Classic Albums

[Orbt1]

a classic album to me is lyricist lounge vol. 1

[S...]

I can't wait to see what titles some fools put in this thread......

[Rusty Hookz]

Souls of Mischief-93 Until Inifinity
Mystik Journeymen-worldwide Underground
Fugees-The score
Soundbombing 2

I know theres more but im too lazy....

[S...]

Mobb Deep - The Infamous
GZA - Liquid Swords
Hiero - 3rd E.V.
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
Outkast - Southern... thru Aquemini
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Eric B for President.
The Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride AND Labcabin....
The Artifacts - Thats Them
Blackstarr.

awe shit... ima bout to get old school up in here

Boogie Boys - Survival of the Freshest
Busy Bee - Thank God For Busy Bee
T La Rock - Lyrical King
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Doug E and the GFC - Oh My God!
Fat Boys - Crushin.
RUN DMC - Raising Hell



SOOOOO many.... i could go on for days.... dammit... i hate this topic........

[Ojay]

brand nubian - all for one
l.o.n.s. - future without a past
del - no need for alarm
damn.. elektra records and the sd50's used to be the shit!
black sheep - a wolf in sheep's clothing
the jungle brothers - straight out the jungle/done by the forces of nature
ice cube - amerikkka's most wanted/death certificate
nwa - straight outta compton
the d.o.c. - no one can do it better
organized konfusion - stress: the extinction agenda
makavelli - the don killuminati: the 7 day theory
alkaholiks - coast II coast
raekwon f/gfk - only built for cuban linx..

[Raider 420]

The Chronic
3 ft. High & Rising
Low End Theory
Illmatic
Punch While Rap
Anything by Scritti Politti

[the pm]

These are my CLASSIC albums
i find these lp's to be flawless

Eric B & Rakim - Pain In Full
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of...
NWA - efil4zaggin
Ice Cube - Amerikkas Most Wanted
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
CMW - Music To Dirveby
De La Soul - ...Is Dead
Nas - Illmatic
Biggie - Ready To Die
Organized Konfusion - Stress...
Souls Of Mischief - 93 Til
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
Gang Starr - Hard 2 Earn
Dj Quik - Quik Is The Name
Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt
Das Efx - Dead Serious
The Grouch - FUck The Dumb
Above The Law - Livin Like Hustlers

EVERY OUTKAST LP

[mf sw]

Tha Alkoholiks - Coast II Coast
The Beatnuts - st
Outkast - Aquemini
Outkast - ATLiens
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (the most recent classic weve had)

[Orbt1]

funcrusher
hard to earn
overcast
mecca and the soul brother
cydeways the best of the pharcyde
all the common albums
aztec tribe
delquent habbits
most sublime albums
shadows of the sun

[Ojay]

what i hate about threads like these is that they always remind me of all the albums that i either lost, lent out and never were returned, or never even got. it's like these are all must haves, and i really i only got like a tenth of them.. most of them were lost along with the good part of my tape collection circa 94.

[Blue]

Originally posted by Raider 420
Punch While Rap
Good call!

[gunther b]

i still don't think greatest hits albums can be classic.

my pick:

Curtis Mayfield "Back To The World"

[skibadee]

one's i haven't seen up:

Alkaholiks - 21 and over
Saafir - Boxcar Sessions
B.U.M.'s - Brothas under madness (i think that was the title)
Digable Planets - Reachin' and Blowout Comb
Artifacts - Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Cypress Hill - First LP and Black Sunday
Boogiemonsters - Riders of the Storm
Beastie Boys - Liscense to Ill and Pauls Botique
Casual - Fear Itself
Del- Future Development
2 LIve Crew - AS nasty as the Wanna Be
2 Short - Born to Mack, Life Is...
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
B.D.P. - Criminal Minded, Edutainment
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer
Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince- He's the DJ I'm the Rapper
Rodney O' and Joe Cooley - Me and Joe
Kurious Jorge - Constipated Monkeys
Beatnuts - Intoxicated Demons, Self Titled and Stone Crazy
415 - 415vin'
Above the Law - Living like Hustlers
R.B.L. Posse - A Lesson To Be Learned
Ashanti - Chapter II (just playin;))

and many, many mooore....thats just a start

[Blue]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gunther b
i still don't think greatest hits albums can be classic[QUOTE]
Oh, absolutely not!

[Raider 420]

Ready For The World - R.F.T.W.
Cameo - The 12" Collection & More

[Ojay]

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam f/Full Force (self-titled)

[skibadee]

Morris Day and the Time - What time is it?

[S...]

Every Al Green album.

Every Donny Hathaway album (almost)

[mf sw]

David Axelrod - Songs of Experience

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[skibadee]

speakin of E-40 (another thread), another classic is...

The Click - Down and Dirty (original release).. classic 10 year old memories with this ish.

E-40- Federal (top of the line wine Carlo Rossi, Carlo Rossi)

[Ipatch]

Organized Konfusion- The Equinox
KMD- Mr. Hood... & Black Bastards
LONS- T.I.M.E.
Five Deez- Koolmotor
Killarmy- Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars
Polyrhythm Addicts- Rhyme Related
The Coup- Kill My Landlord
Hobo Junction- The Cleaners

[Archer]

Originally posted by Ipatch

KMD- Mr. Hood... & Black Bastards


word on black bastards.... its a shame that it was released like 8 or 9 years later ... (wasnt it done in like 94 or 95?? )
PM pretty much broke it down for yall.... (am i trippin or is the album called "paid in full" and not "Eric B & Rakim - Pain In Full" )


id like to add... some i didnt see posted...
innercity griots even tho some of yall probably dont think freestyle fellowship is old enough to hold classic material... but it was about the same time i jumped on and one of the first albums i really got into...

All Eyez on Me: Pac
The Chronic: Dre
Regulate..G Funk Era!: Warren G
Lyte As A Rock: M.C. Lyte
Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
Hot Cool & Vicious - Salt 'N Pepa

[Ipatch]

Originally posted by Archer
word on black bastards.... its a shame that it was released like 8 or 9 years later ... (wasnt it done in like 94 or 95?? )


Yep, but some of us resourceful East Bay residing, Beni B on KALX listenin playboys picked up the Euro bootleg at Amoeba back in '94. Elektra refused to release it with the cover art they wanted, and after Subroc got killed Zev refused to change it. But it was finished, and had been SO close to being released that it managed to get leaked even before the days of file sharing. Another record that inspired me to take up DJing...

[gunther b]

Originally posted by Archer
id like to add... some i didnt see posted...
innercity griots even tho some of yall probably dont think freestyle fellowship is old enough to hold classic material... but it was about the same time i jumped on and one of the first albums i really got into...

90-93 is the classic period for hip hop in my opinion. i figure since hip hop is such a young genre, we'll call a classic 10 instead of 20, and we'll knock the antiques down to 15. so that way, it all works out. and i don't see how you'd think somebody would say that isn't a classic because of it's time period, people are posting shit that came out 2 years ago as classic already. and in that case, azeem "craft classic" is a classic. damnit.

[skibadee]

Originally posted by Archer
id like to add... some i didnt see posted...
innercity griots even tho some of yall probably dont think freestyle fellowship is old enough to hold classic material... but it was about the same time i jumped on and one of the first albums i really got into...


naw, thats a definite classic, it just goes without saying. i just figured someone would throw it up there.

in that case

Aceyalone - All balls don't bounce and book of Human Language
Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern

peace

[twisted_harmonix]

herez some thatchall missed...

pep love - ascension
tribe called quest - low end theory, midnight marauders
too $hort - get in where you fit in
e40 - mailman, in a major way, hall of game
2pac - strictly for my n......., 2pacalypse, me against the world
snoop - doggystyle
big pun - capital punishment
dmx - its dark and hell is hot
wu tang - 36 chambers
redman - dare iz a darkside
sirmixalot - swass (yeah you know you love that shit!!!)

also gotta throw in some epmd, gangstarr, and dj quik.

[udergrnd*forevr]

Sam Cooke-the man and his music (old school baby)

beastie boys-liscensed to ill

Journey-captured

U2-joshua tree

i could go on forever...

[3OF9]

BDP - By All Means Nessacery!!!!!!!.......:cool:
& Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full

the 2 dopest records in world!!!!!!!!

but i gotta say Enrtoducing by DJ Shadow will be up there as well.

and southernplayalisticcaddilacmusic.

and "grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel"

and......the list goes on and on

[the pm]

my definition and some of yours differs

SYLLABICATION: clas·sic
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: klsk KEY
ADJECTIVE: 1a. Belonging to the highest rank or class. b. Serving as the established model or standard: a classic example of colonial architecture. c. Having lasting significance or worth; enduring.
2a. Adhering or conforming to established standards and principles: a classic piece of research. b. Of a well-known type; typical: a classic mistake.
3. Of or characteristic of the literature, art, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome; classical.
4a. Formal, refined, and restrained in style. b. Simple and harmonious; elegant: the classic cut of a suit; the classic lines of a clipper ship.
5. Having historical or literary associations: classic battlefields of the Civil War.
NOUN: 1. An artist, author, or work generally considered to be of the highest rank or excellence, especially one of enduring significance.
2. A work recognized as definitive in its field.
3a. A literary work of ancient Greece or Rome. b. classics The languages and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Used with the. c. One that is of the highest rank or class: The car was a classic of automotive design.
4. A typical or traditional example.
5. Informal A superior or unusual example of its kind: The reason he gave for being late was a classic.
6. A traditional event, especially a major sporting event that is held annually: a golf classic.

[seak]

yea kmd- mr hood.......that shit is sooooooo dope

[gunther b]

BDK "Long Live the Kane" - didn't notice that one listed. didn't really look though. plus the first three PE albums. and CMW.

[Ipatch]

I don't know if I would consider Fear of a Black Planet a classic...

People get a little uptight with this topic... like an album isn't officially a classic unless it's ten years old and everybody else agrees with your opinion. Fuck all that... if shit's dope, stays in heavy rotation for a long while and never gets played out, then it's a classic for me. I have no problem calling Koolmotor a classic, and that puppy ain't even two years old yet.

[Aschere Epsilon]

PRT - pure poverty
gang starr - step in the arena
tribe - low end theroy
grouch - fuck the dumb
supermarket - dump koch
LONS - future without a past
brand nubian - all for one
x clan - to the east blackwards
method man - tical
wu - 36 chambers
eligh - sidewaydaze
MJ - 4001
de la soul - de la soul is dead

there are too many, i cant think of them all right now.

[verbal kint]

boogie down productions - criminal minded
beastie boys - pauls boutique
freestyel fellowship - innercity griots
a tribe called quest - first 3 lp's
pharcyde - bizarre ride II the pharcyde
abstract rude & atu - south central thynk tank
nas - illmatic
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
ice cube - amerikkka's most wanted
slum village - fantastic vol. 2
mobb deep - the infamous

and little brother's - the listening is an instant classic in my opinion.

[hex]

Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst

[tgone]

Originally posted by Raider 420

Cameo - The 12" Collection & More

Is "She's Strange" on that? That's one of my favorite Cameo tracks.

[seak]

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