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Inuzuka Skysword · 12-23-2009, 06:20 PM

The essentials of hip-hop, and I mean the bare essentials:

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Nas - Illmatic
NWA - Straight Outta' Compton

I think all of these albums have been said, but I think that if you don't have these five in your collection then you cannot talk hip-hop. You may not like the gangsta' image, but you have to appreciate Straight Outta' Compton. These aren't my favorite or best albums. They are simply albums that you have to listen to and know in order to know hip-hop.

12-23-2009, 06:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
Inuzuka Skysword Existential Egoist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,468	The essentials of hip-hop, and I mean the bare essentials: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising Nas - Illmatic NWA - Straight Outta' Compton I think all of these albums have been said, but I think that if you don't have these five in your collection then you cannot talk hip-hop. You may not like the gangsta' image, but you have to appreciate Straight Outta' Compton. These aren't my favorite or best albums. They are simply albums that you have to listen to and know in order to know hip-hop.