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TOP 10 SAMPLES in HIP-HOP HISTORY

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Okay Sample Junkies, I'm bringing this site back to life!

This video was featured along with a 10 Question Interview with DJ Funktual over at http://www.importshowoff.ca/wordpress/

This was made on July 12th, 2008 and it features some classic Hip-Hop Samples. Among them..

1) Love Thang by First Choice =

1. Treat 'Em Right - Chubb Rock


2. A Word from our Sponser - Boogie Down Productions

2) It's a New Day - Skull Snaps =

1. The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By


2. Black Moon - Who Got Da Props?


3. GangStarr - Take It Personal


4. Alkaholiks - Bullshit


5. The Ultramagnetic MC's - One Two, One Two / Two Brothers With Checks


6. Stezo - It's My Turn


7. Onyx - Getdafukout


8. Public Enemy - How to Kill a Radio Consultant


9. Redman - Watch Yo Nuggets


10. ODB - Hippa to the Hoppa

3) Backdoor Santa by Clarence Carter =

• Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC

4) Easin' In - Edwin Starr =

1. Digable Planets - Nickel Bags


2. DMX - Crime Story


3. Ice-T - High Rollers


4. People Under The Stairs - The Suite for Beaver Pt2


5. Tone Loc - Loc'ed After Dark

5) Impeach The President by Honey Drippers =

1. Audio Two - Top Billin'


2. Above The Law - Kalifornia


3. Antoinette - I Got an Attitude


4. Big Daddy Kane - Smooth Operator


5. Biz Markie - Alone Again (Naturally)


6. Chubb Rock used it three times!


7. Common - No Defense


8. De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)


9. Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)


10. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It


11. EPMD - Headbanger / + two more


12. Eric B. & Rakim - Move The Crowd


13. Grand Puba ft. Mary J. Blige - Check It Out


14. Ice Cube - Who's The Mack?


15. Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes


16. LL Cool J - Around The Way Girl


17. MC Lyte - 10% Dis


18. Nas - I Can


19. Nice and Smooth - Funky For You + 2 more


20. The Notorious BIG - Unbelievable / Ready To Die


21. N.W.A. - Gangsta Gangsta


22. Shabba Ranks - Mr. Loverman


23. Run DMC - Back from Hell


24. Scarface - the Pimp


25. Soul II Soul - Jazzie's Groove


26. Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Do The James


27. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothing To F**k With

6) You're Getting a Little Too Smart - The Detroit Emeralds =

1. Keith Murray - The Most Beautifullest Thing in this World


2. Common - The Light


3. Compton's Most Wanted - Growing Up in the Hood


4. LL Cool J - Backseat (Of My Jeep)


5. Looking at the Front Door - Main Source


6. Nas - Silent Murder


7. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Tell Me


8. Incarcerated Scarfaces - Raekwon

7) Unwind Yourself by Marva Whitney =

1. DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat


2. The 45 King - The 900 Number

8) My Flame by Bobby Caldwell =

• The Notorious B.I.G. ft. 112 - Sky's The Limit

9) Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl =

• House of Pain - Jump Around

10) Blow Your Whistle by The Soul Searchers =

1. Eve - Tambourine


2. Public Enemy - Who Stole The Soul?


3. Def Jef - Droppin Rhymes on Drums

Here are some of the responses from the public..

man, these videos are dope as hell. don't ever stop 'em. ~thatdood2003

best videos up on youtube, without a question, everytime i see you put something up i have to check it out, and i'm never disapointed ~phils1fan23

I have enjoyed everything that you put out! You are an amazing man! I have learned so much for you. You need to keep lettin these no talent youngins what real music is. I commend and you are def. a guru in what you do...Keep Hip Hop alive! ~BOWIEDANCEQUEEN

Oh by the way congrats on reaching number X of the '10 greatest hip hop samples'. Thats 100 great samples uve given us and i've enjoyed each and every one. Keep them coming Funktual, we all love ur work!!! ~15375Knockout

9 STARS,....Now ya back to ya stuff. I posted 5 was your best,... well this post is better than numero cinco. My lady and I love the darkness,.....pay your light bill,.....LOL. ~alljazz98

i thought this one was gonna be a boring one.. but as soon as the funk came in u and me came to life.. love this shit.. props ~Blockustomz2

famous hip-hop samples

Hip-Hop is derivative of Funk music. In fact the blueprint of hip-hop funk sampling began when eric b & rakim emerged with their devastating, competition squashing, debut album "PAID IN FULL". "I Ain't No Joke" was obviously "Pass The Peas" by The JB's. Then you heard the classic track "I Know You Got Soul", which took it's name from the song it sampled, the original being a funk standard by BOBBY BYRD.

When Rakim started..
"It's been a long time, I shouldn't a left you,
without a strong rhyme to step to,
think of how many weak shows you slept through,
time's up! Sorry I kept you."
...you could hear you own eyelids slap wide open.

In fact, this record was so popular among DJs that it spawned Britain's first House Music hit. The project known as M/A/R/R/S was an international smash-hit despite it's legal troubles when they sampled Rakim's a capella line "Pump Up The Volume!".

It all started off of a Funk Groove!! There are millions more out there.


Funk came to breathe new life and humanity not only back into the Hip-Hop scene in the streets but to the club scene as well. Previously dominated by a more electro-digitized hip-hop by Afrika Bambaataa, the music was influenced by European techno-geniuses Kraftwerk.

It's because of Funky Grooves that Hip-Hop has so totally dominated Techno. People connect more with 'shakin their booty' and 'gettin' on down' than they do to repetitive computer blips sped up until they sound like you're in a trance.

Funk is a primal urge of the masses to let go of all inhabition and be a total freak! It's about Sex & Drugs sure, but it's also an intergalactic gift from outer-space.

James Brown, Sly Stone, Rick James and hundreds of lesser known funk legends are now the mining grounds for crate diggers everywhere. Trying to find the breakbeat that will stop the world for a few minutes. Here are some of the classic funk grooves, rare grooves & funky soul samples that have shaped hip-hop thus far:

First of all, my favorites:
(ARTIST) - (SONG) - (SAMPLE)
1. Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher) - "Think (About It)" is a funk classic but it's now known as the loop sample for the Hip-Hop club smash "It Takes Two by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock. hit it!
2. Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart of the City" which is the Jay-Z killer cut "Heart of the City" which is currently being used in ads for the film "American Gangster".
3. Isaac Hayes - "Hung Up On My Baby" is the ultra smooth groove behind the Geto Boys' classic "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me". All due respect to Scarface & Co. but this track was gangsta on it's own as an instrumental. Check It Out!
4. The Delfonics - "Ready Or Not, Here I Come" Now the lyrics should give away that The Fugees stole the melody for "Ready or Not" but the actual music sample was made famous by Timabaland when he set up his partner Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott with the perfect beat for "Sock It 2 Me" a beat so hot they invited Da Brat on it for what turns out to be her best work.

5. Freddie Scott - "(You) Got What I Need" became the irrepressible "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie.

One of the Hottest samples of recent memory was...
We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron <<>> The People - Common featuring Dwele
Daydream In Blue - I Monster << >> Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott

Dyke & The Blazers - Let a Woman Be a Woman <<>>Sally - Stetsasonic

Seals & Crofts - Sweet Green Fields <<>> Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes

West Coast Poplock - Ronnie Hudson & Woman to Woman - Joe Cocker <<>> California Love - Dr. Dre & 2Pac

Prove My Love to You - The Main Ingredient << >> You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys

Sukiyaki - A Taste of Honey <<>> La-Di Da-Di - Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D
((((This sample might not make sense. If you got the original vinyl pressing, then you can hear the girl respond back to him, "It's all because of you, you had me sad and blue...")))))))))))))))))
You can not get this version on CD anywhere as the sample was never cleared!

The Big Beat - Billy Squier <<>> Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp

1-Walk Right Up The Sun - The Delfonics <<>>
2-If I Ruled The World - Kurtis Blow <<>>
3-Friends - Whodini <<>>
were all for the Classic "If I Ruled The World" (Imagine That) by Nas featuring Lauryn Hill

The Jazz classic "Today" by Tom Scott features the famous horns from Pete Rock & CL Smooth's everlasting tribute to Trouble T-Roy: "Reminisce (T.R.O.Y.)"

Before the Night is Over - Joe Simon << >> So Fresh, So Clean - OutKast
One Step Ahead - Aretha Franklin << >> Ms Fat Booty - Mos Def
Open Your Eyes - Bobby Caldwell << >> The Light - Common
Magic Mountain - War << >> Potholes In My Lawn - De La Soul
Headless Heroes - Eugene McDaniels << >> Get It Together - Beastie Boys & Q-Tip
Ashley's Roachclip - The Soul Searchers << >> Paid In Full (Coldcut REMIX) - Eric B & Rakim
Rise - Herb Alpert <<>> Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
I Keep Forgettin' - Michael McDonald << >> Regulate - Nate Dogg & Warren G
Blow Your Whistle - The Soul Searchers << >> Tambourine - Eve
Cavern - Liquid Liquid << >> White Lines - Grandmaster Melle Mel
I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles << >> The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy Elliott
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock <<>> Catnaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Us3
A Little Bit of Love - Brenda Russell << >> Still Not a Player - Big Punisher
Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Gil Scott-Heron << >> My Way Home - Kanye West, Common


Maybe It's the Power of Love - Blackjack a/k/a Michael Bolton <> Never Let Me Down - Kanye West featuring Jay-Z

Cola Bottle Baby - Edwin Birdsong **Combined with**Harder, Better, Faster - Daft Punk
=The Hit of the Year 2007 "Stronger" by Kanye West

Bring It Here - Wild Sugar <<>> Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
Are You My Woman? (Tel Me So) - The Chi-Lites << >> Crazy In Love - Beyonce & Jay-Z

My Jamaican Guy - Grace Jones << >> Wild Thang - 2 Much << >> Doin' It - LL Cool J

Everybody knows Run DMC got "Walk This Way" from Aerosmith, but did you know...
they got "Mary Mary" from THE MONKEES? Or that "It's Tricky" samples "My Sharona"?

How about Bob James' "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" becoming "Peter Piper" for Run DMC and then again later as the outro to Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliot's "Work It"!?!

NOW AVAILABLE for the SEASON!

Starting on Tuesday August 1, look out for Funktual. He will be out on the prowl looking for Funky Clubs to house his show in South Florida.

Specializing in Rare Groove FUNK, this "Hit the Breaks" SAMPLES PARTY plays like a hip-hop tutorial in all things funky! Pre-Skool 80's HIP-HOP, Classic 90's HIP-HOP, Roots, Rock, Reggae & all that jazz .....

Dates & Venues to follow...

"Chocolate Coated Freakin' Habit Forming!"

Master Playlist

BE-BOP HIP-HOP
Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G. / If I Ruled the World - Nas ft. Lauryn Hill /
Rebirth of Slick - Digable Planets / The Choice is Yours - Black Sheep /
You Got Me - The Roots & Badu / Sugar - Trick Daddy, Cee-Lo, Luda /
Nappy Heads (RMX) - The Fugees / Hand On The Pump - Cypress Hill /
You're All I Need To Get By -Method Man / California Love - 2Pac/Dre
Live @ The Barbecue - Main Source / Mistadobalina - Del Tha Funkee H.
Closet Freak - Cee-Lo / Passing Me By - The Pharcyde /
Get 'Em High - KanYe, Kweli & Common / Re:Definition - Black Star
Ms. Fat Booty - Mos Def / I Used To Love H.E.R. - Common /
Get By - Talib Kweli / Bonita Applebum - ATC Quest /
Luv 2 Luv U (RMX) - Timbaland & Magoo / It Ain't Hard to Tell - Nas
Ebonics - Big L / It's So Hard - Big Pun / Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G. /
360* (What Goes Around) - Grand Puba / Seed 2.0 - Roots /
Spottieottiedopalicious - OutKast/ The People - Common /
In Da Wind - Trick Daddy, Cee-Lo, Big Boi / Hypnotize - Biggie /
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley/Reminisce (T.R.O.Y.) - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
They Want Efx - Das EFX / Beware of the Boys - Punjabi MC /
4 My People - Missy / Superstarr Part Zero / Rosa Parks - OutKast
Umi Says - Mos Def / Callin' Out - Lyrics Born / One Mic - Nas /
Step Into a World - KRS-One / Shimmy Shimmy Ya - O.D.B. /
Regulate - Nate Dogg & Warren G / Check The Rhime - ATCQ /
Oh Shit - The Pharcyde / Still Not A Player - Big Pun & Joe /
Hot Potato - Freestyle Fellowship / Signs - Snoop & JT /
'93 Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief / Ante Up! - M.O.P. & Busta /
The Light - Common / Can I Kick It? - ATCQ / Renee - Lost Boyz
Shook Ones II - Mobb Deep / I Got 5 On It - Luniz /
Mass Appeal - Gang Starr / Square Dance - Eminem /
Mind's Playin' Tricks On Me - Geto Boys / Got Your Money - O.D.B.
B.O.B. - OutKast / It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube
The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy Elliott / I'll Be Around - Cee-Lo /
Big Pimpin' - Jay-Z / Make You Feel That Way - Blackalicious /
What's Golden - Jurassic 5 / Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco /
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes /
and hundreds more...

OLD SKOOL HIP-HOP
I Know You Got Soul - Eric B. & Rakim / Friends - Whodini /
La Di Da Di - Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick / Top Billin' - Audio Two /
The Bridge Is Over - BDP / The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
Da Butt - E.U. / The Message - Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five
Mona Lisa - Slick Rick / Push It - Salt & Pepa / Jam On It - Newcleus
White Lines - Melle Mel / Don't Believe The Hype - Public Enemy
Paid In Full (Seven Minutes of Madness - Coldcut Rmx) - Eric B. & Rakim
Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S / Rock On Y'all - African Islam /
The Bridge - MC Shan / The Magic Number - De La Soul /
Funk You Up - Sequence / It's The Joint - Funky 4 + 1 /
Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys / It's Tricky - Run DMC /
Chief Rocka - Lords of the Underground / Sally - Stetsasonic
Double Dutch Bus - Frank Smith / Wild Thing - Tone Loc
Treat Em Right -Chubb Rock / Sometimes I Rhyme Slow-Nice n Smooth
Lesson 3- Double Dee & Steinski /Straight Out The Jungle - Jungle Bros.
Breaker's Revenge - Arthur Baker / One For the Treble - Davy DMX /
O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature / Ego Trippin' Ultramagnetic MC's /
Brass Monkey -Beastie Boys / Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Us3 /
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - Indeep / Tonite - DJ Quik /
Hey DJ - The World Famous Supreme Team /
Just a Friend - Biz Markie / Hip Hop Be Bop - Man Parrish /
Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa / Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
Bust a Move - Young MC / Supersonic - J.J. Fad /
It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock / Rockit - Herbie Hancock /
Me Myself & I - De La Soul / Getto Jam - Domino /
Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison / Doin' It - LL Cool J /
Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy /
and of course...

CLASSIC FUNK GROOVES
Just Be Good To Me - The S.O.S. Band / 25 Miles - Edwin Starr
Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughan
All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls / Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield
Give Up The Funk - Parliament / Use Me - Bill Withers
Superstition - Stevie Wonder / The Payback - James Brown
Pusher Man - Curtis Mayfield / Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye
I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & The Family Stone / Low Rider - War
Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On - Edwin Starr / ABC - The Jackson 5
Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells / Musicology - Prince
Bustin Loose - Chuck Brown / (Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic
Let It Whip - Dazz Band / Mary Jane - Rick James /
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Temptations / Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
Candy - Cameo / Ain't Nobody - Rufus ft. Chaka Khan /
When Doves Cry - Prince / Sissy Strut - The Meters /
Do It, Fluid - The Blackbyrds / Groove Me - King Floyd /
Think - Aretha Franklin / War - Edwin Starr / I Gotcha - Joe Tex
Sex Machine (Extended Mix) - James Brown / I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & Family Stone
Think (About It) - Lyn Collins / Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
Word Up! - Cameo / Strokin' - Clarence Carter /
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection / Pop Life - Prince
Apache - Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band
ok that's good enough...

50 Best Albums of the 2000s

1. is this it? ~ the Strokes ('01)
2. american idiot ~ Green Day ('04)
3. speakerboxxx / the love below ~ OutKast ('03)
4. original pirate material ~ the Streets ('02)
5. college dropout ~ Kanye West ('04)
6. the eminem show ~ Eminem ('02)
7. brushfire fairytales ~ Jack Johnson (2000)
8. get rich or die tryin' ~ 50 Cent ('03)
9. wolfmother ~ Wolfmother ('06)
10. the information ~ Beck ('06)
11. st. elsewhere ~ Gnarls Barkley ('06)
12. elephant ~ the White Stripes ('03)
13. daisies of the galaxy ~ Eels (2000)
14. alright still - Lily Allen ('07)
15. later that day... ~ Lyrics Born ('03)
16. toxicity ~ System of a Down ('01)
17. the marshall mathers lp ~ Eminem (2000)
18. the black album ~ Jay-Z ('03)
19. hot fuss ~ the Killers ('04)
20. guero ~ Beck ('05)
21. cee-lo green is the soul machine ~ Cee-Lo ('04)
22. the grey album (Jay-Z vs. The Beatles) ~ Danger Mouse ('04)
23. stankonia ~ OutKast (2000)
24. american gangster ~ Jay-Z ('07)
25. to the 5 boroughs ~ Beastie Boys ('04)
26. audioslave ~ Audioslave ('02)
27. bachelor No. 2 ~ Aimee Mann (2000)
28. miss e...so addictive ~ Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott ('01)
29. white blood cells ~ the White Stripes ('01)
30. songs in a minor ~ Alicia Keys ('01)
31. parachutes ~ Coldplay (2000)
32. comin' from where i'm from ~ Anthony Hamilton ('03)
33. blazing arrow ~ Blackalicious ('02)
34. mama's gun ~ Erykah Badu (2000)
35. all that you can't leave behind ~ U2 (2000)
36. on and on ~ Jack Johnson ('03)
37. franz ferdinand ~ Franz Ferdinand ('04)
38. tenacious d ~ Tenacious D ('01)
39. phrenology ~ the Roots ('02)
40. gorillaz ~ Gorillaz ('01)
41. kill the moonlight ~ Spoon ('02)
42. get behind me satan ~ the White Stripes ('05)
43. you're the one ~ Paul Simon (2000)
44. room on fire ~ the Strokes ('03)
45. who is jill scott? ~ Jill Scott (2000)
46. joyful rebellion ~ K-OS
47. this is not a test ~ Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott ('03)
48. the diary of alicia keys ~ Alicia Keys ('03)
49. thirteen tales from urban bohemia ~ the Dandy Warhols (2000)
50. whatever people say i am.... ~ the Arctic Monkeys ('06)

50 Best Albums of the 90s

1. odelay ~ Beck ('96)
2. illmatic ~ Nas ('94)
3. blood sugar sex magik ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers ('91)
4. sublime ~ Sublime ('96)
5. ready to die ~ the Notorious B.I.G. ('94)
6. nevermind ~ Nirvana ('91)
7. (what's the story) morning glory? ~ Oasis ('95)
8. core ~ Stone Temple Pilots ('92)
9. the miseducation of lauryn hill~ Lauryn Hill ('98)
10. grace ~ Jeff Buckley ('94)
11. dookie ~ Green Day ('94)
12. the low end theory ~ A Tribe Called Quest ('91)
13. evil empire ~ Rage Against the Machine ('96)
14. ruby vroom ~ Soul Coughing ('94)
15. when i woke ~ Rusted Root ('94)
16. the score ~ the Fugees ('96)
17. aquemini ~ OutKast ('98)
18. under the table and dreaming ~ Dave Matthews Band ('94)
19. ten ~ Pearl Jam ('91)
20. shake your money maker ~ Black Crowes ('90)
21. 40 oz. to freedom ~ Sublime ('92)
22. jagged little pill ~ Alanis Morisette ('95)
23. achtung baby ~ U2 ('91)
24. rage against the machine ~ Rage Against The Machine ('92)
25. billy breathes ~ Phish ('96)
26. mental jewelry ~ Live ('91)
27. mama said ~ Lenny Kravitz ('91)
28. irresistible bliss ~ Soul Coughing ('96)
29. midnite vultures ~ Beck ('99)
30. dirt ~ Alice In Chains ('92)
31. seal ~ Seal ('91)
32. yeah, it's that easy ~ G. Love & Special Sauce ('97)
33. purple ~ Stone Temple Pilots ('94)
34. let's go ~ Rancid ('94)
35. superunknown ~ Soundgarden ('94)
36. metallica ~ Metallica ('91)
37. august and everything after ~ Counting Crows ('93)
38. our time in eden ~ 10,000 Maniacs ('92)
39. saturation ~ Urge Overkill ('93)
40. mellon collie and the infinite sadness ~ Smashing Pumpkins ('95)
41. blind melon ~ Blind Melon ('92)
42. crazysexycool ~ TLC ('94)
43. mellow gold ~ Beck ('94)
44. god fodder ~ Ned's atomic Dustbin ('91)
45. homogenic ~Bjork ('97)
46. southernplayalisticadillacmusik ~ Outkast ('94)
47. vs. ~ Pearl Jam ('93)
48. social distortion ~ Social Distortion ('90)
49. tigerlily ~ Natalie Merchant ('95)
50. dusk ~ the The ('93)

50 Best Albums of the 80s

1. synchronicity ~ the Police ('83)
2. thriller ~ Michael Jackson ('82)
3. legend ~ Bob Marley & the Wailers ('84)
4. paul's boutique ~ Beastie Boys ('89)
5. purple rain ~ Prince & the Revolution ('84)
6. appetite for destruction ~ Guns N' Roses ('87)
7. the joshua tree ~ U2 ('87)
8. kick ~ INXS ( '87)
9. the wall ~ Pink Floyd ('80)
10. pyromania ~ Def Leppard ('83)
11. something to believe in ~ APB ('85)
12. london calling ~ the Clash ('80)
13. mother's milk ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers ('89)
14. it takes a nation of millions to hold us back ~ Public Enemy ('88)
15. 1984 ~ Van Halen ('84)
16. sign o the times ~ Prince ('87)
17. licensed to ill ~ Beastie Boys ('85)
18. scarecrow ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ('85)
19. glass houses ~ Billy Joel ('80)
20. born in the u.s.a. ~ Bruce Springsteen ('84)
21. singles 45 and under ~ Squeeze ('82)
22. paid in full ~ Eric B. & Rakim ('87)
23. let love rule ~ Lenny Kravitz ('89)
24. shout at the devil ~ Motley Crue ('83)
25. graceland ~ Paul Simon ('86)
26. songs from the big chair ~ Tears for Fears ('85)
27. full moon fever ~ Tom Petty ('89)
28. back in black ~ AC/DC ('80)
29. catching up with ~ Depeche Mode ('85)
30. master of puppets ~ Metallica ('86)
31. straight outta compton ~ N.W.A. ('88)
32. the dream of the blue turtles ~ Sting ('85)
33. 3 feet high and rising ~ De La Soul ('89)
34. 1999 ~ Prince ('82)
35. tracy chapman ~ Tracy Chapman ('88)
36. building the perfect beast ~ Don Henley ('84)
37. nothing's shocking ~ Jane's Addiction ('88)
38. disintegration ~ the Cure ('89)
39. raising hell ~ Run DMC ('86)
40. slippery when wet ~ Bon Jovi ('86)
41. diamond life ~ Sade ('84)
42. ghost in the machine ~ The Police ('81)
43. criminal minded ~ Boogie Down Productions ('87)
44. so ~ Peter Gabriel ('86)
45. don't say no ~ Billy Squier ('81)
46. little creatures ~ Talking Heads ('85)
47. listen like theives ~ INXS ('85)
48. combat rock ~ The Clash ('83)
49. the pretenders ~ the Pretenders ('80)
50. tattoo you ~ the Rolling Stones ('81)

50 Best Albums of the 70s

1. greatest hits ~ Sly & the Family Stone ('70)
2. ramones ~ the Ramones ('76)
3. songs in the key of life ~ Stevie Wonder ('76)
4. the stranger ~ Billy Joel ('77)
5. van halen ~ Van Halen ('78)
6. what's going on ~ Marvin Gaye ('71)
7. led zeppelin IV ~ Led Zeppelin ('71)
8. off the wall ~ Michael Jackson ('79)
9. outlandos d'amour ~ the Police (78)
10. superfly ~ Curtis Mayfield ('72)
11. the rise and fall of ziggy stardust... ~ David Bowie ('72)
12. dark side of the moon ~ Pink Floyd ('73)
13. cosmo's factory ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ('70)
14. turnstiles ~ Billy Joel ('76)
15. innervisions ~ Stevie Wonder ('73)
16. the cars ~ the Cars ('78)
17. born to run ~ Bruce Springsteen ('75)
18. never mind the bollocks, here's the sex pistols ~ Sex Pistols ('77)
19. l.a. woman ~ the Doors ('71)
20. rocket to russia ~ the Ramones ('77)
21. exile on main street ~ the Rolling Stones ('72)
22. rumours ~ Fleetwood Mac ('77)
23. who's next ~ the Who ('71)
24. blue ~ Joni Mitchell ('71)
25. paranoid ~ Black Sabbath ('70)
26. electric warrior ~ T. Rex ('71)
27. exodus ~ Bob Marley & the Wailers ('77)
28. let it be ~ the Beatles ('70)
29. 52nd street ~ Billy Joel ('78)
30. bridge over troubled water ~ Simon & Garfunkel ('70)
31. sticky fingers ~ the Rolling Stones ('71)
32. harvest ~ Neil Young ('72)
33. toys in the attic ~ Aerosmith ('75)
34. blood on the tracks ~ Bob Dylan ('75)
35. houses of the holy ~ Led Zeppelin ('73)
36. fly like an eagle ~ Steve Miller Band ('76)
37. some girls ~ the Rolling Stones ('78)
38. goodbye yellow brick road ~ Elton John ('73)
39. hotel california ~ the Eagles ('76)
40. slowhand ~ Eric Clapton ('77)
41. pearl ~ Janis Joplin ('71)
42. bad co. ~ Bad Company ('74)
43. aja ~ Steely Dan ('77)
44. boston ~ Boston ('77)
45. greatest hits ~ Al Green ('75)
46. running on empty ~ Jackson Browne ('78)
47. so far ~ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ('74)
48. tapestry ~ Carole King ('71)
49. teaser and the firecat ~ Cat Stevens ('71)
50. abraxas ~ Santana ('70)

50 Best Albums of the 60s

1. sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band ~ the Beatles ('67)
2. led zeppelin II ~ Led Zeppelin ('69)
3. are you experienced? ~ the Jimi Hendrix Experience ('67)
4. white album ~ the Beatles ('68)
5. the doors ~ the Doors ('67)
6. abbey road ~ the Beatles ('69)
7. the complete recordings ~ Robert Johnson ('61)
8. bookends ~ Simon & Garfunkel ('68)
9. the velvet underground & nico ~ the Velvet Underground ('67)
10. let it bleed ~ the Rolling Stones ('69)
11. at folsom prison ~ Johnny Cash ('68)
12. green river ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ('69)
13. strange days ~ the Doors ('67)
14. stand! ~ Sly & the Family Stone ('69)
15. strangers in the night ~ Frank Sinatra ('66)
16. pet sounds ~ the Beach Boys ('66)
17. moondance ~ Van Morrison ('69)
18. live at the apollo ~ James Brown ('63)
19. tommy ~ the Who ('69)
20. the freewheelin' bob dylan ~ Bob Dylan ('63)
21. revolver ~ the Beatles ('66)
22. the chicago transit authority ~ Chicago ('69)
23. beggars banquet ~ the Rolling Stones ('68)
24. if you can believe your eyes... ~ the Mama's & the Papa's ('66)
25. highway 61 revisited ~ Bob Dylan ('65)
26. led zeppelin ~ Led Zeppelin ('69)
27. at san quentin ~ Johnny Cash ('69)
28. yesterday and today ~ the Beatles ('66)
29. electric ladyland ~ the Jimi Hendrix Experience ('68)
30. the sounds of silence ~ Simon & Garfunkel ('68)
31. meet the beatles! ~ the Beatles ('64)
32. the band ~ the Band ('69)
33. aftermath ~ the Rolling Stones ('66)
34. hair ~ the original broadway cast recording ('68)
35. a hard day's night ~ the Beatles ('64)
36. i never loved a man the way i love you ~ Aretha Franklin ('67)
37. blonde on blonde ~ Bob Dylan ('66)
38. astral weeks ~ Van Morrison ('68)
39. bayou country ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ('69)
40. disraeli gears ~ Cream ('67)
41. out of our heads ~ the Rolling Stones ('65)
42. axis: bold as love ~ the Jimi Hendrix Experience ('67)
43. parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme ~ Simon & Garfunkel ('66)
44. bringing it all back home ~ Bob Dylan ('65)
45. forever changes ~ Love ('67)
46. help! ~ the Beatles ('65)
47. waiting for the sun ~ the Doors ('68)
48. santana ~ Santana ('69)
49. willie and the poor boys ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ('69)
50. dusty in memphis ~ Dusty Springfield ('69)