Runny-Ray's 40 Most Essential Hip-Hop Albums Of All-Time

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

with 40 years of hip-hop in the books, these are the most essential releases according to the coli's most beloved & most hated homeboy. later for these wack culture-vulture magazine lists.

not saying that these are the 40 best albums. some of these arent even the best albums by said artists. but these are the 40 most essential.



the cold crush brothers - live at the dixie
grandmaster flash & the furious five - the message
the threacherous three - the treacherous three
run dmc - run dmc
whodini - escape
ll cool j - radio
schooly d - saturday night
run dmc - raising hell

beastie boys - licensed to ill
salt n pepa - hot, cool & vicious
boogie down productions - criminal minded
eric b & rakim - paid in full
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
NWA - straight outta compton
slick rick - the great adventures of slick rick
big daddy kane - long live the kane

2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be
De La Soul - 3 Ft High & Rising
Ghetto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level
Brand Nubian - One For All
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Gangstarr - Daily Operation
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Mecca & The Soul Brother

Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Live & Let Die
dr dre - the chronic
snoop doggy dogg - doggystyle
wu-tang clan - enter the 36 chambers
nas - illmatic
mobb deep - the infamous
raekwon - the purple tape
bone thugs-n-harmony - e.99 eternal

2pac - all eyez on me
makaveli - don kiluminati.....the 7 day theory
notorious big - life after death
master p - ghetto d
dmx - its dark & hell is hot
juvenile - 400 degreez
jay-z - the blueprint
young jeezy - thug motivation 101

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

feel free to comment, as long as youre on-topic.

whether you got something good or bad to say. IDGAF. just keep it hip-hop.

 

[smokeurobinson]

dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince - he's the dj i'm the rapper

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince - he's the dj i'm the rapper

that was one of my favorite teams when i was a pup, but i dont know about it being top 40 essential.

make a case for it akie. that time period is the next up on the list

sidenote: how come nobody mentions "rock the house" anymore?

 

[smokeurobinson]

that was one of my favorite teams when i was a pup, but i dont know about it being top 40 essential.

make a case for it akie. that time period is the next up on the list

sidenote: how come nobody mentions "rock the house" anymore?

LOL...No one mentions it because lets be real....the 2nd album was their only really great album. I say its essential because it had a single that won the first grammy in a Hip Hop category.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

LOL...No one mentions it because lets be real....the 2nd album was their only really great album. I say its essential because it had a single that won the first grammy in a Hip Hop category.

maybe.

i havnt heard the album in about 20 years.

but "girls aint nothin but trouble" is CLASSIC. and i remember other bangers on there.

vinyl.

 

[smokeurobinson]

Slick Rick - Great Adventures of Slick Rick.

We were in a new era being lead by KRS, Rakim and PE and some cats from the west called NWA and Slick Rick from 'back in the day' Ladidadi fame came outta nowhere with a classic.

 

[Manuel Hot Pepper Lopez]

Why don't you loveboys just pm each other for this crap since you're the only two that care?

 

[Niqqa You Gay]

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Slick Rick - Great Adventures of Slick Rick.

We were in a new era being lead by KRS, Rakim and PE and some cats from the west called NWA and Slick Rick from 'back in the day' Ladidadi fame came outta nowhere with a classic.

thats a top 10 classic right there.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

beastie boys - licensed to ill
salt n pepa - hot, cool & vicious
boogie down productions - criminal minded
eric b & rakim - paid in full
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
NWA - straight outta compton
slick rick - the great adventures of slick rick
big daddy kane - long live the kane

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

De La Soul - 3 Ft Hight & Rising
Ghetto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level
Brand Nubian - One For All
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Gangstarr - Daily Operation
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Mecca & The Soul Brother
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Live & Let Die

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

24 down

16 to go

 

[DaveyDave]

got them all so far except Treacherous Three & Cold Crush. i can't find that Treacherous Three album ANYWHERE, bloody Whip It and other ones always come up. is there audio of the Cold Crush joint on the net? or is a "had to have it on tape back in the day" thing

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

got them all so far except Treacherous Three & Cold Crush. i can't find that Treacherous Three album ANYWHERE, bloody Whip It and other ones always come up. is there audio of the Cold Crush joint on the net? or is a "had to have it on tape back in the day" thing

youtubes

not sure if they have them in their entirety tho.