Hip Hop must haves

Some great recommendations, think I'm gonna pick up Liquid Swords and some Smif-n-Wessun next.

Here's something for all the Mm.. Food lovers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0lZwGcOB14

Lot's of samples taken from this cartoon that I watched as a kid.

To the posted who recommended this, thanks, it's superb. Never heard any of their stuff before.

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

while this thread's going, could I break in and ask more specifically for hip-hop production milestones I should check out? Lyricality is never something I was particularly enamoured with (call me a plebeian or whatever) but lush and/or impressively sparse backings are lovely to tune out the words to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUbtmdP5hhY&playnext=1&list=PL14A1CFD501E9A25D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I56Kkxh_os

  On 1/27/2011 at 11:43 PM, Ricky Downtown said:

J Dilla - Donuts

Quasimoto - The Unseen

Absolutely essential. Two of the very finest.

As well as:

Big L - Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

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

Binary Star - Waterworld (/Masters of the Universe)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnD_CXnXEB8

Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTnog5RRQo

Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FrFwQj1TSk

Ghostface Killah - Ironman (just noticed you have this already but whatever)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmQZtfx51k

Jaylib - Champion Sound

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

Murs - Murs 3:16 (9th Edition)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFdM1KN4u20

The Pharcyde - Labcabinfornia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0

not sure how easy any are to obtain but all essential as hell imo

  On 1/28/2011 at 4:58 PM, AcrossCanyons said:

  On 1/27/2011 at 11:43 PM, Ricky Downtown said:

J Dilla - Donuts

Quasimoto - The Unseen

 

Absolutely essential. Two of the very finest.

 

As well as:

 

Big L - Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

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

 

Binary Star - Waterworld (/Masters of the Universe)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnD_CXnXEB8

 

Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTnog5RRQo

 

Jaylib - Champion Sound

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

 

 

not sure how easy any are to obtain but all essential as hell imo

Will be checkin these out for sure, cheers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vp9jqom8yI

EPMD

labcabincalifornia is good but bizarre ride II the pharcyde is better imo, definitely a classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBO9-RqsmsQ

  On 1/28/2011 at 6:56 PM, Boxus said:

labcabincalifornia is good but bizarre ride II the pharcyde is better imo, definitely a classic

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBO9-RqsmsQ

also incredible, I agree.

  On 1/28/2011 at 6:56 PM, Boxus said:

labcabincalifornia is good but bizarre ride II the pharcyde is better imo, definitely a classic

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBO9-RqsmsQ

I respect that, but disagree...i love me some labcab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpcy-GLfN9c

@asymmetrical head: Very nice list there, this thread is going to cost me a lot of money, I'm off to Discogs

ice mc

seriously though, if you like fuckin stoned chillax "im a badass whenever this comes on", you gotta love Camp Lo. i wish they had more exposure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG405y51cVk

i know there are some that i forgot... the first one that comes to mind is this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PCl77YfqGY

for those of you who might not know, there's a track on this album called "wouldn't you like to know" that is basically a remake of sorts of "alberto balsam". I tried finding a youtube of this but had now luck.

Did not read the whole thread, but was Showbiz & A.G. mentioned? If not definetly check it out.

My favourites and one album from each that would be a good entry point:

DJ Krush - Jaku

The Roots - Illadelph Halflife

Common - Like Water for Chocolate

Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

J Dilla - The Shining

Mos Def - The New Danger

Talib Kweli - Quality

Cypress Hill - Temples of Boom

Saul Williams - Saul Williams

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic vol 1

Method Man - Tical

GZA - Liquid Swords

Outkast - Aquemini

A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory

MF Doom - Mmm Food

Mr Lif - Mo Mega

JVC Force - Strong Island

Just Ice - Goin Way Back

That's it really, it's all you need.

[youtubehd]-b94GktBW-k[/youtubehd] recognize

[youtubehd]b8ZJSJCK7vQ[/youtubehd] dat bassline

[youtubehd]Fku2DmRFExw[/youtubehd] haaaa

[youtubehd]q_tjtGH3nB4[/youtubehd] busta

[youtubehd]ZCWGRehW_JI[/youtubehd] got the tom scott sax sample that in TROY, anyone know the other sample?

[youtubehd]b_R-D3Tf2JU[/youtubehd] speaking of pete rock

[youtubehd]KiH4_sSQrtc[/youtubehd] 9th

[youtubehd]FzAo0HSfjRU[/youtubehd] ^

[youtubehd]C5KPH4wuRDg[/youtubehd] premier

[youtubehd]mjFYT439L68[/youtubehd] classic

[youtubehd]nvzW609hqDc[/youtubehd] doom

[youtubehd]VhxLhce50Yg[/youtubehd] nas + doom

[youtubehd]JoZnqFipOvk[/youtubehd] mos + doom

[youtubehd]rGChSWMHwOE[/youtubehd] probably my fav sage

[youtubehd]j-j_l7SkYCc[/youtubehd] saul williams

i forgot how badass early busta rhymes was.

I've always been a fan of busta rhymes since i first heard his rhyme solo on "senario"... but i never owned any of his albums.

Deltron - Deltron 3030

[youtubehd]WJLoBmaOWhg[/youtubehd]

The Roots - The Tipping Point

[youtubehd]L9eKBMp6xnA[/youtubehd]

In this context I wouldn't count it because it's not complete without the accompanying animation, but DJ QBert's 'Wave Twister's' is outstanding in terms of vision.

I love The Roots but The Tipping Point doesn't really do it for me. It's such a dry album, it seems like a reaction to the diversity and psychedelia of Phrenology. The tour was absolutely incredible but of course they changed the arrangements almost beyond recognition. I remember they came out with Boom and sounded absolutely nothing like the album version, took us a few minutes to realize what they were playing