Topic: Essentials

[Govtcheez]

ethic asked me to make this and sticky it, so I'm gonna do what he wants because he's much better than I am.  You guys can post albums you consider essentials in every genre in here.

Starting things off with some rap, since that's the thread that started it:

Nas - Illmatic
Biggie - Ready to Die
- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
The Roots - Phrenology
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Common - Be
Gza - Liquid Swords
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
ATCQ - Low End Theory
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Fugees - The Score
Outkast - Stankonia
Ludacris - Red Light District
Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 <-- Actually a download link

[Govtcheez]

ethic, recommend me some Tupac.   I know nothing about him

[Govtcheez]

[drakkenkorin]

that's little girl's "mean muggin'" makes me laugh!

[stealth]

British Post-Punk

Public Image Ltd - Public Image (1978)

An absolute essential.  Released in 1978, this album more or less set the bar for the future punk music.  John Lydon (nee Johnny Rotten) absolutely goes off his nut, fuming about Malcolm McClaren, tories, religion and everything inbetween.  It makes his turn on Bollocks seem tame by comparison.  Jah Wobble's dubby bass lines dominate and Keith Keith Levene's razor sharp guitar lines slice your brain as much as your ears.  Somewhere, a young Edge and Bono were taking notes.

More to come

[charlie]

Cheez... your amazon links are off. Common and Mos Def seeping into Wu-Tang member space.

[Govtcheez]

I saw it on SA first but have seen it several places since.  I think it's the first response if you GISf for Wu-Tang Girl