Sunday, September 26, 2010

My Top 79 Hip-Hop Albums of All-Time

Edit: List has been updated! Albums new to the list are Guess Who's Back?, Listennn: The Album, Fishscale, H.N.I.C., Pt. 2, Dogg Food and Straight Outta Ca$hville.

Yesterday, someone asked me who my top 5 rappers were. To me, that's something incredibly hard to do. Because I like different rappers for different reason.
That's like asking what do you prefer, a steak or ice cream? You just can't compare!!!

There are other reasons too. I tend to only listen to 3 albums max per artist. That way it forces me to diversify my music and discover new shit. So there isn't 1 musician that I could say I'm a fan of.

To me, it would be much simpler to just name my favourite albums; and that's what I suggested to him. So he asked me what my favourite albums were and I started looking at my music collection. After a while I realized that I would have more than 20 albums in my list. So I decided to write down all my favourite albums and make a post about it.

So here it is, my top 79 favourite hip-hop albums of all-time!

2Pac - Me Against the World (1995)
2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
50 Cent - Guess Who's Back? (2002)
8Ball & MJG - Comin' Out Hard (1993)
213 - The Hard Way (2004)
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment (1998)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Creepin on ah Come Up (1994)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E 1999 Eternal (1995)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Art of War (1997)
Cam'ron - Purple Haze (2004)
Common - Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
The Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity (2003)
DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz: The Album (2007)
DJ Khaled - Listennn: The Album (2006)
DJ Khaled - We the Best (2007)
DJ Khaled - We Global (2008)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
The Dogg Pound - Dogg Food (1995)
Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Fabolous - Loso's Way (2009)
The Fugees - The Score (1996)
Ghostface Killah - Ironman (1996)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
Ice Cube - Raw Footage (2008)
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1998)
Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)
Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)
Kanye West - Graduation (2007)
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreaks (2008)
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day (2009)
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road to the Riches (1989)
Krayzie Bone - Thug Mentality 1999 (1999)
Lloyd Banks - Hunger for More (2004)
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006)
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool (2007)
Method Man & Redman - Blackout! (1999)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (1999)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Blackstar (1998)
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton (1989)
Nas - Illmatic (1994)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers (1995)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
OutKast - Aquemini (1998)
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs (1999)
Pimp C - Sweet James Jones Stories (2005)
Pimp C - Pimpalation (2006)
Prodigy - H.N.I.C., Pt. 2 (2008)
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Redman - Whut? Thee Album (1992)
Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap (2009)
Rick Ross - Teflon Don (2010)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (1984)
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (1986)
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006)
T.I. - King (2006)
Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food (1995)
Three 6 Mafia - When the Smoke Clears (2000)
Timbaland & Magoo - Welcome to Our World (1997)
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
UGK - Ridin' Dirty (1996)
UGK - UGK 4 Life (2009)
Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era (1994)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz (1998)
Xzibit - Restless (2000)
Young Buck - Straight Outta Ca$hville (2004)
Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
Young Jeezy - The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102 (2006)

Yeah, I know, that's a lot of albums! But I really don't know which albums to take out to make the list shorter. If I did take 1 out, the list would feel incomplete and not a true reflection of my taste.

If reading this list provoked the hip-hop geek in you, please remember that these are the albums that I love from the beginning to end. There are a lot more albums that I like, but aren't perfect.

Also remember that I like dumbed down music just as much as I like a rapper who truly knows how to spit.

I wonder if any of you see a similarity in these albums. Like sometimes, when people do a list of their top rappers/albums, you can usually notice some sort of similarity between what was named. The sound, approach, vibe, message, etc.

Anyways, don't be afraid to comment. Tell me what you think!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Bitches Love Smilies


Dat Ass by ~edielflaco on deviantART

I've just uploaded a bunch of my smilies on deviantART.
Most are designed to fit with the standard Windows Live Messenger smilies.
To check out the rest, go here. Enjoy!

If you got any good ideas for smilies, holla!