In no particular order

Dilated Peoples - The Platform
Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
Jurrasic 5 - Quality Control
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Cypress Hill - III: Temples Of Boom
Slum Village - Slum Village
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
The Fugees - The Score
Method Man - Tical
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - Slim Shady LP
Kanye West - The College Dropout
DJ Z-Trip - Shifting Gears
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Jay Z - The Black Album
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Dr Dre - The Chronic 2001
Outkast - Atliens
Outkast - Stankonia

1. Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Mauraders
2. Jay-Z-MTV Unplugged
3. Blackstar-Blackstar
4. Mos Def- Black on Both Sides
5. Jurassic 5- Power in Numbers

i could go on, but I am having problems thinking

1. The Cold Vein ~ Cannibal Ox
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2. Paul's Boutique ~ Beastie Boys
3. The Low End Theory ~ A Tribe Called Quest
4. 3 Feet High and Rising ~ De La Soul
5. Madvillainy ~ Madvillain
6. Illmatic ~ Nas
7. Evolution Fight ~ Cyne
8. Supreme Clientele ~ Ghostface Killah
9. Quality Control ~ Jurassic 5
10.Black on Both Sides ~ Mos Def

I dig 8 and 10 on your list. No mentions from anyone for good ol' MC Solaar. Maybe it's the language barrier...

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Originally posted by Frank Valeron Esq.:
I dig 8 and 10 on your list. No mentions from anyone for good ol' MC Solaar. Maybe it's the language barrier...

Hes interesting, i speak some french so i get ehat hes saying most the time...i wish he would hook up with some quality producers...

his first 2 where cool, but go and listen to them now...they are iffy.

My Top 15 (in no order)


1. Tribe - Low End Theory
2. Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
3. Public Enemy - Nation of Millions
4. Roots - Things Fall Apart
5. GZA - Liquid Swords
6. Slick Rick - Great Adventures
7. Dead Prez - Lets Get Free
8. Blackalicious - Nia
9. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
10. Coup - Steal this Double Album
11. EPMD - Strictly Business
12. Nas - Illmatic
13. Outkast - Southernplayalistic...
14. BPD - By All Means Necessary
15. Tupac - All Eyez on Me

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Originally posted by Imprezu21:

Hes interesting, i speak some french so i get ehat hes saying most the time...i wish he would hook up with some quality producers...

his first 2 where cool, but go and listen to them now...they are iffy.

Mmm, moi je parle francais aussi, but to be honest he can lose me with his rhymes. I like Prose Combat, but I do take your point re; production...

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is the only one that comes to mind right now.

1.critical beatdown-ultra magnetic mcs
2.dwite spitz-count bass d
3.paulelujah!-mc paul barman-
4.the unseen-quasimoto
5.dr octagonocologist-dr octagon
6.daily operation-ganstarr
7.3ft high and rising- de la soul
8.madvillainy-madvillain
9.liquid swords-gza
10.runaway slave-showbiz&a.g.
11.murs the 9nth adition
12.disposable arts-masta ace
13.special herbs box set-MF DOOM
14.step into the arena-gangstarr
15.The Cold Vein-canibal ox
16.the next step-people under the stairs.
17.reachen(a new refutaion of time and space)-digable planets
18.soundpieces da antidote!-Loot Pack
19.connected-foregn exchange.
20.6 ft deep-grave diggaz.

gangstarr doom people under the stairs d.i.t.c. and the wu have so much ill shit i left out some of their great shit especially moment of truth but honerable mentions would be primitive plust by edan. some music part2 by count bass d midnight maruaders and labor days.

1.Sixtoo - Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures
2.DJ Signify - Sleep no more
3.Buck 65 - talkin' honky blues
4.Amon Tobin - Out from outwhere
5.Wax Taylor - Tales of the forgotten melodies
6.Blochead - Music by cavelight
7.Fingathing - Superhero music
8.The Herbalizer - Take London
9.Phoenix Orion - 3080 flux
10.Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
11.Buck 65

sorry bad switch... .. .

11.Buck 65 - Synesthesia
12.Solid steel DJ Food and DK
13.Dan The Automator & Dj Shadow - Bombay the hardway
14.
15.DJ Cam - Substance
16.Villain Accelerate - Main of gold
17.DJ Krush - Kakusei
18.RZA - Ghost dog soundtracks
19.MADLIB - Shades Of Blue
20.RJD2 - Dead Ringer

Tupac, E-40, Dogg Pound Gangstaz, and Lil Kim are just a few.

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Originally posted by Libra Plus:
Tupac, E-40, Dogg Pound Gangstaz, and Lil Kim are just a few.

are those albums....hee hee.

Funny I just made such a list on a Danish board. In order:

1.Nas: Illmatic
2.Beastie Boys: Check your Head
3.Ultra Magnetic MC's: Critical Beatdown
4.Outkast: ATLiens
5.cLOUDDEAD: cLOUDDEAD
6.GZA: Liquid Swords
7.Company Flow: Funcrusher Plus
8.Stetsasonic: In full gear
9.Watts Prophets: Rappin' Black in a white World
10.Blackalicious: NIA
11.Madvillain: Madvillainy
12.LL Cool J: Radio
13.Jurassic 5: Quality Control
14.Public Enemy: Yo! Bum rush the Show
15.Mos Def & Talib Kweli: Black Star
16.Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the 36 Chambers
17.Pharcyde: Bizarre Ryde II the Pharcyde
18.DJ Shadow: Endtroducing
19.Common: Electric Circus
20.The Streets: Original Pirate Material
21.Arrested Development: 3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the lives of...
22.EPMD: Strictly Business
23.Freestyle Fellowship: To whom it may concern
24.Organized Konfusion: Organized Konfusion
25.Boom Bip & Doseone: Circle

But it could easily change.

There's my extended List
2Pac - All Eyez on Me
Akon-Trouble
Blackalicious-The Craft
Geto Boys-Foundation
Deltron 3030-Deltron 3030
DMX- Year of the Dog..Again
Fat Lip - Loneliest Punk
Ice Cube -War & Peace, Vol. 2(The Peace Disc)
Ice Cube-War & Peace, Vol. 1 (The War Disc)
Ice Cube-The Predator (Priority)
Ice Cube-Death Certificate (Priority)
Ice Cube-AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Priority)
Jurassic 5-Quality Control
Kanye West- Late Registration
Kanye West - College Dropout
Nas- Illmatic
Nas-It Was Written
Nas - I Am...
Nas-Nastradamus
Nas-Stillmatic
Nas - God's Son
Nas -Street's Disciple
Naughty by Nature-Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature -Poverty's Paradise
Naughty by Nature -Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury
Naughty by Nature - IIcons
Outkast-Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Outkast-Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Slick Rick - Behind Bars
Snoop Dogg-Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
The Game-The Documentary
Will Smith-Lost and Found

Kanye West - The College Dropout
Kanye West - Late Registration
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Outkast - Stankonia
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Common - Be
Common - Like Water For Chocolate
Nas - It Was Written
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Lil' Kim - The Naked Truth
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

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Originally posted by Carlito's Way:
Me Against The World - Tupac
All Eyez On Me - Tupac
The Infamous - Mobb Deep
Hell On Earth - Mobb Deep
Step In The Arena - Gang Starr
Daily Operation - Gang Starr
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
Ready To Die - Notorious B.I.G.
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli
The Chronic - Dre

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon

I forgot to add that one in.

it's kinda weird to me that some of you would have 4 albums by 1 artist in your top 20 of all time.

1. It Takes A Nation Of Millions - Public Enemy
2. Death Certificate - Ice Cube
3. Tricks Of The Shade - The Goats
4. The Chronic - Dr Dre
5. Business As Usual - EPMD
6. 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul
7. Deltron 3030
8. The Grey Album - Jay Z/ Dangermouse
9. Sleeping With The Enemy - Paris
10.The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
11.The W - Wu-Tang Clan
12.Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
13.Paul's Boutique - Beasties
14.Nas - Illmatic
15.Supreme clientele - Ghostface killah
16.Amplified - Q-Tip
17.Black On Both Sides - Mos Def
18.Maxinquaye - Tricky
19.Lifestylez Ov Da Poor And Dangerous - Big L
20.Council Estate Of Mind - Skinnyman

I limited myself to one album per artist. As if it wasn't difficult enough!

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