 | Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.32 This is just amazing. It's rugged, raw, nasty, witty and incendiary. It truly brings da ruckus.
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 | Check Your Head by Beastie Boys
Buy new: £11.78 / Used from: £3.00 To the other end of the spectrum. Light, sophisticated, groovy. Probably the most musically creative group in the genre, and this is their masterpiece.
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 | Niggamortis by Gravediggaz
Buy used from: £49.75 Dark and macabre concept hip-hop. Concrete beats, fluid flows. Disturbing and hilarious by equal measures.
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 | The Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah
Buy new: £4.63 / Used from: £3.00 Ghost shows himself to be the master technician, rhyming beautifully over some incredible, almost psychedelic breaks.
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 | Things Fall Apart by The Roots
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.96 Some amazing musicianship on this record. Tight, cohesive and imaginative. Check out Beanie Sigel on "Adrenaline" and the collaboration with Erykah Badu, "You Got Me".
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 | Ironman by Ghostface Killah
Buy used from: £2.67 The record to put on if you want to get your party jumping. Not quite as good as Clientele, but not by much.
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 | Bobby Digital in Stereo by RZA
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £1.47 The RZA goes digital to devastating effect. "My Lovin' Is Digi" and "Domestic Violence" are two of the best songs hip-hop has ever produced.
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 | Jazzmatazz Vol.2: the New Reality by Guru
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.40 The Guru's hybrid of jazz and hip-hop hits all the right buttons. Smooth and slow, fun and sophisticated.
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 | Black Sunday by Cypress Hill
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.40 Truly sinister, but more bounce than a trampoline.
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 | Return of Da Boom Bap by KRS-One
Buy new: £4.45 / Used from: £4.39 It's the one with "Sound of Da Police" on it. And the last track, "Higher Level" is even better than that.
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