Golden Age Hip Hop Starter Pack

The Albums:
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Run-D.M.C. - Self-Titled
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

Follow your melon:

[IsaacP]

personally I feel like 250-260 AD was the golden age for hip hop

[TimEdward-cr]

Public Enemy's "It Takes A Nation" is hands down my favourite hip hop album full stop. EVERY producer should have this album in their collection!!!

[kohlzoestirling]

The New CALassic is the golden age of hip hop. No one even comes close.

[affliction]

Great List! Here's a few others worth considering:
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Black Sheep - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Scarface - Mr. Scarface is Back
Compton's Most Wanted - Music to Driveby
Too Short - Born to Mack
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock

[Bandstand]

What's the point of commenting on a fantano video this late?

[grahambarnes]

Missing album: entire discography of Lil Pump

[atarirob]

so glad you included paul's boutique in this list, the album is absolutely incredible, the first hip hop album i fell completely in love with. i was working a job at a record shop for about 2 months and every single day on the commute there i listened to this album in full.

[AbdulHameed-imtv]

Rakim was like the first rapper or artist I've ever discovered that got me into music. Praise the legendary MC

[firatBABY]

Hating on asians isnt a good reason to exclude psy gangnamstyle. You even said that you loved the structure, vocals, etc. The only thing you didnt like were their eyes. You described them as "disgusting". Fantano im gonna be honest. You are disgusting.

Subscribed. Cant wait for more videos!

[mynameswan]

I love the starter pack series keep up the good work Anthony

[MrMan-ddhi]

I listened to License To Ill all the fucking time when I was like 6 or 7.

[MichaelCHO-tldi]

Review Adolf Hitler's art, but I mean his early paintings and not the weird performance shit and shower installations he did later.

[dbdb]

would love to see Paul's Boutique on a classic week review

[stewarteasy]

I'm 34 years old, about to be 35 this November 2019 and I have to say it like this: I grew up on Golden Age Hip Hop since I was born when Run DMC's first album was released.

By the way, try listening to the other Golden Age Hip Hop classics.

Here's the list:
Radio (L.L. Cool J, 1985)
Escape (Whodini, 1984)
Back to the Old School (Just-Ice, 1986)
In Full Gear (Stetsasonic, 1988)
Kool Moe Dee (Kool Moe Dee, 1986)
Mantronix: The Album (Mantronix, 1985)
Saturday Night (Schoolly-D, 1987)
Grip It! On That Other Level (Geto Boys, 1989)
Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A., 1988)
Eazy Duz-It (Eazy-E, 1988)
Rhyme Pays (Ice-T, 1987)
Criminal Minded (KRS/BDP, 1987)
Big Tyme (Heavy D & the Boyz, 1989)
Let the Hustlers Play (Steady B, 1988)
Long Live The Kane (Big Daddy Kane, 1988)
Straight Out the Jungle
(The Jungle Brothers, 1988)
He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper
(D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, 1988)
Act a Fool (King Tee, 1988)
Goin' Off (Biz Markie, 1988)

The list goes on and on. Real talk!! Give it a try for yourself.

[AfternoonWalkMusic]

Thanks for the recommendations. I've been listening to a lot of Hip-hop lately, but mostly on it's modern scene. I might check some of these out, I'm completely aware of how different will these sound to the artists I already listen to, but that's going to make the listen much more interesting.

[michaelnelson]

W for 3 Feet High and Rising, top 10 hip hop album of all time

[imwavey]

My name is Fat G and I'm here to say
that my flow is funky fresh and I'm here to stay

[Emanuel-njjc]

Here's my personal golden age hip hop starter pack:
The New Calassic
Lil Boat
Beautiful Thugger Girls
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
In the Aeroplane Over The Sea

[charliecrome]

loving the starter packs more please melon

[joewackett]

I'd recommend A Tribe Called Quest, top grouo that were very close with De La Soul, forming Native Tongues collective with Jungle Brothers aswell