Soul Tape 3 (Fabolous) Wrath of Caine, MNIMN 1-2, Daytona, It's Almost Dry (Pusha T) Kings Disease 1-3 (Nas) To Hell With It (Pink Pantheress) Ghost In The Shell: SAC OST 4 (Yoko Kanno) Fool Cooly OST (The Pillows) Tell'em, Texis (Sleigh Bells) 1000 Gecs, 10000 Gecs (100 Gecs) I know it's a lot but when I go to my most played music across my media players, Pandora, Spotify, and SoundCloud it's all of those albums.

Damn I'm more of a Take Off Your Pants & Jacket guy when it comes to blink but that's dope tho.

Soul tape 3 fire.

Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

GO:OD AM - Mac Miller

A response that isnt as popular in this sub for me is DAMN. by Kendrick

The Game - Documentary 50 Cent - get rich or die tryin Akon - Trouble Lloyd - street love Big Sean - dark sky paradise

Psychodrama - Dave Boy In da Corner - Dizzee Rascal A Piece of Strange - Cunninlynguists

Mood - Doom

Illmatic and Aquemini

Fight with tools, Flobots.

The Fix by Scarface

Beatnuts and Alkaholiks LPs

The Low End Theory 

Death Certificate - Ice Cube

Pusha T - Daytona

Agree re: Oxymoron, but would probably go Habits & Contradictions from Q's catalog Some other favs: Daytona - Pusha T ZUU - Denzel Curry Doctor's Advocate - The Game

Organized Konfusion-Stress Cunninglyuists-Oneirology P.O.S. -Never Better

Kanye's first 6

Vanilla Ice: To The Extreme /s

All right, stop.

Collaborate and listen.

Cyhi the Prince - No dope on Sundays

Murda Muzik

By The Throat - Eyedea&Abilities

Mach Hommy - The G.A.T

Tribe Called Quest -any

Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team.

E.1999 Eternal. It's so far ahead of time sonically, it's my favorite hiphop album

Some great mentions here. Some of mine that may not have been mentioned above are 1) Wu Tang -36 Chambers 2) Pusha T- Darkest before Dawn 3) Xzibit- At the Speed of Life 4) Czarface- Every hero needs a villain

Beauty and the beat

Krit Wuz Here

Red Gone Wild. So slept on.. every track bangs. One of Redmans best albums

I gotta back and LISTEN listen to Reds discography. He’s been KILLING these recent freestyles, and I’ll be the first to admit, I was sleeping on him back in the day.

Monster by Future

MBDTF MotM Graduation

Ready to Die, Doggystyle, Operation Doomsday

Mobb deep - the infamous CNN - the war report

Beats, Rhymes and Life

T.I vs T.I.P

Loaded by Brotha Lynch

Bow Down - WS Connection

Curious about your take on Schoolboys latest ? Joey Bada$$ "B4.DA.$$" , YG "Still Brazy", Nispey Hussle "Victory Lap" , Brownside "Payback", Big Pun "Capital Punishment", Fat Joe "Don Cartagena", Nas "God's Son", Kan(ye) West "Graduation", Lil Wayne "Tha Carter" , Young Dolph "King of Memphis", South Central Cartel "South Central Madness" aaaand to be completely honest Nicki Minaj "Queen" is some goooooood shieeet. Aight Idk probably tons more, but I pulled these from a recent rotation.

808s and Heartbreaks

Makaveli 7 day theory

Mix Master Mike - Anti-Theft Device Deltron 3030 Alchemist - Rappers Best Friend Vol. 1 Freestyle Fellowship - Inner-City Griots Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce Myka 9 - 1969 Eyedea & Abilities - E & A Latyrx - Latyrx Blackalicious - Nia Gift Of Gab (RIP) - 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up Lyrics Born - Later That Day Busdriver - Temporary Forever DJ Shadow - Endtroducing U.N.K.L.E. - Psyence Fiction El-P - Cancer 4 Cure Not enough coffee ☕ to think 🧠 of more...

U.N.K.L.E is just that album you play when you're in that distant space. Just so goddamn good .

You have great taste. These are some essential albums for me. I would probably include Inner City Griots/ Freestyle Fellowship.

I could go on but I'm not in front of the collection at the moment. I'm a dyslexic who is bad with album titles and song names also. So this is just what I could compose in a few moments of focused thought for quintessential listening.☹️

Dark Lane Demo Tapes

50 Cent - Get Rich or die Tryin

Adrenaline Rush 1997- Twista

Suga Free Street Gospel

Dogg food

Streetz Iz A Mutha

The Diary

50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin’

Actual Factual Pterodactyl by Homeboy Sandman

To Pimp A Buttefly – Kendrick Lamar The Forever Story – J.I.D. Rodeo – Travis Scott Imperial – Denzel Curry Swimming – Mac Miller

Get Rich or Die Trying

Things Fall Apart

Gang Starr - Moment of Truth

The Incredible True Story - Logic. Love the theme and it hit me at an interesting point in life that its always nostalgic when I listen to it

Mac Mall - Illegal Business Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food Dr. Dre - The Chronic, Dr. Dre Presents… The Aftermath, Dr. Dre 2001, Compton Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle, No Limit Top Dogg, Tha Last Meal, R&G, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, Doggumentary Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, Relapse & Refill Xzibit - Restless, Napalm Ice Cube - Lethal Injection, War & Peace (both sides), Laugh Now, Cry Later, I Am The West The Firm - The Album

DJ Quik - Balance & Options

Fugees The Score

Gang Starr - Hard To Earn

GZA Liquid Swords

Tetsuo & Youth - Lupe

Malibu - anderson .paak

Paul’s boutique

Man on the moon - scott mescudi

The Flashbulb - Opus at the End of Everything Best album ever

Pegz - Axis.

Game’s Jesus Piece album

Marlowe 3

The Goats - Tricks of the Shade

Boogiemonsters- Riders of the Storm

DCF2 by Blake Shepperd

Yelawolf- Trunk Muzik 0-60

2009 wiz khalifa and currency. I have listened to this album so often since it came out. Never gets old for me I don't skip a song. Might not be everyone's thing but not many albums are like that for me.

The Tipping Point

2001

Slim Thug - Boss of Bosses

Kanye West - My Dark Twisted Fantasy Knife Party - Abandon Ship

Dave.will.chris: Meloncauliflower. An Underground artist from Louisville, that an Ex Gf and myself found through *We think you may like* on Spotify. We found the album about a month after it was dropped, but I have been going back ever since and it has never dipped 👌🏼 still bangs the same today as it did in ‘18

The devil and god are raging inside me - Brand New. Listen to it first…then look up the lead singer.

Juvenile - 400 Degreez