oh
hmmm
in no specific order
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Deltron 3030 - 3030
Nujabes - Modal Soul
MF DOOM - MM...Food
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
Danny Brown - XXX
J Dilla - Donuts
Death Grips - The Money Store
Kanye West - The College Series (College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation) & My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
and a little number 11 - Waka FLOCKA Flame - Flockaveli
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.Modal Soul and Donuts are two of the best hip-hop instrumental albums ever made. You are honestly doing yourself a favor by listening to them.
Oh, and for the love of everything, do not listen to Waka FLOCKA the same way you would listen to DOOM.
Waka is the type of guy you listen to when you wanna get hype as fuck and party all night long. He's not making socially conscious material, he makes party music and everyone who likes him understands that.
He's also a really cool guy.
edited 14th Jul '15 7:28:01 PM by ChrissieMcNapkins
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.pretty good list
also would recommend
eric b and rakim - paid in full
the avalanches - since i left you (they're australian, this means you have to like them, according to Emperor Abbot's decree)
lupe fiasco - food and liquor, the cool
dj shadow - endtroducing
edited 14th Jul '15 7:35:05 PM by HilarityEnsues
I should say this.
Two of lupe's albums are...not up to the same qualities as the others we've stated.
LASERS is pop-rap at its worst. The only good song on it is All Black Everything. I could write so much about why I love this song but just listen to it.
Food and Liquor Part 2: The Great American rap album is...just not Lupe. It's very ham-fisted in what it wants to tell you and comes off as preachy. I wouldn't exactly recommend this unless you've become a massive Lupe Fiasco fan.
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.

You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack is the precursor to all cloud/Internet rap.
Fact.
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.