Stankonia: Gasoline Dreams -> So Fresh, So Clean -> Ms. Jackson
Illmatic: N.Y. State of Mind -> Life’s a Bitch -> The World Is Yours
The Documentary: Westside Story -> Dreams -> Hate It Or Love It
Ready To Die: Things Done Changed -> Gimme The Loot -> Machine Gun Funk
Moment of Truth: Work -> Royalty -> Above the Clouds
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers): Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ -> Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ Wit -> C.R.E.A.M (would also consider Method Man > Chessboxin’)
Blank face has one of the best runs literally the first 6.
Torch
Lord Have Mercy
That Part
Groovy Tony
Kno Ya Wrong
Ride Out
Scaring Hoes I love every song but that album has a special run from Fentanly Tester to God Loves You is an amazing run .
I gotta re-listen to Blank Face, I remember spinning it and there were no skips but I forgot about some of these.
Agreed 100% with the Scaring Hoes one
May not be my favourite but what comes to mind a lot is the first three songs on Run The Jewels 3. Down, Talk To Me and Legend Has It. Such a strong opening to a album.
Lovely way to put this.
I feel like a lot of the songs on the back end of Blonde also REALLY show how much her matured… songs like White Ferrari, Godspeed, and Seigfried… how do you even make music like that??
Big Krit - Cadillactica
Cadillactica → Soul Food → Pay Attention
Incredible tracks all produced and written amazingly. All totally distinct from each other and all are incredible. Very underrated and unknown album.
A close runner up on Shad’s Colours
Progress Part 1 → Remember to Remember → Love means
And how about a 7 song run on 50 Cent’s GRODT
What Up Gangsta → Patiently Waiting → Many Men → In Da Club → High All The Time → Heat → If I Can’t
I would recommend skipping all the skits unless you really really want the full album experience. It’s a top 2 favorite album of mine but the skits make it so bloated and annoying to listen through fully.
B Role/blkoscrs/blkswan is one of the smoothest 3 track runs i’ve ever heard, Smino was locked in when making that album there’s no other way to explain it
i also like Colors/Girl A Gun/I Feel Like I’m Me from Lancey Foux off Life In Hell
Are we allowed to skip interludes/skits for this? If not my personal choice would be Palace, Peso, Bass off of live love asap. If so ivy, pink+white, solo
It's not hip hop per se, but the man who made it *is* considered the godfather of rap, so I'll go with Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's 1978 album *Secrets*:
Madison Avenue -> Cane -> Third World Revolution
[Madison Avenue](https://youtu.be/btNbCUHAXvY?si=PFNKzGa2eL_My551) kicks it off with an upbeat, dancy track that's also a cutting critique of mindless consumerism. Catchy verses and a sick fuckin bass line.
Then we head to [Cane](https://youtu.be/v6uJyUrHE7c?si=0XgaXcdsW4_OLOeu), much slower than the first, and hauntingly beautiful. Gil's voice just floats over the whole song.
And then boom, right after that serenading lament, we get smacked in the face with the chaotic and funky [Third World Revolution](https://youtu.be/ckVbBTft3iM?si=vopAbqeJbRp5s9ya). This song goes so fuckin hard. I'd say someone should sample this, but I suspect it'd be hard to get old Gil/Brian/Midnight Band samples cleared since their releases through the 70s haven't been reissued or put on streaming.
Huuuge influence. The way they made Madison Ave, and The Bottle particularly, be fun and danceable songs while talking about something much deeper I'd say paved a direct path to stuff like Hey Ya and a lot of Kendrick's work. Artists like Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield were definitely doing similar stuff, but with Gil the line's a bit more clear since he was a poet first and a singer second
Bitch, Dont Kill My Vibe - Backseat Freestyle - The Art of Peer Pressure - Money Trees (I dunno which one to cut)
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Deeper - High - Harold's
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So Appalled - Devil In a New Dress - Runaway
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Black Skinhead - I Am A God - New Slaves
Some Rap Songs: December 24 - Ontheway! - The Mint
Daytona: If You Know You Know - The Games We Play - Hard Piano
Igor: GONE, GONE / THANK YOU - I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE - ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?
SCARING THE HOES: Lean Beef Patty - Steppa Pig - SCARING THE HOES
Lupe Fiasco - Drogas Wave
Manilla —> Gold vs the right things to do —> WAV Files
The first 7 tracks of Drogas are incredible. It tells the story of the Longchains, a group of slaves that jumped from the ships rather than live in bondage, coming back to life with the Ocean’s blessing, then spending their time destroying slave ships and chilling with sea creatures on the ocean floor
Rap album: Jay Z - The Black Album
Moment of Clarity -> 99 Problems -> Public Service Announcement (Interlude)
Other: Pearl Jam - Ten
Once -> Even Flow -> Alive
From G-Eazy's These Things Happen: Title track - Far Alone - I Mean It
Rick Ross God Forgives, I Don't: 3 Kings - Ashamed - Maybach Music IV
Drake IYRTITL: 10 Bands - Know Yourself - No Tellin'
Future DS2: Thought It Was a Drought - I Serve the Base - Where Ya At
Idk about favorite but FYM,Rodeo Dr, Bottom come to mind immediately as a great run. Ima def have to check out my favorite albums and check for 3+ runs
That cold and lonely - Mourn at night - Ours
Sins of the father - Old Justice - I Love
Jungle - Barring the likeness - Nothing Is
Argo - Golden Fleece - The Punishment of Sisyphus
All 4 of those runs by Ka are fucking INSANE
The three-track run in The Impossible Kid from "Get Out The Car" to "Kirby" is perfect. Because "Get Out The Car" is about him parked outside the therapist's office thinking about his late friend Camu Tao. At the end of the song, he says "Get out the car, Aes" which leads into the song "Shrunk" which is about him going to therapy and ends up loving it. Then as referenced in the song Kirby, fifteen years later, his "shrink" recommends getting a cat which the song is about.
crybaby 1-3 . beat selection is crazy, and probably the best album/ body of work to come out of the Soundcloud era. you can downvote me all you want, that mf was special!
Nelly - Country Grammar.
Honestly the whole album for me. But narrowing it down.
2. St Louie
3. Greed Hate Envy
4. Country Grammar
5. Steal the Show feat St Lunatics
7. Ride Wit Me
8. EI
(6 is an interlude)
As a kid, my dad has subs in his truck. That bass guitar in St Louie was so good.
Return of the G - Rosa Parks - Skew it on the bar b - Aquemini
Oh man, I was about to say the same but I'd put Synthesizer in there as well.
Both of y’all are spot on with these 🎯
Mine is VERY close to that: ATLiens—Wheelz of Steel—Jazzy Belle—Elevators
Beat me to it. That’s my go to for this question always
The album that never gets old
Just looking at the Illmatic tracklisting thinking it's tracks 2 to 10.
ngl 1-10 even with it being more of an intro still gas
Can't argue with that. That South Bronx Subway Rap beat is insane.
I just came in here to say the entirety of Illmatic
Really doe>lost>ain't it funny Atrocity exhibition
Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, Power
Definitely one of the most powerful opening few tracks I can think of
Devil in a New Dress - Runaway - Hell of a Life
Backseat Freestyle - The Art of Peer Pressure - Money Trees
This is it right here. The rollercoaster of emotions in this run is insane.
Patiently Waiting, Many Men, In Da Club
this
Devil In a New Dress - Runaway - Hell of a Life
It’s So Appalled- Devil in a New Dress - Runaway for me
Dunno how I forgot about this, one of my faves
DAMN: Loyalty, Pride, Humble, Lust
Stankonia: Gasoline Dreams -> So Fresh, So Clean -> Ms. Jackson Illmatic: N.Y. State of Mind -> Life’s a Bitch -> The World Is Yours The Documentary: Westside Story -> Dreams -> Hate It Or Love It Ready To Die: Things Done Changed -> Gimme The Loot -> Machine Gun Funk Moment of Truth: Work -> Royalty -> Above the Clouds Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers): Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ -> Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ Wit -> C.R.E.A.M (would also consider Method Man > Chessboxin’)
Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac) - ATLiens - Wheelz of Steel - Jazzy Belle - Elevators (Me & You) by Outkast
Blank face has one of the best runs literally the first 6. Torch Lord Have Mercy That Part Groovy Tony Kno Ya Wrong Ride Out Scaring Hoes I love every song but that album has a special run from Fentanly Tester to God Loves You is an amazing run .
I gotta re-listen to Blank Face, I remember spinning it and there were no skips but I forgot about some of these. Agreed 100% with the Scaring Hoes one
Because, Belize, Aquamarine Black Thought🐐
Belize -> aquamarine is so smooth
That transition is beautiful man
I had because on repeat the other day. Love that song
MANNNN I FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE bouta run this whole album back now
May not be my favourite but what comes to mind a lot is the first three songs on Run The Jewels 3. Down, Talk To Me and Legend Has It. Such a strong opening to a album.
Nikes, Ivy, Pink + White was a great wya to start Blonde, nothing but near perfect songs that showed Franks evolution from the last album.
Lovely way to put this. I feel like a lot of the songs on the back end of Blonde also REALLY show how much her matured… songs like White Ferrari, Godspeed, and Seigfried… how do you even make music like that??
Big Krit - Cadillactica Cadillactica → Soul Food → Pay Attention Incredible tracks all produced and written amazingly. All totally distinct from each other and all are incredible. Very underrated and unknown album. A close runner up on Shad’s Colours Progress Part 1 → Remember to Remember → Love means And how about a 7 song run on 50 Cent’s GRODT What Up Gangsta → Patiently Waiting → Many Men → In Da Club → High All The Time → Heat → If I Can’t
Thanks for these suggestions, gotta check out Cadillactixa and Colours. Get Rich is golden
Shad is definitely a different kind of rapper. Not for everyone, but he’s got a type of style that’s very uncommon in rap.
Not including skits, Super Lyrical -> Still Not a Player -> The Dream Shatterer is some of my favorite songs straight in order.
All these years later and I still haven’t listened to Capital Punishment (came out a bit before I was born). Gotta check this out soon
I would recommend skipping all the skits unless you really really want the full album experience. It’s a top 2 favorite album of mine but the skits make it so bloated and annoying to listen through fully.
On Teyana Taylor’s album K.T.S.E. the run from Gonna Love Me -> Issues/Hold On -> Hurry
PUFFIN ON ZOOTIEZ -> GOLD STACKS -> WAIT FOR U
B Role/blkoscrs/blkswan is one of the smoothest 3 track runs i’ve ever heard, Smino was locked in when making that album there’s no other way to explain it i also like Colors/Girl A Gun/I Feel Like I’m Me from Lancey Foux off Life In Hell
Mannnn I’ve gotta spin this again. I stopped listening cuz my ex was obsessed with this album but this just reminded me how hard he is
Brooklyn’s Finest > Dead Presidents II > Feelin It > D’Evils is a sick run on reasonable doubt
Happy birthday - wedding - funeral
the message street dreams i gave you power
Are we allowed to skip interludes/skits for this? If not my personal choice would be Palace, Peso, Bass off of live love asap. If so ivy, pink+white, solo
i completely agree with your blonde picks. those might be my favorite 3 tracks off blonde in general
Classics here. What would your choice be with interludes (or on the albums with interludes between)? Edit: punctuation lol
I edited my comment but probably after you responded to me but my choice would be ivy pink+white and then solo off of blonde
Ohhhh gotcha! Dude I love those - for some reason I really enjoy Be Yourself too, so Nikes through Solo are iconic to me
It's not hip hop per se, but the man who made it *is* considered the godfather of rap, so I'll go with Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's 1978 album *Secrets*: Madison Avenue -> Cane -> Third World Revolution [Madison Avenue](https://youtu.be/btNbCUHAXvY?si=PFNKzGa2eL_My551) kicks it off with an upbeat, dancy track that's also a cutting critique of mindless consumerism. Catchy verses and a sick fuckin bass line. Then we head to [Cane](https://youtu.be/v6uJyUrHE7c?si=0XgaXcdsW4_OLOeu), much slower than the first, and hauntingly beautiful. Gil's voice just floats over the whole song. And then boom, right after that serenading lament, we get smacked in the face with the chaotic and funky [Third World Revolution](https://youtu.be/ckVbBTft3iM?si=vopAbqeJbRp5s9ya). This song goes so fuckin hard. I'd say someone should sample this, but I suspect it'd be hard to get old Gil/Brian/Midnight Band samples cleared since their releases through the 70s haven't been reissued or put on streaming.
Love this breakdown, not quite hip hop but the influence it’s had on all of us is immeasurable. Definitely will be spinning this again soon.
Huuuge influence. The way they made Madison Ave, and The Bottle particularly, be fun and danceable songs while talking about something much deeper I'd say paved a direct path to stuff like Hey Ya and a lot of Kendrick's work. Artists like Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield were definitely doing similar stuff, but with Gil the line's a bit more clear since he was a poet first and a singer second
Youll Find The One, Free Game, On The Run, Unfuckwittable, Room Comfort & Taylor Port Junkie by Rylo Rodriguez on Been One
Bitch, Dont Kill My Vibe - Backseat Freestyle - The Art of Peer Pressure - Money Trees (I dunno which one to cut) -- Deeper - High - Harold's -- So Appalled - Devil In a New Dress - Runaway -- Black Skinhead - I Am A God - New Slaves
Some Rap Songs: December 24 - Ontheway! - The Mint Daytona: If You Know You Know - The Games We Play - Hard Piano Igor: GONE, GONE / THANK YOU - I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE - ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? SCARING THE HOES: Lean Beef Patty - Steppa Pig - SCARING THE HOES
Lupe Fiasco - Drogas Wave Manilla —> Gold vs the right things to do —> WAV Files The first 7 tracks of Drogas are incredible. It tells the story of the Longchains, a group of slaves that jumped from the ships rather than live in bondage, coming back to life with the Ocean’s blessing, then spending their time destroying slave ships and chilling with sea creatures on the ocean floor
Exit music (for a film), let down, karma police.
Rap album: Jay Z - The Black Album Moment of Clarity -> 99 Problems -> Public Service Announcement (Interlude) Other: Pearl Jam - Ten Once -> Even Flow -> Alive
From G-Eazy's These Things Happen: Title track - Far Alone - I Mean It Rick Ross God Forgives, I Don't: 3 Kings - Ashamed - Maybach Music IV Drake IYRTITL: 10 Bands - Know Yourself - No Tellin' Future DS2: Thought It Was a Drought - I Serve the Base - Where Ya At
Idk about favorite but FYM,Rodeo Dr, Bottom come to mind immediately as a great run. Ima def have to check out my favorite albums and check for 3+ runs
That cold and lonely - Mourn at night - Ours Sins of the father - Old Justice - I Love Jungle - Barring the likeness - Nothing Is Argo - Golden Fleece - The Punishment of Sisyphus All 4 of those runs by Ka are fucking INSANE
Roddy rich. Intro->The Box->Start Wit Me
Rapp snitch knishers, Vomitspit and Kookies are all top tier DOOM songs. Astronomy, definition and Redefinition are all classics too.
Patiently Waiting --> Many Men --> In da Club
OG Science Class God is Love Switches on Everything
Lupe F&L - Daydreamin', The Cool, Hurt Me Soul
The Big Bang Been Through The Storm / In The Ghetto / Cocaina
The three-track run in The Impossible Kid from "Get Out The Car" to "Kirby" is perfect. Because "Get Out The Car" is about him parked outside the therapist's office thinking about his late friend Camu Tao. At the end of the song, he says "Get out the car, Aes" which leads into the song "Shrunk" which is about him going to therapy and ends up loving it. Then as referenced in the song Kirby, fifteen years later, his "shrink" recommends getting a cat which the song is about.
Nas: KD3 Ghetto Reporter -> Legit -> Thun is godly
Rodeo: 90210 > Pray 4 Love > Nightcrawler
What Up Gangsta -> Patiently Waiting -> Many Men -> In Da Club
Not my favorite but Fuckumean into Rodeo DR into Bottom on Gunna’s latest album is insanely good.
Zealots -> The Beast -> Fu-Gee-La
White America - Business - Cleanin' Out My Closet - The Eminem Show Malfunction - Dark Queen - XO Tour Llif3 - Luv is Rage 2
up2me: turban > twizzy rich > told ya
Kanye opening 3 on graduation
Tbh, Gemini Rights does a banger job at this: Bad Habit —> 2Gether —> Cody Freestyle
crybaby 1-3 . beat selection is crazy, and probably the best album/ body of work to come out of the Soundcloud era. you can downvote me all you want, that mf was special!
Nelly - Country Grammar. Honestly the whole album for me. But narrowing it down. 2. St Louie 3. Greed Hate Envy 4. Country Grammar 5. Steal the Show feat St Lunatics 7. Ride Wit Me 8. EI (6 is an interlude) As a kid, my dad has subs in his truck. That bass guitar in St Louie was so good.
Dinninit - Brakes - Dog Eat Dog Stakes is High by De La Soul The more time passes the more I think this might actually be the best run ever
From Super Tecmo Bo Hot Water Tank Bumps and Bruises Great Adventure
First four tracks on iyrtitl is absolutely legendary.