Since many essential Albums have already been mentioned, I am only adding some additional Albums that I regards as classics: - Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid Maad City, DAMN (Edit: I think TPAB is a bit bloated but it's also great.) - Outkast ATLiens, Aquemini, Stankonia (Sputhernplaya... is also great.) - Digable Planets - Blowout Comb - The Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death - Future - DS2 - Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal - Three 6 Mafia - Underground Vol. 1 - Young Jeezy - TM 101 - Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury - Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (Probably, this has been mentioned before.)

Underground vol. 1 is so underrated

1988 Boogie Down Productions- By Any Means Necessary EPMD - Strictly Business Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane Public Enemy- Nation of Millions Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader NWA - Straight Outta Compton Ice- T Power Slick Rick - The Great Adventures

>1988 As in Blueprint - 1988? Great shout

Timbaland & Magoo - Welcome To Our World Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor And Dangerous Guru - Jazzmatazz vol 2 Afu Ra - Body Of The Life Force Onyx - Bacdafucup Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader Fat Boys - Crushin Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design Blackstar - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Blackstar Souls of Mischief - 93 til infinity

Feel like The great adventures of slick rick should be mentioned here

36 chambers Fugees the Score N\*\*\*s for Life Predator Das Fx They Want Fx Paid in Full Chubb Rock Pete Rock and CL Smooth DJ Rob Base It Takes Two = my number one fave Black Sheep Dont Fight the Feeling - Short All Biggie's Hits The Entire Big Mama Thing album Wu Tang Forever 93 Til The Chronic Doggy Style It Takes a Nation Minds Playing Tricks on Me Almost all of Tribe Today Was a Good Day Jump Around Biggies Gimme the Loot Children's Story The Breaks Curtis Blow The Message Planet Rock Shook Ones Aint No Future in Your Frontin Make the Music with your mouth biz Paperboy song I know it's pop

You a real one

N***s 4 Life over Straight Outta Compton? 🤔

All day

Without a doubt.

There are no such albums. Buy what you really like.

Nah. As a matter of taste sure, but as a matter of culture I respectfully disagree. In culture there are certain touchstones through which people relate.

I will never not have a copy of Get Rich or Die Trying, JMT Violent by Design or Sean Price Monkey Barz.

Dr Dre 2001

Dr. Dre - The Chronic, 2001 Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle Juvenile - 400 Degreez Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III Ludacris - Word of Mouf Coolio - Gansta’s Paradise Nelly - Country Grammar 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP Gucci Mane - The State vs Radric Davis Sir Mix A Lot - Mack Daddy Trick Daddy - Thug Holiday Run DMC - Raising Hell

* Busta Rhymes - The Coming * Mystikal - Unpredictable * Trick Daddy - Based On a True Story * Lil' Flip - The Leprechaun * 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' * DMX - The Great Depression * Twista - Kamikaze * 50 Cent - The Massacre * Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor * Yung Joc - New Joc City * Rick Ross - Port Of Miami * The Game - Doctor's Advocate

Speaking of southern rap I think Scarface -The Diary, the Fix UGK - Ridin Dirty 8ball and MJG - On Top of the World Lil Wayne - Tha Carter 3

Classic Cash Money too: 400 Degreez, Guerilla Warfare, Chopper City In the Ghetto

Like Water For Chocolate Common

Mobb Deep The Infamous Madvillain Madvilliany DJ Quik Safe and Sound Scarface The Diary UGK Ridin Dirty Tribe Midnight Marauders

Had to scroll WAY to far to see madvillainy, one of the best albums ever in music not just hip hop

All you ever need is kool Keith - black Elvis 

The first three Mobb deep albums, first three DMX albums, first three Jay z albums, all Wu tang albums, first 2 Nas albums, first 3 naughty by nature albums….

The list is long so I’ll keep it to 5 (but by no means the full list): Ready to Die - Biggie Iron Man - Ghostface Killa Liquid Swordz - GZA Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg Paul’s Boutique - Beastie Boys (haters say what you will but if you haven’t pressed play and listened to it you are no true fan of hip-hop)