Top 50 Hip Hop Album Of All Time?
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:16 pm
Hip Hop, in terms of albums, is in it's mid 30's. It's crazy that being born in the late 70's, my life's timeline has coincided with the timeline of recorded Hip Hop. Obviously I was too young for the start, but my brother was born in 1973 so I have an advanced experience over some of my friends who are the same age but maybe didn't have that older brother influence. My very first Hip Hop experience, as far as I can remember, is Beat Street ( My Mother took my brother and I to see it in the theater because he was enamored) and the book Subway Art. So I come from an early stage of the game, but to be fair, my first real true awareness of what was really going on didn't come until around 1987-88. Even then I was crazy young, but around my brother and friends so I was very much aware.
My only reason for that bit of information is that I truly can understand how many great albums came out over the last 30 years. Not that others can't appreciate, but I do know from then. That's why my question is top 50. Seems like a lot of albums, but damn, there are hundreds of amazing albums since the mid 80's. If you're in the top 50, you must be something special.
To me, this album is very special and if I ever get around to making a list, I believe this is in the top 50. So unique and creative, so important. 93 Til Infinity the single has to go down as one of the GOAT tracks in Hip Hop History, but for real, the entire album is a magnum opus. Do you agree?
My only reason for that bit of information is that I truly can understand how many great albums came out over the last 30 years. Not that others can't appreciate, but I do know from then. That's why my question is top 50. Seems like a lot of albums, but damn, there are hundreds of amazing albums since the mid 80's. If you're in the top 50, you must be something special.
To me, this album is very special and if I ever get around to making a list, I believe this is in the top 50. So unique and creative, so important. 93 Til Infinity the single has to go down as one of the GOAT tracks in Hip Hop History, but for real, the entire album is a magnum opus. Do you agree?