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essential hip-hop

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which hip-hop albums would you consider essential to a hip-hop listener today?

btw there is no release date requirement, think of this thread as a "beginner's guide to hip-hop" thing

most influential hip-hop album of all time?
7
Illmatic
4
other
3
Low End Theory
2
Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
2
Run-DMC
1
The Chronic
1
Fear of a Black Planet
0
The Blueprint
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Those & Madvillainy are your essentials though.
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that's a lot of music, harry
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I actually hated that album
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MBDTF definitely is
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MBDTF and 808's are essential imo.
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there are plenty of current rappers out there that are better than drake and Cole, and Kendrick is one of them
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j cole and drake both make me fall asleep but cole at least has talent
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anything Riff Raff puts out is essential
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i get most of my mainstream rap in the form of mashups
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Devante says

You idiots lie music my dad & company listens to while sippin rum and being like "they don't make music like this no more" lmao and btw jcole is the goat.


this is funny af btw. my old man like listens to abba probably and other gay sht
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btch i'ma pick the world up and i'ma drop it on your fcking head
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*sips rum*
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Drake, jcole, Kendrick in no particular order are the only relevant nggas in the game currently


Weezy is gonna die this year which is unfortunate Cus early 2000 lil Wayne was fiyaaa
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You idiots lie music my dad & company listens to while sippin rum and being like "they don't make music like this no more" lmao and btw jcole is the goat.

first to go platinum without a feature



COLE
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yeah maybe im just a youngin but i prefer skelethon
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the doggfather