Your TOP 20 albums of the 80's (1980-1989)

Your top 20 joints of the 80's are??

here's mine in no particular order: (except number ONE)

Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
EPMD-Strictly Business
Run-D.M.C.-Raising Hell
LL Cool J-Radio
Beastie Boys-Licensed To Ill
EPMD-Unfinished Business
BDP-Criminal Minded
Ultramagnetic MC's-Critical Beatdown
LL Cool J-Bigger And Deffer
Run-D.M.C-Run-D.M.C.
Just-Ice-Back To The Old School
Big Daddy Kane-Long Live The Kane
Kool G Rap And Polo-Road To The Riches
Eric B And Rakim-Paid In Full
Mantronix-The Album
Heavy D And The Boyz-Big Tyme
MC Lyte-Lyte As A Rock
BDP-By All Means Necessary
Marley Marl-In Control Vol 1
Just-Ice-Kool And Deadly

again I won't list the honorable mentions because that shit could total well over 200 as well..lol!

^^^damn I thought dinosaurs were extinct.

Flyte Tyme wrote:

^^^damn I thought dinosaurs were extinct.

And I thought Tranny was in the play-offs???? what happened man??

no order:

PE - Nations
Eric B Rakim - Paid in Full
Slick Rick - Great Adventures Of
Ultr mag MCs - Critical Beatdown
EPMD - Strictly Business
Geto Boys - Grip It
BDP - By All Means Necessary
NWA - SOC
BDK - Long Live
Marley Marl - In Control
Too Short - Life Is...
Beastie - Licensed
De La - 3 Feet High
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle
Run DMC - Raising Hell
BDK - Its a Big Daddy Thing
BDP - By All Means
Cool J - Radio
3rd Bass - the Cactus Album
G Rap and Polo - Road to Riches

In no particular order (except #1)

Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Eric B & Rakim- Paid In Full
Boogie Down Productions- Criminal Minded
Run-DMC- Raising Hell
De La Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
Slick Rick- The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
Beastie Boys- Licensed To Ill
Big Daddy Kane- It's A Big Daddy Thing
Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary
Eric B & Rakim- Follow The Leader
EPMD- Strictly Business
MC Lyte- Lyte As A Rock
Queen Latifah- All Hail The Queen
LL Cool J- Radio
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince- He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper
Big Daddy Kane- Long Live The Kane
Geto Boys- Grip It! On That Other Level
Heavy D & The Boyz- Big Tyme
Ultramagnetic MC's- Critical Beatdown

Probably won't get 20 because I was smurf but here goes nothing.

(no particular order)
1. PE-It Takes a Nation
2. NWA-Straight OUtta Compton
3. BDP-Criminal Minded
4. Big Daddy Kane-Long Live the Kane
5. Too Short-Life is Too Short
6. Ultramagnetic MCs-Critical Beatdown
7. Eric B. & Rakim-Paid in Full
8. EPMD-Strictly Business
9. Run-DMC-Raising Hell
10. Beastie Boys-License to Ill
11. LL Cool J-Radio
12. Kool Moe Dee-Knowledge is King
13. Kool G Rap-Road to the Riches
14. Slick Rick-Great Adventures of Slick Rick
15. 2 Live Crew-As Nasty as They Wanna Be
16. Geto Boys-Grip It! On that Other Level
17. Eazy-E Eazy Duz It
18. The D.O.C.-No One Can Do It Better
19. De La Soul-3 Feet and Rising
20. Big Daddy Kane-It's a Big Daddy Thing

Kool G Rap-Road to the Riches
Big Daddy Kane-Long Live the Kane
BDP-Criminal Minded
LL Cool J-Radio
PE-It Takes a Nation
Ultramagnetic MC's- Critical Beatdown
Mantronix-The Album\
Whodini - Escape
Kool Moe Dee - How You Like Me Now
Nice & Smooth
Stetsasonic - On Fire
Eric B & Rakim- Paid In Full
Run-DMC- Raising Hell
De La Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle
Just-Ice-Kool And Deadly

1. NWA- Str8 Outta Compton
2. Eazy-E- Eazy-Duz-It
3. PE- It Takes A Nation
4. Too Short- Life Is...
5. Slick Rick- The Great Adventures
6. BDP- By All Means
7. 2 Live Crew- Move Something
8. Marley Marl- In Control Vol. 1
9. Kane- Long Live
10.Geto Boys- Grip It
11.Willie D- Controversy
12.DOC- No One Can Do It Better
13.Kane-Its A Big Daddy Thing
14.3rd Bass- Cactus Album
15.2 Live Crew- As Nasty As I Wanna Be
16.Low Profile- We're In This Together
17.EPMD- Unfinished Business
18.Ice-T- Power
19.BDP- Ghetto Music
20.Chubb Rock- And The Winner Is...

I've gotta add Slick Rick to my list...I forgot about that one and I don't know how I did..lol

One of the GREATEST hip-hop albums ever recorded, no question about it!

yea i gotta add DOC to mine i completely forgot that came out in the 80's

Slang Editorial wrote:

yea i gotta add DOC to mine i completely forgot that came out in the 80's

This is why you deserve to be taken behind a school and shot. Same goes for Powell He forgot Slick Rick, but has Just Ice on his list twice.

Both of those Just-Ice efforts deserve to be on there...have you heard either one of them??

they are both ridiculous efforts IMO!

D.Powell wrote:

Both of those Just-Ice efforts deserve to be on there...have you heard either one of them??

they are both ridiculous efforts IMO!

No, i have not heard, but i definitely need to get on that. I wasn't taking a shot at them either. What i meant was Just Ice is way more obscure than Slick Rick, but it was Slick Rick that you forgot.

There's a number of joints I'm missing like that DOC joint for example. I should have definitely listed it, But the 80's had so many classics that it's hard to cut the list down to just 20.

Personal favorites (most spun albums ever, basically):

1984: Run-DMC "Run-DMC"
1985: Mantronix "The Album"
1985: Run-DMC "King Of Rock"
1986: Beastie Boys "Licensed To Ill"
1986: Run-DMC " Rasing Hell"
1986: Just-Ice "Back To The Old School"
1986: Stetsasonic "On Fire"
1987: Eric B. & Rakim "Paid In Full"
1988: NWA "Straight Outta Compton"
1988: Boogie Down Productions "By All Means Necessary"
1988: DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper"
1988: Public Enemy "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
1988: EPMD "Strictly Business"
1988: Stetsasonic "In Full Gear"
1988: Ice-T "Power"
1988: Run-DMC "Tougher Than Leather"
1989: Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique"
1989: Big Daddy Kane "It's a Big Daddy Thing"
1989: Boogie Down Productions "Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop"
1989: Ice-T "The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say"

no DOC = hoez

In no order,

N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level
Big Daddy Kane - It's A Big Daddy Kane Thing
Mantronix - The Album
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
Just Ice - Back To The Old School
MC Lyte - Eyes On This
Run DMC - Run DMC
Biz Markie - Goin Off
D-Nice - Call Me D-Nice
The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
T La Rock - Lyrical King
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
EPMD - Strictly Business
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
Marley Marl - In Control Vol. 1

Bunny Man wrote:

no DOC = hoez

No BDP= bitch

SRP didn't even give a list