BOOM BAP -- Last Updated 2024/11/5
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:: Hiphop General ::
This is a definitive list of genre innovators within the branch of music known as
hiphop. This list includes producers and MCs and a couple Scratch DJ's and beatboxers.
I am ready to defend every entry in this list. Only artists whose discographies I have
current to 2020 are included. Let me know if I'm missing anyone else.
2 Pac Shakur - Black Cotton | California Love | All Eyez On Me
A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions | I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
• Low End Theory is easily in the top 5 albums for this space.
Action Bronson - White Bronco | Baby Blue | Easy Rider
Aesop Rock - 39 Thieves | Rings | None Shall Pass
• Tied with Busdriver for largest vocabulary.
Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For The Perfect Beat | Planet Rock | Renegades Of Funk
• Literally invented hiphop, literally raped kids, RIP American culture.
Afroman - Colt 45 | Because I Got High
Aminé - Red Mercedes | Caroline | Campfire
Anderson .Paak - Bubblin | Lockdown | Come Down
• This man can play 40 instruments and is nothing but fun to hang out with.
A$AP Rocky - Fukk Sleep | A$AP Forever | Babushka Boi | Distorted Records
Atmosphere - Scalp | Americareful
Azealia Banks - 212 | The Big Big Beat | Anna Wintour
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic | So What'Cha Want
Big L - All Black | Let 'Em Have It "L" | Ebonics
• Major example of amazing potential cut short.
Big Pun - Beware | Boomerang | Twinz
Blowfly - Rapp Dirty
Busdriver - Imaginary Places | Gun Control | Somethingness
• Tied with Aesop Rock for largest vocabulary and Temporary Forever is easily a top-5.
Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! | So Hardcore | Look at Me Now (feature)
Camu Tao - Plot for a Little
• God bless early [as] for gems like him.
Cannibal Ox - A B-Boy Alpha | Atom | The F-Word
Childish Gambino - Sweatpants | Sober | 3005
Company Flow - Lune TNS | 8 Steps To Perfection
• El-P's production start.
Cool Calm Pete - Get With The Times | F@#$%&!k Yooouu
CunninLynguists - Will Rap For Food | 616 Rewind | Fukinwichu
Cypress Hill - Dr. Greenthumb | I Ain't Goin' Out Like That | Insane in the Brain | I Want to Get High
• Earlier project as The Psycho Realm would easily count too.
Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny | White Lines | Monopoly
• Atrocity Exhibition is a top-5 album; art-house hip-hop if there was such a thing.
Das Racist - CPH&TB | Sit Down, Man | The Last Huzzah (feature)
Death Grips - Beware | Spread Eagle Cross the Block
Delinquent Habits - Tres Delinquentes | Lower Eastside | California
Del The Funky Homosapien - Clint Eastwood (feature) | If You Must | Positive Contact
Denzel Curry - Ricky | Black Balloons | Ultimate | Take It Back V2
Despot - Get Rich or Try Dying
Die Antwoord - Ugly Boy | I Fink U Freeky | Pitbull Terrier
• Earlier project as Max Normal included - You Talk Too Loud.
Dizzee Rascal - I Don't Need A Reason | Bassline Junkie
DJ Darkstep - The Illest | High Life
• Helped drive the Eastern European hiphop scene.
DJ QBert - Explaining Titles Demo | Street Masters 2019 | Designer Con 2016
• Pioneered the discipline, easily the greatest scratch DJ ever.
Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E. | Forgot About Dre | What's The Difference
• Almost single-handedly responsible for the sounds of the west coast.
Dumbfoundead - Safe | Murals | Water
• Literal legend of East LA; absolute powerhouse.
E-40 - Chase The Money | Choices | My Shit Bang | Gasoline
• Another literal legend; pioneered all kinds of slang and made Slurricane, incredible.
Earl Sweatshirt - Balance | Chum | Whoa | Hive
Earthgang - Up | Avenue | LaLa Challenge
El-P - The Full Retard | Drones Over Bklyn | Stay Down
• Objectively the greatest producer in the space.
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady | Without Me | Mom's Spaghetti
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique | Juice
Far East Movement - The Illest | Like A G6
Flying Lotus - Zodiac Shit | 1983
• Triphop has never been the same since and this man gave us Kuso, insane.
Future - Mask Off | Life Is Good
Geto Boys - Still | Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
• Fuck that photocopy machine.
Ghostemane - Mercury | Blood Oceans (feature)
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy | Run | Whatever
• CeeLo Green and Dangermouse as a duo; only two albums but both are solid bricks.
Gramatik - Break Loose | Hit That Jive | Satoshi Nakamoto
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines | Wildstyle | The Message
GZA - Liquid Swords | Shadowboxin'
• LIQUID SWORDS LIQUID SWORDS LIQUID SWORDS LIQUID SWORDS LIQUID SWORDS LIQUID SWORDS
Higher Brothers - Open It Up | Nomadic
Hopsin - Ill Mind Of Hopsin 5 | Leave Me Alone lol
House of Pain - Top O' The Morning To Ya | Shamrocks And Shenanigans | Jump Around
Ice Cube - No Vaseline | Cave Bitch | It Was A Good Day
Immortal Technique - The 3rd World | Dance With The Devil
J. Cole - Neighbors | G.O.M.D. | ATM
J Dilla - E=MC² | Life | Flowers
• Changed lives, saved lives, effectively invented lofi hiphop, RIP.
Jasiah - Break Shit | Crisis | Shenanigans
Jay-Z - The Story of O.J. | On To The Next One | Apeshit
Jean Grae - Going Crazy | Hater's Anthem | My Story
Jedi Mind Tricks - Design In Malice | Seven | Heavenly Divine
J.I.D. - Off Deez | Slick Talk
Joey Bada$$ - Survival Tactics | 95 Til Infinity
• Best character on Mr. Robot.
Jonwayne - These Words Are Everything
JpegMafia - Cutie Pie! | Vengeance (feature)
Jurassic 5 - What's Golden | A Day At The Races
Kanye - Gold Digger | Black Skinhead | Timmy Turner (remix) | Stronger
Kendrick Lamar - Backseat Freestyle | King Kunta | DNA
Kid Cudi - Simple As... | Solo Dolo | Pursuit Of Happiness
Killer Mike - Reagan | Don't Die | Pots N Pans (feature) | Ghetto Gospel
Kool Keith - Get Off My Elevator | Plastic World
Kottonmouth Kings - Audio War | Cruizin' | Kronitron
KRS One - Sound Of Da Police | MC's Act Like They Don't Know
Kurupt - Girls All Pause | Who Ride Wit Us
Lady Leshur - Queen's Speech Ep. 4 | Black Panther
Lady Sovereign - Fiddle With The Volume | Hoodie | Love Me Or Hate Me
Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones | Doo-Wop | Everything Is Everything
Lil Darkie - Rap Music | AMV | Spunk | Whoop
Lil Wayne - 6 Foot 7 Foot | A Milli | Senile (feature)
Ludacris - Saturday | Roll Out | Area Codes | Get Back
Mac Miller - Self Care | Dang! | Blue World
Madlib (Quasimoto) - Fallin | Solitude | Catchin' The Vibe
Madvillain - Monkey Suite | All Caps | Raid
• MF Doom & Madlib as a duo.
Method Man - Bring The Pain | Ting Dun (feature) | Method Man (Wu-Tang, but solo)
MF Doom - Benzie Box | Space Ho's | Gazzillion Ear
• I don't count Danger Doom as its own project; RIP Doom.
Migos - TShirt | Narcos | Slippery
• Quavo carries the other two.
Missy Elliott - Work It | Get Ur Freak On | Throw It Back
Mos Def - Ghetto Rock | Respiration (feature) | Mathematics | Ms. Fat Booty
• Far traveler.
Nas - Rewind | N.Y. State Of Mind | Nas Is Like
Nekfeu - Esquimaux | Ma Dope
Nicki Minaj - Only | Chun-Li | Anaconda
• I dated a chick that looked like Nicki lol.
Nipsey Hussle - Status Symbol 3 | Racks In The Middle | Last Time That I Checc'd | Hussle and Motivate
• RIP Nip.
Nujabes - Aruarian Dance | World Without Words | Battlecry
• Another absolute treasure from early [as], RIP.
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton | Appetite For Destruction | Fuck Tha Police
Ocean Wisdom - Eye Contact | Brick Or Bat | Don | Fatboy
• Competing with Twista for fastest technicals ever; HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE
Old Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money | Shimmy Shimmy Ya | Brooklyn Zoo
• This art is unfairly littered with legendary talent cut short, rest in mother fucking peace ODB.
Organized Konfusion - Bring it On
Outkast - Hey Ya! | Bombs Over Baghdad | Ms. Jackson
Pete Rock (production) - They Reminisce Over You | Center of Attention (album)
Post Malone - Rockstar | Congratulations | Wow
Public Enemy - Fight The Power | Can't Truss It | Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Pusha T - Trouble Of My Mind | Numbers On The Boards | Sociopath | The Story Of Adidon
R.A. the Rugged Man - Look What You Made Me Do | Freedom Form Flowing (feature) | Legendary Loser
Rav - Tachyon | I Digress | Geddit
Redman - Cisco Kid | How High | Do What U Feel
Rich Brian - Rapapapa | Bankroll (feature) | Kids | Dat $tick
Riff Raff - Introducing The Icon | How To Be The Man | Orion's Belt
RJD2 - Ghostwriter | The Horror
Run The Jewels - Blockbust Night Part 1 | Thursday In The Danger Room | Ooh La La | Legend Has It
• Killer Mike and El-P as a duo; most consistent duo in history.
Schoolboy Q - John Muir | Black Thoughts | Groovy Tony
Shakewell - Leglock | Pemex
Ski Mask The Slump God - Coolest Monkey In The Jungle | Faucet Failure | Foot Fungus
Slick Rick - Street Talkin' | Behind Bars | I Shouldn't Have Done It
Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice | Deep Cover (feature) | Bitch Please | Back Up
Souls of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity' | That's When Ya Lost | Cab Fare
Tech N9ne - Erbody But Me | We Just Wanna Party | Hood Go Crazy
The Alchemist - Dmtri | Baby $hit | Shoot Sideways
Tha Alkaholiks - Daaam! | Who Dem Niggas
The Notorious B.I.G. - Suicidal Thoughts | Gimme The Loot | Hypnotize | Warning
• Ready To Die easily another top-5 album; RIP.
The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By | Drop | Runnin'
The Planets - Moving Along | Essence
Three Loco - Neato | We Are Farmers | Jump Rope
• Owners of objectively the greatest multi of any song.
TrippyThaKid - Fanta! | Chuck E. Cheese | Leedle Leedle Lee
Twista - Mista Tung Twista | Ratatattat
• Competing with Ocean Wisdom for fastest technicals ever.
Tyler The Creator - OKRA | What's Good | IFHY | Yonkers
Vince Staples - Norf Norf | Little Bit Of This (feature) | Blue Suede
Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. | Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' | Protect Ya Neck | Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit
XXX Tentacion - Revenge | Moonlight | Sad!
:: Honorable Mentions ::
21 Savage - No Heart
50 Cent - P.I.M.P.
bbno$ - Lalala
Big Sean - Bounce Back
Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn
Chance The Rapper - Bad Idea (feature)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Cordae - Have Mercy
Cxrpse - Abu Dhabi
DMX - Where The Hood At?
Fetty Wap - Again
Flatbush Zombies - Palm Trees
Flo Milli - May I
Foreign Beggars - Contact
Haarper - Bungee Gum
Hanf Kung - Produktide Jaoks
HypeMan Sage - SwingTing
IDK - Once Upon A Time
Kaytranada - Sober Thoughts (production)
Kill Bill - Chinatown
Lil Debby - F That
Lil Dicky - Professional Rapper
Lil Jon - Get Low
Lil Kim - No Matter What They Say (proto Nicki Minaj?)
Lil Lucifer - Welcome To Hell Pussy
Lil Windex - Broke Hoes
Lil Yachty - Mase In '97' (feature)
Logic - Everybody
Oddisee - Own Appeal
OG Maco - Seizure
Pink Guy - Kill Yourself
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
Reggie Watts - Fuck Shit Stack
Rico Nasty - Own It
Rittz - Bloody Murdah
Saweetie - Icy Girl
Scarface - No Tears
SonReal - Everywhere We Go
Stormzy - Vossi Bop
Suicideboys - Paris
Terror Reid - Uppercuts
The Underachievers - Gold Soul Theory
Tierra Whack - Unemployed
Travis Scott - Highest In The Room
The Buttress - Miracle Gro
Tom Green - Write Rhymes And Act Like An Asshole
Waka Flocka - Hard In Da Paint
Wosh MC - Skii
Xzarkhan - Acid Burn