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Album Reviews

1———–>3————>5
Terrible——–>Fantastic

5
Arctic Monkeys Beneath The Boardwalk
Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Day I Am, Thats What I’m Not
Various Artists Dubstep Warz Breezebloc (20060110)
Mos Def Jam On It
Mylo Essential Mix (20050410)
Stereolab Cobra & Phases Play Voltage in the Milky Night [Import Bonus Tracks]
Tangerine Dream White Eagle
Tiga Sexor

4
A Guy Called Gerald 28 Gun Bad Boy
A Guy Called Gerald Black Secret Technology
Cox, Carl That’s the Bass
Mos Def Dangerous Mix, The
Mos Def We Are Hip Hop
Mos Def and Minnesota Bronx Meets Brooklyn
Various Artists New York Noise Dance Music from the New York Underground, 1978-82
Stereolab Group Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, The
Stereolab Peng!

3
4Hero Parallel Universe
Various Artists African Chillout Beats
Alkan, Erol Live Bugged Out (200507)
Coldcut Sound Mirrors
Various Artists Complete Keynote Collection
DJ Shadow Box Set Mix 01
Jackie-O Motherfucker Fig. 5
Lewis, Jenny with the Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat
Medina Green You Know The Flex
Moraes, Angel Back To My Roots
Tosca Souveniers [Remixed]

2
Various Artists Big Dada 2005 Sampler
DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Brainfreeze
Duque, Abe Live at Link (20050712)
Flashbulb, The Resent And The April Sunshine Shed
Flashbulb, The These Open Fields (2nd Edition)
Gossip, The Standing In The Way Of Control
Pixies Trompe le Monde
Whale Al Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones

1
Cam’ron Purple Haze
Kano Beats And Bars
Saint Etienne Tales from the Turnpike House
Urban Thermo Dynamics Urban Thermo Dynamics

Hip Hop In Four Albums

A friend asked me to introduce her to the world of hip hop by sending her some music. I imposed a four to five album limit, primarily because of the amount of time it would take me to gather the music and send it to her but also because I figured too much more and she would have trouble digesting it (even though she is into music).

What four or five albums would you choose, and why? My selections are after the jump.
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Album Reviews

1—————->3—————>5
Terrible—————–>Fantastic

5
Clipz Livin’ Drumz
Coldcut Let US Replay!
Kraftwerk Live @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
Riley, Terry Requiem for Adam
Rolling Stones Forty Licks

4
Bowie, David David Live
Bowie, David Heroes
Bowie, David Space Oddity
Bowie, David Station to Station
Quintron Satan is Dead
Riley, Terry A Rainbow in Curved Air
Skalpel 1958 Breaks
Various Artists Smart-Music.net’s Favorite Ninja Tunes

3
Aphrodite Overdrive
Bowie, David Low
Bowie, David Man Who Sold The World, The
Bowie, David Pinups
DJ Shadow Diminshing Returns (Essential Mix 20030330)
Empire, Alec and Merzbow Live @ CBGB NYC 1998
Riley, Terry Persian Surgery Dervishes
Tobin, Amon Permutation
Westdal, Keston Super Structure Baby
Various Artists Digital Beauties .001

2
Drop the Lime Gutterbreakz Set
Riley, Terry Bird of Paradise

1
Carey, Mariah Emancipation of Mimi, The (Ultra Platinum Edition)