ヒップホップ・アルバムの最大公約数は、まちがいなくこの2枚。 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST:The Low End Theory(Jive,1991) DR.DRE:The Chronic(Death Row/Interscope,1992) 東と西。アフロ・ボーホーとギャングスタ。ジャズ・ヒップホップとGファンク。後者は、個人的には、Death Row's Greatest Hits(Death Row,1996)でも代用可。 セールスと通受けを併せ持つ、という観点からすると、さらに以下が加わる PUBLIC ENEMY:Fear Of A Black Planet(Def Jam,1990) ICE CUBE:AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted(Priority,1990) WU-TANG CLAN:Enter The Wu-Tang(36 Chambers)(Loud/RCA,1993) NAS:Illmatic(Columbia,1994) THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.:Ready To Die(Bad Boy,1994) 2PAC:Me Against The World(Death Row,1994) FUGEES:The Score(Ruffhouse/Columbia,1996) が、個人的には、それぞれ気に入ったトラックはあれど、アルバムには思い入れなし。 むしろ、 THE ROOTS:Things Fall Apart(MCA,1999) BRAND NUBIAN:One For All(Elektra,1991) MAIN SOURCE:Breaking Atoms(Wild Pitch,1991) COMMON:One Day It'll All Make Sense(Relativity,1997) MOS DEF:Black On Both Sides(Rawkus,1999) RAEKWON:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...(Loud/RCA,1995) を代案としたいところ。
あと、GANG STARRは、常識的にはMoment Of Truth(Noo Trybe/Virgin,1998)だろうが、せっかくだからFull Clip(Virgin,1999)を選びたい。 90年代後半に勃興したダーティ・サウスは、 GOODIE MOB:Soul Food(LaFace/Arista,1995) OUTKAST:Aquemini(LaFace/Arista,1998) MISSY"MISDEMEANOR"ELLIOTT:Supa Dupa Fly(The Gold Mind Inc./EastWest,1997) TIMBALAND&MAGOO:Welcome To Our World(Blackground/Atlantic,1997) の4枚に加えて、2005年くらいにライノ(Kテルかも)がリリースするだろう(爆)、2ライヴ・クルーからクワッド・シティDJズ、マスター・Pからジュヴナイルまで網羅したベース/バウンス・クラシックス集があれば完璧。 でもね、個人的にアルバムとして愛聴したのは、 DJ SHADOW:Endtroducing...DJ Shadow(Mo'Wax/ffrr,1996) THE PHARCYDE:Bizarre Ride U The Pharcyde(Delicious Vinyl,1992) PETE ROCK&C.L.SMOOTH:The Main Ingredient(Elektra,1994) THE U.M.C.'S:Fruits Of Nature(Wild Pitch,1991) GHOSTFACE KILLAH:Ironman(Razor Sharp/Epic Street,1996) だったりする。もしかしたら、90年代の私的1位にシャドウを選ぶカモ。 これまた、ジャンルの性格からして、ベスト・シングル選びは無謀。なぜだか理由は定かではないが、パッと頭の中で流れてくるのは、 KRS-ONE"Sound Of Da Police"(Jive,1994)とED O.G.&DA BULLDOGS"Be A Father To Your Child"(PWL America,1991)だったりする。よくわからん。
>>28 Low End Theoryは過大評価だとは思わない、むしろ名盤だとは思うけど 91年にはDe La Soul Is Dead,Breaking Atoms,Organized Konfusion,Mr.Hoodとかも出てるよ ATCQがVerses From The Abstractでロン・カーターを敷き詰めるよりも前に、 Gang Starrは90年にBranford Malsaris本人とJazz Thingやってるしさ
ソース5本マイク Run-D.M.C. - Run DMC (1984) LL Cool J - Radio (1985) Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (1986) Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (1986) Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987) Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full (1987) Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane (1988) Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988) EPMD - Strictly Business (1988) Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle (1988) N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton (1988) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988) Ultramagnetic Mc's - Critical Beatdown (1988) The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better (1989) A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm (1990) Brand Nubian - One for All (1990) Eric B. & Rakim - Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990) Geto Boys - Grip it on That Other Level (1990)※ Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990) Main Source - Breaking Atoms (1990)※ A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991) De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991) Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)※ Dr Dre - The Chronic (1992)※ Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)※
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)※ Nas - Illmatic (1994) The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die (1994)※ Scarface - The Diary (1994)※ Mobb Deep - The Infamous... (1995)※ Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)※ 2Pac - Me Against The World (1995)※ The Fugees - The Score (1996)※ Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)※ 2Pac - All Eyez On Me (1996)※ The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997) Outkast - Aquemini (1998) Dr Dre - 2001 (1999)※ Nas - Stillmatic (2001) Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001) Scarface - The Fix (2002) ※:後からマイク五本に訂正されたアルバム。
2Pac - All Eyez On Me (1996)※ The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997) Outkast - Aquemini (1998) Dr Dre - 2001 (1999)※ Nas - Stillmatic (2001) Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001) Scarface - The Fix (2002)
1. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan (1993) 2. Illmatic - Nas (1994) 3. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992) 4. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (1991) 5. Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G. (1994) 6. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998) 7. Me Against the World - 2Pac (1995) 8. Aquemini - Outkast (1998) 9. The Score - The Fugees (1996) 10. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon (1995) 11. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem (1999) 12. Endtroducing... - DJ Shadow (1996) 13. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac (1996) 14. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (1996) 15. Daily Operation - Gang Starr (1992) 16. Liquid Swords - GZA (1995) 17. The Infamous... - Mobb Deep (1995) 18. Black On Both Sides - Mos Def (1999) 19. Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G. (1997) 20. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy (1990) 21. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star (Mos Def/Talib Kweli) (1998) 22. 2001 - Dr. Dre (1999) 23. Breaking Atoms - Main Source (1991) 24. Things Fall Apart - The Roots (1998) 25. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous - Big L (1995) 26. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube (1990) 27. Enta Da Stage - Black Moon (1993) 28. Step In the Arena - GangStarr (1992) 29. Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
30. Bizarre Ride II Tha Pharcyde - The Pharcyde (1992) 31. DoggyStyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg (1993) 32. Resurrection - Common (1994) 33. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys (1992) 34. Death Certificate - Ice Cube (1991) 35. The Sun Rises in the East - Jeru the Damaja (1994) 36. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing - Black Sheep (1991) 37. Whut? Thee Album - Redman (1992) 38. Don Killuminati: The 7-Day Theory - 2Pac/Makaveli (1996) 39. Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard (1995) 40. It Was Written - Nas (1996) 41. Nia - Blackalicious (1999 ) 42. Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys (1998) 43. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott (1997) 44. ATLiens - Outkast (1996) 45. Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan (1997) 46. 93 Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief (1993) 47. De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul (1991) 48. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest (1990) 49. Vol. 1: In My Lifetime - Jay-Z (1997) 50. Operation: Doomsday - MF Doom (1999) 51. Capital Punishment - Big Punisher (1998) 52. I Am... - Nas (1999) 53. Apocalypse '91: The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy (1991) 54. Moment of Truth - Gang Starr (1998) 55. Reachin': A New Refutation of Time and Space - Digable Planets (1993) 56. Word...Life - O.C. (1994) 57. One For All - Brand Nubian (1990) 58. Soul Food - Goodie MOB (1995) 59. Steal This Album - The Coup (1998) 60. Soul on Ice - Ras Kass (1996) 61. War Report - Capone-N-Noreaga (1997)
62. Runaway Slave - Showbiz & A.G. (1992) 63. Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion (1991) 64. Wrath of the Math - Jeru the Damaja (1996) 65. Internal Affairs - Pharoahe Monch (1999) 66. Ironman - Ghostface Killah (1996) 67. Labcabincalifornia - The Pharcyde (1995) 68. Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z (1998) 69. 6 Feet Deep - Gravediggaz (1994) 70. Black Sunday - Cypress Hill (1993) 71. Jewelz - O.C. (1997) 72. Tical - Method Man (1994) 73. Stress: The Extinction Agenda - Organized Konfusion (1994) 74. Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock and CL Smooth (1992) 75. southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast (1994) 76. Wanted: Dead or Alive - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (1990) 77. Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots (1994) 78. The Diary - Scarface (1994) 79. Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon/Kool Keith (1996) 80. Uncontrolled Substance - Inspectah Deck (1999) 81. Doe Or Die - AZ (1995) 82. Heavy Mental - Killah Priest (1998) 83. Live and Let Die - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (1992) 84. Take a Look Around - Masta Ace (1990) 85. Don't Sweat the Technique - Eric B. and Rakim (1992) 86. I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Del the Funkee Homosapien (1991) 87. A Prince Among Thieves - Prince Paul (1999) 88. Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow (1997) 89. The Main Ingredient - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (1994) 90. Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop - Diamond D (1992) 91. O.G.: Original Gangster - Ice-T (1991) 92. Hell on Earth - Mobb Deep (1996) 93. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J (1990)
94. Dah Shinin' - Smif-N-Wessun (1995) 95. Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - Eric B. & Rakim (1990) 96. Illadelph Halflife - The Roots (1996) 97. Hard to Earn - Gang Starr (1994) 98. Muddy Waterz - Redman (1996) 99. KRS-One - KRS-One (1995) 100. E. 1999-Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1995)