5 Albums. 5 Different Artists. For The Rest Of Your Life. Go!
Here’s a hypothetical situation for you: You’ve been banished to a deserted island and you’re allowed to bring 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life. The only catch is that they have to each be from a different artist. Leave your 5 in the comments below or on Twitter. Here are mine.
Reasonable Doubt- Jay-Z
What’s a lifetime of limited music if it doesn’t include Hov? Is this not his greatest album? The old school, hungry Jigga man murders EVERY track on this album. The controversial Nas sample on “Dead Presidents.” Trading bars with the late, great Notorious B.I.G. on “Brooklyn’s Finest.” The raw, malicious word play and double entendre filled bars from “D’Evils.” I mean, it’s pretty self explanatory. HIS FIRST VERSE on “22 Two’s” man?!?! Yeah, no “Regrets” bringing this album with me…
Marshall Mathers LP- Eminem
This album right here changed the way I looked at music, period. I never studied and soaked in an album so much as I did with this one. Only Em could go from the fed up, pissed off Marshall Mathers on “The Way I Am” to the quirky, fun loving Slim Shady on “The Real Slim Shady” on the next track. The controversial, hate filled bars from “Kill You,” “Criminal” and (gulp) “Kim.” Call me a “Stan” but Eminem is my favorite ever, and this album is definitely coming with me on my island…
College Dropout- Kanye West
Kanye’s hottest verses of his career came from this album right here. “Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push miracle whips.” That line just sticks out on a track that we not only get some of Kanye’s hottest lines ever, but the whole back story of how he became a rapper on “Last Call.” He spit “Through the Wire” literally. Raised our spirits on “Never Let Me Down” got our hands up on “Get em High.” Although his production kept evolving and his albums stayed consistently good, this was his best lyrically. College Dropout is coming with me when it “All Falls Down.”
Life After Death – Notorious B.I.G.
I was in a toss up between this and “Ready to Die.” Like, how do you choose between them? My solution? This one has more songs. It has the classics hits “Hypnotize” and “Mo Money, Mo Problems.” An underrated favorite of mine in “Sky’s the Limit.” I can picture myself in that little venue when BIG says “Good evening ladies and gentleman.” So, I better be allowed this album if you don’t want me asking “What’s Beef?” till my “Last Day.”
Chronic 2001- Dr Dre
THE greatest produced album of all time. From start to finish. “Xxplosive” still gives me the chills every time that beat drops. Nate Dogg’s verse son?! Eminem’s verse on “What’s the Difference?” son?! The piano on “Still Dre” son?! You get the picture. I’ll be sure that I NEVER “Forgot About Dre” and take this with me till “The Next Episode.”
Everyone has albums that bring them back to a certain point in their life and those are mine. All classics in my opinion. What would you choose?
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Lil Wayne – Carter 2
Kanye – College Dropout
Immortal Technique – Revolutionary Vol. 2
Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
Dr.Dre – 2001
Illmatic-Nas
Marshall Mathers LP- Eminem
Life After Death- Biggie
All Eyez On Me 2Pac
Its Dark And Hell Is Hot- DMX
Change the chronic for Ilmatic
1. Reasonable doubt- Jay-z
2. 2001- Dre
3. College Dropout- Kanye
4. God’s son- Nas
5. 8701- Usher
1. Eminem – Marshal Mathers LP
2. DMX – And Then There Was X…
3. T.I. – Paper Trail
4. 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Trying
5. The Game – The Documentary
Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (I need my daily Runaway), Drake’s Thank Me Later, Eminem’s Curtain Call: The Hits (could use Hailie’s Song, When the Music Stops, Kim, Under the Influence, Drug Ballad, Beautiful, Going Through Changes & Session One, but OK… and make it the Deluxe Edition), T.I.’s KING. (What You Know? & King Back aren’t solely worth it, but that artwork is frightening to look at) & The-Dream’s Love Vs. Money…
1) 2Pac All eyes on me
2) Jay-Z Black Album
3) Nas Stillmattic
4) Lil Wayne No Ceilings
5) Eminem The Eminem Show
1.common-be
2.nas-illmatic
3.2pac-all eyez on me
4.lupe fiasco-the cool
5.tyler,the creator-Goblin (don’t judge i REALLY like this album)
1. Me Against The World/Greatest Hits :Tupac
2. Life After Death :Notorious
3. Eminem Show :Slim Shady(Greatest Rapper Alive)
4. Watch The Throne :Jigga & Yeezy
#Lastbutnotleastbelieveornot
5. The Warm Up : #ColeWorld
@dcmkingtrilla
1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
2. The Blueprint – Jay-Z
3. Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star – Black Star
4. Illmatic – Nas
5. The myseducation of Lauryn hill – Lauryn hill
1. Marshall Mathers LP- Eminem
2. GOBLIN- Tyler, The Creator
3. College Dropout- Kanye West
4. Finally Famous- Big Sean
5. House Of Balloons – The Weeknd
* Grand Champ – DMX
* The Predator – Ice Cube
* Micheal Jackson – Thriller
* Carter II – Lil Wayne
* Cole World – J Cole
Graduation-Kanye West Any of his albums
Be-Common or Finding Forever.
The Blueprint 3- Jay-z First album I heard from jay and i fell in love with him
Man on the Moon- Kid Cudi His album was a new style.
Distant Relatives- Nas, Damian Marley
Thank God for Hip-hop. It talks about our struggles, our life, our people. HIp-hop in general is the best art.
Man, this is one of the hardest questions i had to answer in a while, but i hope i pick right
Jay z – The Blueprint 2
Eminem – Marshal Mathers LP
Immortal Technique – Revolutionary Volume 1
Nas – Stillmatic
The Game – L.A.X
First four albums were not that hard honestly, that fifth one i had to pick it over Carter III cuz my man Game killed every line with realest rhymes
Nas- Illmatic
Common -Be
jayz kanye – wtt
Biggie- ready to die
Drake- thank me later
1. WATCH THE THRONE
2. MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY
3. THE CARTER III
4.WE THE BEST
5.LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
My albums would be:
-Recovey – Eminem
-Detox – Dr Dre (when it comes out)
-The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
-Hell: The Sequel – Bad Meets Evil
-All Eyes On Me – Tupac
Mood Muzik 4- Joe Budden
Distant Relatives- Nas & Damian Marley
House of Balloons- The Weeknd
College Dropout- Kanye West
Diplomatic Immunity I- The Diplomats (because it was a two disc album and I loved it)
Take Care (Deluxe Edition) – Drake
Cole World – Sideline Story – J. Cole
Rehab (Target Deluxe Edition) – Lecrae
Enter the 36 Chambers – Wu-Tang Clan
Recovery (Deluxe Edition) – Eminem
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(Non-rap)
Music Inspired by The Story – Various
Foo Fighters Greatest Hits
Live @ Luther College – Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
Best of Nichole Nordeman
My Life II – MJB