Lists can send people into a frenzy but we have to remember that Hip-Hop/Music is very personal. What may be MY favorite album might not be yours simply because we relate to them differently. There are also the lists that get made based on production, features, numbers, lyricism and so forth.
As I have mentioned before, I really dig it when artists share their personal favorites! Which is exactly what Kendrick Lamar recently did in an interview with Complex. He talks about Dr. Dre being played in his house as a kid and having to go back and listen to Jay=Z’s Reasonable Doubt once he started rapping (to study).
So, check out K-Dot’s top 25 below:
- DJ Quik – Quik Is the Name (1991)
- Ice Cube – Death Certificate (1991)
- Dr. Dre – The Chronic (1992)
- Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle (1993)
- The Notorious B.I.G – Ready to Die (1994)
- 2Pac – Me Against the World (1995)
- Tha Dogg Pound – Dogg Food (1995)
- 2Pac – All Eyez on Me (1996)
- Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt (1996)
- 2Pac (Makaveli) – The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
- The Notorious B.I.G – Life After Death (1997)
- DMX – It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
- Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
- Juvenile – 400 Degreez (1998)
- DJ Quik – Rhythm-al-ism (1998)
- B.G. – Chopper City in the Ghetto (1999)
- Hot Boy$ – Guerrilla Warfare (1999)
- Lil Wayne – Tha Block Is Hot (1999)
- E-40 – Charlie Hustle (1999)
- Kurupt – The Street Iz a Mutha (1999)
- Dr. Dre – 2001 (1999)
- DJ Quik – Balance & Options (2000)
- Nas – Stillmatic (2001)
- Clipse – Lord Willin’ (2002)
- Jay-Z – The Black Album (2003)
