[J-Pak]

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Originally Posted by SunkenD Yea, I was thinking hip-hop albums after 2000. But those are definitely dope. Anyway, I saw Deltron 3030 mentioned a couple times. Just bought that off Amazon today - I'm thinking I'll like it...

It's a great album, I doubt you'll be disappointed. He also has a very good live album; not sure if that was released commercially or not.

 

[mdameron]

The Streets!!! Both(?) albums!!!

And k-os!

 

[fishtankfish]

IMHO,

"Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner" easily gets this honour.

 

[CLum]

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Originally Posted by fishtankfish IMHO, "Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner" easily gets this honour.

Dizzee's definitily a fun listen even if you don't know what he is saying.

As for my some new recommendations:
Nia - blackalicious
Ghetto Pop Life - Dangermouse and Jemini
Beauty and the Beat - Edan

 

[mtkversion]

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II should be doing bigger than it is. Weezy needs to drop another single already.

 

[iSleipnir]

Saul Williams, but he is more of an MC. And he's comming to my college (Whitman) on the 21st! wewT. (haha! internet slang makes me laught)

 

[antiant]

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Originally Posted by iSleipnir Saul Williams, but he is more of an MC. And he's comming to my college (Whitman) on the 21st! wewT. (haha! internet slang makes me laught)

yeah i almost mentioned him but he's a spoken word/poetry artist and you can't really pigeon hole him...but he's great nonetheless...not sure if you're into his books or anything but he has a new one out called "the dead emcee scrolls"

 

[Mark_]

1. Debaser - Crown Control
2. Jehst - Return of the Drifter
3. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
4. Deltron 3030
5. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
6. DJ Muggs/GZA - Grandmasters
7. The Roots - Game Theory
8. Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
9. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
10. Sapient - Dry Puddles

Honorable mentions...

Sleep - Christopher
Red Ants - Omega Point
Screwball - Y2K
Joell Ortiz - The Brick: Bodega Chronicles
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Gangstarr - The Ownerz
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Sticky Fingaz - Blacktrash
Sapient - Make More
Sandpeople - Honest Racket
Cage - Hell's Winter
Cage - Movies For The Blind
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Sleep - Riot By Candlelight
Smoke - Bleed
Nas - The Lost Tapes
Nas - Stillmatic
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Jay-Z - Black Album
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Both Sides Of The Brain
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer

 

[HipHopScribe]

Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun
Madvillain - Madvillainy
k-os - Joyful Rebellion
Cage - Hell's Winter
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange

 

[tru blu]

OutKast - Stankonia

M.I.A. - Arular

Mos Def - Black On Both Sides ("21st Century's comin', 20th Century almost done…lotta things have changed, lotta things have not")

Ghostface - Fishscale

The Roots - Phrenology

Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues

Mr. Lif - I Phantom

The Coup - Party Music

The weirdest thing about this list to me is that there aren't any stateside women on it (unless the Coup's elusive DJ Pam the Funkstress counts)…just 10 years ago that wasn't possible.

 

[priest]

Almost all underground, I know. Also, mostly white guys. I know. Please don't read too much into that. I think the golden age of mainstream hip hop ended with the turn of the millenium, maybe fittingly. My list for the 90s would look radically different.

Tricky - Blowback
Mr. Lif - I Phantom
Buck 65 - Square
Automato - Automato
DJ Shadow - Live! In Tune and On Time
McEnroe - Disenfranchised
McEnroe and Birdapres - Nothing Is Cool

EDIT: And how could I forget: Put me down for Deltron 3030 as well.

 

[Laokid18]

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Originally Posted by megawzrd /img/forum/go_quote.gif Deltron 3030 People Under the Stairs - OST J-Live - All of The Above Outkast - Stankonia Atmoshere - God Loves Ugly Murs - End of The Beginning The Roots - Phrenology Danger Doom - The mouse and the Mask MF Doom - MM..Food? RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke DJ Shadow - Private Press All must haves imho

yes they are!

 

[buddhashenglong]

Hip hop is on the radio, just not on the corporate conglomerate auto-tune-swagger stations. My Eclipse crew and I rock the Denver Boulder area of CO once a week 7-10 PM MST on KGNU and streaming live at KGNU.org. Tonight I played Big L, Can Ox, Immortal Technique, Common, ATCQ, Brand Nubian, OC, Brother Ali, Pharoah Monch/Shabam Saddiq, GZA, Royal Flush, Pete Rock, Mr. Eon and some more I can't recall at the moment. Back on subject though, best joints dropped this decade uhhh, slim pickins.

Canibus - Rip the Jacker
Mos Def - The New Danger
x2 J-live All of the Above
Nas - x2 Stillmatic and Untitled
Every Roots LP this decade
GZA Legend of the Liquid Sword
Mission - One. Now they are Crown City Rockers
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Blackalicious - The Craft, Blazing Arrow
Wu Tang Clan - Iron Flag
x3 on Common - Be
Maybe not as slim as I thought.
Sure there are plenty of great songs, but from this time these are the only full albums I would consider great. I will definitely add to this list later. On a side note nothing "Lil" can make this list.

 

[kwitel]

Not a single vote for Aesop Rock?

 

[Aiml3ss]

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Originally Posted by buddhashenglong /img/forum/go_quote.gif On a side note nothing "Lil" can make this list.

Lil Wayne is the most overrated piece of commercial junk out there. I don't even understand what he raps about sometimes. He used to be good... Sigh.

"Best rapper alive"