by James R. » Jul 10th, '09, 18:03
Biggie- Ready to Die
Jay-Z- Vol 2: Hard Knock Life, Black Album
2Pac- Me Against the World, Strictly 4 my N.I.G.G.A.Z., 2pacalypse Now
Dr. Dre- The Chronic
Snoop Doggy Dogg- Doggy Style
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
50 Cent- Power of the Dollar, Get Rich or Die Tryin
Game- The Documentary
Obie Trice- Cheers
T.I.- Urban Legend, King, T.I. vs. T.I.P., Paper Trail
Big L- Lifestylz of da Poor and Dangerous, The Big Picture
Big Pun- Capital Punishment
Lil Wayne- Carter II, Suffix, Dedication, Dedication II (the last 3 are mixtapes)
Mobb Deep- The Infamous
Ice Cube- Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Bone Thugz & Harmony- E 1999 Eternal
BDP- Criminal Minded, By All Means Necessary
Fugees- The Score
Run DMC- Raising Hell, Kings of Rock
A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory
Eric B & Rakim- Paid in Full
Big Daddy Kane- Long Live the Kane, Looks Like a Job for...
Slick Rick- Adventure of...
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, Stankonia
Ludacris- Word of Mouf, Red Light District
Nelly- Country Grammar, Nellyville
Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Kanye West- The College Dropout, Graduation
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Young Jeezy- Thug Motivation 101
I tried to not just give you "classic" albums, but just overall good and great albums from all subcategories of rap. There's some you won't like I'm sure, but you might be surprised by what you do like.