there's a lotta usual suspects, but it's interesting to see what other people say...
my answer'll be in comments, but think about yours. to help, think about this:
- what record were you most excited by when you heard it?
- what record gave you/restored your faith in hip hop?
- what record never gets old, no matter how often you listen to it?
- what record is a high water mark you judge other records by?
- what record can you listen to without skipping any tracks?
think hard, get at me!
samax.
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ReplyDelete1. Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique
ReplyDelete2. I can't just pick one album or artist on this one: Murs, Aesop Rock, Mos Def/Black Star, All of the MF DOOM/ Madlib stuff of course.
3. A tie between Madvillain Madvillainy and Lord Quas The Unseen
4. Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique and Wu-Tang 36 Chambers
5. Danger Doom
for me, it's no contest:
ReplyDeletePublic Enemy's "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back" is the most phenominal record i've ever heard. i've lost, broken, given away, worn out, and re-purchased this joint many, many times past counting!
LOVE hip hop! love it! but that's the tops!
1. what record were you most excited by when you heard it?
ReplyDeleteA tribe Called Quest: Low End Theory
2. what record gave you/restored your faith in hip hop?
The Roots: Do You Want More?
3. what record never gets old, no matter how often you listen to it?
Nas: Illmatic
4. what record is a high water mark you judge other rcords by?
Illmatic or Low End
5. what record can you listen to without skipping any tracks?
De La Soul is Dead
1. Tribe MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS.
ReplyDelete2. MF DOOM: Operation: DOOMSDAY
3. KMD: Mr. Hood
4. De La 3 ft High and Rising
5. De La Soul is Dead
LOL I'm an east coast dood, through and through.
I may actually say, the whole PE Catalogue may have made my youth.