Beats & Rhymes!
A Selected Discography
Afrika Bambaataa. Looking for the Perfect Beat (Tommy Boy, 1982).
Beastie Boys. Ill Communication (Capitol, 1994).
Big Punisher. Capital Punishment (Loud, 1998).
Biz Markie. The Biz Never Sleeps (Cold Chillin’, 1989).
Black Eyed Peas. Elephunk (Interscope, 2003).
Black Star. Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star (Rawkus, 2002).
Bloodhound Gang. One Fierce Beer Coaster (UMG, 1996).
Body Count. Body Count (Warner Brothers, 1992).
Boogie Down Productions., Criminal Minded (Sugar Hill, 1987).
———. By All Means Necessary (Jive/Novus, 1988).
———. Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (Jive, 1989).
———. Edutainment (Jive, 1990).
Brand Nubian., One for All (Elektra, 1990).
———. In God We Trust (Elektra, 1992).
Common. Like Water for Chocolate (MCA 2000).
The Coup. Steal This Double Album (Foad, 2002).
David Banner. MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water (Universal, 2004).
De La Soul. 3 Feet High and Rising (Tommy Boy, 1989).
Dead Prez. Let’s Get Free (Loud, 2000).
———. RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta (Columbia, 2004).
Dilated Peoples., Expansion Team (Capitol, 2001).
Dr. Dre. The Chronic (Interscope, 1992).
———. 2001 (Aftermath, 1999).
Eminem. The Marshall Mathers LP (Interscope, 2000).
———. The Eminem Show (Interscope, 2002);
———. 8 Mile (Interscope, 2002).
Eric B. and Rakim. Paid in Full (Fourth & Broadway, 1987).
50 Cent. Guess Who’s Back (Full Clip, 2002).
———. Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope, 2003).
Foxy Brown. Broken Silence (Uptown/Universal, 2001).
The Game. The Documentary (Aftermath, 2005).
Gang Starr. Daily Operations (Capitol, 1992)
Goodie Mob. Soul Food (La Face, 1995).
Gorillaz featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien. Gorillaz (Virgin, 2001).
Grandmaster Flash. Message from Beat Street: Best of Grandmaster Flash (Rhino, 1994).
Guru. Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Capitol Records, 1995).
Ice Cube. AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (Priority, 1990).
———. Death Certificate (Priority, 1991).
Ice-T., O.G. Original Gangster, (Sire, 1991).
———. Return of the Real (Priority, 1996).
Ja Rule. The Last Temptation (Def Jam, 2002).
Jadakiss. Kiss of Death (Ruff Ryder/Interscope, 2004).
Jay-Z. Reasonable Doubt (Roc-A-Fella, 1996).
———. Volume 3: Life and Times of S. Carter (Rock-A-Fella/Def Jam, 1999).
———. Blueprint (Roc-A-Fella, 2001).
———. The Black Album (Roc-A-Fella, 2003).
Jay-Z and Linkin Park. Collision Course (Warner, 2004).
Jeru the Damaja. The Sun Rises in the East (Payday, 1994).
Kam. Neva Again (Atlantic, 1993).
Kelis. Tasty (Arista, 2003).
KRS-One. Return of the Boom Bap (Jive, 1993).
———. KRS-ONE A Retrospective (Zomba, 2000).
———. The Sneak Attack (Koch, 2001).
———. Keep Right (Grit, 2004).
Kurtis Blow. The Best of Kurtis Blow (Mercury, 1994).
The Last Poets. Time Has Come (Mercury, 1997).
Lauryn Hill. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse, 1998).
Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz. Crunk Juice (TVT, 2004).
Lil’ Flip. The Leprechaun (Sony, 2002).
Lil’ Kim. Hard Core (Undeas/Big Beat, 1996).
———. Notorious KIM (Atlantic, 2000).
LL Cool J. Bigger and Deffer (Def Jam, 1987).
Missy Elliott. Miss E . . . So Addictive (Goldmind/Elektra, 2001).
Mobb Deep. The Infamous (RCA, 1995).
———. Murda Muzik (Loud, 1999).
Mos Def. Black on Both Sides (Rawkus, 1999).
———. The New Danger (Geffen, 2004).
Ms. Dynamite. A Little Deeper (Polydor, 2002).
Nas. Illmatic (Columbia, 1994).
———. Nastradamus (Columbia, 1999).
———. Stillmatic (Sony, 2001).
———. God’s Son (Columbia, 2002).
———. Street’s Disciple (Sony, 2004).
Naughty By Nature. Naughty by Nature (Tommy Boy, 1991).
Me’Shell NdegéOcello. Plantation Lullabies (Maverick, 1993).
———. Bitter (Warner, 1999).
———. Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick, 2002).
Nelly. Nellyville (Universal, 2002).
———. Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention (Universal, 2003).
Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die (Bad Boy, 1994).
———. Life after Death (Bad Boy, 1997).
N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton (Priority, 1988).
———. Niggaz4life (Ruthless, 1991).
OutKast. Aquemini (La Face, 1998).
———. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista, 2003).
Paris. The Devil Made Me Do It (Tommy Boy, 1990).
———. Sonic Jihad (Guerrilla Funk, 2003).
Public Enemy. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam, 1988).
———. Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam, 1990).
———. Apocalypse 91 . . . The Enemy Strikes Black (Def Jam, 1991).
———. He Got Game (Def Jam, 1998).
———. Bulworth: The Soundtrack (Interscope, 1998).
Puff Daddy. No Way Out (Bad Boy, 1997).
Queen Latifah. All Hail the Queen (Tommy Boy, 1989).
Rakim. The 18th Letter (Universal, 1997).
Ras Kass. Soul on Ice (Priority Records, 1996).
The Roots. Things Fall Apart (MCA, 1999).
Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. (Arista, 1984).
———. King of Rock (Profile, 1985).
Salt-N-Pepa. Very Necessary (UMG, 1993).
Sir Mix-A-Lot. Mack Daddy (American, 1992).
Shyne. Godfather Buried Alive (Gangland, 2004).
Spearhead. Home (Capitol, 1994).
Snoop Dogg. Doggystyle (Death Row, 1993).
———. R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (Geffen, 2004). Angie Stone. Mahogany Soul (J-Records, 2001).
Talib Kweli. Quality (Rawkus, 2002).
Thug Life. Thug Life Volume I (Interscope, 1994).
A Tribe Called Quest. Midnight Marauders (Zomba, 1993).
2Pac. Pacalypse Now (Interscope, 1991).
———. Me Against the World (Interscope, 1995).
———. All Eyez On Me (Death Row, 1996).
———. Until the End of Time (Amaru/Interscope, 2001).
Ultramagnetic MC’s. Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau, 1988).
U.T.F.O. U.T.F.O. (Select, 1985).
Various Artists. Lyricists Lounge, Vol. I (Priority, 1998).
———. The Hip Hop Box (Hip-O, 2004).
Kanye West. The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella, 2004).
Whodini. Back in Black (Jive, 1986).
Wu-Tang Clan. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Loud, 1993).
———. Wu-Tang Forever (Loud, 1997).
X-Clan. To the East, Blackwards (Fourth & Bway/Pgd, 1990).