A lot of people will vote for the era where they were in High School.
That coming of age time when you were buying your own music, or when you got your first car, or hanging out with your friends in a basement.
It's hard to escape that.

I voted 90s by the way.
Specifically, 92-95 are my favorite years.
I was in high school from 93 to 96.

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And, like you touched on, a lot of the music is tied to either big life milestones or just great memories of doing stupid shit with your friends while playing the music of the time, giving that music a nostalgic edge over the music of any other time period.

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I can understand why objectively the 90s is considered the best decade but more albums from the 00s hold significance to me than those from the 90s. I can objectively say Illmatic and The Low End Theory are "greater", but The College Dropout, The Blueprint and Game Theory are more important to me personally.

For me albums that dropped and that I discovered between 04-07 (end of HS, early college) carry so much more nostalgia as that's when I was really coming into my own as a hip hop fan and figuring out what I liked and didn't. I learned there was more to rap than what I was hearing on the radio (Jay, Em, etc) and began to really cultivate my tastes.

I was in high school in the late 90's. That Outkast run alone man.

>I was in high school in the late 90's. That Outkast run
>alone man.

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I went by the decade in which they were drafted except for MJ. MJ really didn’t get his true shine until the 90’s. So that’s why I have it that way.

.

>.

An oversight on Magic and Bird because they were drafted in ‘79, even though Magic won in his rookie season ‘79-‘80, and yes Steph was drafted in ‘09.

I play more hip hop from that decade than the others. It’s a very underrated era.

My favs in this order:

00’s
80’s
90’s
10’s

Say 86 to 95.

98 was cool and had some classics...

99 was really mediocre as hell

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

>99 was really mediocre as hell
>
>

Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday
Company Flow - Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1
Gang Starr - Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr
Kool Keith - Black Elvis/Lost in Space
Blackalicious - Nia
Method Man & Rodman - Blackout
Handsome Boy Modeling School - So… How’s Your Girl?
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
Dr. Dre - 2001
Q-Tip - Amplified
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
The Roots - The Roots Come Alive
Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik
Rawkus Presents - Soundbombing II
GZA - Beneath the Surface
Dr Dooom - Fiest Come, First Served
Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance
Rakim - The Master
Public Enemy - There’s a Poison Goin’ On
EPMD - Out of Business

>>99 was really mediocre as hell
>>
>>
>
>Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves

Never got repeat listens from me. *shrug* People seem to just think it’s cool because it’s a concept.

>MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday

Nobody was rocking this in 99. I agree though...dope album

>Company Flow - Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks &
>Instrumentals Vol.1

Nah

>Gang Starr - Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr

I don’t count Greatest Hits

>Kool Keith - Black Elvis/Lost in Space

Never liked him

>Blackalicious - Nia

See MF Doom...

>Method Man & Rodman - Blackout

Dope album

>Handsome Boy Modeling School - So… How’s Your Girl?

*shrug*

>Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
>Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
>Dr. Dre - 2001
>Q-Tip - Amplified
>The Roots - Things Fall Apart

Absolute YES to all of these

>The Roots - The Roots Come Alive

See Full Clip and add live albums to it

>Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik

Dope

>Rawkus Presents - Soundbombing II

Dope

>GZA - Beneath the Surface

Average

>Dr Dooom - Fiest Come, First Served

Say who?

>Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance

Good not great

>Rakim - The Master

Average

>Public Enemy - There’s a Poison Goin’ On

Ok

>EPMD - Out of Business

Ok


Honestly look at that list and compare it to 94-96.

That shit does NOT compete AT ALL.

You said Beneath The Surface...and you’re comparing that as a highlight against a year that had Liquid Swords? How?

99 was not a good year bruh.

Honestly, outside of The Roots and Mos Def...you can keep the rest of that shit.

>>Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
>
>Never got repeat listens from me. *shrug* People seem to just
>think it’s cool because it’s a concept.
>


It gets plenty for me. Most people that I know that has heard the record still plays this to this day.



>>MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday
>
>Nobody was rocking this in 99. I agree though...dope album
>


Nobody... really?





>>Company Flow - Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks &
>>Instrumentals Vol.1
>
>Nah
>


Yeah these instrumentals went hard. I did get tired of it after a while only because I had a homeboy that pulled this out regularly to freestyle to. I put him on to no more instrumental albums.



>>Gang Starr - Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr
>
>I don’t count Greatest Hits
>


Full Clip and All 4 tha Ca$h are worth the price of admission.



>>Kool Keith - Black Elvis/Lost in Space
>
>Never liked him
>


Keith is a legend... but oh well.


>>Blackalicious - Nia
>
>See MF Doom...
>


Heads were on this for sure. It was definitely a dope record



>>Handsome Boy Modeling School - So… How’s Your Girl?
>
>*shrug*
>


What’s your issue with this?




>>The Roots - The Roots Come Alive
>
>See Full Clip and add live albums to it
>


This was still a great record live or not.




>>GZA - Beneath the Surface
>
>Average
>


Way above average



>>Dr Dooom - Fiest Come, First Served
>
>Say who?
>


This was Keith, but it was good as well.




>>Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance
>
>Good not great
>


Definitely better than good, but it’s apparent that you didn’t view this as a mediocre album.



>>Rakim - The Master
>
>Average
>


This was slept on. It’s really a good album.



>>Public Enemy - There’s a Poison Goin’ On
>
>Ok
>


This classic noisy Public Enemy. A lot of good tracks on this.


>>EPMD - Out of Business
>
>Ok
>
>


A very solid record


>Honestly look at that list and compare it to 94-96.
>
>That shit does NOT compete AT ALL.
>


That was not the point. The discussion was about whether or not ‘99 was weak or not.


>You said Beneath The Surface...and you’re comparing that as
>a highlight against a year that had Liquid Swords? How?
>
>99 was not a good year bruh.
>


Who said anything about comparing it to Liquid Swords? I listed the solid to dope albums that were released. More than a few that you acknowledged that were dope.

It was weak by comparison.

After coming off those other years you don’t see how some people would be like “it’s cool but there aren’t classic classics”

That’s my point.

It was like a good album coming after a classic.

Shit ain’t bad but it doesn’t hit the same way.

That is how 99 was

>It was weak by comparison.
>
>After coming off those other years you don’t see how some
>people would be like “it’s cool but there aren’t classic
>classics”
>
>That’s my point.
>
>It was like a good album coming after a classic.
>
>Shit ain’t bad but it doesn’t hit the same way.
>
>That is how 99 was
>

Once again that was not the point of debate. Of course there are some years that are better than others. Fact is that were some good to great albums, even timeless records released in ‘99.

The statement was that 97-99 were great years and I disagreed with that by saying that was the drop off.

The reality is that there was no drop off.

So in our discussion we were talking about ‘99 in particular in which I put up the best records from that year, and in your own admission you said that more than a few were dope.

If you are truly honest ‘97-‘99 put out some of the best records of the decade.

I said a few were dope and only 2 were classics.

94-95-96 have no less than 10-20 classic in each one of those years.

Fuck are you talking about.

I will give you 98.

97 was cool

99 was BY FUCKING FAR the weakest year of the decade.

You’re trying to tell me there is no drop off?

How can that be when all we need to do is compare the Raekwon and GZA albums from 95 and 99.

How is that NOT a drop off?

There were more than two classics in ‘99.

Secondly there were NOT 10-20 classics in 94-96 per year.

‘90 was actuality the weakest of the decade.

The Raekwon/GZA argument is weak. You are using artists that really had no serious drop off from ‘95 to ‘99 to say that ‘99 was weak when it wasn’t.

In terms of quality ‘97-‘99 had better classics than ‘94-‘96.

>The Raekwon/GZA argument is weak. You are using artists that
>really had no serious drop off from ‘95 to ‘99 to say that
>‘99 was weak when it wasn’t.
>
>In terms of quality ‘97-‘99 had better classics than
>‘94-‘96.
>

You won’t even post albums from those years lol

Either way, you are clearly insane on this argument with saying GZA and Rae had no fall off between their 95 and 99 albums.

I’ll wait to see if anyone co-signs that bullshit

What are you talking about? I did the best albums from ‘99 and you were frontin’ on those. You said there were up to “20 classics” in ‘94, ‘95, ‘’96, but you never posted those. You are the only one trying to debate this and no one has co-signed a thing you have said... so yeah be done!!!!

You said that bruh.

That is absurd.

Why would I bother posting albums.

It’s clear you don’t know shit.

Should’ve known that from your damn username

>You said that bruh.
>
>That is absurd.
>
>Why would I bother posting albums.
>
>It’s clear you don’t know shit.
>
>Should’ve known that from your damn username

There were no drop offs like I said. Those were dope albums. Your dumb ass is coming in here acting like those were wack albums. You won’t post anything because you know what you’re saying is way off base. Post these “10-20” classic albums in ‘94, ‘95, and ‘96. You won’t get that many in those years that’s why you won’t post them.

So that we can put this silly GZA/Raekwon example to rest... what do you have to say about The Carnival ‘97 and Miseducation’98 being better than The Score ‘96? How about Things Fall Apart ‘99 being better than Do You Want More?!!!??! ‘95 and Illadelph Halflife ‘96? Some drop off huh? Aquemini in ‘98 was such a huge drop off huh?

You shouldn’t have said that multiple records that I put up were dope then try to discredit the year. Real smart huh?

I don’t think you understand...you said Rae and GZA is equal it Rae and GZA in 95.

I’m not having this discussion with you.

That is the absolute dumbest shit ever said on the boards.

>I don’t think you understand...you said Rae and GZA is
>equal it Rae and GZA in 95.
>
>I’m not having this discussion with you.
>
>That is the absolute dumbest shit ever said on the boards.
>
>

What I said that they were way above average. Those were not weak albums, and I will continue to stand by that statement. I don’t know why you’re still stuck on that, but you sound even dumber with each post.

What is dumb are these “10-20” classics that you kept hollering about and still no post of those albums in ‘94, ‘95, and ‘96. Also what is stupid is that you’re using this dumb GZA/Raekwon debate to say that the year was weak. You are the only idiot supporting this thinking that ‘97-‘99 were weak years with no classics or dope releases when you said differently when I posted those records.

>>I don’t think you understand...you said Rae and GZA is
>>equal it Rae and GZA in 95.
>>
>>I’m not having this discussion with you.
>>
>>That is the absolute dumbest shit ever said on the boards.
>>
>>
>
>What I said that they were way above average. Those were not
>weak albums, and I will continue to stand by that statement.
>I don’t know why you’re still stuck on that, but you sound
>even dumber with each post.
>
>What is dumb are these “10-20” classics that you kept
>hollering about and still no post of those albums in ‘94,
>‘95, and ‘96. Also what is stupid is that you’re using
>this dumb GZA/Raekwon debate to say that the year was weak.
>You are the only idiot supporting this thinking that
>‘97-‘99 were weak years with no classics or dope releases
>when you said differently when I posted those records.

You know a year can have classics and some dope albums and still be weaker than another year right?

And no one is posting because I am the only one dumb enough to back and forth with such a ridiculous statement.

Go ahead and make a poll and see what years were better.

.

this many replies to replies to replies

1. 94-96 were better than 97-99 (or 95 v 99 in particular)
2. 97-99 were dope years (99 in particular)

1 and 2 can both be true (95 > 99, 99 was a dope year)

This back and forth has been going on too long and I'm too lazy to start over from square one but I don't think he's arguing anywhere that 99 was better than 95. He's saying there were some great albums released in 99 and in he thinks it was a great year.

99 can be a weaker year than 95 but still be great.

You can make a poll and 95 would surely win (or 94-96 over 97-99) but that doesn't necessarily prove that 99 was a weak year.

This happens so much with album releases where rather than focusing on the album itself (X album was good, great, etc) it's straight to (X album wasn't as good as Y).

He posted a lot of albums that "prove" that, at least in his opinion, 99 was a great year. If you want to make the argument strictly 95 v. 99 (or in particular GZA/Rae 95 v. GZA/Rae 99) go for it, but that doesn't mean he needs to be shamed for enjoying 99.

All that said, I love a lot of albums from 99, though I didn't "experience" either as I just started listening to hip hop in 99 and most of the albums I love from that year I didn't even discovery until years later, so I'm not gonna argue which year was better for hip hop.

I will say that looking at every year's worth of albums, 97 was a serious drop off in quality in my ears. From that year the only albums I can say I'd listen to in full are Life After Death, Vol.1 and One Day It Will All Make Sense. I also dig Wu-Tang Forever (though not a double-album's worth) and the KRS and Rakim albums.

96 probably has my strongest "top 10" while 93 and 94 both have albums that trump anything in 96, but aren't nearly as deep.

I started the argument so therefore it was my point.

I simply stated that 97 was the drop off, which YOU just agreed with.

I said 98 had some serious classics and that 99 was mediocre. And I said this all in comparison to 94-96.

Nowhere did I say 97-99 didn’t have any dope albums.

I NEVER said anything like that.

He carried on with how dope 99 was. This entire time I’m speaking directly to those years in comparison.

Period.

97-99 is nowhere close to 94-96.

That’s MY point that I made first. Don’t give a fuck what he was arguing after that because it’s irrelevant.

So what 99 had TFA...doesn’t mean the year as a whole is as good.

That has been my point this entire time.

Then I stopped and just wrote nonsense because he actually thinks Immobiliarity and Beneath the Surface are equal to Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords.

That statement alone should get him ignored from all further discussions which for me it has.

Others are telling you that ‘99 wasn’t as bad as you say it was. No matter what the year is there are usually 10-15 solid efforts with a few classics mixed in. Even if you look at the 10’s, there was a lot of dope stuff dropped this past decade. I didn’t listen to that much hip hop last decade outside of a couple of artists, but going back the check out things I overlooked then there is a lot to discover.

What I said and how I view the topic at hand is never going to change, just as how you view this won’t change for you either.

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I’m generally interested in how people think 99 was a down year.

The bar is the bar.

Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords dropped in 95.

99 is competing with Beneath The Surface and Uncontrolled Substance?

Everything that came out other than TFA and BOBS was a step back.

I Am and Nastradamus...really?

It just seemed like everything was getting cheaper and cheaper.

Just saying the list he compiled has a ton of dopeness on it, on its own merits.

I don't disagree with you that a lot of the mainstream music was sounding cheaper. But the good albums were *really* good and among some of my all time favorites. That year had high highs, as evidence by bopper's list.


>I’m generally interested in how people think 99 was a down
>year.
>
>The bar is the bar.
>
>Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords dropped in 95.
>
>99 is competing with Beneath The Surface and Uncontrolled
>Substance?
>
>Everything that came out other than TFA and BOBS was a step
>back.
>
>I Am and Nastradamus...really?
>
>It just seemed like everything was getting cheaper and
>cheaper.

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That’s it.

Cool if I you like those other albums but even you won’t compare 99 to the other years.

That alone tells me you know you’re bullshittin.

Compare the years if you think 99 is so dope.

Fuck are we talking about here?

>Fuck are we talking about here?

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You’re on the side of a dude who said there was no drop off from 95 Rae and GZA to 99 Rae and GZA.

Shrug

I just said it was a dope year. And it was.

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Not so much in the 00s/10s. The landscape is so different.

Weighing all the factors, I give it to the 90s.

>Not so much in the 00s/10s. The landscape is so different.
>
>

I think that you can thank the underground for the landscape changing.

But yea...1990-2000 has most of my favorite hip hop albums ever

Hip Hop wasn't yet completely mainstream, but there was a sort of mainstream among Hip Hop fans.. those who had major label deals and videos on tv etc. Among those artists, it was still cool to be an INDIVIDUAL. You had a Slick Rick, a Biz Markie, an Ice-T, Roxanne Shante, Moni Love, 2-Live Crew, Queen Latifah, Sista Souljah, NWA, Public Enemy, Kwame, UMC's, Ultramagnetic MC's, X-Clan, Poor Righteous Teachers, PM Dawn, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince...
and all of these artists co-existed. It was cool to have women in the mix and they could be prominent in the mix whether they were fully dressed or not. We had lyricists like Big Daddy Kane who could KILL you on the dance floor (It was still cool to sweat your ass off on the dance floor), lyricists who didn't dance like Kool G Rap and straight up party people like Kid N Play. That was a wonderful time. Everybody was creating their own world and it was all accepted.

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Days like this I miss Sha Mecca

or collectives. Or do you just mean not really sounding alike?

>Or do you just mean not really sounding alike?

That would be correct. I'm referring to individuality... as in a person or thing (group in this case) that distinguishes itself from others. The broad spectrum of styles, subject matter, personalities, etc is something I really miss being in mainstream Hip Hop.

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Days like this I miss Sha Mecca

Except the Get Fresh Crew. Dane bit the shit outta Rick LOL

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Like I said in my post towards the top, my late HS/early college years are the most significant in my music discovery and carry the most nostalgia, so there's a lot of albums that I love from that 04-07 period that I understand the average listener might not.

Some favorites:

Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens (2007)
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought (2000)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Kanye West - Graduation (2007)
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor (2006)
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show (2005)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
Q-TIp - The Renaissance (2008)
Edan - Beauty & The Beat (2005)
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth (2007)
Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)
Black Milk - Tronic (2008)
Common - Be (2005)
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange (2006)
The Game - The Documentary (2005)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Little Brother - The Listening (2003)
Talib Kweli - Eardrum (2007)
CunninLynguists - Dirty Acres (2007)
Freddie Gibbs - Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik (2009)
Lupe Fiasco - Fahrenheit 1/15 Part II: Revenge of the Nerds (2005)
Jay-Z - The Dynasty (2000)
Talib Kweli - Quality (2002)
The Foreign Exchange - Connected (2004)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Mos Def - The Ecstatic (2009)
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having (2005)
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (2007)
OutKast - Stankonia (2000)
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool (2007)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)
De La Soul - The Grind Date (2004)
Murs - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition (2004)
Clipse - Lord Willin' (2002)
Dead Prez - Lets Get Free (2000)

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Quasimoto - The Unseen (2000)
Aesop Rock - Float (2000)
Guru - Guru’s Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3 Streetsoul (2000)
Deltron 3030 - eponymous (2000)
Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000)
Prodigy - H.N.I.C. (2000)
Del the Funky Homosapien - Both Sides of the Brain (2000)
Mr. Lif - Enters the Colossus (2000)
J-Live - The Best Part (2001)
Pete Rock - PeteStrumentals (2001)
Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology (2001)
Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001)
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)
CunninLynguists - Will Rap for Food (2001)
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts (2001)
Ghostface Killah - Bulletproof Wallets
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (2001)
Killah Priest - Priesthood (2001)
Lauryn Hill - MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002)
Mr. Lif - Emergency Rations; I Phantom (2002)
Rob Swift - Sound Event (2002)
The X-Ecutioners - Built From Scratch (2002)
Edan - Primitive Plus (2002)
K-os - Exit (2002)
J-Live - All of the Above (2002)
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (2002)
El-P - Fantastic Damage (2002)
Scarface - The Fix (2002)
DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent (2002)
KRS-One - The Mix Tape (2002)
Nas - The Lost Tapes (2002)
Common - Electric Circus (2002)
GZA - Legend of the Liquid Sword (2002)
Profuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher (2003)
Cherrywine - Bright Black (2003)
J Dilla - Ruff Draft (2003)
Rob Swift - Under the Influence (2003)
Killer Mike - Monster (2003)
CunninLynguists - SouthernUnderground (2003)
Prince Paul - Politics of the Business (2003)
King Geedorah - Take Me to Your Leader (2003)
KRS-One - Kristyles (2003)
Gang Starr - The Ownerz (2003)
Madlib - Shades of Blue (2003)
Viktor Vaughn - Vauderville Villain (2003)
Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth (2003)
OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
Wyclef Jean - The Preacher’s Son (2003)
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2 (2003)
Orko Eloheim - Atoms of Eden/Elohim Soundwave Scientist (2003)
NMS - Woe to Thee O Land Whose King Is a Child (2003)
K-os - Joyful Rebellion (2004)
Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People (2004)
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer (2004)
Jadakiss - Kiss of Death (2004)
Bigg Jus - Black Mamba Serums v2.0 (2004)
El-P - High Water (2004)
Mos Def - The New Danger (2004)
Ed O.G. - My Own Worst Enemy (2004)
MF Doom - MM..Food/Venomous Villain (2004)
Wyclef Jean - Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 (2004)
Prince Paul - Itsrumental (2005)
Prefuse 73 - Surrounded By Silence (2005)
The Perceptionists - Black Dialouge (2005)
Quasimoto - The Adventures of Lord Quas (2005)
Cage - Hell’s Winter (2005)
DANGERDOOM - The Mask and the Mouse (2005)
DJ Muggs & GZA - Grandmasters (2005)
Public Enemy - New Whirl Odor (2005)
Bigg Jus - Poor People’s Day (2005)
NMS - Imperial Letters of Protection (2005)
Madlib - The Beat Konducta Vols, 1&2: Movie Scenes (2006)
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)
K-os - Atlantis: Hymns for Disco (2006)
Kool Keith - The Return of Dr. Octagon (2006)
Cut Chemist - The Audience’s Listening (2006)
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)
Mos Def - True Magic (2006)
Orko Eloheim - Forbidden Physics (2007)
Jay Electronica - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2007)
Guru - Guru’s Jazzmatazz: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future (2007)
UGK - Underground Kings (2007)
Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)
Nas - Untitled (2008)
GZA - Pro Tools (2008)
Immortal Technique - The 3rd World (2008)
MF Doom - Born Like This (2009)
Jadakiss - The Last Kiss (2009)
K-os - Yes! (2009)
Shabazz Palaces - eponymous/Of Light (2009)
Q-Tip - Kamaal the Abstract (2009)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. 2 (2009)

Can’t leave out these records...

Uyama Hiroto - A Son of the Sun (2008)
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music (2003)/Modal Soul (2005)

J-Zone & The Old Maid Billionaires - Pimps Don't Pay taxes (2001)?

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so yea when out socially, I turned up - but at home or in my car I wasn't really playing a lot of rap

>so yea when out socially, I turned up - but at home or in my
>car I wasn't really playing a lot of rap

I was on a different vibe as well mostly jazz and reggae. A majority of what I had heard at the time wasn’t too interesting in the early ‘10s so I stop looking for rap albums. I only checked for a couple of artists, so everything else was foreign knowledge to me. Going back to check out a few things from the past decade to properly assess it.

Kendrick - Section.80, gkmc, TPAB, DAMN
KRIT - KRIT Wuz Here, Return of 4Eva, 4Eva is a Mighty Long Time
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata, Bandana
Lupe - Tetsuo & Youth, DROGAS Youth
Kanye - MBDTF, Yeezus
Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom, Eve
ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron, Blank Face LP
Plenty of stuff from the Griselda gang the last few years
Aesop Rock - Skelethon, The Impossible Kid
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot
RTJ - RTJ 1, 2 and 3 (also check for Killer Mike's RAP Music)
Oddisee - People Here What They See, Tangible Dream, The Good Fight
ATCQ - We Got It From Here...
Nas - Life is Good
Kanye & Jay - Watch The Throne
Jay-Z - 4:44
Drake - Take Care, Nothing Was The Same
Black Thought - Streams of Thought EPs
Joey Bada$$ - B4.Da.$$, All Amerikkkan Badass
Earl Sweatshirt - IDLSIDGO, Some Rap Songs
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
The Game - The Documentary 2, 1992
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Little Brother - May The Lord Watch (Phonte's solos are solid too)
Mac Miller - Swimming
Choosey & Exile - Black Beans
Curren$y - Pilot Talk
Rick Ross - Teflon Don
CunninLynguists - Oneirology
EarthGang - Mirrorland
YBN Cordae - The Lost Boy

Mellow Music Group has plenty of solid releases on top of the aforemention Oddisee projects
Red Pill - Look What This World Did to Us
Apollo Brown & Joel Ortiz - Mona Lisa (check for the rest of Brown's collabs if you like the beats here)
L'Orange stuff (my favorite is the Marlowe album)

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The albums that came out in '87-'88 are on that level.

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Youtube: www.youtube.com/theephantom

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Rap in the late 80s was way different from rap in the late 80s

Ditto for rap in the late 90s compared to rap in the early 90s

These brackets should be more like 79-86, 87-94, 95-02, 03-12, 13-20

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
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