Yep.

http://www.myspace.com/cadenceweaponmusic

Mr Lif
Talib Kweli
Edan
Why?
Murs

Guaranteed to be the only album you will ever hear that advocates both the throwing of molotov cocktails at police stations, the sexual assault of high school teachers, and the eating of tofu salads while playing chess on futons within a few tracks.

Also a really really good hip hop album.

Guaranteed to be the only album you will ever hear that advocates both the throwing of molotov cocktails at police stations, the sexual assault of high school teachers, and the eating of tofu salads while playing chess on futons within a few tracks.

Also a really really good hip hop album.

MF Doom - Mm...Food
Viktor Vaughn - Both Albums
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Deltron 3030 -(Self Titled?)
Handsome Boy Modelling School - Both Albums
The Coup - Steal This Album
The Coup - Party Music

They're all quality but IMHO Run Come Save Me is probably the standout

some pharcyde, ugly duckling, people under the stairs... all excellent

Jurassic 5
Nas
KRS One
Common
Rakim
Blackstar
Talib Kweli
Outkast

get the 2 cyne albums. quality.

Dalek - Abandoned Language
Majesticons - Beauty Party
Infesticons - Gun Hill Road
Buck 65 - Square
Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
Tes - X2
Anti-Pop Consortium - Arrhythmia
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

Not really on the Anticon/backpack tip, but get Organized Konfusion's first two albums - undiluted genius.

Cadence Weapon
MC Lars
Sage Francis

Supa Dupa Fly/Da Real World/Miss E... So Addictive/Under Construction

but the Deltron 3030 album is amazing.

Also, uhm,

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Hieroglyphics
Quannum MC's
A Tribe Called Quest
MF Doom
Masta Ace
J-Live
Prince Paul
Pharoahe Monch
Dilated Peoples

I would also checking out the roster over at Stones Throw records, they put out some amazing stuff.

Did anyone say cLOUDDEAD yet? If not, their first s/t album is essential.

J Dilla - Donuts
Madlib - Movie Scenes 1+2

I also like

Raekwon - Only built...
Dead prez - let's get free
Madvillain was a favourite for a while
You'd probably like a tribe called quest
Oh no's album with all the guest spots is good - exodus something? I only have it on the computer

on here. Task Force or anything on Low Life Records is a good starting point for UK hip hop.

....get these. A nice mix of the basic essentials that made hip-hop what it is today, classic old school stuff, the big 90s records and a couple of modern day gems....
Nas - 'Illmatic'
Public Enemy - 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back'
Wu-Tang Clan - 'Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)'
KMD - 'Mr Hood'
Main Source - 'Breaking Atoms'
Boogie Down Productions - 'Criminal Minded'
Eric B & Rakim - 'Paid In Full'
MF Doom - 'Operation Doomsday'
Mobb Deep - 'The Infamous'
Raekwon - 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...'
Ghostface Killah - 'Supreme Clientele'
Gang Starr - 'Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr'
The Beatnuts - 'The Beatnuts' (aka 'Street Level')
Screwball - 'Y2K'
De La Soul - '3 Feet High & Rising'
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - 'Wanted Dead Or Alive'

newer artists go, I'd say buy these LPs

Phat Kat - 'Carte Blanche'
Kidz In The Hall - 'School Was My Hustle'
Clipse - 'Lord Willin'
Nut-Rageous - 'Raw Nuts'
Saigon - 'Warning Shots'
Guilty Simpson - 'Ode To The Ghetto' (LP's not out until the end of March, so cop the single 'Get Riches')

Rapper from the Canadian indie scene. Definitely worth listening to

what you need is:

main source - breaking atoms
jeru the damaja - the sun rises in the east
mf grimm - scras and memories
large professor - the lp
lord finesse & dj mike smooth - funky technician
diamond d & pyschotic neurotics - stunts, blunts n hip-hop
binary star - masters of the universe
InI - center of attention
deda - original baby pa
A.D.O.R - the concrete
pete rock- petestrumentals
brand nubian - one for all
ultimate force - im not playin'
showbiz & a.g - soul clap EP
showbiz & a.g - runaway slave
O.C - word...life

etc

Hip Hop is an affront to good music. You are young, there is still time!!

Gang Starr - Step in the Arena/Daily Operation
EPMD - Business as Usual/Unfinished Business
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die
Rob Sonic - Telicatessen
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Mr Lif - I Phantom
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East

Food For Animals after reading their Pitchfork review this morning and all i can say about their new record is 'WOW'.

Check them: http://www.myspace.com/thefoodforanimals

i was just about to post a similar thread about this. THANKS.