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Complex - The 50 Greatest Rap Albums of the '80s (2014)

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http://www.complex.com/music/2014/03/50 ... ums-1980s/
50) Run-D.M.C., King of Rock (1985)
49) DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988)
48) Kurtis Blow, Kurtis Blow (1984)
47) Just Ice, Kool and Deadly (1987)
46) Nice & Smooth, Nice & Smooth (1989)
45) Various Artists, Wild Style Soundtrack (1983)
44) Jungle Brothers, Done by the Forces of Nature (1989)
43) Too $hort, Life is...Too Short (1988)
42) Fat Boys, Fat Boys (1984)
41) Kool Moe Dee, How Ya Like Me Now (1987)
40) MC Shan, Down by Law (1987)
39) Treacherous Three, Treacherous Three (1984)
38) Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen (1989)
37) Run-D.M.C., Run-D.M.C. (1984)
36) Schoolly D, Saturday Night: The Album (1987)
35) Stetasonic, In Full Gear (1988)
34) Special Ed, Youngest in Charge (1989)
33) Public Enemy, Yo! Rum Rush the Show (1987)
32) Ice-T, Power (1988)
31) Salt-n-Pepa, Hot, Cool, and Vicious (1988)
30) MC Lyte, Lyte as a Rock (1988)
29) Marley Marl, In Control Volume 1 (1988)
28) LL Cool J, Radio (1985)
27) Eazy-E, Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
26) 2 Live Crew, Is What We Are (1986)
25) Big Daddy Kane, It's a Big Daddy Thing (1989)
24) Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary (1988)
23) EPMD, Unfinished Business (1989)
22) 3rd Bass, The Cactus Album (1989)
21) Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Road to the Riches (1989)
20) Whodini, Escape (1984)
19) Geto Boys, Grip It! On That Other Level (1989)
18) Eric B. & Rakim, Follow the Leader (1988)
17) Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique (1989)
16) Jungle Brothers, Straight Out the Jungle (1988)
15) The D.O.C., No One Can Do It Better (1989)
14) Biz Markie, Goin' Off (1988)
13) Too $hort, Born to Mack (1987)
12) Ultramagnetic MC's, Critical Beatdown (1988)
11) LL Cool J, BAD: Bigger and Deffer (1987)
10) EPMD, Strictly Business (1988)
9) Big Daddy Kane, Long Live the Kane (1988)
8) De La Soul, Three Feet High and Rising (1989)
7) Eric B. and Rakim, Paid in Full (1987)
6) Slick Rick, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
5) Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill (1986)
4) Run-D.M.C., Raising Hell (1986)
3) N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton (1988)
2) Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
1) Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded (1987)
Only big twist here is BDP unseating Nation of Millions' comfortable place as the most universally-agreed-upon best rap album of the '80s.
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StevieFan13 wrote:I mean, it's a rap site (in addition to all the other types of music it covers), so it should count.
Since it - like you say - covers other types of music, it's not a rap site. At least not a rap only site. So it's ineligible.
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Henrik wrote:
StevieFan13 wrote:I mean, it's a rap site (in addition to all the other types of music it covers), so it should count.
Since it - like you say - covers other types of music, it's not a rap site. At least not a rap only site. So it's ineligible.
Pooh. OK, I'll move this and the other two lists I posted to the ineligible section.
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Well, this and all the other genre lists might be included some time in the future.
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Henrik wrote:Well, this and all the other genre lists might be included some time in the future.
Yeah, so I'll move it and the other (currently-)ineligible lists to the album genre list thread.
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