Oh they're hippies alright. I've heard "The Herd" described as the Frenzal Rhomb of the Hip hop world.

But I also love Frenzal Rhomb.

Why am I the only one who voted for Blackstar? You people are savages.

By "you people," I mean whites.

One of my favourite rappers, no wait, my favourite rapper right now is The Game:



A great west-coast rapper with a face that seems to show "He's seen too much"

I'm going to second Tim's proposal of Pete Rock & C L Smooth's Mecca and the Soul Brother, and thank him heartily for introducing me to it.

hell of funky yo

Madvillian (MF Doom) - Madvillainy

Very funny. The adults were having a discussion in this thread, though. The kids table is here.

I just like how he shows up in a thread that is already three pages long, full of people who are obviously fans of rap music - BECAUSE THEY ARE POSTING UP THEIR FAVOURITE ALBUMS - and goes "hey guys, rap is shit, AM I RITE?" like everyone is going to fall over, sides splitting at the witty manner in which he put forward the undeniable argument that rap is a terrible genre and people who like it are mongoloids.

Nice one, Nixon. Way to pick your audience.

I thought for sure that there would already be a topic like this one but, after searching for a while I couldn't find one.  So to answer your question, yes, you can all take turns repeatedly kicking me in the ass if this is a duplicate.  Share you list, hip hop fans.

note:  this is not a "best of all time" list.  it is simply a list of your favorites.

25 Kool Keith - Spankmaster
24 Sir Menelik - Cyclops 4000:  The Einstein Rosen Bridge
23 High & Mighty - Home Field Advantage
22 T-Rock - Conspiracy Theory
21 Canibus - Rip the Jacker
20 A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
19 Large Professor - The LP
18 Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
17 Souls of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity
16 Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
15 People Under the Stairs - O.S.T.
14 Deltron 3030
13 Immortal Technique - Revolutionary, Vol. 1
12 Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
11 A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
10 The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
9 Nas - Illmatic
8 Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
7 El-P - Fantastic Damage
6 MF DOOM - Operation:  Doomsday
5 Atmosphere - Lucy Ford
4 Oliver Hart - The Many Faces of Oliver Hart:  How Eye One the Wright Too Think
3 Madvillain - Madvillainy
2 Eyedea & Abilities - First Born
1 Aesop Rock - Labor Days

I don't have every Atmosphere album, but my favorite so far has got to be If Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.  Slug needs at least an honorable mention, he's a major player in the underground scene and has been since 1991. 

I think Vaudeville Villain is MF Doom's best, personally, but Madvillainy is also pretty great, as mentioned. 

If we're going with just good bump-music or whatever i'd have to nominate Snoop Dogg's Blue Carpet Treatment.  It has its place, it's not as real as a lot of the true artists of the genre, but it's still pretty damn awesome. 

Along with that, i'd nominate Stankonia as the best Outkast album.  It's just got a really important place on the list i think, or at least in my hip-hop collection. 

Also, Deltron's Both Sides of the Brain is really good, and a project he was part of called "Handsome Boy Modeling School" released one of my favorite hiphop albums called So... How's Your Girl? which is really good as well. 

I don't know if these qualify, because i haven't heard everything on the poll, but i'm just listing off some personal favorites. 

Oh yeah, Tech's Revolutionary Vol.1 needs to be on that list. 

Lemons is a decent release by Atmosphere.  Slug definately opens up with his drinking problem on that one, which is something that he really only joked about before.  Still, Lucy Ford, Overcast! and God Loves Ugly are far superior.

Vaudville Villian is a great DOOM album.  I think Madvillainy, however, is a more complete album.  Call me a sucker for intros/outros, but Madlib put together one of the most complete sounding CD's I've ever had the pleasure of hearing, mostly due to his intros/outros and the short length of most the tracks.  It all flows together so absurdly smooth.

I've always felt that Outkast is a bit overrated.  Public opinion aside, they are still a great group.  I'd have to give the nod to Aquemini as their best work to date.

Both sides of the Brain is actually just Del the Funkee Homosapien, not Deltron 3030.  Deltron 3030 is a group consisting of Del and Dan the Automator, who is also half of the group from Handsome Boy Modeling School, Prince Paul being the other half.

And yea, Tech's Revolutionary, Volume 1 is incredible.