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Including the ones on GJs list, these are just some that i own that i usually recommend to my mates
Hip Hop
Dr. Dre - 2001
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP & The Eminem Show
Xzibit - Restless
Obie Trice - Second Rounds On Me
Busta Rhymes - Genesis & The Big Bang
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Joe Budden - The Padded Room
The Game - The Doctor's Advocate
Ice Cube - Raw Footage
OutKast - Idlewild
Sticky Fingaz - Black Trash: The Autobiography Of Kirk Jones & Decade: But Wait It Gets Worse

Indie
The Killers  - Hot Fuss & Sam's Town
Oasis - What's The Story (Morning Glory) & Definitely/Maybe
Gorillaz - Demon Days (not sure what genre this one is)
Kasabian - Empire
The Verve - Urban Hymns

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Thanks again

About to edit OP

great thread. I'll add my list later

I gotta go for a little while guys

Ill edit the thread when I get back but thanks for all the lists so far

Indie Rock Essentials

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Pixies - Doolittle
Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty
The National - Alligator
The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Dinosaur Jr. - You're  Living All Over Me
R.E.M. - Murmur
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
The Replacements - Let it Be
XTC - Skylarking
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
Weezer - Pinkerton
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace

that's just off the top of my head

How did I not realize Tribe wasnt on there

A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, The Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders, Beats, Rhymes & Life

Edit: Me = but add People's Instinctive and Beats, Rhymes & Life

I love this thread

Big KRIT - Return of 4Eva
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II

+

Drake - So Far Gone

missing

+ how could you forget N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

+missing

Not essential

Not essential

meh..ok
but

N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

is defenitely essential

but is defenitely essential

Ya. That one definately

Ya. That one definately

What about Pilot Talk on the list though?
I think Tha Carter II deserves to be mentioned on that list...

What about Pilot Talk on the list though?
I think Tha Carter II deserves to be mentioned on that list...

My life wouldnt be affected without Tha Carter II, Pilot Talk, So Far Gone

Some R&B/Soul

Aaliyah - One in a Million
Alicia Keys - Songs in a Minor, The Diary of Alicia Keys
Anita Baker - Rapture
Erykah Badu - Baduizm, Mama's Gun
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
John Legend - Get Lifted
Mary J. Blige - Share My World, What's the 411?
R. Kelly - 12 Play
Sade - Diamond Life

The R&B's pretty weak tbh.

OP edited

I added Tha Carter II and So Far Gone because they meet the criteria of being the artists best work and they are 2 very popular artists

+ how could you forget N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

Sorry about that one

Fixed now

The R&B's pretty weak tbh.

A little help please?

Its kinda hard getting all these

Any suggestions?