Old thread but I'd like to contribute wahey.

1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
2. OutKast - Stankonia
3. Gza/The Genius - Liquid Swords
4. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
5. Nas - Illmatic

I'm positive I've posted to this thread already but I'm too lazy to check. For some reason I've been enjoying hip hop way more than rock music lately. I've just not been able to settle into listening to any noise rock or other genres I regularly indulge in.

Did you ever hear that Blackalicious A to G EP? That got played an astonishing amount at the time. That and Roots Manuva's Witness, I think it was a similar time. Ish.

I think if I listed five hip-hop LPs it'd just be the first five I think of. I like some hip-hop, but not enough to have a top five.

Nah I haven't. I've actually only heard Blazing Arrow and even though it's so astonishing to me I never felt like listening to any of their other stuff. I'll listen to it in due time I'm sure.

I disagree with this list. Must've been really stoned.

this is still spot on.

it is still hard to pick a fifth one. I guess those 4 are the only ones I feel are masterpieces.

maybe something by outkast but its too hard to pick between atliens, aquemini & stankonia

New list:
Operation Doomsday
6 Feet Deep
CLOUDDEAD
Enter The Wu-Tang
Take Me To Your Leader
Lord Willin'
Big Shots
First Come, First Served

Replace "Cold Vein" with "Criminal Minded" by BDP

Best thread I ever started (and I've started some SHIT threads) actually got me on the case of numerous hip-hop acts I've not come across. Thanks guys.

Run DMC - Raising Hell
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Mannish - Audio Sedative
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
EPMD - Strictly Business

I don't think I'll ever tire of this album. Ever.

My hiphop taste is very basic

Same. There's so many classic albums I still have to check out.

I only really started listening to hiphop around a year ago serious and still I only know around 20 albums. Also I find myself guilty of lliking guitarmusic way better.

5 of the best are :

btw more than anything im a hiphop head
hiphop got me into all kinds of rock etc. anyway

cuban linxs - raekwon
entroducing -dj shadow
deltron 3030 - del the funkee homosapien
ATCQ - low end theory
beastie boys - pauls botique

Deltron 3030 - Del
Endtroducing - Dj Shadow
Nigga Please - Ol' Dirt McGurk
Mm.. Food - Mf Doom
Enter the 36 Chambers - Wu

wow btw you guys have an amazing taste in hip hop music, i didnt expect anything less from sonic youth fans but still you guys have a great taste in hiphop! :)

EPMD - Strictly Business
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Deltron 3030 - s/t
NWA - Straight Outta Compton

^^^ feel free to put BDP's Criminal Minded somewhere up there too. seems wrong to leave it off....

This is really fucking hard because I'd say the majority of my collection is hip hop. I just can't even try to narrow it down as much as I try.

Reminds me of that part in High Fidelity when the interviewer is like 'what are your top 5 albums ever' and he's like WTF? "Top 5 for the club? The home? What?" I mean, I could probably say my Top 5 Summer hip hop albums. Or Southern. Or Brooklyn. Or 1996. Or anything if it were narrowed down. But this... this is way too much.

Yeah I know what you mean, I just kinda thought about at that moment what are my top 5.

But think about this, no matter what mood or time your are rating for, shouldn't at least 1 or 2 of yr ''whatever'' top five be in your all time top 5, such complexities

I can easily come up with MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS and ENTER THE WU-TANG, but after that it's way too confusing.