 | Straight Outta Compton: 20th Anniversary Edition by N.W.A
Buy new: £4.98 Forget Ice T, the dawning of Gangsta Rap as we know it now. Launched the careers of Eazy E, Ice Cube & of course Dr Dre.
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 | Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg
Buy used from: £69.98 Snoop Doggy Dogg - another debut not yet beaten. Snoop like 50 Cent & Eminen would never sound so fresh than he does with Dr Dre by his side.
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 | 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.10 The Daisy Age - Me Myself & I, Say no Go, Buddy - need i say more!
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 | Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.98 The Wu Tang burst onto the scene with this fautless debut & they've yet to better it!
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 | Illmatic: Parental Advisory by Nas
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £3.25 Absolute genius!
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 | Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £4.82 Could have really picked any of A Tribe Called Quests albums, although this is my favourite just now. See also Low End Theory, Beats Rhymes & Lifes & Peoples Instinctive Travels.
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 | Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Buy used from: £8.37 N O T O R I O U S!
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 | Breaking Atoms by Main Source
Buy new: £15.19 / Used from: £6.03 Wild Pitch do it again, often overlooked but this is classic hip hop.
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 | Hi-Phat Diet by Various Artists
Buy used from: £4.71 A fine selection of hip hop from Wild Pitch Records
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 | Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MC's
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.38 Never recieved the success it deserves but remains essential to this day.
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 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.65 Public Enemy took hip hop to a whole new place(& audience) with this politicaly fuelled rapping. Chuck D & Flav bring America's racial issues to the forefront over the top of Terminator X's beats.
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 | Check Your Head by Beastie Boys
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £2.25 These white boys done good. Written off after their underated but highly successfull debut, they hit back with Pauls Boutique, then this then Ill Communication, actually they should be in the top 10!
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 | Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop by Diamond and the Psychotic Neurotics
Buy new: £25.98 / Used from: £4.00 This is'nt a new album but ive only just discovered it....and i'm hooked!
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 | Jurassic 5 LP by Jurassic 5
Buy used from: £3.48 Brought a refreshing Old Skool Hip Hop classic to a period of bloated unintelligent gangsta rap.
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 | Criminal Minded by Boogie Down Productions
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £18.91 KRS One & Scot la Roc - A great pairing sadly ended too early but this album clearly was a head of its time. See also By Any Means Necessary.
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