Rawkus Records

This label really stepped up at a time when hip hop started to take a turn for the worst.
They dropped a lot of good shit and a few classics

What are your top 5 Rawkus Records???

1. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
2. Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Black Star
3. Reflection Eternal - Train Of Thought
4. Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
5. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

I wanted to put Soundbombing 2 on but couldn't find room

Honourable mentions go to:

Smut Peddlers - Porn Again
Lyricist Lounge 1
Talib Kweli - Quality
Soundbombing 1
Big L - The Big Picture
High & Mighty - Home Field Advantage
Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology

CoFlow - Funcrusher Plus
BlackStar
Internal Affairs
Black On Both Sides
Train of Thought

I still need to listen to Soundbombing 2...

i love Soundbombing 2....not gonna lie i probably spin it more than any of the Rawkus releases but i think my top 5 would still have the same 5 albums as yours

Soundbombing 2 is just one of those albums you can play any time, what ever mood and get instant satisfaction

Very true, Slang.

In terms of the albums I reach for the most...

1. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought (It's a flawless album IMO)
2. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are...
3. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
4. Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology
5. Talib Kweli - Quality

Hip Hop for Respect is close, but it's way too short...

Ya know, I thought for the longest that Fantastic Damage came out on Rawkus. lol If it did, it would've been #2 or #3 on my list...

Very dope label....

Blackstar
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
Quality
Black On Both Sides
Lyricist Lounge 2- no one really mentions this one but its a dope ass comp.

Blackstar
Reflection Eternal
Black on Both Sides
The Big Picture (I listen to it more, than some of the other releases)
Internal Affairs
*Bayani

BlackStar
Black On Both Sides
Train Of Thought
Funcrusher Plus
Internal Affairs

Did One Day It'll All Make Sense drop on Rawkus? If so, put that in the #5 spot

Common never signed to Rawkus...

I think I used to have that Hip Hop For Respect CD you're talking about Norf. Didn't it have a couple of instrumentals on it?

Reflection Eternal
The Big Picture
Black On Both Sides
Black Star
Quality

Red wrote:

1. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
2. Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Black Star
3. Reflection Eternal - Train Of Thought
4. Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
5. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

These are 5 of my favorites also.

Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
Talib Kweli - Train of Thought/Reflection Eternal
Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides

Blue Scholars - Bayani
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Train of Thought
Panacea - Ink Is My Drink
Mr. J. Medeiros - Of Gods and Girls
Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star

Haterex wrote:

I think I used to have that Hip Hop For Respect CD you're talking about Norf. Didn't it have a couple of instrumentals on it?

Sure did, man. I still spin that EP in the car regularly...