Your top 50 boombox albums

iamstop

K, so you have a fancy bluetooth speaker and you're walking through your local park jamming out. What 50 or so albums are must haves on your phone? 
In no special order

1. Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
2. Scarface - The Diary
3. Cannibal Ox - Cold Blue Vein
4. Artifacts - That's Them
5. Kendrick - Butterfly
6. Reakwon - Cuban Linx
7. Ghostface - Ironman
8. Ice Cube - Predator
9. Judgement Soundtrack
10. Lord of the Underground - Keepers of the Funk
11. Funkdoobiest - Which Doobie U B?
12. Slick Rick - Behind Bars
13. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
14. DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike
15. DJ Krush - Milight
16. Jaylib - Champion Sound
17. Black Elvis - Lost in Space
18. Ghostface - Apollo Kids
19. Method Man - Tical
20. Raekwon - Shaolin Vs Wu Tang
21. Fugees - The Score
22. Biggie Smalls - Ready to Die
23. MF Doom - MMM Food
24. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
25. KRS One - Return of the Boom Bap
26. Outkast - ATliens
27. Nas - Illmatic
28. Redman - Dare iz a Darkside
29. De La Soul - Stakes is High
30. ODB - Return to the 36
31. Run The Jewels 2
32. Del - I Wish My Brouther George Was Here
33. Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
34. Biz Markie - Goin' Off
35. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
36. Menace II Society OST
37. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
38. Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001
39. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
40. RJD2 - Deadringer
41. Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
42. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
43. Gravediggaz - Niggamortis
44. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
45. Dr. Dooom - First Come First Served
46. Pete Rock - Soul Survivor
47. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
48. J Live  - All of the Above
49. Ice T - O.G.
50. Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
51. Blacalicious - Melodica

These are mine for various reasons. Many for nostalgia, I'll admit that, but also cos most of these albums are mostly full of bangers and headnod jams. Very few fillers. I'm interested to hear what you guys would be bumping on the jam box.I realize most of my selections are 15+ years old so deffo wanna see what newer albums you think are worth boombox real estate.

iamstop

Was thinking about it after and 50 might be a lot for some people but I think I'd be able to add another 50 without too much hassle.

Boom_Bap

Great list, there's a few subs I would make to it, but a lot of it would be in mine.

I'll put some thought into it and get back to you on it.

iamstop

I shoulda put some Lost Boyz on there.

tossy

Be fooked if i am typing 50, it would be constantly changing anyway, lets go with 10. These would be 10 albums that when i listem to them today i could never skip one track - no matter what kind of mood i was in, certified bangers.

1. Illmatic
2. It takes a nation of millions
3. Enter the 36 Chambers
4. Paid in Full.
5. By all means Neccessary
6. Gangster Chronicle.
7. Ready to die
8. Hard to Earn
9. The Infamous
10. Capital punsihment

Bobby Baccala

The infamous
Reasonable doubt
College dropout
Enter the 36 chambers
The Score
Kill at will
Doe or die
Illmatic
Slim shady LP
GKMC
The black album
It's dark and hell is hot
At the speed of life
Black star
Midnight marauders
The massacre

Could keep going but won't haha

Boom_Bap

Here's a few that I've come up with that I dont think have been mentioned.

Da Bush Babies - Gravity
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth
Keith Murray - The Most Beautiful
Redman - Muddy Waters & Whut
Mic Geronimo - The Natural
Royal Flush - Iced Down Medallions
CNN - War Report
Atmosphere - Sevens Travels
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Ice Cube - Ameikkkas Most Wanted
Boss - Born Gangsta
Lords of The Underground - Keepers of the Funk
DJ Quik - Dollaz N Sense
Too Short - Cocktails
Da Youngstas - I'll Make U Famous
OC - Word Life & Jewelz
Big L - Lifestylez
Big Daddy Kane - Daddys Home & Looks Like A Job For

Bobby Baccala

Great shout on the Keith Murray album havent heard that in a couple of years definitely due a listen.

Boom_Bap

May as well listen to some Eric Sermon as well, The Green Eyed Bandit album is from around the same time with a similar sound.

Boom_Bap

Jesus.....I also forgot Das Efx!

Boom_Bap

Funkdoobiest - Which Doobie U Be?
Naughty By Nature - Poverty's Paradise
The Dogg Pound - Dogg Food
Paris - Sleeping With The Enemy
Rubberoom - Architechnology
Mood - Doom



I could go waaayyyy over 50 if I keep going!

Boom_Bap

I listened to Masta Ace Inc - SlaughterHouse this morning, and that would sit nicely in my top 50.

iamstop

Some solid choices there.
Deffo some OC and some PE.
Juniour Mafia - Conspiracy Theory
The Goats - Tricks of the Shade
Loot Pack - Da Antidote 
Most Def & Talib - Black Star
The High & Mighty - Home Field Advantage

Boom_Bap

iamstop wrote: »

Some solid choices there.
Deffo some OC and some PE.
Juniour Mafia - Conspiracy Theory
The Goats - Tricks of the Shade
Loot Pack - Da Antidote 
Most Def & Talib - Black Star
The High & Mighty - Home Field Advantage

The Antidote is one of the greatest albums ever. For a long album, packed with songs, there is no skipping of songs.

Which brings us on to The Alkoholiks, Coast II Coast is a monster of a boombox album, Tash is one of the most under-rated.

spacecoyote

A couple of these are compilations, so maybe a cheat, but they are cracking albums & deserve a place on the list. Got it to 50 (had 60 or so, and had to do a cull). As per prior posters, this is subject to change on a daily basis!!!

1 - 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
2 - A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels & Paths of Rhythm
3 - Action Bronson - Mr Wonderful
4 - Army Of The Pharaohs - Ritual Of Battle
5 - Childish Gambino - Because the Internet
6 - The Beastie Boys - The Sounds Of Science
7 - Big Pun - Capital Punishment
8 - Black Eyed Peas - Behind The Front
9 - Black Star - Black Star
10 - Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
11 - Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
12 - Busta Rhymes - The Coming
13 - Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
14 - Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
15 - CunninLynguists - A Piece Of Strange
16 - CunninLynguists - Will Rap For Food
17 - Cut Chemist - The Audiences Listening
18 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
19 - Die Antwoord - Tension
20 - DJ Format - Music For The Mature B-Boy
21 - DJ Nu-Mark - Hands On
22 - DJ Spinbad - No More Bullsh*t Blends
23 - Dr Dre - The Chronic
24 - Edan - Beauty & The Beat
25 - El-P - I'll Sleep When Your Dead
26 - Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
27 - IAM - L'Ecole Du Micro D'Argent
28 - Ice Cube - The Predator
29 - J Cole - The Warm Up
30 - Jaylib - Champion Sound
31 - Jurassic 5 - J5
32 - Kanye West - The College Dropout
33 - Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
34 - Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
35 - Mr Lif - I Phantom
36 - Nas - Illmatic
37 - The Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
38 - ODB - Return To The 36 Chambers
39 - Outkast - Atliens
40 - Panacea - Ink Is My Drink
41 - Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
42 - Pharaoh Monch - Internal Affairs
43 - Rahzel - Make The Music 2000
44 - RJD2 - Deadringer
45 - The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
46 - Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
47 - Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
48 - Your Old Droog - Your Old Droog
49 - Lyricist Lounge Volume 1
50 - Cut Chemist & Nu Mark - Live At The Variety Arts Centre, 1997

iamstop

Great list Space Coyote. 

I like how you've a good amount of DJ/Producer albums on there. Also noticed the alphabetized aspect. Nice 1.

spacecoyote

iamstop wrote: »

Great list Space Coyote. 

I like how you've a good amount of DJ/Producer albums on there. Also noticed the alphabetized aspect. Nice 1.

Yeah, as I said I had it up around the 60+ albums & did some chopping, which threw my alphabetisation out a little

I think people can ignore the DJ/Producer albums in some cases, as it can feel like a bit of a cheat when picking best album lists, but if an album is solid start to finish, I'm not one to judge!

iamstop

Another few I thought about
Terminator X and the Godfathers of Threat
Various - Deep Concentration
Various - Return of the DJ Vol 1, 2 and 4
Brand Nubian - Everything is everything
Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
MC Eiht - We Come Strapped

Yeah, might have to up it to 100, lol.

Stab*City

Working on my list.. Kinda turned into a fav albums list after a while!

Boom_Bap

I'm sure there are a few Comptons Most Wanted albums that could be slotted in as well.

I'm also listening to a few of the albums mentioned, I've been reminded of a few I haven't checked in a while. Deadringer by RJD2 was blasting this morning!

Stab*City

Had to stop at 36!! I should be working! More of a fav albums list really.

1) Wu-Tang – 36 Chambers
2) Dr. Dre – The Chronic
3) Snoop – Doggystyle
4) DMX – Its dark and hell is hot
5) NWA - Straight outta Compton
6) Nas – Illmatic
7) Public Enemy – Its takes a a nation of millions
8) Naughty by Nature – Naughty by nature
9) Mobb Deep – The Infamous
10) Redman – Whut the album
11) Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Mecca and the soul brother
12) Immortal Technique – Revolutionary vol 2
13) The Roots – Things Fall Apart
14) Run DMC – Raising Hell & Tougher Than Leather
15) Cunninlynguists – Oneirology
16) Kno – Death is Silent
17) The Left – Gasmask
18) RA the Rugged Man – Legendary Classics vol1
19) GZA – Liquid Swords
20) Method Man – Tical
21) Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx
22) RZA – Bobby Digital
23) Strong Arm Steady – In search of Stoney Jackson
24) Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill & Black Sunday
25) Dj Shadow – Endtroducing
26) 2Pac – 2Pacalypse Now & R U Still Down & All eyez on me
27) Ice Cube – Amerikkkas most wanted & Kill at Will
28) Roots Manuva – Brand New Secondhand
29) OutKast – ATLiens
30) DJ Krush – Jaku
31) Aim – Cold water music
32) Biggie – Ready to Die
33) Fugees – The Score
34) Comptons Most Wanted – Straight Checkin em
35) DJ Quik – Quik is the name
36) Ice-T – Power & Original Gangster
37) Dead Prez - Lets get free

spacecoyote

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I'm sure there are a few Comptons Most Wanted albums that could be slotted in as well.

I'm also listening to a few of the albums mentioned, I've been reminded of a few I haven't checked in a while. Deadringer by RJD2 was blasting this morning!

Deadringer is a cracker of an album. FYI The Horror EP has some quality mixes of some of the tracks from it on there

Boom_Bap

The Horror has also been pulled out to listen to. I actually like it a bit more than Deadringer.

spacecoyote

Boom_Bap wrote: »

The Horror has also been pulled out to listen to. I actually like it a bit more than Deadringer.

If you're in an RJD2 kind of mood, can I recommend Mike Relm's album Spectacle to you. Its not identical, but a similar feel. Mostly instrumental stuff. There are a few good featured artists on there like Del, Gift Of Gab, Mr Lif. Some of it feels a bit more Electronica than Hip Hop.

Boom_Bap

I'll get on that.

I also dug out a few more instrumental albums last night by SixToo that I haven't listened to in a long long time. Not sure if they are boom box worthy though.

iamstop

Murder Was The Case OST

buried

Great lists erybody although to go on another tangent, its all about the DJ mixes/Tapes/Cut up sets for me when be out the back garden with the beers smokes and the minrig blaring. These my favourite Hip Hop, Breaks, Electro ones.

Coldcut - Journeys by DJ, 70 Minutes of Madness
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Brainfreeze
DJ Food & DK - Now, Listen
Spectre - Ruff Kutz
Hexstatic - Listen & Learn
The Prodigy - The Dirtchamber Sessions Vol 1
Lil Ugly Mane - Three Sided Mixtape
DJ Shadow - In Tune & On Time Live!
DJ Screw - 11.16.09
Madlib The Beat Konducta - Vol 1-2
Madlib - Mind Fusion Vol 4
Social Classics Vol 3 - Dread Meets B-Boys Downtown
DJ Shadow - Funky Skunk

I'd also be bangin out

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation

buried

If anybody could point me, send me links to get some of DJ Mek's auld/new mixes I'd really appreciate it thanks

Muirshin Durkin

Hard to disagree with (or add to) the choice from everyone so far

Nine - Nine Livez
Nine - Cloud 9
Mad Skillz - From where
Scientifik - Criminal
O.C. - Word...Life
Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin
Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal

spacecoyote

buried wrote: »

Great lists erybody although to go on another tangent, its all about the DJ mixes/Tapes/Cut up sets for me when be out the back garden with the beers smokes and the minrig blaring. These my favourite Hip Hop, Breaks, Electro ones.

Coldcut - Journeys by DJ, 70 Minutes of Madness
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Brainfreeze
DJ Food & DK - Now, Listen
Spectre - Ruff Kutz
Hexstatic - Listen & Learn
The Prodigy - The Dirtchamber Sessions Vol 1
Lil Ugly Mane - Three Sided Mixtape
DJ Shadow - In Tune & On Time Live!
DJ Screw - 11.16.09
Madlib The Beat Konducta - Vol 1-2
Madlib - Mind Fusion Vol 4
Social Classics Vol 3 - Dread Meets B-Boys Downtown
DJ Shadow - Funky Skunk

I'd also be bangin out

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation

If you're looking for decent mixes, check out:

Cut Chemist And Nu-Mark ‎– Live At The Variety Arts Center, 1997

It can be found pretty handily online. Its a super set.

DJ Spinbad has piles of sets on here for free download too:

http://www.spinbad.com/music/

Also worth a look are a couple of the Nextmen mixes:

A Childs Introduction to Jazz
All The Way Live From the Newsroom
Personal Golf Instructions
Friends & Family
The Anxiety Mix

Girl Talk has some serious mash-up stuff too, maybe a little broader than just Hip Hop stuff, but really worth a listen. You'll pick up little bits & pieces with every listen, theres so much in there on them:

All Day
Feed The Animals

For some more old funk/soul breaks:

Boca 45 - Boca's Jukebox
The 45 Midgets - The Crunch
Peanut Butter Wolf - Jukebox 45s
Dj Shadow & Cut Chemist - Product Placement

Moreso remixes than a mixtape, but some great stuff on them:

PopChop - Cut The F*ck Up (mashes up Hip Hop with 80s classics, for example Notorious BIG mashed with Madonna)
PopChop - Cut Up or Shut Up (mashes up Hip Hop vs 90s classics, for example Jay Z's 99 problems mashed up with The Cure)
DJ Spinbad - No More Bullsh*t Blends
Wu Tang vs The Beatles - Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers
The Beatles & Friends - Pepperland: Rhyme & Space
DJ Ayres - Flashbacks!

The Fabric Label do mostly Dance/Electronica stuff, but occasionally get some Hip Hop artists to do sets:

Fabric Live 39 - DJ Yoda
Fabric Live 14 - DJ Spinbad
Fabric Live 26 - The Herbaliser
Fabric Live 27 - DJ Format
Fabric Live 33 - Spank Rock

Any of DJ Yodas "How to Cut & Paste...." albums (even the country one ) & the "Unthugged..." albums with Yoda & Greenpeace

Any of The Rub "Its the Motherf*cking Remix..." albums

Andy Smiths "Document..." mixes

Should be plenty there to keep you going for a long time

buried

spacecoyote wrote: »

If you're looking for decent mixes, check out:

Cut Chemist And Nu-Mark ‎– Live At The Variety Arts Center, 1997

It can be found pretty handily online. Its a super set.

Cheers for all them, really appreciate it. Big cheers for the heads up on this though, been rocking it all day! Nice wan \0/