Ok, this isn't necessarily the 5 greatest albums ever, or the most lyrical or whatever other bullshit you'll argue about. This is simply 5 albums that you absolutely couldn't live without. These are the albums that you crave a taste of, that you just have to listen to. The albums you may be addicted to. Post 5 albums that you wouldn't be able to live without. 5 of mine would be:

Midnight Marauders
The Blueprint
The Cold Vein
Bacdafucup
36 Chambers


Honorable non-Hip Hop mention:

Erykah Badu - Baduizm

^That's 6 btw.

Doggystyle
The Cold Vein
Liquid Swords
The Chronic 2001
Things Fall Apart



Edit: You edited it.

I know, i just noticed that. :sorry:

Murs - 3:16 The 9th Edition
Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride II...
AZ - Doe Or Die
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Foreign Exchange - Connected
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design

Honorable Mentions
Del - Both Sides of The Brain

I know thats 6 but it's so hard to choose

Stillmatic
Midnight Marauders
Jewelz
Atliens
Doggystyle

Murs - 3:16 The 9th Edition
Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride II...
AZ - Doe Or Die
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Foreign Exchange - Connected
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design

Honorable Mentions
Del - Both Sides of The Brain

I know thats 6 but it's so hard to choose


It doesn't have to be a definite list, you just have to name 5 of them.

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My 5..

Illmatic - Nas
Reasonable Doubt - Jay
Death is Certain - Royce Da 5'9
East 1999 Eteral - Bone Thugs
Capital Punishment - Big pun

Ones that's real close...
The Brick - Joell Ortiz
Big - The Big Picture
Outkast - Stankonia

DJ QUIK - Safe + Sound
Ja Rule - Rule 3:36
Trae - Restless
Z-Ro - King Of Da Ghetto
Do Or Die - Back 2 The Game

aah this is hard but I know these would be 5 of them:

Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
GZA - Liquid Swords
Lewis Parker - Its All Happening Now
Biggie - Ready to Die

Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Too Short - Gettin' It
Dr. Dre - 2001
Souls Of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity
O.C. - Word..Life

I need all of those albums to live.

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
Anthony Hamilton - Coming From Where I'm From
Edan - Primitive Plus
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Nas - Illmatic
Common - Be
Common - Resurrection
ATCQ - The Low End Theory
AZ - Doe Or Die or A.W.O.L.

36 chambers
criminal minded
yo! bum rush the show
nwa and the posse
music to drive by

tupac - me against the world
nas - god's son
lupe fiasco - food and liquor
eminem - the eminem show
akon - trouble

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Cannibal Ox - The cold vein
El-P - Fantastic damage
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly!
Thursday - Full Collapse

BIG - Ready to Die
Outkast - Southerplayalisticadillacmusic
Nas - Illmatic
Pete Rock - Main Ingredient
Big L - Lifestylez

Mos def: Black on both sides
The Roots: Things fall apart
Dj Cam: Dj Kicks
Jeru the Damaja: Sun rises in the east
ATCQ: Midnight Maraurders

Illmatic
Capital Punishment
Return of the Drifter
The Cold Vien
Primitive Plus

Masters of the Universe
I, Phantom
OB4CL
Legendary Status
Will Rap For Food

GZA - Liquid Swords
Common - Be
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
J Dilla - Donuts
Canibus - Rip The Jacker

off the top ...

Nas - Illmatic
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Dr. Dre - The Chronic

E. 1999 Eternal
The Chronic 2001
All Eyes On Me
Doggystyle
Makaveli

Enter the 36th Chamber - The Wu-Tang Clan
Liquid Swordz - The Gza
The College Dropout - Kanye West
Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Aquemini - Outkast

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The number one album I couldn't live without though is Nirvana: MTV Unplugged Live In Ny.

Ready To Die
Mr. Hood
Death Certificate
Hello Nasty
Purple Haze

People's Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm
The Cold Vein
Dr. Dre 2001
The Slim Shady Lp
All Eyez On Me

Hard to choose 5 albums

Goodie Mob- Still Standing
Aesop Rock- Labor Days
Organized Konfusion- Stress: The Extinction Agenda
OutKast- ATLiens
Pink Floyd- The Wall

Operation Doomsday
Gory Days
Deltron 3030
Illmatic
Internal Affairs

All Eyez On Me
Illmatic
Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
Liquid Swords
Me Against the World

huuum... 2 Pac Albums

Madlib- Beat Konducta
Dilla- Donuts
Madvillain- Madvillainy
C-Rayz-Walz- Ravipops

Food And Liquor - Lupe
King Me - Serius Jones
Dangerous Connection - 7L & Esoteric
Poison Pen - Chino XL
Labor Days - Aesop Rock

Liquid Swords
It was Written
Blueprint
Ready to Die
Slim Shady lp

illmatic
untouchable
Its Dark and Hell is Hot
The Infamous
southernplayalistic

Illmatic- Nas
Reasonable Doubt- Jay-Z
Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers- Wu-Tang Clan
Funcrusher Plus- Company Flow
The Cold Vein- Cannibal Ox (not in my top 5 albums of all time but there are some songs on this album that I absolutely need to hear regularly lol)

Food And Liquor - Lupe




Really? That album kinda lost it's replay value to me after a few listens.

^^ I Think Its Dope. Some Songs Are So Cool To Listen To Every Now And Again

^ Ya I loved it when it came out, but after a few listens, it kinda lost it's appeal.

Really?? Not As Much For Me...Iv Never Heard Cannibal Ox And Its Downloading For Me Rite Now...So Maybe Il Change My Top 5 After I Give It A Few Plays

Really? That album kinda lost it's replay value to me after a few listens.

yup .............................

^ Ya I loved it when it came out, but after a few listens, it kinda lost it's appeal.


I didn't even like it on first listen.

Cannibal Ox = A Weird Trippy Album. I Like It A Lot Tho Lol. Its A Diff Kinda Style...Which Is Appealing. The Beats Are Louder Than The Lyrics At Times...And Most Of His Shit Doesnt Rhyme...But I Like That Shit

Cam'ron - S.D.E.

classic

Jedi Mind Tricks-
The Psycho-Social...
Violent By Design
Visions of Ghandi
Legacy of Blood
Servants Heaven, Kings in Hell