Rhyme Pays Ice-T 1987


Criminal Minded Boogie Down Productions 1987


Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy 1989


Follow The Leader Eric B & Rakim 1988


and the fifth would be a mix consisting of some 1985 Melle Mel and the Furious Five without GM Flash, a bit of Nas´s Illmatic and Stillmatic, definitely Jay Z´s Reasonable Doubt, Mos Def´s Black On Both Sides, Notorius BIG´s Born To Die, Run DMC´s first three albums, NWA´s Straight Outta Compton and Icecube´s AmeriKKKa´s Most Wanted, MC Shan´s debut Album, Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonice Force´s Planet Rock album, some UTFO stuff and of course some Master Ace and A Tribe Called Quest and something off Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg....can´t make up my mind about the fifth one.

And how could I ever forget Whodini´s Back In Black (1986) ?

To Cinister Cee:


































There was also an instrumental version of Criminal Minded by BDP.
Their label back then was kinda shady ( B-Boy Records) and I don´t know if they were even aware of it.

KoolEaze said:

Someone must have been, because the remastered version features many of those classic instrumentals.

Mos Def Black on Both Sides

Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP

Notorious B.I.G. Ready To Die

Slum Village Fantastic Vol. 2

Nas Illmatic

Damn, I fogot this one....

KoolEaze said:

Now that's one I often forget about and I don't know why. Now the man behind Cop Killer is playing a cop on NBC these days...
But that LP was classic.

Rhyme Syndicate...

namepeace said:

I betcha Scott La Rock used to spin those instrumental versions for the live set too.

ok, I'm late... all the esentials are already listed (even X-Clan )

still I would like to add this to my goodie bag

On The Nile - Egyptian Lover
One Track Mind - Egyptian Lover
Jam On Revenge - Newcleus
Kings Of The West Coast - LA Dream Team
Escape - Whodini

Dancelot said:

good call

I think these deserve to be in this thread as well...

CinisterCee said:

Despite my distate for their theology, and their rank hypocrisy when it came to sexual promiscuity, I loved the Brand Nu. They came with nice beats, nice rhymes and overall a good message.

novamonkey said:

Of course they do, they're your favorites!

ChristopherTracyParade said:

I loved this album when it came out, but I don't think it's aged well at all.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I also loved it more when it first dropped, but I think it's aged fine, though in hindsight, their followup, which is easily one of the best hip-hop album ever made, was and IS criminally underlooked and gets better with time . . .


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If anyone was to ask for my next five(which they didn't), they would be...


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Missy Elliott Supa Dupa Fly
Lauryn Hill The Miseducation...
RUN-DMC RUN-DMC
Bubba Sparxxx Deliverance
MC Lyte Act like you know

CinisterCee said:

That would be an interesting new thread.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Actually it has aged very well, because the jazz vibe is forever...well past this Lil Jon-inspired bullshit we hear now, that will be gone by the end of 06.

namepeace said:

you mean like

Though I can freak, fly, flow, fuck up a faggot.
Don't understand their ways I ain't down with gays.

lilgish said:

Nope. Like self-awareness and pride in one's heritage.

Hated the Five Percent theology, the hypocrisy (condemning promiscuous women while bragging on their sexual conquests) and of course the violent homophobia.

namepeace said:

yea I was co-signing you, shoulda cut your

response to

I thought about startin a thread on Punks Jump Up vs. C'mon Wit Da Git Down by the Artifacts. Punks Jump up is such a cool title and saying, sorta like shook one, even though the lyrics to shook ones is horrible. I like how Big uses it in the Party and Bullshit song, plus it was funny when Martin used it on his show.

lilgish said:[quote]

namepeace said:

I hear ya.

Yeah, or even a larger thread about how hip-hop heads sometimes have to filter the uglier stuff out when appreciating the music. No hip-hop group -- not PE, ATCQ, Common or anyone else -- is without its uglier side.

namepeace said:

Gimme The Loot comes to mind.

i forgot





so now its those 2 and


hammer-too legit to quit (i changed my mind)