What are some essential hip-hop albums you must've listened to?

>>73513418
None. Its a fucking shit subgenre.

>inb4 hurrr racist writing off entire genres
Post your most played calypso albums, I'll wait

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>>73513444
Jokes on you I actually fucking like Calypso!
Post yours bitch, you even have one?

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>>73513471
This has been the soundtrack to my summer so far.

>>73513418
There's a chart floating around somewhere here. Wouldn't bother though. There is literally nothing musically interesting whatsoever going on in any of them.

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>>73513493
I'll check this out, it's not everyday on /mu/ you find people who are actually into the island music.
I also hope your opinion on hip-hop changes one day.

>>73513552
t. has only listened to 3 of them

>>73513444
>>73513552
This thread was obviously meant for people interested in the genre though

>>73513560
I like hip hop, as long as theres no rapping.

>>73513566
Yeah, nah. Listened to more than that. Can you tell me why an essentials chart would contain more than 3 shit albums?

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>>73513592
listen to this

Some of my favorites:

Jamal - Last Chance, No Breaks
Mad Skillz - From Where???
Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
Craig Mack - Project: Funk Da World
InI - Center of Attention
Smif N' Wessun - Dah Shinin'
Lord Finesse - The Awakening
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
Masta Ace Inc. - Slaughtahouse
Little Vic - Each Dawn I Die

and a bunch more

>>73514200
>>73514200
Good list, smif n wessun are too underrated, beatminerz were probably the best producers on the east coast in the 90s

Black Moon - Enta da Stage
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Gravediggaz - 6 feet deep
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Souls of Mischief - 93 til infinity
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Three 6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez
Outkast - Aquemini

Generally very well known albums but OP question was essential after all

>>73513418
Just listen to Kanye. Everything else is outdated or replicated

>>73514200
Disposable Arts is Ace's best album though

That shit is so fucking underrated

>>73514347
Yeah I like the old boom bap stuff, Erick Sermon did a lot of good stuff along those lines too. Some more for the OP who's disappeared:

Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
Kool G Rap - 4,5,6
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
KRS One - KRS One
Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
Skyzoo & Apollo Brown - The Easy Truth
Guru's Jazzmatazz - Jazzmatazz Vol 1
Da Youngsta's - No Mercy
2pac - Me Against The World