music where it’s all about the first
impression these benchmark hip-hop
efforts redefine the game for all who
follows it was all a dream I used to
read Word Up Magazine welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
rap debut albums of all time
no it’s about that time first the state
did we run gypsy jam back okay number 10
Run DMC Run DMC with their self-titled
debut Run DMC brought a new edge to the
burgeoning hip-hop genre with its light
beats and heavy rhythms the album helped
hip hop transition from the likes of
Kurtis Blow to harder acts like Public
Enemy take flat get the hot ok build
another epic Run DMC also holds the
distinction of being the first rap album
a music history to go gold
fly like a dog pick up a ball unlock it
on this mic if you could call me right
now number 9 fitty cent get rich or die
tryin
yo show this day we gonna party like
it’s sugar hitting number 1 on the
Billboard 200 in its first week of
release the six-time platinum and Grammy
nominated get rich or die trying’
showcased fitty sense rapping skills on
many memorable tracks little cameo with
backing from both Snoop Dogg and Eminem
production from dr. Dre and 9 bullet
wounds to cement his street cred
fitties entry into the scene also has
just enough mainstream flavors to get
him intense radio
a plane look baby this is simple you
can’t see Rover would be control the
would’ve bi every number eight Eric be
and rock him paid in full
I came in the door said it before I
never left the bike magnetized needle
this golden era hip-hop duo may not
enjoy the same name recognition as
others on this list but they’ve been
major influences on many of the genres
finest on paid-in-full
rock kim’s innovative rapping style
introduced the use of internal rhyming
to the genre feeling out of place of man
who I miss a pen and a paper I stare
video a tape for me and everything a
nice big plate of this which is my
favorite dish but without the money is
still a whisk meanwhile DJ Eric be
brought sampling to new heights with
Eric be as president paid in full and
move the crowd number seven
Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill beginning
with their freshmen efforts The Beastie
Boys was their good humor and an
infectious sense of fun stood out in a
genre that was always self serious
sampling everyone from Black Sabbath to
cool in the gang the boys also had the
first rap rock album to reach the top
spot on the Billboard chart with
Licensed to Ill
number six
jay-z reasonable doubt the village to
the family time the killing all your
belly no question that more black chicks
between my sheet to the next well not
the biggest performer on our list when
it comes to sales jay-z’s 1996 debut
reasonable dope was a landmark hip hop
album whose influence can still be felt
today with singles like can’t knock the
hustle jay-z popularized the mafioso
lifestyle and rap music I got The
Godfather
floated down Juan DeMarcos and gave us
some of the smoothest rhymes
complemented by great lyrics getting
down for life swag you better learn why
play with fire burn we get together like
a choir to acquire what we desire number
5 Snoop Dogg doggy style
it’s the bowels of the wow free connect
roll man Nicki guess yo man Snoop Doggy
Dogg one of the first G Funk Records
Snoop Dogg’s debut was instrumental in
defining the West Coast hip-hop sound
thanks to its laid-back flow and synth
arrangement with so much drama in the
LBC is kind of hard being a Saudi goes
up with James after debuting at number
one on Billboard selling over 800,000
copies in its first week and going on to
become quadruple platinum doggystyle is
still considered a vital hip-hop record
decades later later all netday my homies
act
ray came through wood again the table
way number for dr. Dre the chronic never
been on a road like this full of with a
producer who can rapid control the bike
stroke at the same time with the Joe
prompt that I kick this album became so
essential to the gangster rap sound that
it’s hard to remember a time when dr.
Dre was just one member of NWA easy as
his name and the boys coming his first
solo outing may not have hit it as big
as some of the subsequent work he
produced for his furnishings but the
chronic was without a doubt a
cornerstone of the genre thanks to slick
production and funky beats back in the
days when I used to have to get my
strong on cuz nobody want to speak not
everybody people not the window when
they give me be in up the street number
three the notorious b.i.g ready to die
to all the ladies in the place with
styling grace allow me to lace these
difficult dishes in the bushes biggie
smalls was little more than a kid when
his first album debuted and yet he
created one of hip-hop’s great love
anthems and Big Poppa and left an
indelible print on the industry that has
lasted years after his death
well that just can’t quit because one of
these zombies Vicky got two creepers
following a series of mainstream
successes from the west coast ready to
die we established East Coast hip-hop
with its smooth rhymes and honest
storytelling thinking back for my
one-room Shack now my mom puts an act
with mixed on the back and she loves to
show me off a horse smiles every time I
fences up in the sword number two nas
Illmatic
the mic is contacted I attract clientele
nas’s first effort might have been a
commercial disappointment when initially
released but illmatic is now recognized
as one of the greatest rap albums of all
time sitting the dumpees watching Gandhi
till I’m charged and right in there my
book arrives all the words pass the
margin biggie may have reestablished
East Coast hip hop but not redefined it
with his true to life yet poetic lyrics
serious subject matter and Street
attitude my poetry’s deep I never fell
Nasus rep should be locked in himself it
ain’t hard it’s out number one wu-tang
clan enter the wu-tang 36 chambers with
their catchy rhythms aggressive beats
and graphic lyrics wu-tang dropped onto
the scene with a unique sound that was
funny to kid and frightening your
parents
first things first man with the horse
sabi sticking pins in your head like a
their debut album not only paved the way
for multiple East Coast hip hoppers
including several rappers on this list
but even managed to break into the
mainstream by penetrating the Billboard
200 top 50 weak MCS the boats were
slaying is dead then was a runner to the
wall at bank ahead do you agree or
disagree with our list which rap debut
albums would be New York table tennis
somebody Teddy who Kanye West it’d be
sure to let us know and check us out at
watchmojo.com
for more great tough town you gotta let
him know you’ll never stop Garage
Saturday I’m not
you gotta know when it started the way
your name
impression these benchmark hip-hop
efforts redefine the game for all who
follows it was all a dream I used to
read Word Up Magazine welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
rap debut albums of all time
no it’s about that time first the state
did we run gypsy jam back okay number 10
Run DMC Run DMC with their self-titled
debut Run DMC brought a new edge to the
burgeoning hip-hop genre with its light
beats and heavy rhythms the album helped
hip hop transition from the likes of
Kurtis Blow to harder acts like Public
Enemy take flat get the hot ok build
another epic Run DMC also holds the
distinction of being the first rap album
a music history to go gold
fly like a dog pick up a ball unlock it
on this mic if you could call me right
now number 9 fitty cent get rich or die
tryin
yo show this day we gonna party like
it’s sugar hitting number 1 on the
Billboard 200 in its first week of
release the six-time platinum and Grammy
nominated get rich or die trying’
showcased fitty sense rapping skills on
many memorable tracks little cameo with
backing from both Snoop Dogg and Eminem
production from dr. Dre and 9 bullet
wounds to cement his street cred
fitties entry into the scene also has
just enough mainstream flavors to get
him intense radio
a plane look baby this is simple you
can’t see Rover would be control the
would’ve bi every number eight Eric be
and rock him paid in full
I came in the door said it before I
never left the bike magnetized needle
this golden era hip-hop duo may not
enjoy the same name recognition as
others on this list but they’ve been
major influences on many of the genres
finest on paid-in-full
rock kim’s innovative rapping style
introduced the use of internal rhyming
to the genre feeling out of place of man
who I miss a pen and a paper I stare
video a tape for me and everything a
nice big plate of this which is my
favorite dish but without the money is
still a whisk meanwhile DJ Eric be
brought sampling to new heights with
Eric be as president paid in full and
move the crowd number seven
Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill beginning
with their freshmen efforts The Beastie
Boys was their good humor and an
infectious sense of fun stood out in a
genre that was always self serious
sampling everyone from Black Sabbath to
cool in the gang the boys also had the
first rap rock album to reach the top
spot on the Billboard chart with
Licensed to Ill
number six
jay-z reasonable doubt the village to
the family time the killing all your
belly no question that more black chicks
between my sheet to the next well not
the biggest performer on our list when
it comes to sales jay-z’s 1996 debut
reasonable dope was a landmark hip hop
album whose influence can still be felt
today with singles like can’t knock the
hustle jay-z popularized the mafioso
lifestyle and rap music I got The
Godfather
floated down Juan DeMarcos and gave us
some of the smoothest rhymes
complemented by great lyrics getting
down for life swag you better learn why
play with fire burn we get together like
a choir to acquire what we desire number
5 Snoop Dogg doggy style
it’s the bowels of the wow free connect
roll man Nicki guess yo man Snoop Doggy
Dogg one of the first G Funk Records
Snoop Dogg’s debut was instrumental in
defining the West Coast hip-hop sound
thanks to its laid-back flow and synth
arrangement with so much drama in the
LBC is kind of hard being a Saudi goes
up with James after debuting at number
one on Billboard selling over 800,000
copies in its first week and going on to
become quadruple platinum doggystyle is
still considered a vital hip-hop record
decades later later all netday my homies
act
ray came through wood again the table
way number for dr. Dre the chronic never
been on a road like this full of with a
producer who can rapid control the bike
stroke at the same time with the Joe
prompt that I kick this album became so
essential to the gangster rap sound that
it’s hard to remember a time when dr.
Dre was just one member of NWA easy as
his name and the boys coming his first
solo outing may not have hit it as big
as some of the subsequent work he
produced for his furnishings but the
chronic was without a doubt a
cornerstone of the genre thanks to slick
production and funky beats back in the
days when I used to have to get my
strong on cuz nobody want to speak not
everybody people not the window when
they give me be in up the street number
three the notorious b.i.g ready to die
to all the ladies in the place with
styling grace allow me to lace these
difficult dishes in the bushes biggie
smalls was little more than a kid when
his first album debuted and yet he
created one of hip-hop’s great love
anthems and Big Poppa and left an
indelible print on the industry that has
lasted years after his death
well that just can’t quit because one of
these zombies Vicky got two creepers
following a series of mainstream
successes from the west coast ready to
die we established East Coast hip-hop
with its smooth rhymes and honest
storytelling thinking back for my
one-room Shack now my mom puts an act
with mixed on the back and she loves to
show me off a horse smiles every time I
fences up in the sword number two nas
Illmatic
the mic is contacted I attract clientele
nas’s first effort might have been a
commercial disappointment when initially
released but illmatic is now recognized
as one of the greatest rap albums of all
time sitting the dumpees watching Gandhi
till I’m charged and right in there my
book arrives all the words pass the
margin biggie may have reestablished
East Coast hip hop but not redefined it
with his true to life yet poetic lyrics
serious subject matter and Street
attitude my poetry’s deep I never fell
Nasus rep should be locked in himself it
ain’t hard it’s out number one wu-tang
clan enter the wu-tang 36 chambers with
their catchy rhythms aggressive beats
and graphic lyrics wu-tang dropped onto
the scene with a unique sound that was
funny to kid and frightening your
parents
first things first man with the horse
sabi sticking pins in your head like a
their debut album not only paved the way
for multiple East Coast hip hoppers
including several rappers on this list
but even managed to break into the
mainstream by penetrating the Billboard
200 top 50 weak MCS the boats were
slaying is dead then was a runner to the
wall at bank ahead do you agree or
disagree with our list which rap debut
albums would be New York table tennis
somebody Teddy who Kanye West it’d be
sure to let us know and check us out at
watchmojo.com
for more great tough town you gotta let
him know you’ll never stop Garage
Saturday I’m not
you gotta know when it started the way
your name
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