so I was listening to a lot of rap albums last couple of weeks and I'm looking for more, recommend literally anything you think is a must listen or essential
Tribe called quest
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Madvillain
Little Brother
Binary Star
Kendrick Lamar
Nas
I have a list of personal favorites too if you're interested.
(2/3)
>>73445115
>Game
>Future
>Deathgrips
>Lil B
I can't say I agree with those
Also Drake isn't a rapper?
I thought he was r&b singer
>>73445080
yeah, I've listened to most (but album per artist mostly, except tribe), but never heard of Pete and CL
will check it out
>>73445153
He raps quite frequently on his albums.
How much Drake have you heard?
jedi mind tricks - violent by design
if you like aggressive, lyrical, well-produced hip-hop it's a godsend
>>73445115
thanks dude, gonna be really helpful
>>73445188
Fucking this.
Fantastic taste, sir.
>>73445153
>implying those genres are mutually exclusive
Imagine being this much of a pleb
>>73445174
>>73445216
Either rap OR sing, I can't stand these rappers who try to sing but can't, but since it sounds so similar to rap they get away with shitty singing. Rap singing is the worse
>>73445270
So...Andre 3000, Cee Lo Green, Chance the Rapper, Childish Gambino, Ol Dirty Bastard and Lauryn Hill all suck now?
I mean they sing AND rap so clearly...
one of the most underrated albums of the 90's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5KOFwqEXRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7434OrZgY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b1P-lDwTxM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjiM36ZLoF8
Don't get into this nigger shit. It's objectively bad "music"
>>73445200
<3
>>73445541
nice bait
>>73445541
>objectively
>>73445541
go back to your metal general, nu-male faggot
Madvilliany, Mm Food.., - MF DOOM/MADVILLAIN
Ready To Die,- The Notorious B.I.G.
Shades Of Blue, The Unseen, -Madlib/Quasimoto
The Treacherous Three, - The Treacherous Three
The Shining, Donuts, Dillatronic - J Dilla,
It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa, Eazy-Duz-It - Eazy-e
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Enter The Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
Return To The 36 Chambers The Dirty Verison- Ol' Dirty Bastard
The Sugarhill Gang - The Sugarhill Gang
Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
Greatest Hits - Ice-T
ICE CUBE COMPLETE - Ice Cube
Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim
People's Instinctive Travels and The Paths Of Rhythm, The Low-End Theory, We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest
DAMN, To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.
All Eyez On Me - 2pac
I can't think of anything else
>>73445041
Depends on what kind of rap you're looking to get into.
>Boom Bap
Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders
Nas: Illmatic
Mobb Deep: The Infamous
Wu Tang Clan: Enter the Wu-Tang 36 Chambers
>Mafioso/Crime Noir
Biggie: Ready to Die
Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt
DMX: Its Dark and Hell is Hot
Nas: It Was Written
>Rhyme Schemes
Eminem: Marshall Mathers LP
Big Pun: Capital Punishment
Big L: Lifestyles Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Redman: Whut!? Thee Album
MF DOOM: Madvillainy
>Old Southern Classics
Goodie Mob: Soul Food
Scarface: The Diary
Outkast: ATLiens
>New Southern Classics
Gucci Mane: Traphouse 3
T.I.: Urban Legend
Jeezy: Thug Motivation 101
Lil Wayne: The Carter 3
>Alternative
Deep Puddle Dynamics: The taste of Rain-Why Kneel?
Clouddead: Self Titled
Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly
Aesop Rock: (I actually dont have a recommendation, i just know he's pretentious)
Death Grips: Whatever /mu/ likes the most
>Nu Trap
Young Thug: Slime Season (start with the first, or with 1017 Thug)
Future: Dirty Sprite 2
Migos: Young Rich Niggas
>Melodic
Drake: Take Care
Childish Gambino: Because the Internet
Kanye West: 808's and Heartbreak
Kid Cudi: Man on the Moon
>Kino
Kanye West: Late Registration (I put this over MBDTF because the latter's unconventional hip hop sounds is what sets it apart rather than its traditional hip hop sounds)
Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
Shabazz Palaces: Black Up
Jay-Z: The Blueprint
>Instrumental
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing
Nujabes: Modal Soul
J Dilla: Donuts
Madlib: Medicine Show (whichever one)
This will give you a solid foundation. The only thing I left out was West Coast, because I don't have the best background on it.
>>73445758
Oh I forgot a must listen for the melodic section is Lauryn Hill's Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. I'd even say listen to that before any of the others.
Stop listening to rap
>>73445758
love ya boy
>>73445618
>rap
>not for nu-males with white guilt
Stop making me laugh
>>73445758
>>73445805
Oh and here's an Underground Section, consider it DLC:
Delton 3030: Self titled (VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
Cannibal Ox: The Cold Vein
Jedi Mind Tricks: Violent By Design
Blackalicious: Nia
>>73445041
Lil Uzi Vert