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A lot in the top 20 that I've never heard, and I thought I quite liked hip-hop, to a certain degree anyway.
I've never really explored metal, jazz or country - but I guess its a similar story.
A best of list is evidently an overtly contentious exercise. Its what you like - just like any other genre.
Nation of Millions is the rap London Calling. I like a lot of the Wu stuff - Supreme Clientele, Only Built 4 Cuban lynx, Liquid Swords..... Roots Manuva - Brand New Second hand is my favourite hip hop album - its as British queuing and marmite toast - he's lyrically brilliant, humorous, unique, rhythmic and complex and the music has a musical, lo-fi London via Jamaica feel. Its an immersive album.
Hope you don'd mind me asking but what makes you say that? I vaguely recalling hearing rumours that he'd experienced some mental health issues.......and there has been no music since 2015.... I really enjoyed that very unique first album.
thanks
J
I am just going to assume it was a challenging experience for your friend?
I apologise for going off topic here @Reverend - but I just want to say that you regularly blow my antiquated preconceptions of 'metal heads' out of the water..... I've never been a metal fan but the depth and detail of your appreciation of the genre and your opened mindedness even has this none believer intrigued - Your demonstrating that my belief that not many metal fans would be aware of brand new second hand is as ill-informed, unhelpful and wrong headed as the sort of prejudice I'd be so quick to decry in other forms.
Interestingly, I only own about 10 of the (200-100) range, and only a handful of the top 20. I think that probably reflects "where I am" with hip-hop: sufficiently interested to own "the good stuff" but too hipster for the seriously successful mainstream stuff (most of the top 20) and not sufficiently into it to know the more obscure.