6) Get Rich or Die Tryin': 50 Cent's debut album, no doubt a top five choice. 50 Cent is reminiscent of Tupac when he first came out; with a BANG. His famous single "In Da Club" topped charts and easily showed what kind of potential this man had. Other hit singles including "Many Men" showed how diverse he was on the mic, and his extremely thuggish, gangster style of life. He was a no fooling around person, and he made sure that was clear on this album. Other singles like "If I Can't" and "P.I.M.P." showed how light- hearted he actually could be any his extremely humorous personality. The second best selling rap album of the decade following The Marshall Mathers LP, its no doubt that this album is a classic.
5) Reasonable Doubt: This is one of the hardest decisions when it came to deciding between two of one artist's albums. I did not know whether to choose this one, his debut, or The Blueprint, a work he did a bit later, both are considered top ten material, I just don't have room, and one had to stay. I chose Reasonable Doubt because it had contained the ingredients for a classic. One of the first people to take the "mafioso" approach to gangsta rap, Jay Z showed he had a lot of balls by releasing his DEBUT album, the one where first impressions are made and where many, many artists' careers end, by rapping about a seldom discussed concept. It's amazing how he managed to feature Biggie, and get most of his songs produced by DJ Premier, a true icon on the DJ scene. Most of the work Premier has done is now considered a classic, by working with Jay, he brought so much more anticipation and close scrutiny on the album, which jay Z handled very professionally. Always known for his style, this album had lots of slow, funky beats and simple choruses, which is exactly what rap was turning its head away from by 1996, which is when this was released. Its like he was the last person to jump onto the moving train before it took off past the platform, barely able to sneak in a true old- school classic.
4) The Marshall Mathers LP: Eminem's second studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP holds the record for the fastest selling rap album of all time. It sold 1.7 MILLION copies in its FIRST WEEK. Almost TWO MILLION copies were sold over a seven day period, its no wonder as to why this happened, with the outstanding lyricism found on his debut, what else could you expect? A much darker- themed album than most, this album showed us a side of Slim Shady that not many people knew. He really expressed the rawness that he contained, and crafted it into an exquisite album.
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