My Favorite Music

While I’m a fan of most music and even listen to different types of music every day, I’ve been a true fan of hip hop for over 20 years now. My tastes have evolved over time, beginning with party hip hop, moving on to gangsta rap and jiggy and resting comfortably with underground conscious hip hop today. Below you will see all of these eras represented as I go over my list of Top 10 Favorite Hip Hop Artists and my favorite albums of theirs.

1. Jay-Z

  1. Blueprint
  2. Reasonable Doubt
  3. The Black Album
  4. In My Lifetime Vol. 1
  5. Kingdom Come

2. A Tribe Called Quest

  1. The Lowend Theory
  2. Midnight Marauders
  3. People’s Instinctive Travels and The Path Of Rhythm
  4. Beats, Rhymes & Life
  5. The Love Movement

3. Outkast

  1. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (contains my favorite hip hop song EVER)
  2. ATLiens
  3. Aquemini
  4. Stankonia
  5. The Love Below

4. Talib Kweli

  1. Reflection Eternal
  2. Eardrum
  3. Black Star
  4. Quality
  5. The Beautiful Struggle

5. Atmosphere

  1. You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having
  2. God Loves Ugly
  3. Lucy Ford
  4. Seven’s Travels
  5. Overcast

6. Wu-Tang Clan

  1. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (my favorite hip hop album EVER)
  2. Enter The 36th Chamber
  3. Tical
  4. Liquid Swords
  5. Wu-Tang Forever

7. Zion I

  1. True And Livin’
  2. Mind Over Matter
  3. Deepwater Slang 2.0
  4. Heroes In The City Of Dope
  5. Curb Servin’

8. Cee-lo

  1. Cee-lo Green Is The Soul Machine
  2. Soul Food
  3. St. Elsewhere
  4. Cee-lo Green And His Perfect Imperfections
  5. Cell Therapy

9. Masta Ace

  1. A Long Hot Summer
  2. Disposable Arts
  3. Slaughtahouse
  4. Sittin’ On Chrome
  5. Hits U Missed

10. Brother

  1. The Undisputed Truth
  2. Shadows On The Sun
  3. Champion
  4. Rites Of Passage
  5. Lasting Impressions

If you haven’t heard any of these artists or albums, I highly recommend them all. I could probably tinker around with the order a bit, for instance I like Wu-Tang Clan more than Atmosphere though I listen to Atmosphere much more currently than I do WTC. Jay-Z is definitely my favorite hip hop artist of all time and there are some artists that could’ve made the list but didn’t really have 5 albums I could say I truly love (i.e. Eminem, Dr. Dre, Scarface/Geto Boys).

Top 10 Favorite Non Hip Hop Artists

1. Earth, Wind & Fire

2. Led Zeppelin

3. Bob Marley

4. Queen

5. Sublime

6. Nirvana

7. Natalie Merchant

8. John Mayer

9. Jack Johnson

10. Norah Jones

Off the top of my head, that’s a pretty accurate depiction of my favorite non hip hop/r&b artists. Earth, Wind & Fire is probably my favorite group of all time, regardless of genre.

Well, thanks for reading my list. Hope you find some new music you’ll enjoy as much as I do. If you are interested in finding more great new music, I highly suggest trying out Pandora. It’s an awesome free music application that learns your tastes over time and serves you up new music related to songs you like based on a number of musical attributes.

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November 18, 2007 | Filed Under Lifestream, Web 2.0 

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