Friday, June 28, 2013

Nas’s Top 25 Albums


When Nas speaks, people listen. Complex recently asked the Queensbridge rapper to break down his top 25 favorite albums of all-time. The list isn’t limited to hip-hop and includes other genres such as jazz, and soul.

We’ve compiled the entire list below for your convenience but click here for his album-by-album commentary:

1. OutKast – Aquemini (1998)
2. The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death (1997)
3. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt (1996)
4. Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle (1993)
5. Dr. Dre – The Chronic (1992)
6. N.W.A. – Niggaz4Life (1991)
7. Scarface – Mr. Scarface is Back (1991)
8. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory (1991)
9. Ice Cube – Death Certificate (1991)
10. Main Source – Breaking Atoms (1991)
11. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Wanted: Dead or Alive (1990)
12. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
13. Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
14. Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane (1988)
15. MC Shan – Down by Law (1987)
16. Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full (1987)
17. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded (1987)
18. Anita Baker – Rapture (1986)
19. Run-D.M.C. – King of Rock (1985)
20. Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982)
21. Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear (1978)
22. Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key of Life (1976)
23. Bob James – One (1974)
24. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1965)
25. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959)

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