10 top hip hop albums ( East Coast) 

Here at 100hiphopsongs.com were continuing our collection of top hip hop albums.This week were focusing on the 10 top hip hop albums from the East Coast.

The East Coast of America ,New York in particular is where hip hop was born during the 1970s when block party's became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among theyouth living in the Bronx Block parties incorporated DJs who played mainly funk and soul Music. Due to the positive reception, DJs began isolating the percussive breaks of popular songs and over time it's moulded into the music we love today.

We've compiled what we think are the 10 top hip hop albums that have emerged, and shaped hip hop in New York (the Mecca of hip hop ). Here's a list of over 100 hip hop songs that helped define an era and movement. HIP HOP!

Nas - Illmatic

Illmatic is the debut album of Queens artist Nas, released April 19, 1994, on Columbia Records. Following his signing to the label with the help of MC Serch, the album was recorded during 1992 to 1993 at Chung King Studios, D&D Recording, Battery Studios, andUnique Recording Studios in New York City. Its production was handled by Nas, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S., and DJ Premier. Stylistically a hardcore hip hop album,Illmatic features Nas' multi-syllabic internal rhyme style he was jus explaining what it was like in Queensbridge, New York. When it was released, the album debuted at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 59,000 copies in its first week. However, its initial sales fell below expectations and its five singles failed to achieve significant chart success. While it experienced initial low sales,Illmatic received positive reviews from most music critics upon its release and earned praise for its lyrical content, production, and Nas' lyricism. On January 17, 1996, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and in 2001, it earned platinum certification after shipments of one million copies in the United States.  

  50 cent - Get rich or die tryin   Get Rich or Die Tryin' is 50 cent's debut album, released February 6, 2003, on Aftermath Entertainment under a joint venture with Shady Recordsand distribution by Interscope Records. Its initially planned release was pushed seven days ahead due to heavy bootlegging and Internet leakage. The album featured production fromDr. Dre and Eminem, among others and featured guest appearances from Eminem and then-newcomers Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. This top hip hop album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 872,000 copies in its first week.^[1] It spawned four singles, including the number 1-hits "In da Club" and "21 Questions", and the international single "P.I.M.P.". By December 2003, Get Rich or Die Tryin' had sold six million copies in the United States and was certified sextuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. As of January 2011, it has sold eight million copies in the US, making it the fourth best-selling hip hop album in the US.^[2] Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from most music critics and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, losing to OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below at the 46th Grammy Awards.

  Jay z - Hard Knock Life vol.2 Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life is the third studio album by New York rapper  Jay-Z, released on September 29, 1998, on Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States. This top hip hop album shot Jay-Z into superstardom status and cemented him as a household name in the postBiggie/Tupac Shakur era of hip hop. This album also won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 1999. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and also went to #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.  

  RUN DMC - Run DMC This chart topping album was considered groundbreaking in its day this album helped create an era. A real timepiece.

  Wu Tang Clan- Wu tang forever this album didn't really change the game but the artists did wu-tang are one of the most successful group to come out of new York they definatley helped in creating the game we see today definatley a top hip hop album from a top group.


  Public Enemy Public Enemy is a hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and his S1W group, DJ Lord (DJ who replaced Terminator X in 1999), and Music Director Khari Wynn. Formed in Long Island, New York, in 1982, Public Enemy is known for their politically charged lyrics and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the community. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Public Enemy number 44 on its list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[2] Acclaimed Music ranks them the 29th most recommended musical act of all time and the highest hip-hop group. The group was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007.[4] The band were announced as inductees for the 2013 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on December 11, 2012, making them the fourth hip-hop act to be inducted after Grand master Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys they created countless top hip hop albums.

Biggie - Ready to die Ready to Die is the debut album of r The Notorious B.I.G., released September 13, 1994 on Bad Boy Records. The first release on the label, it features production by record producer and Bad Boy founder Sean "Puffy" Combs, Easy Mo Bee,Chucky Thompson, DJ Premier, and Lord Finesse, among others. Recording sessions for the album took place during 1993 to 1994 at The Hit Factory and D&D Studios in New York City. The partly autobiographical album tells the story of The Notorious B.I.G.'s experiences as a young criminal, referring to himself as "the black Frank White". Ready to Die is his only studio album released during his lifetime; B.I.G. was murdered days prior to the release of his second album Life After Death (1997) Both being top hip hop albums and both deserving there name in the hall of fame.

  Biggie Life After Death

DMX- And then there was X ..And Then There Was X is the third album by American rapper DMX, released December 21, 1999 on Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings. In 2000, it was certified 4x Platinum and then later 5x Platinum. The top hip hop album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2001 Grammys.
   Grand master Flash- The Message  is the debut studio album of the American hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, released in 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. It is considered one of the most prominent records in the history of hip-hop music with its most notable single being "The Message", which is often listed as one of the most influential hip-hop songs.