Diggin' in the crates...

Knocking the Dust Off
written by JusHH

Since the MP3 burst onto the scene, I found myself listening to music more on my Winamp playlist, I often forget what CD’s that I have. So I decided to break out my CD collection and see what I’ve got. I obviously skipped those obvious albums that everyone has (Ready To Die, Reasonable Doubt, The Chronic, etc.) and really “dug in the crates”. Here’s the highlights…

TEN albums that I haven’t heard in years:

* AZ – Doe or Die
* Ludacris – Word of Mouf
* Xzibit – Restless
* Heltah Skeltah – Magnum Force
* Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
* Funkmaster Flex/ Big Kap – The Tunnel
* Outkast – Stankonia
* Puff Daddy – No Way Out
* 2Pac – R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
* Fat Joe – Don Cartagena



NINE albums that I use to, and I quote, “get the drawers dawg!!!”:

* Maxwell – Embrya
* Chico Debarge – Long Time No See
* John Ledgend – Get Lifted
* Boyz II Men – II
* Jon B – Cool Relax
* Alicia Keys – As I Am
* Maxwell – Urban Hang Suite
* Donell Jones – Where I Wanna Be
* Brian McKnight – Anytime



BONUS: I even found some tapes, yes tapes, that I used to rock out to:

* Das Efx – Straight Up Sewaside
* A+ - Hempstead High
* Bell Biv Devoe – WBBD Bootcity! The Remix Album
* Ahmad – Ahmad (yes the guy who did “Back in the Day”, terrible album)


When I need that pure s**t, I can put on these EIGHT joints:

* Big Punisher – Capital Punishment
* Joell Ortiz – The Brick (The Bodega Chronicles)
* Big L – The Big Picture
* Canibus – Can-I-Bus
* Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
* Redman – Muddy Waters
* Smoothe Da Hustler – Once Upon a Time in America
* Cassidy – I’m A Hustler



SEVEN classics that people don’t talk about:

* Beanie Sigel – The Truth
* Bone Thugs N Harmony – E. 1999
* Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
* Blackstar – Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar
* Little Brother – The Minstrel Show
* Onyx – All We Got Iz Us
* The Roots – Illadelph Halflife



If I had to pick SIX under the radar albums to recommend, this would be the list:

* Kurupt – Streets Iz A Mutha
* Scarface – The Last of a Dying Breed
* Def Squad – El Nino
* Capone-N-Noreaga – The Reunion
* Killarmy – Dirty Weaponry
* Terror Squad – The Album



BONUS: So what I bought these joints, I like ‘em and I ain’t gonna apologize for it

* Nelly – Nellyville
* Sisqo – Unleash The Dragon
* Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night



FIVE albums inspired by a movie:

* The Best Man Soundtrack
* The Nutty Professor 2 Soundtrack
* Streets Is Watching
* Life Soundtrack
* DJ Clue Presents… Backstage



The FOUR albums that make me grab my guitar and rock out!:

* Korn – Follow The Leader
* Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause
* Limp Bizkit – Significant Other
* Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory



These THREE are truly timeless:

* Rakim – Paid In Full
* A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Mauraders
* Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick



TWO Albums I forgot I even had:

* Michael Jackson – Invincible
* Fatal – In the Line of Fire



BONUS: Here’s a few that used to be in the collection but I sold back to the store (lol)

* LL Cool J – G.O.A.T.
* Boot Camp Click – For the People
* Busta Rhymes – Anarchy



If I had a fire, this is the ONE album that I’ll save above all the others:

* Nas – IllMatic