Assuming you had a solar powered Sony Mega-Bass Walkman, you could do a lot worse than being stuck on a pile of sand with these joints…
Three Times Dope – Original Stylin’
E.S.T. displays vocabulary spills that kill over bumpin’ beats for your bonkey.
Master Ace – Take A Look Around
This tape is long as fuck but no slow spots. Job done.
Boogie Down Productions – Sex & Violence
The greatest thing KRS-One ever did without Scott.
The Jaz – Ya Don’t Stop
Large Professor, The 45 King & Prince Paul all on one tape? Approved!
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Wanted: Dead Or Alive
No explanation required.
Threat – Sickinnahead
One of the last great LA albums before The Chronic ruined it for everyone.
Akinyele – Vagina Diner
‘Checkmate’ and ‘Exercise’ are two of the finest tracks of our generation. I’ll bare-knuckle box any man who says different!
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Mecca & The Soul Brother
The cassette version has two extra songs that even the CD didn’t get, so this is a no-brainer.
Bushwick Bill – Little Big Man
Pure genius on every level.
Compton’s Most Wanted – It’s A Compton Thang
Kind of Compton’s answer to the first Lord Finesse album….
What would you take? Keep in mind, you have to actually own these on cassette, otherwise it’s too easy…
Here’s the tapes I’d have to have while stuck on a desert island, (and not fast forward through).
Poor Righteous Teachers – Pure Poverty
Nas – Illmatic
KRS-One – Return of the Boom Bap
Digable Planets – Blow Out Comb
Gangstarr – Daily Operation
Onyx- All We Got Iz Us
Goodie Mob – Soul Food
De La Soul – States Is High
Black Sheep – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Smif-N-Wessun – Dah Shinin’
i have everything on cassette thats listed except for 3xdope and the jaz. but i could replace those with epmd business as usual and xclan to the east blackwards. but i thought i was the only person left on earth with that (deadly)threat cassette.
Street Gospel by Suga Free.
That Threat album is the absolute business!
Need to get into the crates in my old man’s basement to see what gems I got stashed in there still. One of my favorite things to do when I’m in my old man’s basement. Off the top:
1. Ultramagnetic – Critical Beatdown
2. Nas – Illmatic
3. De La Soul – Stakes is High
4. Craig Mack – Project Funk Da World
5. N.W.A – Straignt Outta Compton
6. BDP – Sex And Violence (Woot!)
7. Black Moon – Enta Da Stage
8. Tribe – Midnight Marauders
9. Frankie Cutlass – Whatever that was called with all those joints on there.
10. The Beatles – Sgt. Peppers. (I mean, this is forever right?)
Really? you prefer Compton’s first album over all the others? It’s good and all, but Music to Driveby is on of their best albums of all time. Of all time.
Thumbs up for including Bushwick Bill. Ya need some comedy if you’re gonna be all alone on an island.
1.Big Mike- Somethin Serious
2.NWA- Niggaz 4 Life
3.Tribe-Midnight Maurauders
4.P.E-It takes a Nation of Millions
5.UGK- Best of album
6.Outkast-Aquemeni
7.Dogg Pound-Dogg Food
8.DAZ-Revenge, Gitbacc, & Retaliation
9.Too Short- Album Number 10
10.BDP- By All Means Necessary
Something like this!
1.Ultramagnetic mcs – critical beatdown
2.Beastie boys – licence to ill
3.BDP – Criminal Minded
4.Run Dmc – Tougher than leather
5.Cold crush brothers – Troopers
6.Various – Electro 5 (not sure the US guys will know these!)
7.Various – Electro 8
8.Various – Electro 9
9.Various – Electro 15
10.De La Soul – 3 feet high
1 3rd bass – the cactus tape
2 pharcyde – labcabincalifornia
3 atcq – beats, rhymes & life
4 cru – da dirty 30
5 house of pain – s/t
6 cypress hill – temples of boom
7 2pac – all eyez on me
8 kurtis blow – back by popular demand
9 de la soul is dead
x articolo 31 – messa di vespiri
i had my first 10 cassettes on my shelf as my 10 essentials i could reach whilst horizontal. original copies not tdk were
bdp sex and violence
bdp criminal minded
epmd business never personal
the low end theory
mecca and the soul brother
buhloone mindstate
black sheep wolf in sheep’s clothing
enter the wu (wore it out and bought cd)
illmatic (boring choice)
ultramagnetic critical beatdown
this is stupid, i had everything on tape until only built 4 cuban linx
Foxy Brown – Ill na na (To jerk off to) Master P – Da Last Don
Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night
Scaramanga – Seven Eyes, Seven Horns
Kool G Rap – 4,5,6
The Nonce – World Ultimate
Makaveli – Don Killuminati 7 day theory
J-love – Mobb Misses pt.1-4
O.C. – Jewelz
The Beatnuts – Stone Crazy
NO DISRESPECT TO ALL THE AFICIONADOS AND NERDS OUT THERE, BUT I WOULD MAKE MY OWN FUCKING TAPES A LA TOP SCOTCH TAPE
Never really fucked with cassettes too much as I bought all my shit on wax from the get go, but I’ve still got a few originals worth bringing to that island…
Jungle Brothers – Done By The Forces Of Nature
NWA – Straight Outta Compton
EPMD – Unfinished Business
Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
Smif N Wessun – Dah Shinin
Donald D – Notorious
Ultramagnetic MCs – Critical Beatdown
That’s all I can remember without climbing into the attic to have a root around in the box they’re in.
1 Main Source – Breakin Atoms
2 LL Cool J- Mama Said Knock You Out
3 Chill Rob G- Ride The Rhythm
4 Naughty By Nature- Naughty By Nature
5 Diamond- Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop
6 Eric B & Rakim- Follow The Leader
7 Heavy D- Blue Funk
8 Brand Nubian- One For All
9 Jungle Brothers- Done By The Forces of Nature
10 Lord Finesse- Funky Technician
Robbie, nice list! The CMW was a really good look, too. I would take in no particular order:
Ice Cube-Death Certificate
Diamond D-Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop
ATCQ-Midnight Marauders
Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions
EPMD-Business As Usual
Outkast-ATLiens
Common-Resurrection
Scarface-Mr. Scarface Is Back
Big Daddy Kane-Long Live The Kane
Eric B. & Rakim-Paid In Full
Great job on the site, too. PEace and GOD BLESS
ONE WORD: VANILLA ICE
Grayson & Jaysun- Sweating Me Wet
Diamond Shell- The Grand Imperial
Illegal- Illegal
Diamond D- Stunts, Blunts, and HipHop
Redman- Whut! The Album
Beatnuts- Intoxicated Demons LP
Tha Alkoholiks- 21 and Over
Slick Rick- The Adventures of….
Nas- It Was Written
EPMD- Unfinished Business
Great post Robbie, as for the ones I still on have tape…
1-EPMD-Business As Usual
2-Redman-Whut Thee Album
3-The Beatnuts-The Beatnuts ( I was going to sell it, but I like having it on CD and tape)
4-Eric B & Rakim-Follow The Leader
5-CMW-It’s A Compton Thang
6-Showbiz and AG-Soul Clap EP
7-De La Soul-De La Soul Is Dead
8-Main Source-Breakin Atoms
9-Wu Tang Clan-Enter The 36 Chambers
10-NWA-Straight Outta Compton
and I’ll take my Sony walkman with the Dynamic Bass Boost and auto reverse :)
fuck, should I have not thrown out these cassettes?
nas – illmatic
ill al skratch – creep wit me
mobb deep – hell on earth
positive k – skillz to pay the bills
brand nubian – in god we trust
geto boys – we cant be stopped
heavy d – blue funk
big daddy kane – long live the kane
ice t – iceberg
and..
born jamericans – kids from foreign
Nice post Robbie,I still have a gazillion cassettes.I have replaced most of the classics on cd,but here are the 10 tapes I would have on that desert island….
1.Amerikkkas Most Wanted-Ice-Cube
2.Breaking Atoms-Main Source
3.It takes a nation of millions-P.E.
4.The Great Adventures-Slick Rick
5.niggazforlife-N.W.A
6.Death Certificate-Ice-Cube
7.The Triflin album-King Tee
8.Mecca and The Soul Brother-Pete & CL
9.The Funky Technician-Lord Finesse
10.All Hail The Queen-Queen Latifah
Damn, I must be the only hump who never copped the Main Source on cassette….
What about broke ass mix tapes I made myself? Are those allowed on this island? If not, then:
1. Tribe- Midnight Marauders
2. De La Soul- Buhloone Mindstate
3. AZ – Doe or Die
4. Gangstarr- Hard to Earn
5. Naughty by Nature- Naughty by Nature
6. The Roots- Illadelph Halflife
7. Domino- Domino
8. 3rd Bass- The Cactus Revisited
9. Common- Resurrection
10. Souls of Mischief- ’93 ’til Infinity
low profile
formula files
ed og and the bulldogs
raise
prowls
formulators
eric b and rakim- follow..
@robbie – nah, i copped main source on cassette as well. don’t know what your copy was like but i remember thinking the mix sounded really muddy – then disaster struck when i lent it to a friend and their deck chewed up the first 30 seconds or so of “snake eyes” lol.
good to see the threat album being given some props – it got slept on when it was released and definitely deserves to be mentioned more when people talk about quality back-in-the-day west coast albums.
EPMD – Business As Usual
Daddy 0- You Can Be A Daddy But Never Daddy o
X-Clan – To The East Blackwards
Krs One- Return of the Boom Bap
K-Solo- Tell the World My Name
Aceyalone – All Balls Dont Bounce
Diamond D – Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop
Hieroglyphics – B sides Volume 1
Hieroglyphics – B sides Volume 2
Eric B and Rakim – Follow The Leader
Great Post! I’m feeling everyones choices! 10 would be hard I think I need at least 15-20. But these are the KYAH-SETTS that got mad burn in my car!
1) BDP- Criminal Minded
2) Slick Rick- The Great Adventures of….
3) EPMD- Unfinished Business
4) D.O.C.- No One Can Do it Better
5) PE- It takes a Nation of Millions…..
6) Ice Cube- Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
7) Wu Tang- Enter the 36 Chanbers
8) Nas- Illmatic
9) Jay Z- Reasonable Doubt
10) Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Links
Most of this is in my whip right now and yes I have a working Tape Deck. I had some trouble narrowing down to ten though.
1. Big Daddy Kane- Long Live the Kane
2. Grand Puba- Reel to Reel
3. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth- Mecca and the soul Brother
4. Black Moon- Enta the Stage
5. Jeru da Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East
6. Nas- Illmatic
7. EPMD- Business as Usual
8.Gangstarr- Daily operation/Hard to Earn
9. A Tribe Called Quest- Low end Theory
10. Dre Dre- The Chronic/ Wu Tang- 36 Chambers
Honarable Mention the purple tape Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. I had it three times and broke it cause I played it so much. Wish I could find it now just to have.
1) Diamond D – Stunts, Blunts, and Hip Hop.
2) Nas – Illmatic
3) Akinyele – Vagina Diner
4) Pete Rock and CL Smooth – Mecca and the Soul Brother
5) O.C. – Word….Life
6) A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
7) De La Soul – De La Soul is Dead
8) Grandaddy I.U. – Smooth Assassin
9) Souls of Mischief – 93 ’til Infinity
10) Geto Boys – Do It Like a G.O. (the tape with Gangsta of Love, Scarface, etc)
Here’s a list of tapes to dump on a desert island with a bunch of convicted rapists and serial killers:
1) Future Sound – The Whole Shabang
2) Larry Larr – The Wizard of Odds
3) Candyman – Ain’t no Shame in My Game
4) Brotherhood Creed (self titled)
5) Main Source – Fuck What You Think (2nd Album, no Large Professor….wack)
6) MC Hammer – Too Legit To Quit
7) Vanilla Ice – To The Extreme
8) College Boyz – Radio Fusion Radio
9) MC 900 ft Jesus w/DJ Zero – Hell With the Lid Off
10) MC Brains – Lover’s Lane
@Robbie
Nah,I bought it on cassette.Twice actually after EMI re-issued it and ALL the Wild Pitch releases years later.@-BKThouroughbred-yeah it should be at least 15 tapes-LOL
De La Soul -…Is Dead
Jungle Bros – Done By The Forces of Nature
Run DMC – Raising Hell (first rap tape I ever bought)
Brand Nubian – One For All
Black Sheep – Non Fiction (slept on)
Menace II Society OST
X Clan – Xodus
Redman – Whut
Del – Wish My Brother George Was Here
Ice Cube – DC
All of which would be fucked within 24 hours, thanks sand
M.O.P.- FIRING SQUAD
ALKAHOLIKS- 21 & OVER
NAS- ILLMATIC
GHOSTFACE- IRONMAN
NINE- CLOUD 9
CNN- WAR REPORT
RAEKWON- OB4CL
G RAP- 4,5,6
..IM SURE THERE’S MORE BUT IM TOO LAZY RIGHT NOW TO CHECK MY CLOSET FOR THEM TAPES
this is gonna be hard to do with just 10 picks but here are mine,by the way i’m feeling every body’s picks
1.DAS-EFX- HOLD IT DOWN
2.ERICB&RAKIM- LET THE RHYTHEM HIT EM
3.EPMD- BUISNESS AS USUAL
4.BEATNUTS-BEATNUTS(STREET LEVEL)
5.3RD BASE- DERELICTS OF DIALECT
6.KOOL G RAP- WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
7.SHOWBIZ&AG- RUNNAWAY SLAVE
8.HELTAH SKELTAH- NOCTURNAL
9.ALKAHOLICS- 21 AN OVER
10.ICE T- O.G.
CLOSE 2NDS
ALKAHOLICS- COAST 2 COAST
PARIS- DEVIL MADE ME DO IT AND SLEEPING WITH THE..
LL COOL J- WALKING WITH A PANTHER
KRS ONE- KRS ONE
WU TANG CLAN- ENTER THE 36 CHAMBERS
BRAND NUBIAN- IN GOD WE TRUST
C.M.W.- MUSIC TO DRIVE BY
DIAMOND D- STUNTS BLUNTS & ..
CHINO XL- HERE TO SAVE YOU ALL
LOW PROFILE- WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER
MC REN- KISS MY BLACK AZZ
MANTRONIX- MUSIC MADNESS
ANTOINETTE- WHO’S THE BOSS
MC SHAN- BORN TO BE WILD
BEASTIE BOYS-CHECK YOUR HEAD
SILK TYMES LEATHER- IT AIN’T WERE YOU FROM….
EC ILLA- THE ILLA LP
PETE ROCK &CL SMOOTH- ALL SOLD OUT& MECCA…
KRS ONE-SEX&VIOLENCE
MAIN SOURCE- BREAKING ATOMS
MOBB DEEP- THE INFAMOUS
TRENDS OF CULTURE-TRENDZ
SHOW&AG- GOODFELLAS
2 LIVE CREW- 2LIVE IS WHAT WE ARE
KAOS&MYSTRO OUTCAST(DETRIOT SHIT)
EMINEM- SLIM SHADY EP (WHEN HE WAS STILL LOCAL)
BLACK MOON- ALL THREE ALBUMS
EPMD-BACK IN BUSINESS,UNFINISHED
PMD- BUSINESS IS BUSINESS(SOME BODY HELP ME I CAN’T STOP)
THE ROOTS-DO YOU WANT MORE,ILLADELPH,THINGS FALL
KURIOUS-A CONTIPATED MONKEY
DA YOUNGSTAS-THE AFTERMATH,NO MERCY
KING T- THE TRIFLING ALBUM,KING T IV
C.P.O.- TO HELL AND BLACK
CANIBUS-2000 BC
BY THE WAY I HAVE EVERY LAST ONE OF THESE ALBUMS ON TAPE. EXCEPT BLACK MOON’S TOTAL ECLIPSE BUT I HAD TO PUT IT ON THE LIST. LAST THING THIS LIST ARE ALBUMS THAT I WOULD WAT TO HAVE ON A ISLAND BUT I EITHER HAVE ON VIYNEL OR CD.
THE UN- YOU N OR YOU OUT
MACO POLO&TORAE- DOULBLE BARREL
KRS&MARLY MARL- HIPHOP LIVES
LORD JARMAR- THE 5% ALBUM
DEL& TAMEONE-PARRALEL UNIVERSE
CHINO XL I TOLD YOU SO
ORGANIZED KONFUSION- STRESS THE EXTION AGENDA
MAN I COULD GO ON FOR TWO WEEKS GREAT POST AND I AGREE WITH EVEYBODY’S LIST. SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT REDMAN 1ST ONE XCLAN’S 2ND AND NEWEST ONE ALL RIGHT I’M OUT OF HERE PEACE.
Sex & Violence was the first hip hop album I bought on tape. Music To Driveby second. I can’t choose ten.
I had to include honorable mentions….
1.Poor Righteous Teachers:New World Order
2.Threat:sickinahead(Dope DJ Pooh prod.)
3.Shante:The Bitch Is Back
4.Group Home:Livin Proof
5.KRS-ONE:Return Of The Boombap
6.Diamond:Stunts Blunts&HipHop
7.Steady B:Let The Hustlers Play
8.EDO.G:Life Of A Kid in the ghetto
9.a Tribe Called Quest:Midnight Marauders
10.MC Shan:Born To Be Wild
top 10 TAPES…of all time…wow…tough…I guess it should be more like “if I could save 10 tapes from my burning house which ones would I grab”…?…
aaaaanywho…
Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane
Gang Starr – Daily Operation
EPMD – Buisness as usual
Mobb Deep – The Infamous
Redman – Muddy Waters
Black Moon – Enta Da Stage
Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full
Ol Dirty Bastard – Return to the 36 chambers
Nas – The World is yours Maxi single (tip mix)
MC Lyte – Eyes on This
1- EPMD- Business As Usual
2- Raekwon- OB4CL
3- Jeru- The Sun Rises In The East
4- Black Moon- Enta Da Stage
5- Redman- Whut? Thee Album
6- B.I.G.- Ready to Die
7- Ice Cube- Death Certificate
8- Pete Rock/CL Smooth- Main Ingredient
9- Snoop- Doggystyle
10- ATCQ- Midnight Marauders
Eazy E – Eazy Duz It (damn classic)
LL Cool J – Radio (bought this way after it came out, I actually had Bigger And Deffer already)
Poison Clan – (don’t remember what it’s titled but it was kind of funny and with good beats)
EPMD – Strictly Business (still own this on tape only, kind of a shame)
Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill (I wanted the vinyl badly because of the folding cover but I didn’t have a turntable back then)
Big Mello – Bone Hard Zaggin (I understand this guy is dead…R.I.P….album was dope)
Convicts – Convicts (Rap-A-Lot at its finest)
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (I almost wasn’t buying tapes anymore at the time but I found it for a few bucks and it just came out!)
Willie D – Controversy (crazy stuff)
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furios Five – Radio (I have always wondered what the heck this was..found it in San Francisco while I was on vacation but it still sounds good)
Oops my bad, the Melle Mel and Furious Five tape was titled Piano and not Radio.
EPMD – Strictly Business
Raekwon- OB4CL
Pete Rock/CL Smooth- Main Ingredient
Brand Nubian – Foundation
BDP-Sex & Violence
The Beatnuts-The Beatnuts
okay..tape I actually own…I just looked through them
L.L Cool J: Mama said knock you out
Beastie Boys: Paul’s Boutique
Kool G Rap: Killer Cuts
Eric B and Rakim: Let the Rhythm hit em
Geto Boys: We can’t be stopped
Rap Trax 2
Pete Rock and C.L Smooth: The Main Ingredient
A Tribe called Quest: the low end theory
Gravediggaz: 6 feet deep
Tresspass soundtrack
With photographic evidence ;)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4312969&l=ea34e7a1b7&id=511481691
THE PURPLE TAPE
Son Of Bazerk – Son Of Bazerk
Wu-Tang Clan – 36 Chambers
Lord Finesse – Funky Technician
Redman – Whut Thee Album
Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle
Master Ace – Take A Look Around
ATCQ – The Low End Theory
Dogg Pound – Dogg Food
ATCQ – People’s Instinctive Travels…
That’s the 10 I’d take from that photo…
415 – 415in
esham – boomin words from hell
esham – erotic poetry
Spice 1’s First One
sylk smooth
king t act a fool
diamond d – stunts blunts…
brand nubian – one for all
pe – bumrush the show
strecth and bobbito dubs
public enemy- it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
beastie boys- paul’s boutique
boogie down productions- edutainment
eric b & rakim- follow the leader
kool g rap & dj polo- wanted: dead or alive
epmd- unfinished business
ice cube- death certificate
atcq- midnight marauders
de la soul- de la soul is dead
main source- breaking atoms
man this is hard as fuck to name only 10 tho.
I had to think long and hard about this one…
1. I know this is cheatin’ but I would combine Rakim’s Paid In Full and Follow The Leader minus the instrumentals/Eric B. DJ showcases (lol)
2. Nas-Illmatic
3. Ultramagnetic MC’s-Critical Beatdown
4. ATCQ-People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (has a peaceful vibe about it, that’s what you want on an island)
5. Pete Rock and CL Smooth-The Main Ingredient
6. Common-Be
7. Raekwon-…Cuban Linx, pt. 1
8. Gang Starr-Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr
9. Ice Cube-AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
10.Redman-Muddy Waters
And if I could slip a non-Hip-Hop album on there…Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On?
Man as of lately I’ve been converting all of my favorite classic cassette tapes over to my computers window media player….with that said here’s my list.
1.Eric B & Rakim – follow the leader
2.Kool G Rap & Dj Polo – road to the richest
3.Public Enemy – takes a nations of millions
4.Mos Def – black on both sides
5.Little Brother – minstrel show
6.J Dilla – donuts
7.Nas – still matic
8.Lauryn Hill – miseducation
9.Ghostface – ironman
10.D’angelo – brown sugar