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Wu-The Story of The Wu-Tang
(more) »rank: 4330by: Wu-Tang Clan
:Album Description:Explicit Version featuring the Wu's biggest hits as well as classics from several of the members' solo endeavors, this CD collection is an essential part of the Hip Hop canon. In 1993, nine young men, Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, RZA, GZA, Ghostface Killah, UGod, Inspectah Deck and Masta Killa, emerged from the Staten Island projects to form one of the most successful Rap groups of all time. For over a decade, the Wu-Tang Clan operated as a fluid alliance of exceptionally talented MCs, establishing themselves as one of the most significant musical collectives of the era, as well as individual ...
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Things Fall Apart
(more) »rank: 6879by: The Roots
: 's Best of 1999:They've long been hip-hop's best band, for whatever that's worth, and in their amazing live shows they've shown an ability to pay homage to the past and look to the future--all while living firmly in the now. But on Things Fall Apart, the Roots finally pull their promise and ability together, and the world's started to pay attention. --Randy Silver Amazon.com:Very few hip-hop groups make it to their fourth full-length recording, and perhaps only the Roots have made it to that level while still ascending. Although lyrical and musical vision is sorely lacking from most hip-hop (as Puff and Master ...
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Uproot
(more) »rank: 12954by: DJ, rupture
:Album Description:Uproot, Rupture's first release since returning to Brooklyn after seven years in Spain, offers his most intimate work to date. Rupture is not a DJ to rest on previous highs, but who constantly looks for new ones. He proved that he can DJ fast & dense with his influential Gold Teeth Thief & Minesweeper Suite mixes - now it's time for the sensual slow dance of a (relatively) smooth turntablist-experience that deepens on repeat listens. Uproot downshifts into languorous long-blends and gorgeous moments of ambient warmth. This is surely his most 'listenable' mix to date, blended seamlessly with elements from UK dubstep ...
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When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
(more) »rank: 5924by: Atmosphere
: :The prolific duo of Slug and Ant offer their sixth studio album, presenting their storytelling, songwriting, and musicality at its finest. Produced by Ant (Brother Ali, Felt).
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Fear of a Black Planet
(more) »rank: 4782by: Public Enemy
: essential recording:PE's third album is dense, heavy, and urgent as a bullet. Fear of a Black Planet single-handedly added half a dozen phrases to the language, and not just from Chuck D.'s troop-rallying bellow--Flavor Flav's '911 Is a Joke' is as catchy an indictment of urban policy as anyone has ever come up with. The Bomb Squad's music is complicated, challenging, terse, and totally funky, and Chuck matches it with one impassioned pronouncement after another: on Hollywood's racism, on miscegenation, on 'real history / Not his story.' The album ends with 'Fight the Power,' the group's ultimate statement of purpose, from its ...
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Before I Self Destruct
(more) »rank: 6533by: 50 Cent
: essential recording:PE's third album is dense, heavy, and urgent as a bullet. Fear of a Black Planet single-handedly added half a dozen phrases to the language, and not just from Chuck D.'s troop-rallying bellow--Flavor Flav's '911 Is a Joke' is as catchy an indictment of urban policy as anyone has ever come up with. The Bomb Squad's music is complicated, challenging, terse, and totally funky, and Chuck matches it with one impassioned pronouncement after another: on Hollywood's racism, on miscegenation, on 'real history / Not his story.' The album ends with 'Fight the Power,' the group's ultimate statement of purpose, from its ...
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All Rebel Rockers (Deluxe Version)
(more) »rank: 4635by: Michael Franti & Spearhead
: :The follow-up to the critically acclaimed 'Yell Fire'. 'All Rebel Rockers' is Franti's fiery protest music and thought-provoking lyrics backed by seductive elements of dub, infectious dance music, and irresistible hook-infused soul. Franti has toured and performed with everyone from U2, Dave Matthews Band, Ziggy Marley, and REM to Digable Planets, Cypress Hill, The Fugees, and A Tribe Called Quest. The deluxe verion contains a bonus DVD with 4 new Michael Franti videosand a featurette on the making of All Rebel Rockers.
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Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
(more) »rank: 3382by: Everlast
: :When you think about it, House of Pain really were ahead of their time. Tracks like 'Jump Around' may have been light on the content side, but they delivered in the production department--they played with sounds in the same way that Missy Elliott and Timbaland have popularized, and they crossed over to a rock audience long before Puffy ever tried it. On Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, Everlast's second solo album, the opening is an appropriation of 'The Fat Boys are Back'; a couple of songs favor a sensitive folk-rock touch, with Everlast on guitar; and others reach back for House of Pain's ...
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ATLiens
(more) »rank: 6139by: OutKast
:Album Description:OutKast has almost singlehandedly defined the sound of Atlanta rap. Tongue-flippin', rhyme-spittin' and Cadillac-ridin', all with a Southern accent, Big Boi and Dre have proved tobe the South's ideal MCs. ATLIENS continues in the same vein as Outkast's 1994 debut, SOUTHERNPLAYALISTICADILLACMUZIK, with producers Organized Noize back to accompany the duo's laid-back flow. Big Boi and Dre proclaim to prove a point with every rhyme, never wasting a line. They like to think of themselves as outcasts from the hip-hop community--aliens,so to speak. Their tracks have an outer-space feeling to them--a feeling that, ironically, has warmed the community right up to them. They're ...
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Jurassic 5 Deluxe Edition
(more) »rank: 9401by: Jurassic 5
: :Originally released in an ep format in 1997, Jurassic 5 is a classic hip-hop album. It introduced the world to the collective genius pf Cut Chemist, DJ Nu Mark, Chali 2Na, Akil, Zaakir and Mark 7, whose career as Jurassic 5 spawned a total 4 beloved albums selling well over 1 million units Stateside. Due to contractual disputes, their first effort has been out of print since 2004. Well, Jurassic 5 fans can rejoice, as this album is now back in print!To celebrate the 11th year of this musical landmark, Jurassic 5 decided to re-issue a luxury re-issue of this album with ...
