Classics

[James R.]

So I've been thinking about rap lately and there have been very few artists recently who have released CLASSIC albums, so I was thinking who has the most so far? This is how I see it:

Jay-Z (4 or 5) Reasonable Doubt, Vol 2 Hard Knock Life, The Blueprint, The Black Album, and maybe American Gangster

Eminem (3) SSLP, MMLP, and TES

50 Cent (2) Power of the Dollar and Get Rich or Die Tryin

The Game (1) The Documentary

Dr. Dre (2) The Chronic and 2001

The Notorious B.I.G. (2) Ready to Die and Life After Death

2Pac (3 or more) 2pacalypse Now, Me Against the World, and All Eyez on Me

I know I missed a TON, but drop what you tihnk.

[<Stiiccy>]

Nas - Illmatic

[DelinQuent]

Royce Da 5'9-Death Is Certain

[Steve Spag]

Obie Trice "Second Round's On Me"

[imarun10]

Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

[Xray]

9 Nas platinum/gold albums.

Illmatic
It Was Written
I Am…
Nastradamus
Stillmatic
God's Son
Street's Disciple
Hip Hop Is Dead
Untitled

7 Ice Cube platinum/gold albums.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Death Certificate
The Predator
Lethal Injection
War & Peace - Volume 1 (The War Disc)
War & Peace - Volume 2 (The Peace Disc)
Laugh Now, Cry Later

7 Redman platinum/gold albums.

Whut? Thee Album
Dare Iz a Darkside
Muddy Waters
El Niño (with Def Squad)
Doc's Da Name 2000
Blackout! (with Method Man)
Malpractice

5 2pac platinum/gold albums.

2Pacalypse Now
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
Me Against the World
All Eyez on Me
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

5 Mobb Deep platinum/gold albums.

The Infamous
Hell on Earth
Murda Muzik
Infamy
Blood Money

5 Public Enemy platinum/gold albums.

Yo! Bum Rush the Show
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Fear of a Black Planet
Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age

5 Ice-T platinum/gold albums.

Rhyme Pays
Power
The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
O.G. Original Gangster
Home Invasion

[Requiem]

T.I.- paper trail

D12- Devil's Night

G-Unit- Beg for Mercy

[Xray]

The purpose of this thread was to see which artist/group have more classic albums, not which album you think is classic LOL.

[Requiem]

oh... well dammit.

um..... NAS, for real tho

@ chet, its tru tho

[rap313]

ice cube Raw Footage
obie trice Cheers

[theJFKshow]

Army Of The Pharaohs - Ritual Of Battle

Not a classic yet, but for real I fucking love every song on there.

[AspirinE]

Pete Rock & Cl - "mecca and the soul brother"
Slick Rick - The art of story telling.
Cypress Hill - IV
Ice cube - Dead on arrival
Mf Doom - Doomsday & MM FOOD

[Slim Zaddy]

9 Nas platinum/gold albums.

Illmatic
It Was Written
I Am…
Nastradamus
Stillmatic
God's Son
Street's Disciple
Hip Hop Is Dead
Untitled

7 Ice Cube platinum/gold albums.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Death Certificate
The Predator
Lethal Injection
War & Peace - Volume 1 (The War Disc)
War & Peace - Volume 2 (The Peace Disc)
Laugh Now, Cry Later

7 Redman platinum/gold albums.

Whut? Thee Album
Dare Iz a Darkside
Muddy Waters
El Niño (with Def Squad)
Doc's Da Name 2000
Blackout! (with Method Man)
Malpractice

5 2pac platinum/gold albums.

2Pacalypse Now
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
Me Against the World
All Eyez on Me
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

5 Mobb Deep platinum/gold albums.

The Infamous
Hell on Earth
Murda Muzik
Infamy
Blood Money

5 Public Enemy platinum/gold albums.

Yo! Bum Rush the Show
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Fear of a Black Planet
Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age

5 Ice-T platinum/gold albums.

Rhyme Pays
Power
The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
O.G. Original Gangster
Home Invasion

actually Xray list with all the others are just enough , i can't think of anything more ..

[James R.]

@ X-Ray- Platinum and Gold status doesn't = classic. Tha Carter III went triple I think. Not a classic.


@ Tru- This is a completely opinion based thread. I don't think American Gangster is necessarily a classic, but some people think it's some of his best work. You can't even try to argue that any of the others aren't classic rap albums.

Also a classic (for me) is an album that in my eyes is timeless. There will never be a point when I can't turn on one of those albums I listed and have to skip even one song (skits don't count) so to me that's a classic. There's no definition for a classic just like there's no definition of "the best" it's all opinion. I do agree though, Obie hasn't dropped a classic. oh and neither has TI as much as I like some of his albums none of them are timeless.

[Xray]

And I don't know what the point of Xray's post was 'cause sales don't really mean much. I mean, look at Jay-Z. His most critically acclaimed album and most often deemed classic is Reasonable Doubt, the album he's sold the least of. (Oh, and I don't think Jay has that many classics. 4 or 5? Really? In no way is American Gangster a classic)

The time those albums were dropped a classic DID go platinum or gold at those times. It wasn't like now, where REAL hip hop is dead and the wack shit selling. I over did it with the Nas albums though I do admit. Nastradamus, Street's Disciple & Untitled weren't classics at all. But those other albums ARE classic.