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... I was wrong. Licensed to Ill.
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Right...cheated and googled the top results. I have heard of most of the artists in the top 50 but Lauryn Hill is the only one I've heard a whole album by. I'd say she isn't typical hip hop but clearly I'm not the most informed person to say.
I can't see the name Kanye West without thinking "tit" and I can't see the name Jay Z without thinking "wanker". In all fairness they's probably say the same of me.
Can't pretend to be especially interested in Hip-Hop as a genre. I'm more interested in the drum machines and samplers.
Are Buckshot LeFonque on the list? They touch on Hip-Hop and other dance music styles but still manage to play melodies and riffs.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
I guess the truth is, not many of us on here are into hip-hop, that's just a fact.
If anyone is really into it (like @CHRISB50), it would be interesting to know what they think of this list. I suspect it's a bit like their "100 greatest guitarists" or "100 greatest rock albums" - a lot of shite just to wind people up and try to look cool and clever.
I'm in my mid 40's and it just feels part of my musical furniture and always has been really (though I struggle with some of the newer styles and the more 'bling' stuff). It was there when I was young, with Walk This Way and Run DMC,and the more commercial late 80's stuff ( I used to love the Fat Boys!). Then I heard Public Enemy, saw Cypress Hill, Ice T and Ice Cube at Reading Festival. When I went to University though, I got into it way more, discovered the Wu-Tang Clan and the many offshoots, Gangstarr, Rakim, Mosdef, Jurassic 5, Tribe Called Quest, DJ Shadow, I prefer the more jazzy and 'intelligent' rappers, such as Blackalicious, Guru etc. Anything to do with DJ Premier (of Gangstarr) is always gold. J Dilla too.
Over lockdown I investigated and really got into Dr Dre, NWA, Snoop Dog etc etc, which I'd never got into before, preferring East Coast style. Also I got into Nas' Illmatic - which I think could well be the finest hip-hop album ever.
As for current stuff, Little Simz and Loyle Carner are excellent.
There's plenty of quality stuff in that 200, and plenty of stuff I've not heard of to investigate, can't really argue with it as someone's personal list, apart from not including my two best albums, Wu Tang Forever and Gangstarr's Moment of Truth.
@Philly_Q true. It’s a bit like the other lists you mention. I like the stuff I like. Those are pretty much the albums I own (even some of them I don't like anymore).
For example, I've never liked West Coast rap, I'm not into Notorious BIG, rated the Wu Tang spin off's more than the stuff they did together, and I've never really liked Nas as a solo artist.
It looks to be a relatively standard list of the stuff I'd expect to see.
I was quite surprised to see The Streets. As it's an American list I didn't realise he was even known over there, let alone rated. That album has a very British sound to it.
I'm 43 so similar age to @MagicPigDetective. Fairly similar tastes too.
My first love were De La Soul. I was fascinated with turntables when I was a kid, and liked the fact you could manipulate the sound, just by touching the record.
I've always been more into the DJ / production side than the actual vocals / rapping.
I went down the turntablism (shred for DJ's) rabbit hole for a few years so a lot of my taste is more along those lines, but quite niche for a list like this.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Overall I was really surprised that there was no Tupac/2Pac in the top 10. But yeah I really like these lists in general (Album of the year lists etc.) they are always good for a bit of a debate.
I don't know his music at all, but he seems to be the hip-hop equivalent of the Ramones, or Jim Morrison or Kurt Cobain - I see a lot of people with Tupac T-shirts or paraphernalia although I think he's been dead quite a while now.
134) 2Pac, ‘Me Against the World’ (1995)
This Greatest Hits album is an excellent introduction to Tupac https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/2pac/greatest-hits/
I think you are the most qualified person on here to give their opinion tbh!
I’ll have a check through and see how many I’ve heard.
edit:
1-50 - 26
51-100 - 15
101-150 - 15
151-200 - 5