I was meant to post this album but didn't. I was visiting friends all day and when I got home I fell asleep, oh well. Not only is this one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time, I also think it is one of the most important albums of the past fifteen years, regardless of genre. It marked a transition in the popular perception of hip hop in the early 90s, from the West coast gangsta rap to the East coast's more artistic style, that also saw acts like the Wu-Tang Clan (who else?!) and Gang Starr emerge as well. Enjoy.Nas – Illmatic (1994)
Classic BOSS! This band could have been so much better, but Rivers Cuomo has crumpled under his own genius over the past 15 years, If you haven't heard this album (seriously?!) don't let that put you off; this record is just so bloody good! Every song is amazing. Here's a fact about this album for you - I dislocated my knee dancing to 'Buddy Holly' drunk once, which painful and annoying for me but which my friends (including Douchey Dave) found hilarious, especially my drunken phone call to a nurse. Anyways, such is the power of this album that it hasn't put me off it one little bit. Enjoy.