Hip Hop must haves

Just been picking up some of the classic Hip-Hop albums on vinyl since I no longer have any of the tapes or a tape player. How's this for starters? I know there's probably hundreds of great albums I could buy next, but what are the true classics that are must haves for a collection?

Sensational meets Koyxen

the Great White Hype - Scatology

the Great White Hype - Another Black World (eno parody, 10 years before the poser Lil b copied his ambient rapping style)

the Great White Hype - Drawings of Patient OG (einstruzinde parody)

The Great White Hype - 20 rap house greats (tg tribute)

I would consider Busta - Anarchy + The Coming to be worth getting (if you can).

Edit:

Yeah they are easy enough to track down

Anarchy - £6 on Discogs

The Coming - £6.25 on Discogs

Eric B. & Rakim

  On 1/27/2011 at 9:23 PM, Awepittance said:

Sensational meets Koyxen

the Great White Hype - Scatology

the Great White Hype - Another Black World (eno parody, 10 years before the poser Lil b copied his ambient rapping style)

the Great White Hype - Drawings of Patient OG (einstruzinde parody)

The Great White Hype - 20 rap house greats (tg tribute)

Never heard of these cheers for the heads up. RZA production too, will check it out. Sweet.

  On 1/27/2011 at 9:26 PM, spratters said:

I would consider Busta - Anarchy + The Coming to be worth getting (if you can).

 

Edit:

Yeah they are easy enough to track down

 

Anarchy - £6 on Discogs

The Coming - £6.25 on Discogs

Will pick both of these up. Cheers.

Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBk_jZX_TpQ

Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRNBY4BvylU

Gang Starr - Daily Operation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dkFT1YeTho

Black Moon- Enta Da Stage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl6Hf8ryLkM

Cormega - The Realness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4uUAU9H0ug

Kool G Rap & DJ Polo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niua9KOzgrA

O.C. - Word...Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4jg7oY9RvQ

  On 1/27/2011 at 9:26 PM, Makinami said:

Eric B. & Rakim

Yep, Paid in Full and Follow the Leader.

Everything by Gang Starr and De la Soul of course...

Madlib / Quasimoto

Out of the Wu Tang stuff you're missing Liquid Swords.

All Busta Rhymes up to/through Genesis. When Distaster Strikes and E.L.E. are on a whole 'nother level.

You cant go wrong with a bit of the J5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQs4F9nNTC8&feature=related

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

freestyle fellowship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtKgqnY5KsU

organized konfusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUn1u9SYdCQ

  On 1/27/2011 at 11:19 PM, acid1 said:

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

yeaaaaaaaaaaah 2001 as well. any madlib, really. med - push comes to shove!

Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown

Pete Rock and CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother

Outkast - Aquemini

Edan - Beauty and the Beat

J Dilla - Donuts

Common - Like Water For Chocolate / Resurrection

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Run DMC - Raising Hell

Fugees - The Score

Quasimoto - The Unseen

Some ones that weren't mentioned yet:

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

Capone N Noreaga - The War Report

Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

2pac - Me Against the World

Gang Starr - Hard to Earn and Moment of truth

OutKast - ATLiens

Mos Def - Black on Both Sides

Black Star - Black Star

GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords

De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient

Classic:

Aesop Rock - Labor Days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_W_x3nclY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rkf5H7J-S0

^ produced by Blockhead

Perhaps not considered a classic, quite a recent album too, but a personal recommendation:

Thirsty Fish - Testing The Waters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZItXhwxzeRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wutn1aEtLs

Was probably my most played thing over the entire summer. It's just a downright fun album, with a fish-theme for some reason. To me it always sounds like the result of a couple of really talented guys messing about and producing a great album as they're having a laugh. Kinda like EKT. They're part of Project Blowed, like Busdriver etc. If you like the crazier stuff by DOOM, like Mm Food or the "happier" tracks on Doomsday, this should be for you.

Digable Planets

yah, digable planets, organized konfusion, freestyle fellowship, some early de la soul, gotta love 'dah' shinin' by smif-n-wessun.

maybe some Aceyalone? Redman?

Naughty by Nature?

Hieroglyphix

Kurtis Blow

Boogie Down Productions

Camp Lo

Anything by Kool Keith, but I'd say especially the Dr. Dooom albums. IMO, way better than Dr. Octagon.

quasimoto - the unseen

nas - illmatic

the pharcyde - labcabincalifornia

slum village - fantastic vol 2

subtle - for hero: for fool

dälek - abandoned language

de la soul - de la soul is dead

company flow - funcrusher plus

the beastie boys - paul's boutique

i'm gonna say real quick that you'll never "need" any aesop rock, sage francis, or anything on anticon. otherwise just get whatever else people in this thread recommend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KutXyPEEbQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u5m_LfiXzM featuring Biggie Smalls (in his breakthrough) & Puffy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obm1yot0uo8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzyq4zZrmQ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DphkDgAMKqY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icBflcYZhpo

btw, I can't believe I'm the first to mention Biggie, LL, Slick Rick and The Geto Boys.