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Ranking my favourite hip hop albums from the 2000s..
A mini thread..
RT’s appreciated, these were hard picks, not much detail as I wanted a chilled read. Lemme know yours.
A mini thread..
RT’s appreciated, these were hard picks, not much detail as I wanted a chilled read. Lemme know yours.
15: Madvillainy - DOOM & Madlib.
Impressive lyricism, typically great flows & one of the best produced albums in rap.
Fav tracks: All caps, accordion.
Impressive lyricism, typically great flows & one of the best produced albums in rap.
Fav tracks: All caps, accordion.
14: Stanktonia - outkast
Stanktonia, a great & well loved album delivers all different great aspects that we all love from outkast. Love it.
Fav tracks: Ms Jackson, BOB
Stanktonia, a great & well loved album delivers all different great aspects that we all love from outkast. Love it.
Fav tracks: Ms Jackson, BOB
13: The Renaissance- Q-tip
Q-Tip’s flow on here is addictive & incredible, the concept is great & you can rely on Q-Tip to always give you great rap.
Fav tracks: Dance on glass, won’t trade.
Q-Tip’s flow on here is addictive & incredible, the concept is great & you can rely on Q-Tip to always give you great rap.
Fav tracks: Dance on glass, won’t trade.
12: Supreme clientelle - GF KILLER
One of the best pieces of work in rap, such a creative, deep example of lyricism with one of the hardest displays of songwriting ever, nutmeg.
Fav tracks: Nutmeg, stay true.
One of the best pieces of work in rap, such a creative, deep example of lyricism with one of the hardest displays of songwriting ever, nutmeg.
Fav tracks: Nutmeg, stay true.
11: Phrenology - The Roots
Another display of The Root’s ability to make great, meaningful music, filled with determination & top tier lyricism as per.
Fav tracks: pussy Galore, break you off.
Another display of The Root’s ability to make great, meaningful music, filled with determination & top tier lyricism as per.
Fav tracks: pussy Galore, break you off.
10: OB4CL PT2 - Raekwon
Rae is one of my fav artists oat, I think he smashed this album one of the best sequels IMO, superb rapping as expected from Rae, long but good.
Fav tracks: penitentiary, surgical gloves.
Rae is one of my fav artists oat, I think he smashed this album one of the best sequels IMO, superb rapping as expected from Rae, long but good.
Fav tracks: penitentiary, surgical gloves.
9: Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
An amazing album amongst such a dense discography filled with phenomenal work. Wayne’s lyricism & delivery is outstanding as per usual.
Fav tracks: Lollipop, A Mili.
An amazing album amongst such a dense discography filled with phenomenal work. Wayne’s lyricism & delivery is outstanding as per usual.
Fav tracks: Lollipop, A Mili.
8: The lost tapes - Nas
An incredible album, full of amazing tracks & prime lyricism. Nas falls nothing short of greatness on this project of “spare tracks” which IMO shows you his superiority.
Fav tracks: Purple, drunk by myself.
An incredible album, full of amazing tracks & prime lyricism. Nas falls nothing short of greatness on this project of “spare tracks” which IMO shows you his superiority.
Fav tracks: Purple, drunk by myself.
7: TCD - Kanye
A soulful & lyrically great classic, and often becomes my fav Ye album. I love this album so much sonically & I think it’s aged so well.
Fav tracks: All falls down, through the wire
A soulful & lyrically great classic, and often becomes my fav Ye album. I love this album so much sonically & I think it’s aged so well.
Fav tracks: All falls down, through the wire
6: TES - Eminem
An masterpiece, glimpses of a more mature em throughout & some of his best flows ever. The last album in one of the best 3 album runs in history!
Fav tracks: hailies song, SFTM.
An masterpiece, glimpses of a more mature em throughout & some of his best flows ever. The last album in one of the best 3 album runs in history!
Fav tracks: hailies song, SFTM.
5: Be - Common
Common’s best rapping display IMO, the production is INSANELY GOOD & has one of my fav intros ever.
Fav tracks: be (intro), GO!
Common’s best rapping display IMO, the production is INSANELY GOOD & has one of my fav intros ever.
Fav tracks: be (intro), GO!
4: GRODT - 50 cent
Another example of a near perfect album for me, one of the most well rounded albums oat with hit after hit, you can’t go wrong with GRODT.
Fav tracks: Patiently waiting, many men.
Another example of a near perfect album for me, one of the most well rounded albums oat with hit after hit, you can’t go wrong with GRODT.
Fav tracks: Patiently waiting, many men.
3: The black album - JAYZ
TBA is an amazing album, filled with great highs production & Hov’s reliably good lyricism. It was my favourite of his for SO long before RD took over.
Fav track: Lucifer, 99 problems.
TBA is an amazing album, filled with great highs production & Hov’s reliably good lyricism. It was my favourite of his for SO long before RD took over.
Fav track: Lucifer, 99 problems.
2: LR - Kanye
I love this album so much, the peak of Kanye’s lyricism IMO, the production is top 5 all time & my fav Kanye album.
Fav track: Hey Mama, touch the sky.
I love this album so much, the peak of Kanye’s lyricism IMO, the production is top 5 all time & my fav Kanye album.
Fav track: Hey Mama, touch the sky.
1: MMLP - Eminem
Ofc this was my number 1 as it’s my fav album. Love every track, love the passion & energy throughout. It displays amazing songwriting, flows & lyricism. (Vague description because I already talk about MMLP sm)
Fav track - I’m back, The way I am.
Ofc this was my number 1 as it’s my fav album. Love every track, love the passion & energy throughout. It displays amazing songwriting, flows & lyricism. (Vague description because I already talk about MMLP sm)
Fav track - I’m back, The way I am.
Thanks again for the read, hope everyone is enjoying their sundayyy, this was so hard & there are so many gems in the 00s, but these are my most revisited & loved. The list probs changes a lil.
Lemme know yours :))))
Lemme know yours :))))
HM: Donuts, relapse, 808s, stillmatic.
Also will do 10s next week
