Every once in awhile, I gotta revisit the classics. Lately, I have been going through a rotation of my favorite classic hip-hop albums. It’s been awhile since I’ve done this, so I thought I’d commemorate the occasion by sharing a list of my old school faves. Granted, these would not be considered “old school” by heads that have been in the game for awhile (careful, there was slang back there), but they are to me. Hell, I was still poppin’ Flintsones chewables and pooping on my preschool floor when N.W.A. was saying “Fuck the Police!”, so gimmie a break. These are the albums that really cemented my love of hip-hop, and kicked-off my eventual decline into drug dealing, bitch slapping and blunt smoking…

Top Ten Classic Hip-Hop Albums (in no particular order)

• Dr. Dre - The Chronic
  Key Tracks: Nuttin’ But A G Thang, Little Ghetto Boy, Wit Dre Day
• Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
  Key Tracks: Runnin’, She Said, Drop
• Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
  Key Tracks: Shame on a Nigga, C.R.E.A.M.
• Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
  Key Tracks: Juicy, Machine Gun Funk, Big Poppa
• Outkast - ATLiens
  Key Tracks: Wheelz of Steel, 13th Floor Growing Old, Elevators
• Souls of Mischief - ‘93 ’til Infinity
  Key Tracks: ‘93 ’til Infinity, Live And Let Live, A Name I Call Myself
• Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
  Key Tracks: Gin and Juice, Doggy Dogg World, Ain’t No Fun
• Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
  Key Tracks: Award Tour, Sucka Nigga, Electric Relaxation
• The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
  Key Tracks: What They Do, Ital (The Universal Side), It Just Don’t Stop
• 2Pac - Me Against The World
  Key Tracks: Temptations, So Many Tears, Dear Mama

If you haven’t heard any of the above albums, don’t freakin’ talk to me next time I see you, cuz we ain’t gonna relate homie. And if you try to come back with “You left off Digital Underground!” or “Where’s Das EFX?” on a comment, I’m gonna put the .44 to ya dome.

Ok, back to being a nerdy white-guy now…