List of hip hop albums considered to be influential

This list provides a guide to the most important hip hop albums, as determined by their presence on compiled lists of significant albums: see the "Lists consulted" section for full details. Inclusion on a list is indicated by numbering after each release. The brief accompanying notes offer an explanation as to why each album has been considered important. The organization of the list is by date of release, ranging from Run-D.M.C.'s eponymous debut in 1984 to Jay-Z's 2001 album, The Blueprint.

Since for the period of 1979–1983, hip hop was a music for 12" singles rather than albums,[1] the absence of old school hip hop from the list has been compensated for by providing it with its own section of notable releases. Notable compilations of songs which contain important hip hop breaks (short percussive interludes used as the rhythmic basis for a hip hop song) are also included.

Breakbeats

The break, the instrumental portion of a record (of any genre, though perhaps most often funk or rock) that emphasizes the percussive pattern, has been the fundamental unit of much of hip hop music. The collections below collect the original songs that contain some of the most popular breaks in hip hop.

Lists consulted

Lists 1–5 are exclusively hip hop publications by writers respected in the field. 6–9 are essentially rock publications, though with some breadth of coverage, obviously; 6–7 are American, 8–9, British. 10 is a British dance music magazine that none-the-less had hip hop accounting for more than a fifth of its list. Albums that appear on any four lists or more have been included.

  1. "Hip Hop's Greatest Albums By Year" in Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Chairman Mao, Gabriel Alvarez & Brent Rollins. ego trip's Book of Rap Lists, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, pp. 331–337. ISBN 978-0-312-24298-5
  2. "Top 100 Albums of All-Time", The Source, January 1998.
  3. Oliver Wang (ed.) Classic Material, Toronto: ECW, 2003. ISBN 978-1-55022-561-7
  4. Brian Coleman, Check the Technique, New York: Villard, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8129-7775-2
  5. Peter Shapiro, Rough Guide to Hip Hop, 2nd. ed., London: Rough Guides, 2005. ISBN 978-1-84353-263-7
  6. "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", Rolling Stone, November 2003.
  7. "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005", Spin, July 2005.
  8. "100 Best Albums Of All Time", NME, March 2003.
  9. "Top 100 Favourite Albums of All Time", Melody Maker, January 2000.
  10. "Best Albums of All Time", Mixmag, 1996.

Old school hip hop

List of important albums

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

Influenced current more modern rappers such as Logic and Kid Cudi.[55]

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2008




2010

2012

2015

Notes

  1. David Toop, Rap Attack, 3rd. ed., London: Serpent's Tail, 2000. (p. 213) ISBN 978-1-85242-627-9
  2. 1 2 Toop, p. 67
  3. Shapiro, p. 384
  4. 1 2 Shapiro, p. 378
  5. Oliver Wang (ed.), p. 163
  6. 1 2 Shapiro, p. 157
  7. Shapiro, p. 124
  8. Shapiro, p. 352
  9. Shapiro, p. 121
  10. Shapiro, p. 64
  11. Toop, David (2000). Rap Attack 3: African Rap to Global Hip Hop. (Expanded Third Edition) London: Serpent's Tail, pp. 150-151 ISBN 1-85242-627-6.
  12. Fitzpatrick, Rob, "The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Warp 9 - It's A Beat Wave," May 14, 2014
  13. Shapiro, p. 369
  14. Shapiro, p. 345
  15. Shapiro, p. 5
  16. Shapiro, p. 346
  17. Shapiro, p. 344
  18. Shapiro, p. 351
  19. 1 2 Shapiro, p. 327
  20. Shapiro, p. 228
  21. 1 2 Shapiro, p. 26
  22. Stephen Holden, "Bon Jovi and Bonbons", Pop Life, New York Times, December 30, 1987.
  23. Shapiro, pp. 41–42
  24. Shapiro, p. 126
  25. Shapiro, pp. 32–33.
  26. Shapiro, p. 337
  27. Shapiro, p. 124, p. 126
  28. Shapiro, p. 30
  29. Shapiro, pp. 304–306
  30. Shapiro, pp. 282–285
  31. Shapiro, pp. 253–254
  32. Shapiro, pp. 374–376
  33. Shapiro, p. 198
  34. Shapiro, pp. 84–86
  35. Shapiro, pp. 309–310
  36. Shapiro, p. 200
  37. Shapiro, p. 304
  38. Shapiro, p. 363
  39. Shapiro, p. 389
  40. Shapiro, p. 175, p. 177
  41. Shapiro, p. 302–303
  42. Shapiro, p.42
  43. Shapiro, p. 152, p. 154
  44. Shapiro, p. 85
  45. Shapiro, p. 245
  46. Shapiro, p. 73
  47. Shapiro, p. 365
  48. Shapiro, p. 329
  49. Shapiro, p. 320
  50. Shapiro, p. 299
  51. Shapiro, pp. 108–109
  52. Shapiro, p. 170
  53. Shapiro, pp. 387–388
  54. Shapiro, p. 339
  55. Shortlist.com http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/the-30-greatest-hip-hop-albums-ever#gallery-10. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  56. Shapiro, p. 270
  57. Shapiro, p. 290
  58. Shapiro, pp. 281–282
  59. Shapiro, pp. 64–65
  60. 1 2 Shapiro, p. 259
  61. Shapiro, p. 387
  62. Shapiro, p. 146
  63. Shapiro, p. 187
  64. "The Greatest 50 Albums Since '93". Vibe.
  65. David Drake (24 October 2012). "Kendrick Lamar's 25 Favorite Albums". Complex.
  66. "Acclaimed Music - Vibe list".
  67. Shapiro, p.147
  68. Shapiro, p. 294
  69. Shapiro, p. 122
  70. Ahmed, Insanul (November 12, 2013). "Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)". Complex. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  71. Shapiro, p. 189
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