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Long lost albums you love to listen to.... start to finish!

DJ DisGrace 11:56 PM - 20 October, 2012
I recently "rediscovered" listening to whole albums! Some great memories...

Since there is a thread about songs we're glad we don't need to play, I figured we should have one for albums we love to listen to!

Some recent CD rips I dug out:

Goldie - Timeless
Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
GZA - Liquid Swords
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
DJ Reflex 1:10 AM - 21 October, 2012
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
Filter - Title Of Record (not a very DJ friendly album, but i like it)
Dj Shamann 1:19 AM - 21 October, 2012
Portishead's Dummy. Usually one of my first answers in any "if you were stranded on a island" type questions.
DJDBAG 1:49 AM - 21 October, 2012
talking heads - remain in the light
DTweed 5:30 AM - 21 October, 2012
The Infamous - Mobb Deep
Vinyl Pie 6:22 AM - 21 October, 2012
Illmatic-Nas
BERTO 6:54 AM - 21 October, 2012
Acdc back in black
Crackpipe 7:39 AM - 21 October, 2012
Nutty Professor soundtrack
DJ Matty Stiles 10:21 AM - 21 October, 2012
G Unit - Beg for mercy
DJ GaFFle 11:25 AM - 21 October, 2012
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GZA - Liquid Swords

Dope album!

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Illmatic-Nas

Hip Hop classic!

... and my most recent CD that I added to rotation in my truck was "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" - Raekwon. Another CD that I've recently pulled out was "The Dude" - Quincy Jones.
DJ Alkemy 11:31 AM - 21 October, 2012
Tracy Chapman-Tracy Chapman

Guns N Roses-Appetite For Destruction

Wu-Tang Clan-Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)

Stevie Wonder-Songs In The Key Of Life

The Smiths-The Queen Is Dead
DJ DisGrace 2:01 PM - 21 October, 2012
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"Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" - Raekwon

Yes! That is a classic!

The first time I opened for Jazzy Jeff, he had just switched to Serato, so he was looking to rip CDs and vinyl. He went thru all my crates and CD binder. When he spotted the Raekwon album....
phatbob 5:38 PM - 21 October, 2012
Fugees - The Score

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers

Totally with you on Entroducing, DisGrace. Threw it on an SD card for a long car journey recently. Masterpiece.
MelonHead 6:51 PM - 21 October, 2012
2Pac - Me Against The World / All Eyez On Me

Biggie - Ready To Die / Life After Death

BBB - Bangin' in London / Bangin' the Box Vol. 2
DJ Ness Nice 7:25 PM - 21 October, 2012
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
CNN - War Report
dj shadow from detroit 8:01 PM - 21 October, 2012
u2 - joshua tree
Sol*los 8:29 PM - 21 October, 2012
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Benzito 8:45 PM - 21 October, 2012
The DOC - No One Can Do It Better
Public Enemy - Takes a Nation of Millions..
DJ DisGrace 8:45 PM - 21 October, 2012
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Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

+1
this one crossed my mind today as well

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Totally with you on Entroducing, DisGrace. Threw it on an SD card for a long car journey recently. Masterpiece.

can't imagine we will ever see anything in that league again... but I hope we do
anthracite98 12:21 AM - 22 October, 2012
For sure Entroducing, the Juice Soundtrack, I had a fun summer listening to Rasassination, and Marvin Gaye what's going on.
Mike_P 12:24 AM - 22 October, 2012
Almost any Led Zeppelin album (don't really like the obelisk album too much), Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here and Dark Side of the Moon, DOC - No one can do it better, Main Source - Breaking Atoms, The Doors - LA Woman
philldafunk 12:29 AM - 22 October, 2012
Reasonable Doubt

Big L The Big Picture
Mike_P 12:30 AM - 22 October, 2012
Oh can't forget Midnight Marauders and Low End Theory!
Benzito 1:08 AM - 22 October, 2012
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Oh can't forget Midnight Marauders and Low End Theory!


Nice, I forgot about Tribe!
DJDBAG 2:34 AM - 22 October, 2012
3 feet high and rising

and i always listen to kind of blue from beginning to end once a month
Laz219 2:48 AM - 22 October, 2012
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
dj shadow from detroit 3:16 AM - 22 October, 2012
paris - the devil made me do it...... the beats on this album are ridiculous.
DJ Nin 3:21 AM - 22 October, 2012
Outkast - ATLiens & Aquemini
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Beastie Boys - License to Ill
Sublime - 40 oz to Freedom
Gza - Liquid Swords
KB INTENSE 3:53 AM - 22 October, 2012
Visions of Ghandi- Jedi Mind Tricks
DJ Reflex 4:03 AM - 22 October, 2012
Van Halen - Balance Just had it cranked up the other day and forgot about a couple of the instrumentals on it. Good jams.

Oh yeah... +1 on NIN.
djpuma_gemini 4:08 AM - 22 October, 2012
Dog Pound - Dog Food
Snoop Dogg - Doggy Style (I love the shiznit)
O.B.1 9:59 PM - 22 October, 2012
I've had Iron Maiden - Powerslave on constant full rotation in the whip.
It's one of those iconic album cover artwork records too.
(Eddie carved into egyptian pyramids)
Something to be missed about holding the album actual cover in your hands, listening to the album in it's entirety, as it was meant to be presented by the artist - telling a story almost.
That is becoming a lost art nowdays with mostly hit singles dominating sales numbers.
Also cool to see what other poeple in here are listening to...
DJ Reflex 11:50 PM - 22 October, 2012
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Something to be missed about holding the album actual cover in your hands, listening to the album in it's entirety, as it was meant to be presented by the artist - telling a story almost.
That is becoming a lost art nowdays with mostly hit singles dominating sales numbers.



I hear that. Pop artists these days are pumping out 1-2 "radio songs" but the rest of the album sucks. It's all a bunch of fluff to fill a50-60 minute time space so the public feels justified paying full price for the album.

Creed had some good B-Side tracks!
DJRemixEnt 12:02 AM - 23 October, 2012
slum village - fantastic vol 2

j dilla - welcome to detroit
CMOS 12:33 AM - 23 October, 2012
Jimi Hendrix - Are you experienced.

This plays a lot when I work from home.
DJ Dub (DC's Own) 2:04 AM - 23 October, 2012
Steely Dan "Aja"
DJ Alkemy 6:40 AM - 23 October, 2012
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Steely Dan "Aja"


Hell yeah!
R-Tistic 7:46 AM - 23 October, 2012
Here's one that barely anyone has ever heard of....

Eric Tagg - Dreamwalkin

It's one of the best Blue Eyed Soul albums ever, maybe Top 3 to me. Similar to a Bobby Caldwell, but more on the Jazzy side. His chord changes are ridiculous throughout the album. He worked closely with Lee Ritenour, so has a similar vibe to his music. The ENTIRE album is great to me, maybe one song is a bit too Rockish for me, but the rest is great. "Marriane" is the main single that folks may recognize.
EdT2000 9:04 AM - 23 October, 2012
BDP - Criminal Minded
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Mantronix - The Album
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
The Sindecut - Changing The Scenery
SeriousCyrus 9:35 AM - 23 October, 2012
Listening to Massive Attack - Blue Lines while reading this.

Some older albums that still survive on my current playlist
Depeche Mode - VIolator
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Blondie - Parallel lines

Some of my fave 90s electronic still on the playlist too

Global Communication - 76:14
FSOL - Cascade
F.U.S.E - Dimension Intrusion
Autechre - Amber
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Primal Scream - Screamadelica

Plus quite a few already mentioned de la soul, beastie boys, the smiths among others.

I still buy albums almost exclusively
DJJOHNNYM_vSL3 3:18 PM - 23 October, 2012
Plantation Lullabies - Me'shell Ndegeocello

From The Bottom Up - Brownstone

Elton John's Greatest Hits Vols 1 & 2
djbanno 1:28 AM - 24 October, 2012
Leftfield - Leftism
Underworld - Beaucoup Fish
INXS - Kick
Dire Straights - Brothers in Arms
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon

Great thread!
Discobee 2:25 AM - 24 October, 2012
Keith Sweat - I'll Give All My Love To You
DJ Reflex 2:30 AM - 25 October, 2012
Underworld for sure! One of the first electronic CDs I ever owned. Couldn't get enough of it back in college. Plopped it in a few years ago when I got married and the wife looked at me like I was crazy... 20 minutes later (still track 1 BTW) she's booty shakin' in the kitchen to it making dinner! :)
DJ Val-BKNY11203 11:20 AM - 25 October, 2012
All of those classic hip hop joints never left my rotation. I just dug up my Lucy Pearl cd.
DJ Remy USA 3:52 PM - 25 October, 2012
GZA - Liquid Swords (one of my favs as well)
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Tribe - Midnight Maruaders
Bone Thugs N Harmony - East 99/Eternal and Art Of War (one of my favs still)
Amerie - Her first Album I think its self titled
Busta Rhymes- Estinction Level Event (Such a awesome album)
Mos Def - The Album with the yellow CD cover I cant recall the name
Common - Go (the best common album to date)
Common- Like water for Chocolate (Classic)
Talib Kweli- Reflection Eternal (What a classic)

Love all these albums to this day still
DJ Remy USA 3:53 PM - 25 October, 2012
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Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill


Yes
DJ Remy USA 3:54 PM - 25 October, 2012
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Tracy Chapman-Tracy Chapman



Oh snap Tracy Chapman hell yea
DJ Ness Nice 6:58 PM - 25 October, 2012
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Amerie - *All I Have
Common - *BE
Love all these albums to this day still


Also 2 of my favs
got2b Ru 7:06 PM - 25 October, 2012
the Pharcyde - A Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Scarface - Mr. Scarface is Back
Kool G Rap and DJ Polo - Live And Let Die
Pearl Jam - Ten
Live - Throwing Copper
Living Colour - Vivid
Nas - Illmatic
Shabba Ranks - As Raw As Ever
EPMD - Business as Usual
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory/ Midnight Marauders
De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising/ De La Soul Is Dead
Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces Of Nature
The Manhattans - Midnight Love
Spinners ‎– Happiness Is Being With The Spinners
Mr. Goodkat 7:14 PM - 25 October, 2012
fugazi - steady diet of nothing

i listened to all that hip hop so much when it was out, i can rarely get through a whole album more than once a few years.
Laz219 9:39 PM - 25 October, 2012
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Tracy Chapman-Tracy Chapman
Oh snap Tracy Chapman hell yea

Picked up a copy of this the other day, really is one of those 'no filler' albums..every track is good.

Others I've been listening to lately
CCR- Chronicle
Stevie Wonder- Songs In the Key Of Life
DJ DisGrace 8:53 PM - 3 November, 2012
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
DJ Val-BKNY11203 9:41 PM - 3 November, 2012
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Cypress Hill - Black Sunday


I Wanna Get Hiiiiiiigh soooo hiiiiigh
DJ JT Stevens 10:12 PM - 3 November, 2012
Man, wish I had jumped in this thread sooner. Lots of great albums mentioned in here, and it's really cool to see what we all listen to for pleasure.

Totally with you guys who mentioned Pretty Hate Machine, Endtroducing, Dummy, 36 Chambers, Led Zeppelin IV, Powerslave, Dark Side Of The Moon, Songs In The Key Of Life...so many other gems.

The idea of a fully-realized album, where each song has its place and flows into the next perfectly, seems like a long lost art these days.

Here are a few of mine where no skip button is required.

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Tool - Lateralus
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Janet Jackson - Janet
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Papa Midnight 12:36 AM - 4 November, 2012
Not stuff I
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against The Machine
House of Pain - Same as it Ever Was
Chris Rock - Born Suspect
Chris Rock - Roll with the New)
Aaliyah - I Care 4 U
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Hybrid Theory (Linkin Park) - The Hybrid Theory EP
Metallica - Metallica
The Aladdin Soundtrack (Yeah, I can admit that :P)
Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
The Matrix - Music From The Motion Picture (With the exception of Ministry - Bad Blood. I don't mind Ministry, but that song irks me)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny
Ice Cube - The Predator
Papa Midnight 12:36 AM - 4 November, 2012
" Not stuff I"
This is supposed to say "Not stuff in any particular order..."
dj poisonous handz 1:57 AM - 4 November, 2012
tribe called quest - midnight marauders
O.B.1 6:13 AM - 4 November, 2012
BDP - Edutainment
dj poisonous handz 3:15 PM - 4 November, 2012
purple tape
DJ eXeS 4:21 PM - 4 November, 2012
linkin park - hyprid theory
Diggz NYC 4:59 PM - 4 November, 2012
Some already mentioned but:

Illmatic
The Chronic
Cypress Hill (self titled)
36 Chambers
Ready to Die
Only Built for Cuban Linx

On a related note, I find it interesting that I hardly know the words to any of today's hip hop, just familiar with the bridges and choruses so I can drop in the next one. The albums above I can still recite practically word for word almost 20 years later. The intros to these albums are especially burned into my mind.

Dems were the days...illmatic and wutang forever, for real...

-D
DJ DisGrace 5:24 PM - 4 November, 2012
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The intros to these albums are especially burned into my mind.

+1 just listend to The Chronic the other day while out for a run. That intro is classic!
Diggz NYC 5:34 PM - 4 November, 2012
@Disgrace: "This is dedicated to the ni**as that was down from day one...[clink clank]...welcome to deathrow..."
DJ DisGrace 5:37 PM - 4 November, 2012
"I don't love Easy... I don't love Jerry..."
Diggz NYC 5:44 PM - 4 November, 2012
Lmao. Indeed.
Daktyl 4:51 PM - 5 November, 2012
even though a couple of these were already mentioned,
tool - lateralus (or any tool album really)
linkin park - hybrid theory (those guys are great for full albums that really flow well)
alice in chains - facelift, dirt
beastie boys - pauls boutique
metallica - and justice for all
days of the new - days of the new 2
black sabbath - heaven and hell (i know, it's not really sabbath without ozzy...blah blah blah.... great record)
gwar - america must be destroyed
guns n roses - use your illusion (1 and 2 back to back)

also, not long lost, but
florence and the machine - ceremonials

it's a great record from start to finish. was digging through the dollar bins at my local record store recently and i saw the 180 gram pressing right at the front of the new releases shelf. threw it on my stack on a whim, and now it's one of my new favorite records. sits between mahalia jackson and etta james in my "awesome soulful female vocalist" crate. 1st new release i've bought on vinyl in a minute....
DJ Reflex 11:52 PM - 6 November, 2012
I was grading papers the other day after school and popped in the 1st Blueman Group CD. All instrumental, but good tracks. Same goes for Tron Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk.
xXDJ2nicewititXx 10:28 PM - 7 November, 2012
All time Favs:

DMX- Dark And Hell Is Hot
Sticky Fingaz - Life and times of Kirk Jones --- This album prolly one of the most slept on albums of all time!

Jayz Reasonable Doubt
Lost Boyz - Love Peace and Nappiness
The Firm
DJ IMA 10:31 PM - 8 November, 2012
killa cam s.d.e , jay, black album, the dynast
all eyes on me, az 9 live, muddy water, get rich or die trying, hunger for more ,money, power& respect, a gangsta & a gentleman, port of miami, stillmatic,
dj clue the professional , capital punishment
DJRemixEnt 2:53 AM - 16 November, 2012
rage against the machine - evil empire
will.i.am - lost change
jazzy jeff - the magnificent
Detroitbootybass 7:10 PM - 16 November, 2012
Stevie Wonder - 'Songs In The Key Of Life' (180 gram vinyl!)

St Germain - 'Boulevard'

Eddie Russ - 'See The Light'

A Tribe Called Quest - 'Low End Theory'

Model 500 - 'Deep Space'

Arpadys - 'Arpadys'

Legion Of Green Men - 'Spatial Specific'

Imagination - 'Night Dubbing'

The Martian - 'LBH - 6251876' (A Red Planet Compilation)

Bobby Humphrey - 'Blacks And Blues'

Plastikman - 'Sheet One'

Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - 'Moods & Grooves'

Global Communication - '76:14'

Harlem River Drive - 'Harlem River Drive'

Air - 'Air' (R.I.P. Pete Namlook, who passed away just a few days ago)

Lars Bartkuhn and his Passion Dance Orchestra - 'Dreamland'

DeepChord presents Echospace - 'The Coldest Season'

Carl Craig - 'Landcruising'
blackavenger 11:05 PM - 16 November, 2012
Wamdue Project - Program Yourself
Adam F - Colours
Bjork - Homogenic
Diggable Planets - Blowout Comb
Jill Scott - Words and Sounds Vol. 1
GZA - Liquid Swords
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Photek - Form & Function
Deltron 3030
Micranots - Obelisk Movements
High Contrast - Tough Guys Don't Dance
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Daft Punk - Homework
Layo & Bushwacka - Night Works
DJ Krush - MiLight

I'll have to stop there......I could go on forever!!
DJ DisGrace 1:19 AM - 17 November, 2012
If you listen to Dr Dre - The Chronic, then you must listen to this also:

Easy-E - It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa

Now if only someone would call out today's "djs" like Eazy-E called out Dr Dre back in the day!
DJ Alkemy 4:28 AM - 17 November, 2012
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If you listen to Dr Dre - The Chronic, then you must listen to this also:



Easy-E - It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa



Now if only someone would call out today's "djs" like Eazy-E called out Dr Dre back in the day!


Had that on wax...Real Muthaphuckin G's, good track..."weeeellll, its the knockout"
O.B.1 12:39 AM - 1 December, 2012
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If you listen to Dr Dre - The Chronic, then you must listen to this also:



Easy-E - It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa



Now if only someone would call out today's "djs" like Eazy-E called out Dr Dre back in the day!


Eazy does it - I can pretty much recite that whole album word for werd.

Had that on wax...Real Muthaphuckin G's, good track..."weeeellll, its the knockout"
O.B.1 12:41 AM - 1 December, 2012
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If you listen to Dr Dre - The Chronic, then you must listen to this also:



Easy-E - It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa



Now if only someone would call out today's "djs" like Eazy-E called out Dr Dre back in the day!


Had that on wax...Real Muthaphuckin G's, good track..."weeeellll, its the knockout"


"Eazy does it" - can pretty much recite that album word for werd.
DJ GOODFOOT 4:26 AM - 1 December, 2012
Love this thread! Here's Mine:

Bob Marley - Legend

Beastie Boys - Licence To Ill

Dre - Chronic

Eazy E - Eazy Duz It

Snoop - Doggystyle

Too $hort - Life is...

D.O.C - No One Can Do It Better

N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

Wu Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang

Run DMC - Raising Hell

LL Cool J - BAD

EPMD - Strictly Business

Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation...

Metallica - And Justice For All

Rush - Moving Pictures

Van Halen - 1984


I'm lucky enough to have all of these albums in my collection and have them framed in my music room. Listened to them so much that many are worn out. Wish they made them like this today...
dj poisonous handz 3:18 PM - 1 December, 2012
basement jaxx - remedy.that classic make you wanna drive off a cliff shit!
DJ GaFFle 3:28 PM - 1 December, 2012
Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature
DJ Tracktion 3:42 AM - 3 December, 2012
jay z - reasonable doubt, american gangster

big l - life styles uv da poor and dangerous

aerosmith - classics live 1 & 2

36 chambers

2pacalypse now, me against the world, all eyez on me

ironman

supreme clientele

great adventures of slick rick

big pun - capital punishment

ready to die, life after death

diddy - no way out

cam'ron - s.d.e.

can i include old dirty harry mixtapes, clue, tony touch, j-love, juice?!
DJJorel 12:30 AM - 4 December, 2012
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
Gangstarr - Full Clip
UB40 - Labour of Love 2
Pearl Jam - Ten
Amel Larrieux - Infinite Possibilities
The Dan Band - The Dan Band Live
Yellowman - King Yellowman

That's all I can think of off the top of my head...
blackavenger 5:53 AM - 4 December, 2012
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Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
Gangstarr - Full Clip
Pearl Jam - Ten

::thumbs up::
dj poisonous handz 4:55 PM - 4 December, 2012
just ice - kool and deadly
Elab 11:14 PM - 15 March, 2013
guess who's back
catch a fire
MOVADO - "GANGSTA FOR LIFE"