My Top 12 Hip Hop Albums

Today is one of those days, when you sit back, relax, and think especially since it looks like its finna rain at ANY MINUTE. I was flippin channels on the TV and saw MTV's top 10 playlist, and my potna Eric's voice popped in my head... "What's your top 10 _______________?" It's an Eric thing and Im pretty sure you wont understand. LOL Anyway this list is my (favorite) top 12 Hip Hop albums...The list is made up of classics and more recents that have caught my attention and shit I can get in the fast lane with and ride out....You prolly scratchin your head like, "this dude said Top 12?...WTF" Well fuck it, its my blog, my list.... Deal wit it! Now lets begin....and before you all get sensative...there really is no particular order I just ran em down by whats in my damn cd player. Dont think I would really rank Lil Wayne above Jay Z and purposefully omitted Tupac and Biggie...be easy on that noise
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12. Rick Ross - Trilla (Favorite Tracks: Maybach Music, Luxury Tax)
So what the dude may or may not have been a C.O. or a Dope Boy, but you cant deny dude got some skills and his flow is hella nice... His feud with 50 cent fizzled, but so would a feud between me and 50, I guess Ricky had more important things to do... Would you blame him though?





11. Young Jeezy - Thug Motivation (Favorite Tracks: Gangsta Music, Trap or Die, Tear it Up)
Jeezy said "Cause I'm a real nigga and I dont like rappers..." Now that's really tellin it like it is. Dude got hella slow and his swagger is that of a rhyme hustler. There arent too many Jeezy songs I cant fuck with...and thanks to the Gangsta Grillz Movement young bruh blew up and continues to do so... and please dont sleep on The Recession...I didnt.






10. T.I. - Paper Trail (Favorite Tracks: Live Ur Life, My Life Ur Entertainment feat. Usher, and Swagger Like Us)
Lil Daddy surely spits like he got things on his mind, He's consistant and knows it. Some cats say he's wordy, but his wordiness adds more to the lore that is Clifford Harris. BTW, I stole Swagger Like Us and changed the name to Swagger like Gus and whenever or wherever it plays, I get bucked, my cousins hate but fuck em - we related by marriage.






9. UGK - Underground Kingz (Favorite Tracks: International Playaz feat. Outkast, The Game Belongs to Me, and Hit The Block) UGK are three lil letters that speak volumes in the South, especially for some strange reason in Georgia, dem niggaz get hella play in folks ride on the weekend fa sure. The Pimp and Bun put it down in a way that not many others could/will and the untimely death of Chad "Pimp C" Butler didnt slow the machine down as long as Mama Wes got tracks the pimp is gonna be with us...





8. DJ Quik - Quik is the Name (Favorite Tracks: Quik is the Name, Tonite, Sweet Black Pussy) I bought this cd back in the day, just off the strength of the cover...I had NEVER heard of DJ Quik, that joint was on the new releases board aat Sam Goody and I snatched it. Wasnt a bad choice either. Quik is the best blueprint of the rapper/producer, he was Kanye before Kanye was (IMO). Dude had nice beats, his samples were on point and his voice and flow were bananas. This cd got me down with his crew: AMG and Second II None. If I ever wore a jheri curl (good thing I didnt) I woulda wanted my shit like Quik's. That nigga was the Anti-Easy..and now his doo prolly makes Katt Williams mad...





7. OUTKAST - southernplaylisticadillacmuzik (Favorite Tracks: Playaz Ball, Hootie Hoo, Deep - FUCK IT THE ENTIRE CD. These dudes here, put the A on the map. They had slick rhymes, slick production, and at the time were the epitome of playa shit. The Dungeon Family keep it tight and when I first heard the snippet tape (yeah nigga i said TAPE), I knew these cats were gonna be a force to reckon with...and 15 years later they still are. Just a lil FYI...the last track on every Outkast cd introduces Andre 3000's style on the next joint. Dont believe it...just go back and listen.





6. Jay Z - The Blueprint (Favorite Tracks: ALL) I've been a big fan of Hov since the beginning and he has yet to disappoint me. My homie says Jay dont do nothin but talk, I'll be damned that nigga flows like water and rides the track like Roxy Reynolds (get your porn porn game up, if you tryin to figure that one out) His style is the things legends are made of...he spits







5. Lil Wayne - The Carter III (Another cd you put in press play and let roll)
I am in no way biased to Weezie F. cause he's from the city, but this nigga is holdin the game down right now. Grammys, BET awards, AMA's VMA's you name it the kid got em. His flow is sick (even though I'm tired of the autotune). He drops a dud line ery now and then, but makes up for it with a quotable that makes you rewind it so you can give him props and he aint even in the same room with you. He has been consistant since The Block is Hot and in the past two years maybe even three he holds guest appearances hostage and collects the ransom. [HATE] HE IS EVERYFUCKINWHERE, but fuck it...[/HATE] and since Jay has come outta retirement does this mean Wayne is the second best rapper alive? I just dont know. Other spotlights are the Gangsta Grillz "Dedication" series. Seriously I cant wait for the Rebirth...Prom Queen is a beast (I just hope he dont turn into Wyclef)



4. Nas - Illmatic (Favorite tracks: New York State of Mind, The World is Mine, and One Love). Nasir Jones has proven time and time again that he is a spitter. Rhymes are on point, they never stray and his older stuff does prove that dude is at the top of the food chain...Cats hate on Nas for no reason or maybe because of the "Next Rakim" referrences, but fuck it...dude is nice and this is a classic (no Source Mag)






3. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (PRESS PLAY NIGGA and RIDE) This is most definetly fast lane music. The intro, interludes, and the damn songs are the shit... This album is a 5 star classic and launched the careers of some of the hottest cats to ever spit on the mic (Snoop, Tha Dogg Pound, Lady of Rage) and introduced us to the King of Hooks (before T-Pain and Akon) Nate Dogg. I remember I drove from New Orleans to Atlanta and never took this joint out the radio. All the way I was West Coastin' Dre was on point with this shit right here and if you cant wait for Detox just pop this in and fall back on the wagon... This album also produced my favorite skit of ALL TIMES the $20 Sack Pyramid...Hands down the greatest skit ever, D.O.C. was that shit, "Gimme my weed, gimme my motherfuckin Gift Certificate to the motherfuckin swap meet...we in the money! we in the money!



2. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions (see The Chronic)
Bass! How low can you go...this was the shit too. The beats really had you hooked and once you caught on to all the subliminal messages that were really out front you were really hooked, rockin an Africa medallion and lookin for white folk to terrorize...911 is a joke was also good and showed that Flav could do more than yell "Yeah Boy" and kiss 20 women tryin to find love. One of the best concerts I ever went to was a P.E. concert at the Loew's State Theater when this joint was hot...Yes I am dating myself...fuck it



1. Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (Let it roll, son) Another classic that can stand the test of time...Once Upon a Time in the Projects has got to be one of the best songs ever written, it put a motion picture in your head and you rode it out to the end. O'Shea Jackson went from a Nigga with an Attitude, to a Nigga with Assests. I dont care if he's makin Disney films, he's makin paper and plenty of it... This is my shit, I could listen to it right now, matter of fact...I will...