The Epitome of Sound: Hip-Hop 20!
The Epitome of Sound: Hip-Hop 20!
By: DJ Moustache, Bakotopia.com contributor
Description: DJ Moustache showcases 20 essential hip-hop albums he personally feel you need to lend an ear to!
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"Essential albums of hip-hop"
By DJ Moustache, Bakotopia.com Contributor
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This issue showcases 20 essential hip-hop albums I personally feel you need to lend an ear to!
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
“The Low End Theory,” 1991
As long as you have Q-Tip in your crew, you’re gold.
BIZ MARKIE
“Biz Never Sleeps,” 1989
Everyone learned an important lesson from this album: Never talk to a girl that says she only has a friend.
DE LA SOUL
“3 Feet High And Rising,” 1989
Everybody wants to be a DJ, everybody wants to be an MC, but no one rises like De La Soul!
DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN
“I Wish My Brother George Was Here,” 1991
Del thinks dark skinned girls are better than light skinned girls. Maybe we should ask Mistadobalina?
DR. DRE
“The Chronic,” 1992
The most “G thang” to ever come out of hip hop!
ERIC B. & RAKIM
“Paid In Full,” 1987
This album was a turning point for hop hop with Rakim becoming “The God” and the beats and lyrics getting harder and more real.
ERIC B. & RAKIM
“Paid In Full,” 1987
I know their steez and it’s awesome! This album has a heavy jazz influence along with great samples and lyrics! All around, I think this is my favorite hip-hop album.
JURASSIC FIVE
“Quality Control,” 2000
World Of Entertainment never ends here.
JAY-Z
“The Blueprint,” 2001
Pretty much set the blueprint for hip-hop in the 2000s.
KANYE WEST
“The College Dropout,” 2004
Kanye goes from producing hits to making hits on this debut album! A great album to come out in a time where hip hop seems to be pretty stale.
LAUREN HILL
“The Miseducation Of Lauren Hill,” 1998
Lauren mixes substance with soul while still keeping hip hop sensibilities. The video for “Doo Wop (That Thing)” was awesome! In my opinion the queen of hip-hop, sorry Latifah.
MOS DEF
“Black On Both Sides,” 1999
Whether rapping, singing or lecturing this guy is too cool. He’s a good actor too!
NAS
“Illmatic,” 1994
It ain’t hard to tell a N.Y. state of mind, because they think life’s a bitch and than you die.
NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
“Ready To Die,” 1994
With this hustler’s release the east coast showed they could be just as gangsta as the west coast! plus it introduced the world to the number one beat jacker himself, Puff Daddy!
N.W.A.
“Straight Outta Compton,” 1989
Every badass was in this group, and they made Charles Wright’s “Express Yourself” even better than it already was!
OUTKAST
“Stankonia,” 2000
These guys took hip-hop to all new levels and brought back soulfulness in their rapping! This album was definitely so fresh, so clean.
RUN D.M.C.
“Run D.M.C.,” 1984
Not much to say other than this is one of the greatest hip-hop albums. It’s like that and that’s the way it is.
SNOOP DOGGY DOGG
“Doggystyle,” 1993
With his mind on his money and his money on his mind, Snoop showed that even without Dre he had the laziest, smoothest flow out there!
SOULS OF MISCHIEF
“93’ Til Infinity,” 1993
I think this is one of the records that turned a lot of skaters onto hip hop.
WU-TANG CLAN
“Enter The Wu-Tang 36 Chambers,” 1993
Not only did this album launch a trillion solo careers but it made everyone in my eighth grade class reply with “C.R.E.A.M.” to every question ever asked.
If you’d like to have your band’s music reviewed, send an e-mail to: marcbolanhair@hotmail.com with “Bakotopia Music Reviews” as the subject.
*Originally printed in Bakotopia Magazine, Issue 17, 12 - 13 - 07
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