papercorn2000
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alecstilleyedye said:
Two posts and the only 3 Hip Hop albums that I have really liked have been mentioned!
Best Hip-Hop Album?
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Two posts and the only 3 Hip Hop albums that I have really liked have been mentioned!
Flying_Monkey
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Old favourites:
A Tribe Called Quest - any of their first albums.
Beastie Boys - 'Paul's Boutique'
Erik B. and Rakim - 'Paid in Full'
Digital Underground were quite fun too
More recently, I really rate Common, but not his most recent album. Love MC Solaar, plus also Roots Manuva from the UK. A lot of the Wu-tang spin-off projects are pretty good, especially those involving the RZA - I really like his soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's 'Ghost Dog' (which is also a great film). I also quite like some of the Latino hip-hop that came out of LA in the 1990s, before it all went totally gangsta - particulalry Delinquent Habits' 'Here Come the Horns', which does a great job of mixing NWA with mariachi brass.
A Tribe Called Quest - any of their first albums.
Beastie Boys - 'Paul's Boutique'
Erik B. and Rakim - 'Paid in Full'
Digital Underground were quite fun too
More recently, I really rate Common, but not his most recent album. Love MC Solaar, plus also Roots Manuva from the UK. A lot of the Wu-tang spin-off projects are pretty good, especially those involving the RZA - I really like his soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's 'Ghost Dog' (which is also a great film). I also quite like some of the Latino hip-hop that came out of LA in the 1990s, before it all went totally gangsta - particulalry Delinquent Habits' 'Here Come the Horns', which does a great job of mixing NWA with mariachi brass.
papercorn2000
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Was the first Beastie Boys album Hip Hop?
Some really good suggestions here - cheers guys! Will have to put them on my list of albums to get.
FM - yeah have the Ghost Dog soundtrack - really good - I esp. like the scene in the film where RZA gives a 'kung fu' bow to Ghost Dog as he's walking along...
Oh, I quite like the album by The Roots called The Tipping Point, which is sort-of hip-hop, sort of other genres and all pretty good.
FM - yeah have the Ghost Dog soundtrack - really good - I esp. like the scene in the film where RZA gives a 'kung fu' bow to Ghost Dog as he's walking along...
Oh, I quite like the album by The Roots called The Tipping Point, which is sort-of hip-hop, sort of other genres and all pretty good.
Flying_Monkey
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Ah, The Roots, I've got a few by them - they are amonst the few hip-hop acts who play real instruments (which is why it sounds different!).
red_tom
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For those that liked 3 feet high and rising, check out So....How's you're girl and White People from the Handsome Boy Modelling School
Sh4rkyBloke
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Not really sure what constitutes the Hip-Hop label, but I used to love the Run DMC- Raising Hell album. Eeeeeh, when I were a lad.... 
Been listening to all sorts recently, I kinda like some of the stuff by MF Doom (how does he get the words out so fast?!?!?!) and also the Rising Tied album by Fort Minor.
So much music, not enough time!
Been listening to all sorts recently, I kinda like some of the stuff by MF Doom (how does he get the words out so fast?!?!?!) and also the Rising Tied album by Fort Minor.
So much music, not enough time!
Fnaar
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Sh4rkyBloke said:Not really sure what constitutes the Hip-Hop label, but I used to love the Run DMC- Raising Hell album. Eeeeeh, when I were a lad....
not forgetting the beastie boys' licensed to ill. saw them and run dmc together on the same bill, great gig.
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3ft High and Rising was a blip in an otherwise completely crap career for De La Soul. A pal bought and lent their greatest hits album and everything on it that's not from 3ft is shite with a capital SH.
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I forgot about MF Doom. He's great, I especially like: 'mm food' as an album.
Along a more trip-hop route, the first clouddead album is brilliant, although it doesn't fit into the category of hiphop too comfortably (also, don't listen to it late at night: it scares the wits out of me if I fall asleep with it on).
Beastie Boys later stuff is more hiphop than the early stuff, I far prefer the later stuff too. I've forgotten the name of the album, but the one when they're in a sardine tin on the front is great.
Along a more trip-hop route, the first clouddead album is brilliant, although it doesn't fit into the category of hiphop too comfortably (also, don't listen to it late at night: it scares the wits out of me if I fall asleep with it on).
Beastie Boys later stuff is more hiphop than the early stuff, I far prefer the later stuff too. I've forgotten the name of the album, but the one when they're in a sardine tin on the front is great.
red_tom
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Roots Manuva's Brand New Second Hand and Run Come Save Me are really good.
We saw him at Brixton a while back, he was hanging around after the show chatting with people for hours - none of your stuck up rapper bs.
We saw him at Brixton a while back, he was hanging around after the show chatting with people for hours - none of your stuck up rapper bs.
Blackstar (Mos Def and Talib Kweli) is also top notch stuff as are all but the most recent solo albums by them.
Gangstarr's The Moment of Truth is also a cracking album for 'keeping it real'.
I'm also surprised that no-one has mentioned Jurassic 5. The first EP and the first full length album were both great although after that they seemed to be repeating themselves.
Gangstarr's The Moment of Truth is also a cracking album for 'keeping it real'.
I'm also surprised that no-one has mentioned Jurassic 5. The first EP and the first full length album were both great although after that they seemed to be repeating themselves.
Dave G
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>Was the first Beastie Boys album Hip Hop?
You mean 'Some Old Bullsh*t' (although technically not an album)? Not really, as the Beasties came from a Hardcore background......(listen to Egg Raid On Mojo). "Cookie Puss" is certainly hip hop.
IMHO their best album is 'Check your Head'.
Trivia: After The Joshua Tree album, Bono played U2 'Pauls Boutique' to demonstrate how a band could diversify and reinvent themselves (following the B.Boys 'Licenced to Ill' album). The result was Achtung Baby.
You mean 'Some Old Bullsh*t' (although technically not an album)? Not really, as the Beasties came from a Hardcore background......(listen to Egg Raid On Mojo). "Cookie Puss" is certainly hip hop.
IMHO their best album is 'Check your Head'.
Trivia: After The Joshua Tree album, Bono played U2 'Pauls Boutique' to demonstrate how a band could diversify and reinvent themselves (following the B.Boys 'Licenced to Ill' album). The result was Achtung Baby.
