Albums you must own to consider yourself "Hip Hop"

A Tribe Called Quest-Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest-Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest-People Instinctive Travels...
Akinyele-Vagina Diner
Big Daddy Kane-Long Live the Kane
Big Pun-Capital Punishment
Biz Markie-Going Off
BlackStar-Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
Boogie Down Productions-Criminal Minded
Boogie Down Productions-Edutainment
Boogie Down Productions-Live Hardcore Worldwide
Brand Nubian-One for All
Common-Ressurection
D.O.C-No One Can Do It Better
De la Soul-3 Feet High and Rising
De la Soul-De la Soul is Dead
Del the FunkeeHomosapien-I wish My Brother George Was Here
Diamond D-Stunts, Blunts, and Hip Hop
Doug E. Fresh-World's Greatest Entertainer
EPMD-Strickly BusinessE.P.M.D-Unfinished Business
Eric B. and Rakim-Paid in Full
GangStarr-Daily Operation
GangStarr-Moment of Truth
GangStarr-Step In the Arena
Ice Cube- Amerikka's Most Wanted
Ice Cube-Death Certificate
Jay Z-Blueprint
Jay Z-The Black Album
Jungle Brothers-Done By The Forces of Nature
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo-Wanted Dead or Alive
KRS-ONE-Return of the Boom Bap
L.L Cool J-Radio
M.C Lyte-Act like You Know
M.C Lyte-Eyes on This
M.C Lyte-Lyte as a Rock
Main Source-Breakin Atoms
Mos Def-Black on Both Sides
N.W.A-Straight Outta Compton
Nas-Illmatic
Notorious B.I.G-Ready to Die
OutKast-Aquemeni
O.C-Wordlife
Pharoahe Monch-Internal affairs
Pete Rock and C.L Smooth-Mecca and the Soul Brother
Poor Righteous Teachers-Pure Poverty
Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy-Yo! Bum Rush the ShowQueen Latifah-All hail the Queen
Roots-Illadelphalflife
Roots-The Roots Come Alive
Run-D.M.C-Raising Hell
Slick Rick-The Great Adventures of Slick Rick