Your Top 5 ATG Hip-Hop Albums

[Hands of Iron]

Which Classics make the cut for you?

[andremiller07]

1. Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design
2. Gangstarr - Moment of Truth

there to many for the other 3 for me

[bdreason]

I'll just list the 5 albums I remember listening to the most growing up.



2pac - All Eyes on Me
Scarface - The Diary
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Bone Thugs - E. 1999 Eternal
Dr. Dre - The Chronic

[PK3434]

1. ready to die- b.i.g
2. the truth- beanie sigel
3. supreme clientele- ghostface
4. nas-illmatic
5. nas- i am

[ace23]

Atg? All-time greatest?

Off the top:

GZA - Liquid Swords
Z-Ro - The Life of Joseph W. McVey
Ab-Soul - Control System
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

My shit changes every week, though.

[Wang Zhi Zhi]

Originally Posted by ace23

Atg? All-time greatest?

Off the top:

GZA - Liquid Swords
Z-Ro - The Life of Joseph W. McVey
Ab-Soul - Control System
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

My shit changes every week, though.

never hear anyone talk about one be lo or binary star

[code green]

1. Nas -Illmatic
2. Biggie - Ready to Die
3. Eminem - MMLP & SSLP
4. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
5. Jay-Z - The Black Album

[L.Kizzle]

Originally Posted by ace23

Atg? All-time greatest?

Off the top:

GZA - Liquid Swords
Z-Ro - The Life of Joseph W. McVey
Ab-Soul - Control System
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

My shit changes every week, though.

Not even his best.

[ace23]

Originally Posted by L.Kizzle

Not even his best.

shut up fakkit

lol what's your fav?

[L.Kizzle]

Originally Posted by ace23

shut up fakkit

lol what's your fav?

Let The Truth Be Told >

Though Joseph is up their. Crack was cool too as was his debut.'

I even got the King of The South Album he did with Lil Flip, lol.

[StroShow4]

Ask me this 500 times and I'll give you 500 different answers. Illmatic and Reasonable Doubt make my list every time though.

[Hands of Iron]

Originally Posted by ace23

Atg? All-time greatest?

Yeah, or just all-time great. ATG is a term that is used mostly for boxing when discussing the greatest fighters. Same thing as a GOAT list. "Larry Bird is a Top 10 ATG".

Off the top:

GZA - Liquid Swords
Z-Ro - The Life of Joseph W. McVey
Ab-Soul - Control System
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

My shit changes every week, though.

I can never keep a consistent top five either, though right now it'd probably go:

01. Liquid Swords (GZA)
02. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Raekwon & Ghostface)
03. ATLiens (Outkast)
04. Illmatic (Nas)
05. Reasonable Doubt (Jay-Z)

All of them are pretty mindblowing from a lyrical or content standpoint, but sonically some of the greatest albums ever produced as well thanks to RZA, Organized Noise, Outkast (themselves), DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Ski, Clark Kent. As high as I do rate OB4CL, it's the only one listed there that starts to grate... How much coke rap is really necessary after a certain point? All the others flex serious versatility.

[East_Stone_Ya]

my list also changes all the time but right now it would be something like this

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother
Outkast - Aquemini
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
Nas- Illmatic

[Hands of Iron]

Originally Posted by East_Stone_Ya

my list also changes all the time but right now it would be something like this

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother
Outkast - Aquemini
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
Nas- Illmatic

Some of the best debates to be had are comparing ATLiens vs Aquemini and The Infamous vs Hell On Earth. I thought Mobb's follow up to The Infamous was a better record overall too, though we differ on Outkast.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Get Rich Or Die Tryin - 50 Cent
All Eyes On Me - 2Pac
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
The 7 Day Theory - 2Pac
Vol. 1 In My Life - Jay-Z


Just missed: Charge It 2 Da Game -Silkk The Shocker