First three LP's are probably the best run of hip hop albums in the whole genre.
Even better than De La Soul's first three LPs?
Easily.
I wasn't a big fan of that first De La record but the second was really good. I actually need to buy that again since it stayed with an ex-girlfriend when we broke up. On the plus side, I ended up with all of The Who CDs.
Just clicked Inca's link for the first time. I always thought ATCQ took hip hop up a level or two when they released The Low End Theory, and particularly that Jazz (We've Got)/Buggin' Out single and it's wonderful video.
I've thought for a while that Rap's never really made a big enough thing about rapping duo's. There's a special dynamic that comes into play, a sum of their parts thing, like EPMD or Group Home. None of which are really recognized as having the greatest MC's in their make-up, yet have made recordings so much more compelling than many many others who did/do.
A few less obvious choices.
De La Soul B.U.D.D.Y (Remix)
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario (Young Nation Remix). Original is obviously better but always thought this mix was incredibly slept on.
A Tribe Called Quest - God Lives Through
Phife Dawg featuring Hi-Tek - D.R.U.G.S.
Phife Dawg - Thought U Wuz Nice. (JD beats)
Luke R wrote:
I've thought for a while that Rap's never really made a big enough thing about rapping duo's. There's a special dynamic that comes into play, a sum of their parts thing, like EPMD or Group Home. None of which are really recognized as having the greatest MC's in their make-up, yet have made recordings so much more compelling than many many others who did/do.
Thanks for these links.
It does seem like there were a lot more groups or rapping duos in the early 1990s than we find now, where people tend to rap on their own and just have guests on tracks.
It seems that the early 2000s was kind of the end of the rap group or duo. These are two of my favorites, although radically different than what I listed above. The beats on both are so good. Mobb Deep, "The Learning (Burn)" and Dead Prez, "Hip Hop"
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