Fav 5 albums

1. Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
2. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
3. Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
4. Nas - Illmatic
5. JMT - Violent by Design

Moment of Truth - Gangstarr
Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G.
Mos Def And Talib Kweli Are - Blackstar
Things Fall Apart - The Roots
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z

1. low end theory-a tribe called quest
2. daily operation-gangstarr
3. stunts,blunts & hip hop-diamond d
4. illmatic-nas
5. fantastic 2-slum village

pharcyde - bizzareride2thepharcyde
bdp - return of the boom bap
atcq - midnight marauders
dr dre - the chronic
wu tang clan - 36 chambers

all these albums are from around 93 or so. they are all albums that i like from start to finish.
i hardly ever hear an album with more than 3 or 4 songs that i like anymore. (regardless of genre)

gza-liquid swords
gangstarr-moment of truth
the roots-come alive
nas-illmatic
souls of mischief

i would also like to give mention to xzibit with his album at the speed of life. Some dope tracks on that unfortunetely he seems to have gone all wrong.

Mr Lif - I Phantom
Outkast - Aquemini (Looking forward to the new one too! )
Roots Manuva - Run come save me (but his first albums wicked too)
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Boom Bip and Dose One - Circle (Insanity!!)

Some damn good albums here!

I'd like to add

6. ATCQ - Midnight marauders
7. Blackstar

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Psycho Realm
Dead Prez - Lets get free
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Blackstarr
Dr Dre - The Chronic

so if you guys had to choose just one album what would it be?

personally id choose liquid swords, but i know this isnt a populer choice

well if dese biggie fullas actually had a downbeat/dubdy forum i'd post in there .... but my fav dub album is:

otautahi allstars cd

plus

stephanie mckay - mckay

plus

diggin tha shiz thats DJ Format - his collaboration with J5 is quite a nice rolla

lovin black moon and canibus too
old skool but tha shitz iz real ya'll

1.ready to die - biggie smalls
2.187 its on dre - eazy e
3. straight outa compton - nwa
4.chronic 2001 - dr dre
5.enter the wu tang (36 chambers)

Top 5 (hip hop only) in no particular order...


Dre -Chronic 2001
Snoop -Doggystyle
De La Soul -3 feet high and rising
R2J2 -Deadringer
Tribe -Anthology (cheating, i know, but hey...)