1. Rhyme Asylum - State of Lunacy (2008)
2. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
3. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
4. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
5. Darkside - Psychic (2013)
6. Burial - Untrue (2007)
7. Comus - First Utterance (1971)
8. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
9. Rhyme Asylum - Solitary Confinement (2010)
10. Edward Scissortongue - Better.Luck.Next.Life (2012)
11. Jehst - The Return of the Drifter (2002)
12. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
13. Nas - Illmatic (1994)
14. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (2001)
15. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (1999)
16. Raekwon - OB4CL (1995)
17. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
18. Melanin 9 - Magna Carta (2012)
19. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations (2006)
20. Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)
21. GZA - Liquid Swords (1996)
22. Cyrus Malachi - Ancient Future (2011)
23. Isis - Panopticon (2004)
24. King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King (1969)
25. Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion (2012)
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Nas - It Was Written
Wu-Tang - Enter The 36 Chambers
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Bjork - Post
Beastie Boys - License to Ill
Toe - The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Hella - Tripper
Aesop Rock - Skelethon
Henry Thomas - Texas Ragtime
John Coltrane - Blue Train
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Index - The Black Album
Operation Ivy - Energy
Mike Jones - Who Is Mike Jones?
Outkast - ATLiens
Eyedea - By The Throat
Flume - S/T
Led Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy
Rhyme Asylum - State of Lunacy
The Who - Quadrophenia
Jellyfish Brigade - Gills and a Helmet
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
The Beatles - Revolver
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
NaS - Illmatic
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
The Doors - LA Woman
alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Portishead - Dummy
Ancient Astronauts - Into Bass And Time
Bjork - Homogenic
deuS - Worst Case Scenario
The Cure - Disintegration
Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antarctica
The Clash - London Calling
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
This Heat - Deceit
arcade fire - funeral
the xx - xx
blu & exile - below the heavens
clipse - h--- hath no fury
the white stripes - de stijl
binary star - masters of the universe
madvillain - madvillainy
jay-z - reasonable doubt
raekwon - only built 4 cuban linx
talking heads - speaking in tongues
atmosphere - you can't imagine how much fun we're having
the beach boys - pet sounds
television - marquee moon
ghostface killah - fishscale
david bowie - low
outkast - stankonia
bob dylan - highway 61 revisited
lcd soundsystem - this is happening
quasimoto - the unseen
de la soul - 3 feet high and rising
spoon - ga ga ga ga ga
dr. dre - the chronic
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane above the sea
brian eno & david byrne - my life in the bush of ghosts
kanye west - my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
You seem to ignore this one "Don't get me wrong, there are strokes of brilliance, and most go unnoticed"; he's not shi--ing on good rap and he's not wrong in what he's saying. Everyone could be a rapper now, just check how many new tapes are posted on datpiff etc every day, and how many rappers use the same cliche things to describe their life in the streets, for example. And he's also right that this can happen easier with rappers than with bands, because bands need equipment and have to actually get together and play music instead of getting pre-made beats to lay vocals on. There's more bad than good music because it's easier to make bad music, and rap music is easier to be made than other music.
Don't act like expressive lyrics aren't important in music lol. Ofc they're very important in rap (because it's the basis, not to mention that most of the times it's all a rapper can provide), but that doesn't mean that they're written well all the time. You had told me that you liked Fashawn's last album for example, but the subject matters, his thoughts on them and the way he approached them were tired and basic, like a 16 year old who just discovered politics or something. Similar topics have been touched by punk bands (and more) with much more compelling lyrics, in plenty occasions they also had quite an impact, and they were part of amazing albums with great music. Also, Public Enemy have done the same, how many people care? Outkast have done the same, yet everyone talks about Kendrick's album like he's the first one to rap on jazzy music while discovering inequality in america rofl ("most go unnoticed".) I'm not saying this to "hate" on rap and you know it, I'll just say that I enjoy good rap, as I enjoy good rock or good whatever, and there's much more good rock than good rap. That's all there is to it.
In no order;
Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem- The Eminem Show
Biggie- Ready To Die
Biggie- Life After Death
2Pac- All Eyez On Me
2Pac- Me Against The World
Nas- Illmatic
Nas- It Was Written
Mobb Deep- The Infamous
Geto Boys- We Can't Be Stopped
Wu-Tang Clan- 36 Chambers
Jay Z- The Blueprint
Jay Z- The Black Album
N.W.A.- Straight Outta Compton
Dr. Dre- 2001
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg- Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Eazy E- Eazy-Duz-It
Method Man- The m--- Lab
Royce Da 5'God"- Death Is Certain
Ice Cube- AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube- Death Certificate
Tech N9ne- Anghellic
Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City
OutKast- ATLiens
