Its A Lifestyle's Top 25 Rap Albums Of All Time
#05 - #01#05 - Tupac Shakur - Me Against the World
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If you have a beating heart in your chest, you can't not feel the raw emotional energy that Tupac delivers through his words and his voice on this album.
Quotable: "Lord knows I.. tried, been a witness to homicide
Seen drivebys takin lives, little kids die
Wonder why as I walk by
Broken-hearted as I glance at the chalk line, gettin high
This ain't the life for me, I wanna change
But ain't no future right for me, I'm stuck in the game
I'm trapped inside a maze
See this Tanqueray influenced me to gettin crazy
Disillusioned lately, I've been really wantin babies
so I could see a part of me that wasn't always shady"
#04 - Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
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Shaolin shadowboxing, and the Wu-Tang sword style. If what you say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang could be dangerous. Do you think your Wu-Tang sword can defeat me? En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style. Those words spoke by Manchu Prince from Shaolin and Wu-Tang are the first thing heard from the Wu (Minus Words from the Geunis and Prince Rakeem crap). Rap would never be the same. People looking for something new from New York rap after the country was only listening to gangsta rap from cali got exactly what they wanted and more.
Quotable: "I rip it hardcore, like porno-flick bitches
I roll with groups of ghetto bastards with biscuits
Check it, my method on the microphone's bangin
Wu-Tang slang'll leave your headpiece hangin
Bust this, I'm kickin like Segall, Out for Justice
The roughness, yes, the rudeness, ruckus
Redrum, I verbally assault with the tongue
Murder one, my style shot ya knot like a stun-gun"
#03 - Nas - Illmatic
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This is the album you would give to a young kid looking to get into rap. This is the album jigga talks about on all his albums until he got called out on it. This is the album that let people know that maybe theres someone out there more talented than Rakim. 10 tracks no famous features from dope producers from a young mc who spit fire bars.
Quotable: "I got so many rhymes I don't think I'm too sane
Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain
and be prosperous, though we live dangerous
cops could just arrest me, blamin us, we're held like hostages
It's only right that I was born to use mics
and the stuff that I write, is even tougher than dice
I'm takin rappers to a new plateau, through rap slow
My rhymin is a vitamin, Hell without a capsule
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes"
#02 - Dr. Dre - The Chronic
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Back in 92 rap was either party music or about politics. Dre invented G-Funk and brought it his debut album. Free from Easy & Jerry Heller control Dre was able to do things his way. Which is making beats while Snoop spits on the mic.
Quotable: " Well I'm peepin', and I'm creepin', and I'm creep-in'. But I damn near got capped, 'cause my beeper kept beepin'. Now it's time for me to make my impression felt, So sit back, relax, and strap on your seatbelt. You never been on a ride like this before, With a producer who can rap and control the maestro At the same time with the dope rhyme that I kick. You know, and I know, I flow some old funky shit To add to my collection. The selection Symbolizes dope. Take a toke but don't choke. If you do, you have no clue
Of what me and my homie Snoop Dogg came to do..."
#01 - Raekwon the Chef - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Niggas
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Ok here's my review on THE BEST hip hop album ever constructed.
Striving For Perfection- What a great way to start an album. It's just Rae and Ghost speaking on what they wanna do when this albums done. "Im hanging this shit up if this don't work man." Well, it worked Ghostface.
Knuckleheads- I love the bassline. Rae comes with a great verse. Ghost and U-God come off with better verses though. It's just a great head nodding song.
Knowledge God- One of my favorite beats on the album. I love Rae's verses but the beat takes this with the violens and catch little piano.
Criminology- Oh my god first off the beat is crazy but Ghost and Rae came off so hard on this song. A lot of quotable in this song from both members. Beat fits perfect with their flow.
Incarcerated Scarfaces- I remember first hearing this beat and thinking it was the best I had ever heard. I don't think that anymore but this is still a classic song in its' own right. Chef'll shine like marble.
Rainy Dayz- Every once in a while you'll hear a beat and think "Wow that is production nirvana right there." This beat is like that. A flawless beat and (Blue Rasberry?) has stellar vocals. Rae and Ghost prove to me that they are some of the best lyricists around with 2 great verses.
Guillotine (Swordz)- The beat from Tical! Finally RZA quit messing with us and hit us up with this stellar beat. Rebel INS catches you right off the bat which he seems to like to do as he has done the same with several of his verses. Him and GZA start and end the song perfectly with Ghost dropping some abstract wordplay and Rae kicking his slang rap.
Can It Be All So Simple (Remix)-It's the original beat reverses, and with harder bass. Although the original may be better due to better lyrics, I still amazed at the duo of Ghost and Rae, they vibe perfect together.
Shark Biters- It's one of the best skits. Rae and Ghost talk about biters, talking about people biting their styles and Nas's shit.
Ice Water- A great sample by RZA. It's such a great beat but I love Ghost's and Cappadonnas verses. You can almost feel a change in sound after Shark Biters as there is more guest appearances from here on.
Glaciers of Ice- Another flawless beat by RZA. Best verses have to belong to Rae and Masta Killa though, with Masta coming off the best. Blue Rasberry made this song though, she should get the same amount of credit
Verbal Intercourse- One of the best sampled beats you'll ever hear. "If he....I really love him." How do you take something so profound like that and turn into one of the sickest beats made? RZA did it but even better than the beat is the 3 classic verses, right in a row, dropped by Nas, Rae, and Ghostface. This song is hip hop in its' purest form no questions asked.
Wisdom Body- A short solo Ghosface. He speech seems a little weird, as Ghost said he was probably drunk during a lot of the making of this album. I like the beat although it doesn't amount to the price that Glaciers of Ice and Verbal Intercourse was.
Spot Rusherz- The St. Ides commercial plays at the beginning while Ghost and Rae crack me up. "It's like the sun ain't even up. Well the sun will always shine though, but you know what I mean?" I like the beat alot although it is repetitive. Rae tells a nice story. All in all, it's a great track.
Ice Cream- It's a clever song, but the best verse is Ghostface with Cappadonna finishing out the song but I almost like Meth best for his chorus.
Wu-Gambinos- The Gambinos! Johnny Blaze, Tony Starks, Lex Diamonds, and Noodles and Bobby Steels one by one give out some of the best verses on the album. Another fantastic beat. There is no weak verse on here, they are all great but as for the best verse, I'm going to have to give it to Bobby Steels.
Heaven and Hell- One of my favorite beats and songs. Rae and Ghost do a little duet together, just vibing with the beat. It's just a classic song what can I say.
North Star- Another one of the best beats i've ever heard. When Rae comes and drops his verse, I seriously get goosebumps almost every time. The verse needed to be longer or have Ghost or something on it! This song should have been 8 minutes long with every member dropping a verse. Used to never listen to it because I only thought it was just Popa Wu talking.
posted by Chef Raekwon 95 @ 6:42 PM
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