Top 5 proto-hiphop albums of all time IMO

[Tom]

Everyone should own this LP IMO....

Gil Scott Heron "Pieces of a Man" (1971)

nikkas say Biggie bit Nas album cover, but Nas bit Nikki Giovannis

Nikki Giovanni "The Truth is on It's way" (1979)

Thee originators........

The Last Poets "This is Madness" (1971)

Paved the way for husling/trap music....
Lightnin Rod "Hustler's Convention" (1973)

Reggae/proto Rap classic.....

U-Roy "Dread in Babylon" (1975)

 

[Chris Mauro]

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anybody got a link to that Nikki Giovanni album?

 

[Rakim Allah]

Nice thread...I actually found the Nikki Giovanni record at a yard sale in Watts a few yrs back!!