run dmc-raising hell,house of pain-truth crused to earth shall rise again,cypress hill-temples of boom,funkdoobiest-brothas dobbie,nas-illmatic,cage-movies for the blind,canibus-rip the jacker,gza-liquid swords,eric b and rakim-follow the leader,bdp-criminal minded.kool g rap -giancana stories,
I think they're confusing some of the (arguably) best albums with those that changed the game. It's clear, from the absence of albums made prior to 1994, they are only focusing on the "golden age" of hip hop. Illmatic changed the game but I don't think Ready to Die did (especially since they were released within 5 months of each other). It's Dark and Hell is Hot should definitely be on this list as should Enter the Wu-Tang.
BULLSHIT, This is the usual garbage fed to masses, The self titled Run Dmc album changed the game in 1983, then albums such as LL Cool J Radio, Run DMC Raising Hell, BDP Criminal Minded, Public Enemy Yo Bum Rush The Show, Stetsasonic On Fire, Gangstarr No More Mr Nice Guy, Eric B & Rakim Paid In Full etc moved Hip Hop onto a new level, Its typical for media whores to leave out those artists that paved the way in favour of these Showbiz Rappers.
DMX its dark and hell is hot probably made the biggest impaxt in hip hop since str8 outta compton, X changed the entire game over night, he brought back that rugged rap when puffy was over saturating the game with pop rap, if it wernt for X the game woulda got a lot softer a lot quicker, respect to DMX, also people credit wutang for bringin back the east, BULLSHIT, onyx brought the spotlight back to the east in 92 goin 2 x platinum with bacdafucup and having worldwide succes with slam
What about Public Enemy? Wu-Tang Clan? A Trib Called Quest? Run-DMC? Gang Starr? All of them changed Hip-Hop WAY more than for example Nas and Blackstar(what the fuck are they even doing on this list?) & they ALL released albums before Nas.
@Quintonamort Don't even go there dude. The Blackstar album is lyrically one of the best albums of all time. It brought a sense of consciousness and spirituality to Hip Hop. Almost every song on that album could single handedly change an individuals life and thought process.
Honorable Mentions: Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar, Capital Punishment, Lifestyles Ov Da Poor and Dangerous, Paid In Full, Long Live the Kane, and I'm still missing more..........(as far as old school, east coast hip-hop is concerned..........)
i predicted ready to die and illmatic before i even watched the video lol lets face it if those two albums werent on here that it would of been straight up hate and every hip hop head knows it
just as i feared..a heavy new york fav list.smh people esp. my new yorkers yes hip hop came from there but why oh why does every every list has 2 been sooooooooo NY, 30years and more who know how many albums yet all we can put up there is what a new yorker think and or feels sad cause there are waaaaaay 2 many albums 4 a top5 and those albums were great but come on!
The Chronic should have been number 1. Deadass son. Before the chronic, hiphop was either political, gangsta rap, or party music. This was the first album to include all 3.
The Chronic did not affect Hip-Hop in the East that much though, in that essence 2001 is way more influential (even though the album is terrible). So no, I'd never place Dre on a list like this. He changed Hip-Hop way more in N.W.A than he ever did in his solo career.
@Godisfinger chronic 2001 is terrible? son there aint a shitty joint on that, and it probably defines dr dres peak as a producer, album was gangsta but appealed to everyone and that aint an easy task, i aint dr dres biggest fan (as a rapper) but that album is a certified classic, it defo changed hip hop in terms of the west, he molded the sound for the next few years of mainstream west coast mcs, most notably xzibits restless album
@qaanjeer500 It is, one of my favorites too. But this list only includes albums who changed Hip-Hop, which cannot be said for Moment of Truth since it didn't make anything revolutionary more than being one of the best albums of all time.
But the list is fucked up. They jump in way before the Old School era & just totally shit all over legends like P.E., Eric B & Rakim, Run-DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Boogie Down Productions and many more who definitely changed Hip-Hop more than these 5.
1 album that should be on here is RUN-DMC, raisin hell. these albums contributed, but not so much changed hip hop.im 42 & i remember in 1986 when that came out, it was everywhere. also beastie boys, liscensed to ill. & where is criminal minded ? honorable mention eric b & rakim, paid in full. there's more that are more deserving than these here.
I'm sure if they made a longer list it would include Tribe, Eric B & Rakim, Wu, Digable Planets, etc. But fuck that Death Row shit. The album that should be on here is 2Pacalypse
@bessamsam Yup! 2pacalypse Now is the most underrated album of all time. The only album to mix politics, emceein, flow skills, street subject matter, storytelling, and passion all in the same album. Perfect blend of rappin and emcee skills.
Hip means to know its a form of intelligence. To be hip is to be up date and relevant. Hop is a form of movement, you can't just observe a hop you have to hop up and do it.
Also, I have more of an issue with 2Pac being on this list than Jay-Z. I'm not saying 2Pac wasn't influential or game changing, but he was a rapper not an MC and this is the 5 Albums That Changed HIP HOP not RAP. Just my opinion. I started listening to Rap music like Too Short, , NWA, Cube, 2Pac and the first album that turned me to Hip Hop was Common Sense's Resurrection. That album is LEGENDARY.
i dont think there was 5 albums that couldve changed hip hop. there is more. i would agree with Nas Illmatic but what about NWA - Straight outta compton, the start of gangsta rap? Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full. Wu Tang- 36 Chambers? Rakim- 18th Letter; the first million dollar deal in rap? Raekwon- Only Built For Cuban Linxs? Snoop Dogg -Doggystyle? Dr Dre- the Chronic 1992 & 2001? Ice Cube- Americas most wanted? not to forget Public Enemy- it takes a nation, a tribe called quest and Run DMC?
paid in full, 36 chambers, straight outta compton, it takes a nation of millions to hold us back, ready to die. i would also make another 5 with illmatic, tougher than leather, strickly business, bigger deffer criminal minded
Here are several others I may have missed: 2Pac, Notorious BIG, Naughty By Nature, Ice Cube, UGK, DJ Magic Mike, Geto Boys, Slick Rick, Sir Mix-Alot, Tribe Called Quest, Fugees, Drake, Wu Tang Clan, E40 etc.. All of these were unique.
Wow! This is not what I would agree with changed history. Let's go back!! Here are a few artists I believed made major impact. Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Salt & Pepa, Run-DMC, Boogie Down Productions and at mid point: MC Hammer, 2 Live Crew, NWA, Twista, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Snoop Dogg, Master P, Geto Boys, Lil Kim and presently Lil Wayne, Eninem, Jay Z, Nikki Menaji, and 50 Cent
The Only Cd's i can play from begining to end 15. A Tribe Called Quest-Low end theory 14. Big Daddy Kane-(First 2 albums) 13. Pete Rock and CL Smooth-Mecca and the Soul Brother 12. Eric B / Rakim-Paid in Full 11. 2pac-All eyes on me 10. Dr Dre-The Chronic 9. Gangstarr-Full Clip 8. Snoop Dogg-DoggyStyle 7. Big Pun-Capitol Punishment 6. Raekwon-Only Built for Cuban Linx 5. Mobb Deep-The Infamous 4. Wu Tang-36 Chambers 3. Biggie-Ready to die 2. Jay Z-Reasonable Doubt 1. Nas-Illmatic
@MrBaphomet616 wow man, I thought of 4 other albums off the top of my head, scrolled down, and you had all 4. Not sure about RK's album as changing hiphop forever though.
WTF is Ready To Die even in the list for, it didnt change s**t. BIGGIE was a mediocre lyricist and had nothing at all interesting to say. His fame is all about timing, PR and distribution. Pac too, although he had real touching material and was a great lyricist, but top 5??
To not list 36 Chambers and Criminal Minded is weird
I would really appreciate it if you guys could just list your top 10 hip hop albums of all time. I'm done with that new school garbage and I'm trying to really get into the old school classics so I would really appreciate it if you guys could just list your top ten hip hop albums of all time. Thanks!
@MrCommenterguy Yep. I agree. The Blackstar album was obviously a classic, but they're citing it for things Public Enemy did a decade earlier. Public Enemy's first three albums are game-changing hip-hop and classics in every sense of the word. Not to knock Kweli and Mos, but there's no way in hell they deserve that spot.
I think 36 chambers should definitely be up there, as a musician I always wanted to make beats... At 16 I got a drum machine around 17 I heard 36 chambers and The RZA instantly changed the way I look at things. samples didn't have to be just from songs they could be movies or even just sound effects from movies.
I'm almost 20 now and after all this time the ones mentioned in their list definitely had an impact on rapping but nobody else changed production on the level that RZA did.
@IMAGO0N You're a fucking joke, when's the last time you were in school? History doesn't need to be split up. History is taught as history. Not white history, black history, asian history, or any other race history. That shit just expands segregation.
wow I'm th3e biggest BIG and Jay fan there is but where was Chronic (one OR 2001) or the marshale mathers or slim shady lp on here, they deserverd it more than pac I think how many ppl acrtually LISTEN to all eyes on me to this day, not me
Wow you talkin 'bout BIG and Jigga's Mafioso style and forget to mention to most influential album of the 90's: Cuban Linx.
I don't even see the reason for such a list, nor do I see the reason for talkin that trashy-rapish-like. We're no kids you have to talk in slang to....
Makes me kinda ashamed listenin to hip hop when I see this.
Youre not my boy Jay Sparks! youre a cock sucking faggot Libral pissy. Get a real job you piece of shit idiot. Youre mother should have swallowed your stupid ass.
What the fuck is black history month?? Blacks have a million times more history then a fucking month. Same goes for every other race. Fuck Fox, fuck HHO and Fuck anyone else endorsing Black history month.
@Kingofthestreets90 Thank you. This list is a mess. All five of the albums listed are directly influenced by Paid in Full, and you can't discuss hardcore hip-hop, period, without mentioning Straight Outta Compton. Run DMC's Raising Hell should be mentioned as the first rap album to crack the mainstream. Cuban Linx was far more influential than RD. And Life After Death was (unfortunately) much more influential than Ready to Die, despite R2D being the better album.
@Kingofthestreets90 Paid in full was around the time of the beginning of hip hop so it didnt change it? Paid in full was the style of first hip hop. I do agree with you on NWA though. they brought something completely different but I cant really argue with this top 5!
@JSPACEandALFAH That's not really true, Paid in Full was very early in the game but Rakim basically invented the lyrical and rhythmic form that emcees have evolved from since then. He expanded the complexity of emceeing so vastly that not much has been done to surpass him. People don't rhyme like Sugar Hill Gang today, they rhyme like Rakim. Even if they don't know it.
I agree with illmatic first rap/hip hop album i actually bought and listened too but id like to see wu tang 36 chambers or even something like gangstarr or public enemy
alot of comments here disagree with all eyez on me being on this list but they are failing to acknowledge that the image 2pac created with all eyez on me is what alot of rappers would try to recreate. everyone wants to pac, he is probably the most influential rapper of all time when it comes to how many rappers try to take his style.
Are they serious? This just sounds like a list of some of the greatest artists of the 90s. All of those were good albums, but not Hip-hop changing. Illmatic brought skills back so I'll give that. Biggie brought NY back officially on a commercial level. That's all! Hip-hop changing were albums like the "Run-DMC" album, "Straight Outta Compton," "Paid In Full,"and number 1 is "It takes a Nation to Hold Us Back."
illmatic
mos def and talib kweli are black star
low end theory
resurrection
enter the wu tang 36 chambers
tcrizzle714 3 days ago
Company flow fun crusher plus gave hip hop the whole independent era and had a whole generation screaming "independent as f@@k"!!
KubrickMkUltra 6 days ago
run dmc-raising hell,house of pain-truth crused to earth shall rise again,cypress hill-temples of boom,funkdoobiest-brothas dobbie,nas-illmatic,cage-movies for the blind,canibus-rip the jacker,gza-liquid swords,eric b and rakim-follow the leader,bdp-criminal minded.kool g rap -giancana stories,
pontus227 1 week ago
change jay-z with Enter the Wu Tang(36 chambers) and you got it right
gtaacmilan4ever95 2 weeks ago
Thieves in the Night by Black Star
wilzusuki 2 weeks ago
resonable doubt didnt change shit. Its jay trying to make Illmatic.
InfamousAct 3 weeks ago
whats name son 3:43 and the last song PLEAZ
bboydu60 3 weeks ago
I think they're confusing some of the (arguably) best albums with those that changed the game. It's clear, from the absence of albums made prior to 1994, they are only focusing on the "golden age" of hip hop. Illmatic changed the game but I don't think Ready to Die did (especially since they were released within 5 months of each other). It's Dark and Hell is Hot should definitely be on this list as should Enter the Wu-Tang.
msbrillynyc 3 weeks ago
Nas - Illmatic
kutkinderen 3 weeks ago 5
Sorry but iMO Pac, Biggie and JaYZ are so overrated...
MCNeurotiK 3 weeks ago
BULLSHIT, This is the usual garbage fed to masses, The self titled Run Dmc album changed the game in 1983, then albums such as LL Cool J Radio, Run DMC Raising Hell, BDP Criminal Minded, Public Enemy Yo Bum Rush The Show, Stetsasonic On Fire, Gangstarr No More Mr Nice Guy, Eric B & Rakim Paid In Full etc moved Hip Hop onto a new level, Its typical for media whores to leave out those artists that paved the way in favour of these Showbiz Rappers.
SoulLegendsRadio 1 month ago
Afrika Bambaataa ? Run DMC ? Public Enemy ? Beastie Boys? Eric B & Rakim ? I MEAN, REALLY..
djdarthvader1 1 month ago
enter the wu tang 36 chambers
mecca and the soul brother
moment of truth
the main ingredient
and lets not forget that pieces of a man started it XD
tcrizzle714 1 month ago
does someone know the video of nas brushing his shirt infront of the bridge ??
AfroDevful 1 month ago
@AfroDevful The video is called One Love.. came out in 1994
blackezi3 3 weeks ago
are you kidding me...all eyez on me over ready to die? compare the lyrics there is just no comparison...tupac is an actor lets not forget
WHATman666 1 month ago
get jay z the fuck outta there
trippypaul88 1 month ago
heheh have all on LP
powerpuffMC 1 month ago
@powerpuffMC no i dont...
powerpuffMC 1 month ago
No1 for me has to be Jay-Z...
MrSh1z 1 month ago
DMX its dark and hell is hot probably made the biggest impaxt in hip hop since str8 outta compton, X changed the entire game over night, he brought back that rugged rap when puffy was over saturating the game with pop rap, if it wernt for X the game woulda got a lot softer a lot quicker, respect to DMX, also people credit wutang for bringin back the east, BULLSHIT, onyx brought the spotlight back to the east in 92 goin 2 x platinum with bacdafucup and having worldwide succes with slam
TheHardcoreBastard 1 month ago
looool ayo i cant stay black cuz im white, but nice vid
steelbird0212 1 month ago
thats just about 90ies!
hip hop is bigger than that ..
Browneeentertainment 1 month ago
dis wigga!
ChikaChikkaSlimShady 1 month ago
What is this shit?!
What about Public Enemy? Wu-Tang Clan? A Trib Called Quest? Run-DMC? Gang Starr? All of them changed Hip-Hop WAY more than for example Nas and Blackstar(what the fuck are they even doing on this list?) & they ALL released albums before Nas.
This is some bullshit.
Godisfinger 1 month ago
@Godisfinger illmatic should still be there but i agree wtf is blackstarr ttheer for?
Quintonamort 1 month ago
@Quintonamort Don't even go there dude. The Blackstar album is lyrically one of the best albums of all time. It brought a sense of consciousness and spirituality to Hip Hop. Almost every song on that album could single handedly change an individuals life and thought process.
JakeRN1992 1 month ago
@Quintonamort blackstar is the best of the 5, no doubt
Gustouf87 1 month ago
@Godisfinger Tribe is definitely shunned here.
tonydear77 1 month ago
No. Nope. Uh-uh. Sorry.
Enter the 36 Chambers
Ready To Die
Any Gang Starr Album
Any KRS/BDP album
Illmatic
Honorable Mentions: Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar, Capital Punishment, Lifestyles Ov Da Poor and Dangerous, Paid In Full, Long Live the Kane, and I'm still missing more..........(as far as old school, east coast hip-hop is concerned..........)
southsouthbronx 1 month ago
kinda suprized that the great adventures of slick rick didn't make the cut though....almost every rapper sampled his shit because it was pure genius
lyricalapocalypse89 1 month ago
i predicted ready to die and illmatic before i even watched the video lol lets face it if those two albums werent on here that it would of been straight up hate and every hip hop head knows it
lyricalapocalypse89 1 month ago
to not have Enter the Wu Tang(36 chambers) on there is hip hop blasphemy...
you best Protect ya Neck..
RealHipHopEire32 1 month ago 22
just as i feared..a heavy new york fav list.smh people esp. my new yorkers yes hip hop came from there but why oh why does every every list has 2 been sooooooooo NY, 30years and more who know how many albums yet all we can put up there is what a new yorker think and or feels sad cause there are waaaaaay 2 many albums 4 a top5 and those albums were great but come on!
tbeyah 1 month ago
illmatic is always the illest!
pleasestopthewar 1 month ago
The Chronic should have been number 1. Deadass son. Before the chronic, hiphop was either political, gangsta rap, or party music. This was the first album to include all 3.
RichieRichGoldBrickz 1 month ago
The Chronic did not affect Hip-Hop in the East that much though, in that essence 2001 is way more influential (even though the album is terrible). So no, I'd never place Dre on a list like this. He changed Hip-Hop way more in N.W.A than he ever did in his solo career.
Godisfinger 1 month ago
@Godisfinger chronic 2001 is terrible? son there aint a shitty joint on that, and it probably defines dr dres peak as a producer, album was gangsta but appealed to everyone and that aint an easy task, i aint dr dres biggest fan (as a rapper) but that album is a certified classic, it defo changed hip hop in terms of the west, he molded the sound for the next few years of mainstream west coast mcs, most notably xzibits restless album
TheHardcoreBastard 1 month ago
gangstarr???
marioCloudConnected 1 month ago
where is gang starr moment of truth that is gold album
qaanjeer500 1 month ago 2
@qaanjeer500 yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!
marioCloudConnected 1 month ago
@qaanjeer500 It is, one of my favorites too. But this list only includes albums who changed Hip-Hop, which cannot be said for Moment of Truth since it didn't make anything revolutionary more than being one of the best albums of all time.
But the list is fucked up. They jump in way before the Old School era & just totally shit all over legends like P.E., Eric B & Rakim, Run-DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Boogie Down Productions and many more who definitely changed Hip-Hop more than these 5.
Godisfinger 1 month ago
U gotta put in an Eric B. and Rakim album, all these people rapping like Rakim in '86 when he started with the new movement.
ChazSupreme 1 month ago
Country grammar? I'm not a huge nelly fan but changed da game up
stevo241999 1 month ago
I dont like like jay-z on this list.
futurejk5 1 month ago
disagree with jay z, pac, and biggie
put in tribe, run dmc
alistilla2 1 month ago
The Slim Shady LP.
Oaklandish1013 1 month ago
This is a great list. I'm glade that you mentioned the Black Star album.
ThePharmacistRx 1 month ago
These are all new york rappers, including 2pac who is from NY originally. Biased list, cant really respect it
GSphinx33 2 months ago
Dude, keeps talkin' bout black community in 'we'...
JETMpro 2 months ago
solid list if you ask me
wmc0354 2 months ago
1 album that should be on here is RUN-DMC, raisin hell. these albums contributed, but not so much changed hip hop.im 42 & i remember in 1986 when that came out, it was everywhere. also beastie boys, liscensed to ill. & where is criminal minded ? honorable mention eric b & rakim, paid in full. there's more that are more deserving than these here.
jaypthegreat 2 months ago
life stylez of da poor and dangerous and the infamous
WBSGBS 2 months ago
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Eli G - No Matter What
larsy1313 2 months ago
gangstarr??
zhaoyun107 2 months ago
illmatic, the marshall mather lp
DarShady 2 months ago
where's the old school RUN DMC or any Def jam ???? thats bulls**t
MrElm23 2 months ago
I'm sure if they made a longer list it would include Tribe, Eric B & Rakim, Wu, Digable Planets, etc. But fuck that Death Row shit. The album that should be on here is 2Pacalypse
bessamsam 2 months ago
@bessamsam Yup! 2pacalypse Now is the most underrated album of all time. The only album to mix politics, emceein, flow skills, street subject matter, storytelling, and passion all in the same album. Perfect blend of rappin and emcee skills.
glawz 1 month ago
Homeboy threw out the BlackStar album! This list is tight yo.
KryptonDaVillain 2 months ago
I think theres too many albums that changed hip hop, but this list is pretty good
12345enterhit 2 months ago
j dilla- donuts? he produced that shit in his hospital bed..
Emceekay11 2 months ago
@Emceekay11 Great album. Didn't change Hip Hop.
PARTYMARTYFTW 2 months ago
YO CHECK OUT...
Eli G - Skills
larsy1313 2 months ago
Wu tang, ATCQ, The roots, aceyalone,
Chr1st1anDeanda 2 months ago
ALTHOUGH THEY DO RELATE SIGNIFICANTLY, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAP MUSIC AND HIP-HOP.
DayaReloaded 2 months ago
@DayaReloaded so true
WeezyWanye 2 months ago
All Eyez on Me, Reasonable Doubt, Illmatic, Food and Liquor (Lupe Fiasco), Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli).
youngj1921 2 months ago
@youngj1921 Lupe Fiasco? You have to be kidding.
PARTYMARTYFTW 2 months ago
@PARTYMARTYFTW Nope, you need to listen to him. Probably the most lyrical rapper to ever hit the mainstream.
youngj1921 2 months ago
Hip means to know its a form of intelligence. To be hip is to be up date and relevant. Hop is a form of movement, you can't just observe a hop you have to hop up and do it.
MrBlackwings87 2 months ago
Also, I have more of an issue with 2Pac being on this list than Jay-Z. I'm not saying 2Pac wasn't influential or game changing, but he was a rapper not an MC and this is the 5 Albums That Changed HIP HOP not RAP. Just my opinion. I started listening to Rap music like Too Short, , NWA, Cube, 2Pac and the first album that turned me to Hip Hop was Common Sense's Resurrection. That album is LEGENDARY.
PARTYMARTYFTW 2 months ago
@PARTYMARTYFTW very well put.
DayaReloaded 2 months ago
Fugees-The Score
PARTYMARTYFTW 2 months ago 7
@cammeronlever I knew I would find a comment like yours if i scrolled down ! he's mixed race
CrazyBoingPoop 2 months ago
Wtf Jay? He didnt change shit.
Low end Theory and 36 chambers should be there
thesinner922 2 months ago
Personally I agree 100% with this list but thats my biased opinion because these are all my favorites.
travis7822 3 months ago
*MTV Top 5 Hip-Hop Albums*
#1.Eric.B and Rakim - Paid in Full
#2.Nas- Illmatic
#3.Dr.Dre- The Chronic
#4.Notorious B.I.G- Ready to die
#5.Run D.M.C- Raising Hell
shiftspaceback 3 months ago
i dont think there was 5 albums that couldve changed hip hop. there is more. i would agree with Nas Illmatic but what about NWA - Straight outta compton, the start of gangsta rap? Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full. Wu Tang- 36 Chambers? Rakim- 18th Letter; the first million dollar deal in rap? Raekwon- Only Built For Cuban Linxs? Snoop Dogg -Doggystyle? Dr Dre- the Chronic 1992 & 2001? Ice Cube- Americas most wanted? not to forget Public Enemy- it takes a nation, a tribe called quest and Run DMC?
Baiju900 3 months ago
"Raising Hell" - RUN-DMC... 'nuff said. These niggas seem to have forgotten that hip-hop existed before the '90s.
Sawubona2007 3 months ago
not a bad list imo some omissions though
CAM8689 3 months ago
Where the fuck is the god of rap Rakim Allah..????
milbah1991 3 months ago
Hey fools, the topic is Which albums changed hip hop, hence we are talking about moving a majority of the people, solet's see.
1:Illmatic after this nobody rap the same
2:Reasonable doubt, even today rappers be talking about hustling and the struggles they face in doing so.
3:All eyes on me, this opened the door for hip hop to broader horizons
4:Black Star: The album gave hope that it is not weird to be conscious
5:Ready to die:A lot of Eastcoast rap was ignored at the time, that change
lificpro 3 months ago
yea what ever .. wheres kool g ?
SvItoJ 3 months ago
Wu-tang, Blackstar, Gang Starr, Guru in general.
Dakatzpajamaz 3 months ago 2
A Tribe Called Quest should be recognized.
joehoracek 4 months ago
paid in full, 36 chambers, straight outta compton, it takes a nation of millions to hold us back, ready to die. i would also make another 5 with illmatic, tougher than leather, strickly business, bigger deffer criminal minded
kabukiallah 4 months ago
OC=JEWELZ
ROYAL FLUSH =GHETTO MILLIONAIRE
OUYKAST=ATLIENS
SELF SCIENTIFIC=THE WORKS
MOOD=DOOM
tibio 4 months ago
36 chambers wu tang instead of jay z
hotglock666 4 months ago
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation.. my nr 1.
nldrayson 4 months ago
Wu tang clan and a tribe called quest?
Katrill28 4 months ago 27
@Katrill28 it wasn't better than any of those albums
CrazyBoingPoop 2 months ago
@Katrill28 Infamous - Mobb Deep, 36 Chambers - Wu
ThaKatastrophyHD 2 months ago
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musicaldopeable 1 month ago
Here are several others I may have missed: 2Pac, Notorious BIG, Naughty By Nature, Ice Cube, UGK, DJ Magic Mike, Geto Boys, Slick Rick, Sir Mix-Alot, Tribe Called Quest, Fugees, Drake, Wu Tang Clan, E40 etc.. All of these were unique.
lespollardtheauthor 5 months ago
Wow! This is not what I would agree with changed history. Let's go back!! Here are a few artists I believed made major impact. Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Salt & Pepa, Run-DMC, Boogie Down Productions and at mid point: MC Hammer, 2 Live Crew, NWA, Twista, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Snoop Dogg, Master P, Geto Boys, Lil Kim and presently Lil Wayne, Eninem, Jay Z, Nikki Menaji, and 50 Cent
lespollardtheauthor 5 months ago
and whats with a tribe called quest?
dimichele7 5 months ago
I Love Black Star, but number 2? Fuck that! LOL
JohntheLiberator 5 months ago
No Wu Tang 36 chambers? I do fully agree with this top 5.
sixkiller08 5 months ago
pretty good list
letskillyoko 6 months ago
This list blows
HeadToucher 6 months ago
@HeadToucher No mention of anything by ATCQ, agreed.
Connador 5 months ago
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Sainted187 6 months ago
No Chronic? What is the meaning of this?
gip1279 6 months ago
Where is Straight Outta Compton(NWA) and The Chronic(Dr.Dre)?
snoopdogglbc213 6 months ago
WHAT ABOUT J DILLA and A TRIBE CALLED QUEST???
YamahaTamaDrums4life 6 months ago
jay z sucks
punkfunk212 6 months ago
ummm... you forgot any gang starr album.
astrosfan2 6 months ago
36 CHAMBERS, DickHead.
MrPauliedigital 6 months ago
@thepast0 what?
krunkaintdead69 6 months ago
XxLokoTreDawqxX 6 months ago
@thepast0 Oh so you believe blacks only have a months worth of history? I honestly believe your the ignorant one.
krunkaintdead69 6 months ago
@MrBaphomet616 wow man, I thought of 4 other albums off the top of my head, scrolled down, and you had all 4. Not sure about RK's album as changing hiphop forever though.
WTF is Ready To Die even in the list for, it didnt change s**t. BIGGIE was a mediocre lyricist and had nothing at all interesting to say. His fame is all about timing, PR and distribution. Pac too, although he had real touching material and was a great lyricist, but top 5??
To not list 36 Chambers and Criminal Minded is weird
organikness 6 months ago
That was a mainstream list, many classics were left off
etk1995 7 months ago
I would really appreciate it if you guys could just list your top 10 hip hop albums of all time. I'm done with that new school garbage and I'm trying to really get into the old school classics so I would really appreciate it if you guys could just list your top ten hip hop albums of all time. Thanks!
etk1995 7 months ago
Lamest list I ever saw.
kenyonr 7 months ago
great list of 90's hip hop albums, but there were several before '94 more influential than most of these
jackfrost96 7 months ago
that list is fuked up
herokid1995 7 months ago
Paid in fukk?
techno2039 8 months ago
@spideymayne agreed, they should have fear of a black planet or it takes a nation on there.
MrCommenterguy 8 months ago
take reasonable doubt & all eyes on me and put paid in full & 36 chambers
enanobx 8 months ago
blackstar was a brilliant album- over ready to die and reasonable and everything else not mentioned on this list? not sure...
MrCommenterguy 8 months ago
@MrCommenterguy Yep. I agree. The Blackstar album was obviously a classic, but they're citing it for things Public Enemy did a decade earlier. Public Enemy's first three albums are game-changing hip-hop and classics in every sense of the word. Not to knock Kweli and Mos, but there's no way in hell they deserve that spot.
spideymayne 8 months ago
@spideymayne If you like Public Enemy, you should check out the website thehiphopdepot
thehiphopdepot 7 months ago
I think 36 chambers should definitely be up there, as a musician I always wanted to make beats... At 16 I got a drum machine around 17 I heard 36 chambers and The RZA instantly changed the way I look at things. samples didn't have to be just from songs they could be movies or even just sound effects from movies.
I'm almost 20 now and after all this time the ones mentioned in their list definitely had an impact on rapping but nobody else changed production on the level that RZA did.
He's my hero
bigc6391 8 months ago
why can there be a black history month but no white history month???
TheGrosdidier 8 months ago
@TheGrosdidier
White people have 11 months
KidKasey 8 months ago
@TheGrosdidier Because white history is celebrated the other 11 months of the year.
spideymayne 8 months ago
@TheGrosdidier cuz white history is taught in school all year round we never learn about black history
IMAGO0N 8 months ago 5
@IMAGO0N You're a fucking joke, when's the last time you were in school? History doesn't need to be split up. History is taught as history. Not white history, black history, asian history, or any other race history. That shit just expands segregation.
83alx 7 months ago
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@83alx man your just believing what they are telling you open your mind
IMAGO0N 7 months ago
@IMAGO0N stilll ems album sslp and mmlp chanhed hip hop kinda
BonGsnBLuNTz 2 months ago
wow I'm th3e biggest BIG and Jay fan there is but where was Chronic (one OR 2001) or the marshale mathers or slim shady lp on here, they deserverd it more than pac I think how many ppl acrtually LISTEN to all eyes on me to this day, not me
CubbieBear1980 9 months ago
How About Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) By Wu-Tang Clan. These cats actually brought the change to the game with this album.
rodneydanielsjr 9 months ago
Okay Where The Fuck Is
Big Daddy Kane? Rakim? Kool G Rap? Krs-1?.. The Whole Juice Crew?
YoItsHype 9 months ago
y would they do it 1 to 5 and no 5 to 1 ?
nastyNAS668 9 months ago
Why the fuck is Jay-z up there
ZakBeatz 9 months ago 2
THE INFAMOUS BY MOBB DEEP
ibreakkidslegs 9 months ago
should have more than five albums that changed hip hop cause dere is
rexter96 9 months ago
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Chronologically:
1. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
2. Grandmaster Flash - The Message
3. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
4. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
5. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (damn shame though)
itzillmatic 9 months ago
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itzillmatic 9 months ago
this is a really stupid list
PETETHEMEAT42 10 months ago 4
They should have done a top 10
imperialshalom 10 months ago
1. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
2. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
3. Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
dAiLER16 10 months ago
whats that one album they forgot that really changed hip hop ummmm....oh yeah ENTER THE 36 CHAMBERS!!!
regularasselo 10 months ago
1. Illmatic didn't change shit. It was good, but it should have been replaced by Enter the Wu-Tang.
2. Black Star was like an evolution of the Native Tongues shit.
3. Ever heard about OB4CL...?
4. I don't know what this album changed, it just sold a lot of copies.
5. See number 4.
FINbball 10 months ago
@FINbball
1.Illmatic did change rap. If you were looking on how to make the best or one of the best rap albums of all time that would be the album to emulate.
2. I don't no much about Blackstar just that the album is very good
3. Good album but did it change hip hop?
4. Biggie even though I am not that big on him he definately changed hip hop With the story of rags to riches even teens got his album on their ipod
5. Should be replaced with Me Against The World because of Dear Mama
ChimaTheKilla 10 months ago
good list
u could have also considered aric b and rakim or the game with the documentary.
Even RUN DMC
theagetraveler 11 months ago
Wow you talkin 'bout BIG and Jigga's Mafioso style and forget to mention to most influential album of the 90's: Cuban Linx.
I don't even see the reason for such a list, nor do I see the reason for talkin that trashy-rapish-like. We're no kids you have to talk in slang to....
Makes me kinda ashamed listenin to hip hop when I see this.
Graenelolz 11 months ago
they forgot paid in full eric b and rakim...
2pacAmazesSuperman 11 months ago
Youre not my boy Jay Sparks! youre a cock sucking faggot Libral pissy. Get a real job you piece of shit idiot. Youre mother should have swallowed your stupid ass.
Lviavolante 11 months ago
As Morgan Freeman said
" You want to relegate my history to a month??"
What the fuck is black history month?? Blacks have a million times more history then a fucking month. Same goes for every other race. Fuck Fox, fuck HHO and Fuck anyone else endorsing Black history month.
krunkaintdead69 1 year ago 22
Where is Straight Outta Compton(NWA) and Paid in full(Eric B and Rakim)???
Kingofthestreets90 1 year ago 26
@Kingofthestreets90
those were classics but idt there is anywhere that you could fit straight outta compton
GeneralDisarray808 9 months ago
@Kingofthestreets90 and run dmc-sucker mcs and big daddy kane-halfsteppin to
pontus227 9 months ago
@Kingofthestreets90 Thank you. This list is a mess. All five of the albums listed are directly influenced by Paid in Full, and you can't discuss hardcore hip-hop, period, without mentioning Straight Outta Compton. Run DMC's Raising Hell should be mentioned as the first rap album to crack the mainstream. Cuban Linx was far more influential than RD. And Life After Death was (unfortunately) much more influential than Ready to Die, despite R2D being the better album.
spideymayne 8 months ago
@spideymayne You know what you're talking about when it comes down to classic albums. I think you'd like the website thehiphopdepot
thehiphopdepot 7 months ago
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@Kingofthestreets90 I like your musical taste!! You should check out the website thehiphopdepot
thehiphopdepot 7 months ago
@Kingofthestreets90 Especially Paid in full!
lilcoope2189 7 months ago
@Kingofthestreets90 Paid in full was around the time of the beginning of hip hop so it didnt change it? Paid in full was the style of first hip hop. I do agree with you on NWA though. they brought something completely different but I cant really argue with this top 5!
JSPACEandALFAH 5 months ago
@JSPACEandALFAH That's not really true, Paid in Full was very early in the game but Rakim basically invented the lyrical and rhythmic form that emcees have evolved from since then. He expanded the complexity of emceeing so vastly that not much has been done to surpass him. People don't rhyme like Sugar Hill Gang today, they rhyme like Rakim. Even if they don't know it.
bessamsam 1 month ago
@JSPACEandALFAH Also Eric B started the trend of using jazz overtones in his beats that was huge all the way to the early 90s.
bessamsam 1 month ago
that black is as black as i am, and im nearly albino.
LeSuperAmi 1 year ago
I agree with illmatic first rap/hip hop album i actually bought and listened too but id like to see wu tang 36 chambers or even something like gangstarr or public enemy
james12786 1 year ago
GAY
thirdeyedopeness 1 year ago
thanks yew for not putttin tupac number #1 wdff is wu tangg?..
bloodx7000 1 year ago 2
@bloodx7000 i mean where is it?.
bloodx7000 1 year ago
alot of comments here disagree with all eyez on me being on this list but they are failing to acknowledge that the image 2pac created with all eyez on me is what alot of rappers would try to recreate. everyone wants to pac, he is probably the most influential rapper of all time when it comes to how many rappers try to take his style.
Day2DayLife 1 year ago
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and also wat about "a tribe called quest?"
SuperBOMD 1 year ago
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SuperBOMD 1 year ago
Are they serious? This just sounds like a list of some of the greatest artists of the 90s. All of those were good albums, but not Hip-hop changing. Illmatic brought skills back so I'll give that. Biggie brought NY back officially on a commercial level. That's all! Hip-hop changing were albums like the "Run-DMC" album, "Straight Outta Compton," "Paid In Full,"and number 1 is "It takes a Nation to Hold Us Back."
nilhav 1 year ago
Where is Wu-Tan'gs 36 Chambers?!? COME ON! That was a game changer, period.
Feelin2nice 1 year ago