10. Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
9. Mary J Blige - What's the 411
8. Sublime - 40 oz to Freedom
7. Brand Nubian - All for one
6. Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive travels
5. Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride ii Da Pharcyde
4. The Doc - No One Can Do It better
3. Pearl Jam - 10
2. Nas - Illmatic
1. Terrence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

1. GnR - AfD
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. JayZ - RD
4. 'kast - ATLiens
5. Wu - 36 chambers
6/7 (tie) Rae - OB4CL / GFK - Ironman
8. Eric B + Rakim - PIF
9. Slick Rick - Great Adventures
10. Lupe - FnL (the leaked pre release version)

hard to put a lot of these in order, cause they all great, and prob missing some, but this the first 10 that came to mind

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respect,
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"my old boy from the Point but I'm from Southwest..."

"Are you really ready to carry some weight?,
Are you ready to design your fate?" -Kelvin Mercer

n/m

happiness is a mediocre standard for a middle class existence - S. Williams

I don't not like you because you have dumb ideas about the world, I don't like you because you have other people's dumb ideas about the world. - Rjcc

they just put it on the shelf and let southerplayalistic drop first to get yal ready







































nah im playin, just had a brain fart and typed ATLiens while thinkin southerplayalistic

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>10. Lupe - FnL (the leaked pre release version)

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no He Say, She Say and no Day Dreamin'.... I don't know....Those were two of my favorite songs on that album... Hard to imagine that album w/o those tracks...

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I'm only 34 so these are albums I was bumpin from jump. I put my age in () to show my age at the time of release.

A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing by Black Sheep (12)
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde (13)
Illmatic by Nas (14)
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by OutKast (14)
Dummy by Portishead (15)
Ready to Die by The Notorious BIG (15)
Maxinquaye by Tricky (15)
Soul Food by Goodie Mob (16)
Endtroducing.... by DJ Shadow (17)
Fever to Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (23)

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

>Illmatic by Nas (14)
>Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by OutKast (14)

I don't know if I listened to anything else in 94.

9. Smiles like a shark - Mulu
8. s/t - The Stooges
7. The Inner Mounting Flame - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
6. s/t - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
5. Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency
4. 3 feet high and rising - De La Soul
3. This is Niecy - Deniece Williams
2. s/t - The Meters
1. Are you experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience

Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother (If we're not counting their debut EP. Just in case we are, I'll do 11)
BDP - Criminal Minded
Cypress Hill - S/T
UltraMagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Nas - Illmatic
D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
KMD - Mr. Hood
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Black Sheep - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Slick Rick - Great Adventures of Slick Rick

I guess that's 12. Cool.

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>Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
>Pete Rock and CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother (If we're
>not counting their debut EP. Just in case we are, I'll do 11)
>BDP - Criminal Minded
>Cypress Hill - S/T
>UltraMagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
>Nas - Illmatic
>D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
>De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
>KMD - Mr. Hood
>Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
>Black Sheep - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
>Slick Rick - Great Adventures of Slick Rick
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>I guess that's 12. Cool.

my list would probably look exactly like this if i were a little older

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

These are the debuts that made a big impact on me.

Rage Against the Machine - RATM (1992)
Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth (1993)
Outkast - Southernplayalistikcadillamusik (1994)
Nas - Illmatic (1994)
Moloko - Do You Like My Tight Sweater? (1995)
Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)
Esthero - Breath from Another (1998)
The Vines - Highly Evolved (2002)
Little Brother - The Listening (2003)
Kendrick Lamar - Section 80 (2011)/GKMC (2012)

that's surprising.

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

then I took it out for Illmatic.......it has just aged better to me and it had a bigger impact on me when it came out. Ready to Die is a GREAT album though.

it's on my list

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

Nas - Illmatic
Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
GNR - Appetite for Destruction
The Doors - self title
Wu-tang - Enter the 36 chambers
Violent Femmes - self title
Tribe - Peoples instinctive travels..
Snoop - Doggystyle
Dre - The Chronic


tough with all genres, lots of my fav groups had mediocre debuts tho and then killed it with the 2nd or 3rd so that helps

No real order...

Redman "Whut? The Album"

Mary J Blige "What's the 411"

Nas "Illmatic"

Jay Z "Reasonable Doubt"

Reflection Eternal "Train of Thought"

Pete Rock and CL Smooth "Mecca and The Soul Brother"

EL-P "Fantastic Damage"

Oddisee "People Hear What They See"--yes motherfuckers, it's that dope...

The DOC "No One Can Do It Better"

Portishead "Dummy"

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

Capital punishment
The war report
Illmatic
Straight outta Compton
Criminal minded
36 chambers

9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
8. Bad Brains self titled
7. Arctic Monkeys - What Ever People Say I Am...
6. Jessie Johnson - Jessie Johnson Revue
5. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
4. Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels
3. LL Cool J - Radio
2. The Strokes - Is This It?
1. Nas - Illmatic

Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth
Nas - Illmatic
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
Erykay Badu - Baduizm
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Ice Cube - Amerikkkas Most Wanted
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride
Black Sheep - Wolf in Sheeps Clothing
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising

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...however, the following absolutely rule IMO (chronological):

the Sonics-Here are the sonics
Jimi Hendrix-Are you experienced?
Captain Beefheart-Safe as milk
Funkadelic-s/t
Black Sabbath-s/t
Captain Beyond-s/t
Ramones-s/t
Black Flag-Damaged
BDP-Criminal Minded
Wu-tang Clan-Enter the Wu-tang:36 Chambers

...or something; there's like 20 more contenders...

12 play R.Kelly 1)

Jaco Pasterous Jaco Pasterous 2)

introducing the hardline terrence trent d'arby 3)

come and get it Rick James 4)

doggystyle Snoop dogg 5)

make it last forever Keith Sweat 6)

are you experienced Jimi Hendrix expereince 7)


ready to die Biggie 8)

Urban Hang suite Maxwell 9)

Guy Guy 10)

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

10. Huricane Chris 51/50 Ratchet
9. Young Jeezy Thug Motivation
8. 2 Chainz Based on a Tru Story
7. Lil Boosie Youngest Of Da Camp
6. Silk Da Shocker Charge It To The Game
5. Mia X Good Girl Gone Bad
4. Future Pluto
3. Tupac 2pacalypse Now
2. Missy Supa Dupa Fly
1. Nelly Country Grammer

Here is my top ten debut albums:

1. Tears For Fears "The Hurting"
2. Slum Village "Fantastic Vol. 1"
3. Kev Brown "I Do What I Do"
4. Dwele "Rize"
5. Blue Six "Beautiful Tomorrow"
6. Jill Scott "Who Is Jill Scott: Words & Sounds Vol. 1"
7. Diamond D "Stunts, Blunts, & Hip-Hop"
8. Ten City "Foundation"
9. Ephraim Lewis "Skin"
10. Jeru The Damaja "The Sun Rises In The East"

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& your fool ass is cruising around in a time machine
trying to collect props for a couple of sociopathic degenerates" - s.blak

maybe later I'll come back and do one for each of the genres I listen to heavily but overall today I'm feeling like its.....

1. Nas - Illmatic
2. Almendra - Almendra
3. Gal Costa & Caetano Veloso - Domingo
4. Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
5. João Gilberto - Chega de Saudade
6. Portishead - Dummy
7. Black Star
8. Souls Of Mischief - 93 Til'
9. Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill With Clifford Brown
10. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

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RAMP - Come Into Knowledge

Erykah Badu - Baduizm

Faith Evans - Faith

Ready For The World - WFTW

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony

Michel'le

Al B Sure! - In Effect Mode

Babyface - Lovers

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H Town - Fever For Da Flavor