Favorite Rap Albums From Each Year of My Life
1985. LL Cool J - Radio
1986. Doug E. Fresh - Oh My God!
1987. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
1988. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
1989. Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleeps
1990. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
1991. Organized Konfusion - Self-Titled
1992. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
1993. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994. Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
1995. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
1996. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
1997. Puff Daddy & The Family - No Way Out
1998. Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Blackstar
1999. Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
2000. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Reflection Eternal
2001. Nas - Stillmatic
2002. Edan - Primitive Plus
2003. Lyrics Born - Later That Day
2004. Kanye West - College Dropout
2005. Edan - Beauty & The Beat
2006. J Dilla - Donuts
2007. Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Who can resist making a list? Seems like everyone's doing one in some form.
This is mad backpackerish but fuggit, thats the roots of my hiphopdom. I wanted to make it more gully and seem like I have more diverse musical tastes, but if you give me two equally enjoyable albums, I'll usually take the one with scientifical gibberish over the hard coke raps. And take the '80s picks with a grain of salt because I'm still not up on my old school game.
Some heartbreaking omissions (yes, a sub-list):
Nas - Illmatic (1994)
The Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
Scarface - Made (2007)
GZA - Liquid Swords (1995)
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (2002)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
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What do you think is the front-runner for favorite album of 2008? For me, I am really feeling Lyrics Born's "Everywhere At Once," as well as "Man In The Mirror," by Rhymefest and Mark Ronson, which is not really an album, but I could not care less, since it is such a joy to hear.
Yeah, that Rhymefest is a dope listen definitely. I really wasn't feelin the new Lyrics Born that much. I think I'm getting over my Quannum fetish.
My favorite so far has been J-Live's "Then What Happened?" but this new ABN (Trae & Z-Ro) "It Is What It Is" is really dope too. I just need to let it sit for awhile and I think I'll like it as much as the J-Live.
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