perfect albums?

[Bauce]

[eynon81]

[The Comrade]

post why they're perfect you f**k uncultured swine.

oh, think rules aren't for you? think you're better than society? you're one step away from shitting in your hand and throwing it.

[eynon81]

[Bauce]

[The Comrade]

don't worry, i know you're above the riff raff

[gla22]

Good pick on Paranoid prof.

[Bauce]

Ok guys, I updated my post about Illmatic. Check it out here: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3046&p=145411#p145411

If you don't know much about hip hop, this is a great place to start, assuming you have an open mind.

[Bauce]

[broken robot]

PE took hip hop to the next level with a revolutionary message that was both provocative and complex. They didn't simply pound out slogans but also crafted complex messages that questioned all kinds of dogma, on the left and right. Moreover the music was at a height of sampling in the hip hop world and thus the record itself is a layered palimpsest of hip hop influences past and present, a kind of sonic bricolage that accompanied the timely critique of post-Reagan US society.

highlights: brothers gonna work it out, welcome to the terrordome, fear of a black planet, and of course fight the power.



grimy new york meets a list of kung fu cultural references. the wu presented its unmatchable idiosyncratic take on thug life, and ended up creating one of rap's funniest records. the sense of humor is developed by the many members trying to one-up each other with even more bombastic rhymes and out of control characters. method man, odb, ghostface, to mention a few of the more memorable ones, and of course rap geniuses rza and gza who would rise in their own right to produce some of hip hop's best solo records.

highlights: shame on a n***a, da mystery of chessboxin, cream

modern classics:



before lupe fell off, he produced one of the darkest, most excorciating yet nuanced critiques of mainstream hip hop braggadocio. from the haunting intro "free chilly," lupe's record, colored by the death of his father and the jailing of a music industry partner, echoes the nostalgia, loss and disorientation faced by contemporary black political movements. "the days of martin and malcolm have ended..." to borrow a line from his other album food and liquor. at the same time he manages to rekindle hope with a dazzling series of rhymes, guest spots from legends like snoop, and reinvent hip hop in a touching story about a hustler trying to make ends meet.

highlights: the coolest, hip hop saved my life, dumb it down, the die