Favorite Rap songs 1995 - 2010

[DantesForum]

Looking to bolster the rap selection on my Ipod. I have tons of stuff pre-'95 and tons of stuff from this year, but nothing in between.

Any suggestions?

[BingJohnson]

Oh man. I'm going to be in this thread for a while. It depends on your taste in rap, but I like.

90s (albums)
Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt
B.I.G.'s Ready to Die
Nas' Illmatic

2000s

Common - Finding Forever, Be
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon
Jay-Z - any of the Blueprint albums
Kanye - College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation

If you like any of these, let me know. I'll recommend some more.

[Tomtin]

I'm not a big rap guy but Raekwon's last album was the best rap album I've heard in a long time. Very 90's esque.

[DantesForum]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I did have all the Blueprints already. Didn't even know I had them until I searched my library.

I picked up Reasonable Doubt and Ready to Die. Love them both!

Any song recomendations off of the other albums? I am too cheap to buy the whole albums on those.

Thanks Again

[BingJohnson]

Illmatic is all good.

The People and Driving Me Wild are good tracks from Finding Forever. Go and Testify from Be are both good too.

Try Soundtrack 2 My Life off of Man on the Moon

You really cant miss on any of the tracks from Kanye's earlier albums. Through the Wire, Jesus Walks, All Falls Down**, Slow Jamz off of College Dropout. Heard Em Say, Touch the Sky, Diamonds and the Diamonds Remix off of Late Registration. Can't Tell Me Nothing and Homecoming off of Graduation.

** Definitely get this track

[DantesForum]

Thanks again. My wife pointed out to me that I could turn my Discover cash back award into Amazon mp3 gift cards, so I loaded up $50 worth. Ready to shop some more!

[CreepinDeth]

The basics (Going to be a bit West Coast heavy as that's where I'm from) -

2Pac - All Eyez on Me
Bone Thugs~N~Harmony - E.1999 Eternal / Creepin' on ah Come Up
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die / Life After Death
Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are...
Dr. Dre - The Chronic / 2001
Ice Cube - The Predator / Lethal Injection

[Phoenix S117]

I have to throw out the Jay-Z/Linkin Park collaboration "Collision Course 1"

It's pretty awesome, especially if you're fans of both! ^_^

Big Pimpin/Papercut and Numb/Encore are probably my favorites, but the whole CD is awesome.

[DantesForum]

Thanks to all. Added today

Common - Be
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon
Kanye - College Dropout, Late Registration
Jay Z/Linkin Park - Collision Course 1 (Love this album!)
Dre-Chronic
Bone Thugs - E.1999 Eternal

Really like them all, most less than $6 on Amazon, so I went with the full albums.

Keep the suggestions coming, still have some credit left!

[bottle]

I'm only a month late but I have to add Royce 5 9' - Death is Certain. Throwback and I & Me are my two favorites but it's absolute classic from start to finish.

Blue Scholars have a great library too. It's a real shame that more people aren't on them.

[DantesForum]

Never too late, I still have some credit to spend!

[dunker]

T.I. vs. T.I.P.
T.I.: The King

Eminem: The Recovery
Eminem: Bad Meets Evil

Young Jeezy: Thug Motivation

[Sondiame]

All the Pharcyde Albums, Mos Def, Talib Kalie are some choices if you want that northern underground rap.

[bottle]

Pharcyde is good stuff. Fatlip - Whats up Fatlip should be on everyones Ipod.

Is Mos Def & Talib Kweli considered underground? I have to give Gutter Rainbows another spin, I couldn't get into the first time around.

[Freneticburn]

Pretty much every one of their tracks is much better live though

[bottle]

That Atmosphere is nice. I'll be checking more of that.


Cage is sick. By far his best track.

[dunker]

Amazing song. Andre even plays most of the instruments throughout the song. A very impressive artist, in my opinion.

[cusideabelincoln]

Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show albums.

[bottle]

Eminem - Infinite. You just don't hear stuff like this anymore. I don't think you can dl it anywhere though.