Don’t sleep folks, this truly is a landmark album. Standouts tracks aplenty, but cuts like Brain Celland Nothing To Give especially shine. APOS wasn’t meant to teach faith-infused lessons necessarily, but simply to deliver a story.”Ī Piece Of Strange offers excellent production and clever lyrics – the whole album is as good as it gets. Deacon’s life growing up as the son of a preacher definitely led us to some of the insights and story molding that went on when we were making and recording the album, but as most moderate Christians will tell you…you have to relate the material as generally as possible without preaching and talking down to people. “This album is not meant to be overtly Christian in theme or presentation, but more so delivering an amoral slant to a storyline communicated through Hip Hop. Much darker and denser than their more light-hearted and fun first two albums, A Piece Of Strange takes us on a journey following the story of a man and those closest to him in their struggles with right and wrong, love and hate, while at the same time exploring the religion and racism that were (and are) so prevalent in the south. The 16 songs contain loose connections with certain defined Biblical numerics and their interpretations. The third album from the underrated CunninLynguists is a masterpiece from start to finish. CunninLynguists – A Piece Of Strange (2006) More accessible than King Geedorah’s Take Me To Your Leader, Vaudeville Villain is one of 2003’s best albums.Ģ7. The opening track “Vaudeville Villain” starts off the album brilliantly, and the quality doesn’t let up all the way through. The album is filled with crazy creative imagery, humor, and dope punchlines, DOOM once again proves lyrically he is in a lane of his own. Nothing wrong with the musical backdrops by the way – a lot of dirty, dusty drums and snares, just as can be expected on an MF DOOM record – but the lyrics steal the show here. For production duties, DOOM enlisted Sound-Ink record label members Heat Sensor, King Honey, and Max Bill, with the exception of “Saliva”, which was produced by RJD2. Where the King Geedorah album had its focus on the beats – which at times overpowered the lyrics by mostly guest emcees – Vaudeville Villain focuses more on DOOM’s lyrics. 2003 saw two releases from the man, under two new aliases. Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain (2003) So – let’s get into the top 150 Hip Hop albums of the 2000s list – can you find YOUR favorite 2000s albums here? Which albums are missing, which ones are ranked too low or too high? Weigh in with your opinion, here or on Social Media!ġ6. Some of the albums listed here have received general critical acclaim and have enjoyed commercial success, some were completely ignored and slept on by the media, critics, and the general Hip Hop audience alike. As this list will reflect, our MVPs of the decade include J-Live, Nas, MF DOOM, The Roots, Brother Ali, Common, Little Brother, Kanye West, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Immortal Technique. This is our album list, and albums are LPs – Long Playing records – EPs by definition are a different category. Not included are instrumental albums, compilations, mixtapes, and EPs. Listed here you will find what WE consider the top 150 Hip Hop albums of the 2000s decade, based on criteria such as cohesiveness, creativity, replay value, potential longevity, enjoyability, and overall quality, and to a lesser extent on criteria such as impact, influence, and popularity. Hip Hop is the dominant cultural and musical force in the world now, and its dominance is reflected in its diversity. While we will always consider 1987 – 1996 the best ten-year period in Hip Hop ever, the 2000s have been great too. If you only follow the mainstream you would not know it, but quality Hip Hop has always been there.
Our focus is not just on the eighties and early nineties though – we are also here to show that quality Hip Hop has always existed. HipHopGoldenAge was founded to celebrate classic Hip Hop and the pioneers of the music and culture we all love, and also to provide a counter-weight to the emptyheaded bubblegum rap that took over the mainstream from the mid-nineties on.
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