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well im not gonna start and arguement over not liking biggie. i mean i loved his beats and i think puffy is actually way underrated as a pruducer (check the new jay z, hes tracks are the only ones good on there) despite him being on of the biggest deauche bags on the planet. but the rest of your list is pretty awesome so ill let it slide.

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

so because he was fat makes him a bad mc? his flow and lyrics are both unfuckwithable. prolly my favorite mc ever. made the most violent of lyrics sound soulful and nonchalant.

absolutely.

I also forgot one of my faves

SLICK RICK - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

I also forgot one of my faves: Tupac's Strictly 4 My Niggaz.

It's from the time when loads of rappers were copying Public Enemy: Ice T (on Original Gangster, which is excellent) and Ice Cube were using Bomb Squad-like producers and writing aggressively pro-Black and nihilistic lyrics.

Strictly 4 My Niggaz is Tupac's contribution to this time, with the only light relief being Keep Your Head Up (everyone of his albums has a token 'from the heart' track - this one is actually good).

It's in an awkward position because Tupac's fans, who prefer his Death Row bullshit, won't like the abrasive, murky, sometimes-bordering-on-industrial production (one of the songs is sampled by NIN on their cover of Metal); while the hiphop fans who would appreciate it (Public Enemy fans) probably won't listen to it because they've dismissed everything Tupac's done on the basis of his Death Row bullshit.

It's an angry, uncompromising, noise-hop album, and well worth a download.

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

PUBLIC ENEMY - Nation of Millions, Fear of a Black planet, Apocalypse 91
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - people's instinctive tarvels, midnight marauders, low end theory
DE LA SOUL - 3 Feet High, De La Is Dead, Buhloon Mindstate, Stakes is High
DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - Sex packets
ERIC B. & RAKIM - Paid In Full, Follow The Leader
BEASTIE BOYS - Paul's Boutique, Check Yr Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty
DIGABLE PLANETS - Reachin'
MC SERCH - Return of the Product
GANG STARR - Hard To Earn, daily ooperation, No More Mr Nice Guy
GURU - JAZZAMATAZZ
RUN DMC - Run Dmc, Raising Hell, King of Rock
GETO BOYS - Geto Boys, We Can't Be Stopped. Uncut Dope

Excellent list, I must say. Geto boys are one of my most listened to artists right now. It's interesting to see how that in all of hip hop history, they seem to be the most gangsta and that was way back in the early 90's.

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

snoop doggy dogg (i reiterate, snoop DOGGY dogg)

Regarding snoop, I think he just made tonnes of mistakes with production after Doggystyle. Doggystyle is the only album of his that I consider excellent, but overall he's a great rapper dispite the weakness of his other albums. Actually, he released a free track to his upcoming album, http://allhiphop.com/stories/multime.../19220079.aspx
. Sounds like a Dre track too, and isn't that bad, but the hook is weak.

Lately I've been listening to:

DPG
Kurupt (Releasing a new album this year)
The Game (Look out for L.A.X)
Lil Wayne (Look out for Tha Carter 3)
Dre (Look out for Detox)
Geto Boys
Three 6 Mafia
Kool Keith / Ultramagnetic MC's
Inspectah Deck / ODB / Rae / Ghost / Rest of Wu + Affiliates
Rakim (+ Eric B)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
DJ Screw
E40
Slick Rick
Big L
Big Pun
Biggie
NWA
The Coup
Public Enemy
Talib Kweli
Dr. Octagon
Noah23

Production
Dr. Dre
Just Blaze
J.R. Rotem
Pharrel
Cool & Dre
Scott Storch
Dat Nigga Daz
RZA
Kanye

Big Pun was twice the size of Biggie Smalls and over the course of two albums
and a gang of cameos staked his spot as one of the most amazing lyricists
I've ever heard. Redman is still my favorite though. Best MC? No. But my favorite.

Also, anyone who doesn't like DJ Premier beats, you're a lost one.

Most of the ones previously mentioned.

I don't see Sage Francis, so I guess that he's not liked much.
Grand Buffet are a good laugh.

My friends tour with Grand Buffet quite a bit. I hung out with them when they first started playing in the late 90's....cool dudes.

They played twice at a cozy bar up the road. I like the way they get up on stage with a cd walkman and burn down the house. Who are your friends, if you don't mind me asking?

HEIGHT and PT Burnem have played with them.....they are like "underground rap" or whatever.

Never heard of them. I'll check it out.

Braintax is another one that springs to mind.

They're from Baltimore. Burnem is a friend of mine from college who is in Philly most of the time now.

Yeah, they mentioned Baltimore. I've got Five Years of Fireworks. Good album and funny DVD.
Ask them about De Bliksem if you ever see them.

Edit: Lord Grunge got wasted on whiskey while Mr. Pennsylvania sort of meditated back stage. :D

Oh oh oh-oh-oh oh my God you're weird....ha ha.

Dalek
NWA (Straight Outta Compton is one of the best albums ever)
Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle
Sugarhill Gang
Gangmaster Flash

am very interested in checking out Tribe Called Quest

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Dr Octagon- Dr. Octagonecolagyst is my favorite hip hop album.

check it out, the original tin can man, thats right its the boy with the aluminum knees, check me out, can I walk... get me my wheelchair..

What does Tutankhamun have to do with this thread?