Top 50 Albums

Here are the list of the top
50 albums ever created. I
graded this on impact to the
industry (how it changed rap 
as we know it), and the tapes 
future listening value, meaning 
can the tape be played 10 years + 
after it was made and still 
have the same appeal. I already 
know the comments I'll recieve...
"Why isn't so and so on the list
it sold 4 or 3+ million records"
well although it sold that many
it his/her tape wasn't one of the
best ever. It either was the same 
as other tapes but with more radio 
songs or it was too dated and would
not be played 2+ years after it
was released, much less 10. Ohh yeah 
if you HAVEN'T listened to a tape 
on here please don't b-tch about 
how it shouldn't be on, you don't 
knowwhat your talking about. Now...

O= Orginality 
I= Importace (did it chage rap music as we knew it)
C= Classic (was & STILL IS a classic Lp)
CT = Classic when released, MAY not be considered  
one by a first time listener now
Above only for the first 15

THE TOP 50 ALBUMS

 
>1 NAS - iLL Matic   C,O,
>2 SnooP Dog - "Doggystyle"  I,C,
>3 Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back  I,O,CT
>4 NWA - Straight Outta Compton  O,C,I,
>5 Tribe Called Quest, A - The Low End Theory CT, O
>6 Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick  CT,O C, I
>7 De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising CT,O, I 
>8 2pac "All eyes on me" C, I
>9 OutKast - Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik  CT, O
>10 Bone "Creep'n on the come up"  O, I, CT
>11 Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full O, I, CT
>12 Dr. Dre "The Chronic" O,CT,I
>13 Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell O,CT,I
>14 Ras Kass "Soul on Ice"  O,C
>15 Common Sense - ResurrectionO,CT
>16 Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
>17 Notorious B.I.G. "Ready to Die"
>18 Guru "jAZZMATAZZ vol 2"
>19 Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
>20 LL Cool J "Radio"
>21 Eazy E "Eazy duz it"
>22 Public Enemy "Fear of the Black Planet"
>23 Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
>24 EPMD -- Strictly Business
>25 Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
>26 Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
>27 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
>28 Kurtis Blow "Kurtis Blow"
>29 Fat Boys, The - The Fat Boys
>30 NWA "Nigg-z4Life"
>31 Too Short - Life is... Too Short
>32 Heavy D. & The Boyz - Big Tyme
>33 Whodini: Escape
>34 Eazy E  It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
>35 Salt & Pepa  "Black Magic"
>36 Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing
>37 Mobb Deep - The Infamous
>38 Geto Boys: We Can't Be Stopped
>39 Vanilla Ice - To the extreme
>40 Jay- Z - Reasonable Doubt
>41 2 Live Crew - The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
>42 Kool G Rap & D.J. Polo - Wanted: Dead or Alive
>43 D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - He's the D.J...I'm the Rapper
>44 L.L. Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
>45 Brand Nubian - One for All 
>46 Ice-T - Home Invasion
>47 M.C. Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
>48 Lauren Hill "Misseducation of..."
>49 Eminem "Marshall Mathers LP" 
>50 Kid 'N' Play - 2 Hype 


Dont agree? then take it to the
'HHMB' and make your own list. If 
someone has better choices for
certain postions, and other people 
like it. They can replace some of
the ones up here.

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