Best hip hop albums of all time?

[AAP]

Success N Effects - Roll it up my nigga.

 

[XBiker]

I wouldn't call Mobb Deep hip hop.

B-Boys, Paul's Boutique has my vote.

 

[MrMakaveli]

1. Chronic
2. Makaveli 7 Day Theory
3. Ready to Die
4. Doggystyle
5. Illmatic
6. 36 Chambers
7. Autobiography of Kirk Jones (Sticky's shit always gets slept on)
8. License to Ill
9. Marshell Mathers LP
10. Straigh Outta Compton

 

[ariolanine]

Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
NWA - Niggaz for life
Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Those three albums are the blueprint for all of hip hop. And they still sound good today.

 

[flex123]

Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys .....what did we forget about these guys?

Was just going to post Tribe.....best hip hop group ever.

 

[The Shadow]

Raising Hell.

 

[mylife]

NO ONE else enjoyed jay-z reasonable doubt as much as me i take it?

how could you not? anyone listened to this album from start to finish? the lyrics are amazing, beats are refreshing, and the whole album carries 3 themes. focus, determination, and justice.

 

[MrMakaveli]

Jay bites too many of BIG's lyrics for my taste, although that album was dope.

 

[mylife]

Jay bites too many of BIG's lyrics for my taste, although that album was dope.

true. he acknowledges that fact though. "you made it a hot line, i made it a hot song"

brooklyn's finest feat. biggie off Reasonable Doubt flows pretty nicely as well. you could say that's when big passed the torch, so to speak.

 

[Debaser]

Black Moon - Enta da stage
Wu Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Path of Rhythm
Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
Group Home - Livin' Proof
Del the Funkee Homosapien - I Wish my Brother George was Here
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
GZA - Liquid Swords
Common Sense - Resurrection
Black Star - Black Star
Souls of Mischief - 93 till Infinity
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
KRS - Criminal Minded
EPMD - Strictly Business
Nas - Illmatic
Gang Starr - Full Clip (a decade of Gang Starr)
Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
Digable Planets - Reachin
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Anything when the RZA rhymes except Bobby Digi's crap. peace

Bump because this guy has incredible taste. Hats off to you. I would add Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious, and a couple others.