OK, so I got this idea a couple weeks ago when the Music thread guys started their top albums of 2008. Then I felt really old because I literally heard of only a couple of the bands. I wanted to have a thread where we list our own favorite albums, based on what we have listened to most over our lives, not necessarily which ones we think are the best. I know that sound weird, but for example, number 10 for me is NWA and I am not going to claim that is the 10th best album ever.

So my list is going to be primarily Rap/Hip Hop because that is what I listed to I will post the OP, then post my list in a second post.

So put some thought in it and post yours, if nothing we will get a good idea of what we have spent the last 10-15 years listening to.

1) Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - 1993
2) Dr. Dre – The Chronic – 1992
3) Tupac Shakur – All Eyes on Me - 1996
4) Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle - 1993
5) A Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory - 1991
6) A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders - 1993
7) The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die - 1994
8) Outkast - Southernplayalisticfunkycadilacmusic - 1994
9) Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – 2000
10) Nas - Illmatic - 1994

Honorable Mention(s)

• A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life - 1996
• A Tribe Called Quest – People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm- 1990
• Redman – Doc’s Da Name – 1998
• De La Soul – 3 feet high and rising – 1989
• E-40 – In a Major Way – 1995
• Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Forever
• Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory – 1999Ludacris - Word of Mouf - 2001
• Too $hort – All albums up to and including number 10.
• Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt - 1996
• Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 - 1997
• Jay-Z -Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life - 1998
• Jay-Z - Vol. 3... - Life and Times of S. Carter - 1999
• Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - 1986
• Sublime – Sublime – 1996
• NWA – Straight Out of Compton – 1988

Groups or artist without specific albums

Public Enemy
Marvin Gaye
Al Green
Lou Rawls
Barry White
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Random crappy 80's songs
Michael Jackson

One of these things is not like the others.

1 Ready to Die -Biggie
2 36 Chambers-Wu
3 Kind of Blue -miles davis
4 Pet sounds - Beach Boys
5 A love Supreme John Coltrane
6 Astral Weeks
7 Aqumini Outkast
8 Ravi Shankar -live at the montary pop festival

9 Johnny Cash - live at folsom prison
10 Talking Heads - Remain in the light

Honorable mentions
alright still Lily Allen
Dr Octogon
Thriller -MJ
Off the Wall -MJ
Amy Winehouse-fadeto black
every other beatles album revolver and after(or rubber soul.. i forget which was earlier)
about 10 bob dylan albums
exile on main street- stones
the first 3 tribe albums
the first 2 dela albums
Fold your hands, child you look like a peasant - Belle and sebastion
London Calling - The clash
Disc 1 of my 2 disc Ramones greatest hits CD
Cornershop- when I was born for the 7th time
James brown live at the apollo
Bowie ziggy stardust
Devo Q: are we not men? A: we are Devo
all the velvet underground
Ornette Coleman free jazz
Willie Nelson Red headed stranger and stardust
Frank Zappa the grand wazoo
GZA liquid swords
various Jayz albums
electric lady land-hendrix
Marvin Gay what's goin' on
Nas Illmatic
several public enemy albums
Queen A night at the opera
Rush 2112
various radiohead
Cuban linx raequon
Inspiration information suggie otis

In no particular order:

1) Springsteen Live
2) KISS Alive 1
3) KISS Alive II
4) AC/DC Back in Black
5) Van Halen
6) Boston
7) The B-52's Wild Planet
8) Jethro Tull Aqualung
9) The Who - Who are you
10) Eric Clapton -- Unplugged

Crap. Outkast Southernplayalisticfunkycadilacmusic and Nas Ilmmatic should have been in my top 10. I guess xnay Sublime and NWA and put those two in.

That list was pretty hard to come up with, and I know I left out a lot. I'll Go back and edit...

Arranged chronologically from my listening perspective:

The Firebird: Stranvisky - Berlin Philharmonic
Led Zepellin: IV
The Beatles: Revolver
Pink Floyd: The Wall
U2: War
U2: Unforgettable Fire
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland
Eric Clapton: From the Cradle
Metallica: Ride the Lightning
Queen: A Night at the Opera

Southern Harmony and Musical Companion-The Black Crowes
The Doors-The Doors
Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin
Full Moon Fever-Tom Petty
Check Your Head-Beastie Boys
Vs.-Pearl Jam
Nevermind-Nirvana
Shake Your Money Maker-Black Crowes
Straight to Hell-Hank III
Legend-Bob Marley

Am I the only one who likes Chronic 2001 better than the Chronic?

Also I don't see anything that I disagree with so I'll just say I agree with all the choices. I'd try to make a top 10 list, but that would take me a week, and I would be doing constant editing.

El Guapo do you like E-40 just because it is a bay area thing, or do you actually enjoy his music? I used to like him, but after hearing his music at every single party for like the last 8 years I can't listen to him anymore without having a panic attack.

In terms of straight air time in presence (conscious or otherwise):

1. Pantera: Vulgar Display of Power
2. Rollins Bank: Weight
3. Pantera: Cowboys From Hell
4. Led Zeppelin: IV (I used to smoke a lot of weed)
5. Clutch: Clutch
6. Weezer: Blue Album
7. Bad Company: Ten From Six (I used to smoke a loooooooooooot of weed)
8. The Sundays: Reading Writing and Arithmetic
9. Hagfish: Buick Men
10. Janes Addiction: Nothing's Shocking

HM:
Nirvana: Bleach
Toadies: Rubberneck
Tool: Opiate
Ministry: Psalm 69
Reverend Horton Heat: It's Martini Time
Social Distortion: Social Distortion
Sugar Ray: Lemonade and Brownies (it's a damn shame what happened to them with their sophomore album)
NIN: Pretty Hate Machine
Down: NOLA
Van Halen: Van Halen
GnR: Appetite for Destruction

After looking at your list, I feel like we could ride in the same car without hating each other. Also, saw your original list and thought, 'what, no Illmatic?'.

Ooooo...I should add Pantera

They live down the street from me

Well...Phil and Vinnie do..... DimeBag of course doesn't.


They could have been such a kick ass band.....

Then I believe we'd be strangling each other after two blocks.

i think that's what you meant.

Tanner - I likd 40's older stuff. The original Click with D-Shot and B-Legit. Some of his recent stuff is very clubbish, but not terrible.

Hank - GNR - Appetite probably should be in my top, but when I think of top albums I never think Rock. Poison Open up and Say Ahh, probably could be up there too.

PMJ - I would guess that is probably the case, especially since we are about the same age. And yeah, I knew I had forgotten some with the Orig list. I am sure there are 10-15 other albums, like Fear of a Black Planet, that could easily be up there.

Goodness...I can never dislike you now. Not that I did in the first place, but god damn do I love that album.

agreed, i just threw mine out off the top of my head, and i would have any honoroble mention list that looks something like this

"all albums by: Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, Tom Petty, The Beastie Boys, Nirvana. many albums by:Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Jane's Addiction"

More HMs:
Life of Agony: River Runs Red
Run DMC: Raising Hell
CCR: Greatest Hits
LL Cool J: Bigger and Deffer
R.E.M.: Eponymous
Clutch: Elephant Riders
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Mother's Milk

I'll see your

and raise you

Bump it up



And that was a string bet there Hanky!

IM ALL IN.

I think my Ipod has a little something for everyone. Though I would have to be the DJ, because just about everyone has about 4-8 albums on their list that I hate. Except Guapo

1. It Was Written - Nas
2. Food & Liqueur - Lupe Fiasco
3. Life After Death - Biggie
4. All Eyes on Me - Tupac
5. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
6. Greatest Hits - Outkast
7. College Dropout - Kanye West
8. The Misseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
9. Ear Drum - Talib Kweli
10. The Bliss Album - PM Dawn

Yes, I like It Was Written better than Illmatic and LAD better than Ready to Die. Not by much in either case, but enough that I give them spots on the list, same with Tupac's Makeveli. I have trouble picking a favorite Outkast album, I like them all pretty equally. I can't believe I don't have a Wu album on there somewhere, they would probably litter 11-20.

Can't disagree with Josh's list, except maybe PM Dawn, seriously where the **** did that come from?

Fugees and Wyclef's solo joint should have made my list somewhere too.

You know I can't really argue with liking LAD better.. there are many, many jams on that album. LAD would actually be on my top ten, but I didn't need two biggie's represented ( though El G wasn't afraid of the multiple artist representation)

I should have had Miseducation of Laurnyn hill on my HM's at least, that's a great, great album.


So is the Bliss Alubm, Guapo.. get PM Dawn out of your mouth.

call...

Set adrift a memory Bliss

This is now stuck in my head.

It's what I put on when I want to relax, had to give it a nod.

Fugees Score got consideration, but I gave it to L Boogie's solo project instead. Richie Rich's album still get plenty of play here too, but I bet your the only one who knows it here.

Some others that are just off my list are The Chronic, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Blackstreet, Doggystyle, Songs in A Minor, Dangerdoom, any of DMX's first 3 CD's, Back for the First time or Chicken and Beer from Luda, a coupel of Common's CD's, Reflection Eternal... man there is a lot I feel I left off

On a non hip-hop note I also like The Doors a lot.

See it's hard!

I thought for sure you would have had Mobb Deep - The Infamous on there.

Yeah Richie Rich - Seasoned Veteran gets played on occasion still.


You know what albums I just thought of that I lost, that I used to love. Doggpound and Lil Half Dead



EDIT: In retrospect D.O.C. should be in my top 10, but I am not sure what I would bump?

Shook Ones Pt II I think is probably my all time favorite track, I love everything about it, but is so much better than the rest of the Album I have trouble listening to the whole thing.

Edit: The DOC and NWA's N4L could both be on mine.

Ya, great song.

Ghostface's first album would be on my list, and then probably a lot of the albums previously mentioned. Maybe Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II and a Roots album as well.

Non rap, I'd prob have Tom Petty's greatest hits on there as well.

I really like on Miseducation of Lauren Hill, the other woman singer I can listen to a lot is Alicia Keys.

I'm sure ill forget a few albums

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

Replacements - Tim, Let it Be

Face to Face - Ignorance is Bliss

Van Morrison - Astral weeks

Mission of Burma - Signals, calls and marches

The Last Waltz

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Cave in - Jupiter, Antenna

Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Lucero - That Much Further West

Propagandhi - Todays Empires, tomorrows ashes

Radiohead - The Bends, Kid A

The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart

Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

I'M SURE YOU WILL TOO

AHEM



UH YOU'RE WELCOME

I love that song but in terms of albums they did i still prefer Hell on Earth as my favorite.

If I had only 5 CD's to take to a poker table, I'd be straight with The Infamous, Ready to Die, Illmatic, 36 chambers and reasonable doubt





I also like how, when I'm talking about hip hop, I'll say things like "I'd be straight", that I would never use any other time.

Yeah, like when referring to your sig.

this is hard/fun. very much so, actually. assuming we're doing personal favorite albums, and not, like, all time important ones:


1. neutral milk hotel- in the aeroplane over the sea
2. the beatles- sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band
3. radiohead- kid a
4. the beatles- magical mystery tour
5. the microphones- the glow, pt. 2
6. psapp- tiger, my friend
7. the radio dept- lesser matters
8. m. ward- the transfiguration of vincent
9. piano magic- the troubled sleep of piano magic
10. kante- zweilicht

honorable mentions:

air- moon safari
low- things we lost in the fire
and pretty much all the radiohead albums except for hail to the thief and pablo honey
the mt. eerie/julie dorion album might make the list after a couple years--that thing's awesome.
m83's saturdays=youth might, too.
bonnie 'prince' billy- i see a darkness
wir sind helden- von hier an blind
the rosebuds- birds make good neighbors

well, now the hip kids have showed up to ruin the thread.

BOOMBOOMBOOM

lol, i already edited my shit, dog.

He's only exposing his own secret cock love and self loathing by making comments like that. I only see a beautiful woman in my sig. Strange it bothers him so much.

there's no way you're straight if you wouldn't hit that, imo.

Thank you.. it's this kind of well reasoned approach to trannies that makes me trust your well reasoned approach to poker.

As far as records I've gotten the most enjoyment out of, this is almost definitely my #1.

it was the only album on my list that required no thought whatsoever. like, i think it might be completely perfect on every account.

I only heard it for the first time a couple years ago. I didn't like it at first, but then I completely fell in love with literally every track.

I am in the exact same boat as you guys here. I just had to acknowledge his clever (albeit incorrect) twisting of your words. Also, I'm confident a single Guap would have a go at our lovely sig-dwelling friend if confronted with such a scenario in real life. He's just in denial.

i won't lie. i've fantasized about rounding second with him/her, finding out the operation hasn't yet happened, pausing for like 30 seconds, saying "meh" (quite possibly out loud), and continuing.