The Best NEW YORK Hip Hop Album of the 90's Was??

[5th Letter]

This is a good thread

 

[genocide_cutter]

36 Chambers

 

[Lab Baby]

Moment of Truth>>>>>Daily Operation, for the record

My vote goes to Illmatic

 

[DMTxTHC]

I love all of these albums, but here are my favorites in order: Illmatic>>The Infamous>>Enter the 36>>It's Dark & Hell Is Hot>>Life After Death>>OB4CL>>Ready to Die>>Reasonable Doubt>>The Low End Theory...

...i have never heard that Gang Starr album in it's entirety though.

 

[Lab Baby]

I love all of these albums, but here are my favorites in order: Illmatic>>The Infamous>>Enter the 36>>It's Dark & Hell Is Hot>>Life After Death>>OB4CL>>Ready to Die>>Reasonable Doubt>>The Low End Theory...

...i have never heard that Gang Starr album in it's entirety though.

Shit was dope. SMH @ niggas in here shittin on Guru and Primo

[video=youtube;gu9_PfnQOPo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu9_PfnQOPo[/video]

[video=youtube;HNHu2cmLuco]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNHu2cmLuco[/video]

^^^^sampled in Crooklyn Dodgers

 

[Lab Baby]

And SMH @ niggas forgettin Enta Da Stage

[video=youtube;N7hbmWJLRo0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7hbmWJLRo0[/video]

[video=youtube;Q5nk_J-SQ_4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nk_J-SQ_4&feature=relmfu[/video]

 

[DMTxTHC]

Shit was dope. SMH @ niggas in here shittin on Guru and Primo

[video=youtube;gu9_PfnQOPo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu9_PfnQOPo[/video]

[video=youtube;HNHu2cmLuco]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNHu2cmLuco[/video]

^^^^sampled in Crooklyn Dodgers

Wasn't Gang Starr the first to use jazz samples? either way, the songs you posted are dope.

 

[DMTxTHC]

And SMH @ niggas forgettin Enta Da Stage

[video=youtube;N7hbmWJLRo0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7hbmWJLRo0[/video]

[video=youtube;Q5nk_J-SQ_4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nk_J-SQ_4&feature=relmfu[/video]

The original version of I Got Cha Opin got mad spins from me...

[video=youtube;A3H2N5nUqsk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3H2N5nUqsk[/video]

...and while i'm at it, Styles P ripped that beat^.

 

[Lab Baby]

Wasn't Gang Starr the first to use jazz samples? either way, the songs you posted are dope.

Might have been ATCQ. Don't quote me on that, but they're the first ones I remember doing it.

 

[birdcallaveli]

good thread idea, but if you want to nit pick, gang starr isnt new york hip hop. guru was from boston and premo is from houston.

 

[Lab Baby]

The original version of I Got Cha Opin got mad spins from me...

[video=youtube;A3H2N5nUqsk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3H2N5nUqsk[/video]

...and while i'm at it, Styles P ripped that beat^.

That's my shit. The Flipmode version was crazy too

[video=youtube;uCV5zCzojy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCV5zCzojy8[/video]

And Styles and Talib redid Buck em Down too

[video=youtube;a3ukb7hCgpY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ukb7hCgpY[/video]

 

[Mumo X]

ILLmatic or 36 Chambers. Close Thread

 

[Just2C]

other notable albums dropped in the 90's (some of these albums better then the choices to vote on)

Wu: Forever

Ghostface: Ironman

ODB: Return to the 36

Tribe: Midnight Marauders

Big Pun: Capital Punishment

Gangstarr: Moment of Truth

Fugees: The Score (NY/NJ= same thing)

Redman: Muddy Waters (NY/ MJ= same thing)

Mos Def: Black on Both Sides

Jay-Z: Hard Knock Life

Mos Def/ Talib Kweli: Black Star

Mobb Deep: Hell on Earth

Camp Lo: Uptown Saturday Night

Busta Rhymes: Extinction Level Event

Lil Kim: Hard Core

Keith Murray: The Most Beautifulest Thing

The Beatnuts: Musical Massacre

Cocoa Brovas: The Rude Awakening

Jeru the Damaja: Wrath of the Math (arguably Premier's best work)

Eric B & Rakim: Dont Sweat the Technique

Eric B & Rakim: Let the Rhythm Hit Em

Pete Rock/ CL Smooth: The Main Ingredient

Pete Rock/ CL Smooth: Mecca and the Soul Brother

Brand Nubian: One for all

Brand Nubian: In God We Trust

Grand Puba: Reel to Reel

Grand Puba: 2000

Black Moon: Enta Da Stage

Black Moon: WarZone

DefSquad: El Nino

 

[genocide_cutter]

What about Onyx bacdafuckup?

 

[infamous114]

Illmatic.....

 

[Just2C]

Of these choices i gotta go with OBFCL.

 

[HipHopFiend91]

RD and Infamous

 

[Breezy_Kilroy]

Illmatic

Nas was the reason I got up on 90's hip hop and really started paying attention to lyrics. when i heard "It ain't Hard to Tell" I was like this dude is that nigga. i know yall clown young niggas but i dont feel all that dancing and gay shit either

 

[grumpy_new_yorker]

Smif-N-Wessun - Da Shinin'
Raekwon - Cuban Linx
Ghostface - Ironman
GZA - Liquid Swords
Killarmy - Dirty Weaponry [beats on this album are fucking gems]
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst

 

[Gangsta Shit]

gangstarr - moment of truth

daily op and hard to earn was dope, but moment was the best imo