XXL - 30 Albums That Will Make You Appreciate Hip-Hop (2016)

[mowino]

March 10 2016

http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/03/hip- ... allery-1=1

(unranked)

Big Pun, 'Capital Punishment'
Kendrick Lamar, 'good kid, m.A.A.d. city'
Lil' Kim, 'Hardcore'
Nas, 'Illmatic'
Public Enemy, 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'
A Tribe Called Quest, 'Low End Theory'
Eric. B & Rakim, 'Paid in Full'
Run-D.M.C., 'Run-D.M.C.'
Eminem, 'The Slim Shady LP'
Outkast, 'Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik'
N.W.A., 'Straight Outta Compton
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, 'The Heist'
Young Jeezy, 'Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101'
De La Soul, ' 3 Feet High and Rising'
Beastie Boys, 'License to Ill'
Queen Latifah, 'All Hail the Queen'
Lauryn Hill, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'
Kanye West, 'The College Dropout'
Mos Def, 'Black on Both Sides'
X-Clan, 'To the East, Blackwards'
Heems, 'Eat Pray Thug'
Jay Z, 'The Blueprint'
Blu & Exile, 'Below the Heavens'
J. Cole, '2014 Forest Hills Drive'
Tyler, The Creator, 'Goblin'
Lupe Fiasco, 'Food & Liquor
YG, 'My Krazy Life'
Drake, 'Take Care'
The Notorious B.I.G., 'Ready to Die'
Dr. Dre, 'The Chronic'

[bootsy]

Pretty good list with a few exceptions but not bad. I've never heard of Heems, 'Eat Pray Thug'

[Nick]

Pretty good list with a few exceptions but not bad. I've never heard of Heems, 'Eat Pray Thug'

Apparently he's a member of Das Racist.

I haven't heard the album, but that's an amazing album title.

[StevieFan13]

Pretty good list with a few exceptions but not bad. I've never heard of Heems, 'Eat Pray Thug'

Apparently he's a member of Das Racist.

I haven't heard the album, but that's an amazing album title.

RS loves Das Racist - been meaning to give them a listen. Also, as a Macklemore apologist, I'm glad to see The Heist here (really is better than people give it credit for).

[VacantJoy]

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