The Best Album From Each Of The Following Artists

[Thun]

This will determine what kind of person you truly are.

A Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul
Brand Nubian
MF Doom
Del The Funky Homosapien
Ice Cube
Public Enemy
Jay-Z
Nas
Redman
Wu-Tang Clan
Ghostface Killah

[Thun]

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels...
De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State
Brand Nubian - One For All
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Del The Funky Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
Ice Cube - Death Certificate *
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions...
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Nas - Illmatic
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Ghostface Killah - Ironman

*Toughest choice by far.

[CHANCE RANDOM]

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Maurauders
De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State
Brand Nubian - One For All
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Del The Funky Homosapien - No Need for Alarm
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions...
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Nas - Illmatic
Redman - Muddy Waters
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele

Based on my favorites.

[Versive]

The Low End Theory
Stakes Is High
One For All
Madvillainy
Deltron 3030
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
It Takes A Nation of Millions...
Reasonable Doubt
Illmatic
Whut? Thee ALbum
36 Chambers
Ironman *

[blessingindisguise]

ATCQ-Midnight marauders just a classic in every sense of the word. Plus phife and q-tip chemistry got better.

De la soul-3 feet high and rising though i loved how they shit on the jiggy big willy movement.

Brand nubian-One for all but foundation wore on me alot. An underrated album. Makes me wanna listen to their album on Babygrande.

MF Doom-operation doomsday yeah. One of the best hip-hop comebacks ever besides 50 cent.

Ice cube-death certificate. Aside from racism as a Black man I agreed with everything he was spitting. Alot of his socio political content resonates today.

Public enemy-It takes a nation of millions. Incredible release that proved to be very influential and praised by alternative artists liek Kurt cobain.

Jay-z--Blueprint. a surprising move that helped launch Kanye west career more so because it was coming off the west coast influenced production of the Dynasty. Brought back the soul from the keyboard swizz beats stuff at the time.

Nas--Illmatic. Changed lyricism with an outsider perspective that lived alot of street life. It's crazy how Russel simmons passed on Nasty nas saying he sounded too much like Kool g rap and Rakim.

Redman-Muddy waters. I listened to redman a shitload malpractice and back and this one just really holds up to me. He was hungry and raw just really more polished

Wu tang--36 chamber. Though wu tang forever proved to be real influential to Just blaze, Kanye, with the strings.

Ghostface killah--supreme clientile. Hard soul but way more polished and bold then most of ironman imo. Lyricism on "Nutmeg" and reflective songs like "Malcom" go hard. It coulda been better too without childs play and the skit before it. Ironman, supreme clientile, and fishcale are all ghostface killah's classics imo.

[Busta Ry]

This will determine what kind of person you truly are.

A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Brand Nubian - In God We Trust
MF Doom - Madvillainy
Del The Funky Homosapien - Deltron 3030
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Nas - Illmatic
Redman - Whut Thee Album
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The 36 Chambers
Ghostface Killah - Ironman

I made a couple of picks on burn and preference over cohesiveness, but I'll stand by them.

[Balzac]

A Tribe Called Quest = Low End Theory
De La Soul = De La Soul is Dead
Brand Nubian = in god we trust
MF Doom = madvillain
Del The Funky Homosapien = No need for alarum
Ice Cube = death certificate
Public Enemy = fear of a black planet
Jay-Z = black album (yah....i know...)
Nas = illmatic
Redman = whut thee album
Wu-Tang Clan = enter 36
Ghostface Killah = iron man

[Balzac]

liking "i wish my brother george was here" over "no need for alarm" = liking "can i borrow a dollar" over "resurrection"

[A Kid]

just listing my favorites. im not gonna argue they are legitimately the best in the catalogs.

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
Brand Nubian - dont really care
MF Doom - they're all equally interesting
Del The Funky Homosapien - No Need For Alarm/Deltron3030
Ice Cube - AMW
Public Enemy - dont care
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Nas - It Was Written
Redman - Muddy Waters
Wu-Tang Clan - Forever
Ghostface Killah - Ironman

[COOLEHMAGAZINE]

A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
De La Soul- De La Soul Is Dead
Brand Nubian- I'm gonna keep it 100, I listened to Everything Is Everything a lot more than One For All, simply because I never checked too hard for Brand Nubian albums. I am probably not qualified to speak on this one.
MF Doom- Operation Doomsday
Del The Funky Homosapien- IWMBGWH
Ice Cube- Death Certificate. To be honest, I listened to that first Lench Mob album and Lethal Injection religiously in the early 90s...far moreso than DC but I recognize that Death Certificate is better than LI in retrospect.
P.E.- Nation Of Millions
Jay-Z- Reasonable Doubt
Nas- Illmatic (but HHID>>IWW)
Redman- Dare Iz A Darkside
Wu-Tang Clan- Wu Tang Forever
Ghostface Killah- **Any pick between Ironman and SC for me is a complete toss up. Today I will go with SC, but they are pretty even for me. It's like picking between Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction

[COOLEHMAGAZINE]

just listing my favorites. im not gonna argue they are legitimately the best in the catalogs.

MF Doom - they're all equally interesting

Really? As in you rate Madvillainy, VV or Operation as being about as good as Born Like This or Danger Doom?

[jredd109]

A Tribe Called Quest - the low end theory
De La Soul - three feet high and rising
Brand Nubian - in god we trust
MF Doom - black bastards
Del The Funky Homosapien - no need for alarm
Ice Cube - the predator
Public Enemy - it takes a nation of millions
Jay-Z
Nas - illmatic
Redman - dare iz a darkside
Wu-Tang Clan - enter the 36 chambers
Ghostface Killah - ironman

[COOLEHMAGAZINE]

Black Bastards is an MF DOOM album now?

[ALASKA]

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Brand Nubian - All for One
MF Doom - Mm Food
Del The Funky Homosapien - I wish my brother george was here
Ice Cube - Death Cert
Public Enemy - Nation
Jay-Z - Vol. 3
Nas - Illmatic
Redman - Whut the ALbum
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Ghostface Killah - Iron Man

[rhickey]

Midnight Marauders
3 Ft. High
I only have Everything is Everything
if Madvilliany doesn't count, Doomsday
Deltron 3000
Amerikkka'z Most Wanted
Nation of Millions
Bluepring
It Was Written
Dare Iz A Darkside
Forever
Supreme Clientele

[A Kid]

just listing my favorites. im not gonna argue they are legitimately the best in the catalogs.

MF Doom - they're all equally interesting

Really? As in you rate Madvillainy, VV or Operation as being about as good as Born Like This or Danger Doom?

nah i just dont really care about MF Doom

[COOLEHMAGAZINE]

just listing my favorites. im not gonna argue they are legitimately the best in the catalogs.

MF Doom - they're all equally interesting

Really? As in you rate Madvillainy, VV or Operation as being about as good as Born Like This or Danger Doom?

nah i just dont really care about MF Doom

Makes sense.

[A Kid]

he's just one of those artists i can only listen to for maybe a week or so per year..he'll be incredibly funny to me one minute and the next he's putting me to sleep instantly...

i can say i enjoyed Operation Doomsday and the first couple projects after that more than his more recent stuff.

[Reason]

A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Del The Funky Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Nas - Illmatic
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 chambers
Ghostface Killah - i'm going to be gay and say a tie b/w ironman and supreme clientele


Brand Nubian - haven't heard them all so I can't say
Public Enemy - Haven't heard them all so i can't say
Redman - haven't heard them all so i can't say

[Blockhead]

A Tribe Called Quest: Low end theory
De La Soul : De la soul is dead
Brand Nubian : All for one
MF Doom :Doomsday
Del The Funky Homosapien : I wish my brother georgie was here
Ice Cube : Death certificate
Public Enemy : It takes a nation...
Jay-Z : Reasonable doubt
Nas : Illmatic
Redman : Dare is a darkside*
Wu-Tang Clan : 36 chambers
Ghostface Killah : Iron man

*I really have no real preference. I love redman the rapper but his albums have always missed the mark for me outside of a handful of songs. It's the beats. Not a fan of them.

[Reason]

is it a generation gap that makes people like it was written and blueprint over illmatic and reasonable doubt respectively or can i just express my true feelings that people who espouse those opinions could not possibly have anything enlightening or worthwhile to offer in/about/regarding hip hop music

[Blockhead]

liking "i wish my brother george was here" over "no need for alarm" = liking "can i borrow a dollar" over "resurrection"

I feel quite the opposite. "IWMBGWH" aged really well. NNFA , however, did not. I can barely listen to it anymore outside of a few tracks.

[peanut butter]

A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Maruaders
De La Soul: Is Dead
Brand Nubian: All For One
MF Doom: Madvillian
Del The Funky Homosapien: I Wish My Brother....
Ice Cube: Death Certificate
Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation
Jay-Z: Blueprint
Nas: Illmatic (the only indisputable answer on this list)
Redman: Muddy Waters
Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the 36 (ok, the only OTHER indisputable answer here)
Ghostface Killah: Supreme Clientele



PEACE

[A Kid]

is it a generation gap that makes people like it was written and blueprint over illmatic and reasonable doubt respectively or can i just express my true feelings that people who espouse those opinions could not possibly have anything enlightening or worthwhile to offer in/about/regarding hip hop music

[drizzle]

randomly conflating best and favorite

A Tribe Called Quest - low end theory
De La Soul - bahloone
Brand Nubian - one for all
MF Doom - madvillain demo
Del The Funky Homosapien - don't care
Ice Cube - death certificate is probably best but on the low i love predator
Public Enemy - takes a nation
Jay-Z - reasonable doubt
Nas - is this a trick question? there's really only one right choice here
Redman - enjoy muddy waters most, but appreciate dare iz a darkside's existence more
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 chambers
Ghostface Killah - ironman

[peanut butter]

is it a generation gap that makes people like it was written and blueprint over illmatic and reasonable doubt respectively or can i just express my true feelings that people who espouse those opinions could not possibly have anything enlightening or worthwhile to offer in/about/regarding hip hop music

This would be more valid if it was coming from someone who has heard all the works of Public Enemy, Brand Nubian and Redman.


PEACE

[unbelievable dickhead]

Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels...
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
Brand Nubian - One For All
MF Doom - Madvillainy
Del The Funky Homosapien - No need For Alarm
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Jay-Z - ambivalent
Nas - Illmatic
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Ghostface Killah - Ironman

[blastmaster]

A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
De La Soul- Is Dead
Brand Nubian- One For All
MF Doom- Operation
Del The Funky Homosapien- I Wish...
Ice Cube- Death Certificate
Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation
Jay-Z- Volume 1
Nas- Illmatic
Redman- Muddy Waters
Wu-Tang Clan- 36
Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele

[Reason]

is it a generation gap that makes people like it was written and blueprint over illmatic and reasonable doubt respectively or can i just express my true feelings that people who espouse those opinions could not possibly have anything enlightening or worthwhile to offer in/about/regarding hip hop music

This would be more valid if it was coming from someone who has heard all the works of Public Enemy, Brand Nubian and Redman.


PEACE

Studio albums
Year Title Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US[1] US
R&B[2] UK[3] CAN[4]
1987 Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Released: January 26, 1987
Label: Def Jam
125 28 ג€” ג€”
US: Gold[5]
1988 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Released: April 14, 1988
Label: Def Jam
42 1 8 93
US: Platinum[5]
UK: Silver[6]
1990 Fear of a Black Planet
Released: April 10, 1990
Label: Def Jam
10 3 4 15
US: Platinum[5]
UK: Gold[6]
CAN: Gold[7]
1991 Apocalypse 91ג€¦ The Enemy Strikes Black
Released: October 3, 1991
Label: Def Jam
4 1 8 12
US: Platinum[5]
UK: Silver[6]
CAN: Gold[7]
1994 Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
Released: August 23, 1994
Label: Def Jam
14 4 12 20
US: Gold[5]
1998 He Got Game
Released: April 21, 1998
Label: Def Jam
26 10 ג€” 35
[edit]Independent albums
Year Title Chart positions
U.S.[1] US
R&B[2]
1999 There's a Poison Goin' On
Released: July 20, 1999
Label: Atomic Pop
ג€” ג€”
2002 Revolverlution
Released: July 23, 2002
Label: Koch
110 16
2005 New Whirl Odor
Released: November 1, 2005
Label: Slam Jamz
ג€” ג€”
2006 Rebirth of a Nation
Released: March 7, 2006
Label: Guerilla Funk
180 54
2007 How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
Released: August 7, 2007
Label: Slam Jamz









One For All
Released: December 4, 1990
Billboard 200 chart position: #130
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #34
Singles: "Brand Nubian"/"Feels So Good", "Wake Up"/"Drop the Bomb", "All For One"/"Concerto in X Minor", "Slow Down"/"To the Right"
In God We Trust
Released: February 2, 1993
Billboard 200 chart position: #12
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #4
Singles: "Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down", "Allah U Akbar"/"Steal Ya Ho", "Love Me or Leave Me Alone"/"The Travel Jam"
Everything is Everything
Released: November 1, 1994
Billboard 200 chart position: #54
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #13
Singles: "Word is Bond"/"Straight Off Da Head", "Hold On"/"Step Into Da Cipher"/"Alladat"
Foundation
Released: September 29, 1998
Billboard 200 chart position: #59
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #12
Singles: "The Return"/"Brand Nubian", "Don't Let it Go to Your Head"/"Back Up Off the Wall", "Let's Dance"
Fire in the Hole
Released: August 10, 2004
Billboard 200 chart position: -
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #57
Singles: "Whatever Happened...?"/"Momma", "Who Wanna Be a Star? (It's Brand Nu Baby!)"/"Just Don't Learn", "Young Son"/"Still Livin' in the Ghetto"
Time's Runnin' Out
Released: 2007
Billboard 200 chart position: -
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: -
Singles: -









Year Title Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
U.S.
200 U.S.
R&B CAN[1][2]
1992 Whut? Thee Album
Released: September 22, 1992
Label: Def Jam
49 5 ג€”
US: Gold[3]
1994 Dare Iz a Darkside
Released: November 22, 1994
Label: Def Jam
13 1 ג€”
US Gold[3]
1996 Muddy Waters
Released: December 10, 1996
Label: Def Jam
12 1 ג€”
US: Gold[3]
1998 Doc's da Name 2000
Released: November 24, 1998
Label: Def Jam
11 1 66
US: Platinum[3]
CAN: Gold[4]
2001 Malpractice
Released: May 22, 2001
Label: Def Jam
4 1 18
US: Gold[3]
2007 Red Gone Wild
Released: March 27, 2007
Label: Def Jam
13 4 ג€”
2010 Redman Presents... Reggie
Released: December 7, 2010
Label: Def Jam


you've listened to or think people can't have the opinion i shared without having listened to red gone wild, redman presents reggie, fire in the hole, time's running out, muse sick-n-hour mess, he's got game, or any of their 'independent albums' as listed in wiki? okay.

[ackbar]

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Brand Nubian - In God We Trust
MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday
Del The Funky Homosapien - No Need For Alarm
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions...
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 2
Nas - Illmatic
Redman - Muddy Waters
Wu-Tang Clan - Forever
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele