Consumer Guides by Set: Hip Hop (D)

Hip hop.

Artists

• Chuck D:
  • Autobiography of Mistachuck [1996, Mercury] A-
• Da Brat:
  • Funkdafied [1994, So So Def/Chaos/Columbia]
• Da Lench Mob:
  • Guerillas in the Mist [1992, Street Knowledge]
• Dana Dane:
  • Dana Dane With Fame [1987, Profile] C+
• Dan the Automator:
  • Wanna Buy a Monkey?: A Mixtape Session [2002, Sequence] **
• Dead Prez:
  • Let's Get Free [2000, Relativity] *
  • Get Free or Die Tryin' [2003, Boss Up/Landspeed] **
  • RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta [2004, Sony Urban Music/Columbia] ***
• Def Jef:
  • Just a Poet With Soul [1989, Delicious Vinyl] B+
  • Soul Food [1991, Atlantic] *
• De La Soul:
  • 3 Feet High and Rising [1989, Tommy Boy] A-
  • De La Soul Is Dead [1991, Tommy Boy] ***
  • Buhloone Mindstate [1993, Tommy Boy] A
  • Stakes Is High [1996, Tommy Boy] B+
  • Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump [2000, Tommy Boy] A-
  • AOI: Bionix [2001, Tommy Boy] A
  • Timeless: The Singles Collection [2003, Tommy Boy/Rhino] A+
  • The Grind Date [2004, Sanctuary] *
  • And the Anonymous Nobody [2016, A.O.I.] **
• Del Tha Funkee Homosapien:
  • I Wish My Brother George Was Here [1991, Asylum] ***
  • Both Sides of the Brain [2000, Hiero Imperium] A-
  • 11th Hour [2008, Def Jux] *
• Deltron 3030:
  • Deltron 3030 [2000, 75 Ark] *
• Devin the Dude:
  • To tha X-Treme [2004, Rap-a-Lot] ***
  • Landing Gear [2008, Razor & Tie]
  • Suite 420 [2010, E1 Music] *
• Digable Planets:
  • Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) [1993, Pendulum] A
  • Blowout Comb [1994, Pendulum/EMI] A-
• Digital Underground:
  • Sex Packets [1990, Tommy Boy]
  • Songs of the P [1991, Tommy Boy] ***
  • This Is an E.P. Release [1991, Tommy Boy] A-
  • The Body-Hat Syndrome [1993, Tommy Boy] A-
  • Who Got the Gravy? [1998, Jake] ***
  • Playwutchyalike: The Best of Digital Underground [2003, Tommy Boy/Rhino]  
• Dilated Peoples:
  • The Platform [2000, Capitol]
  • Expansion Team [2001, Capitol] *
  • Neighborhood Watch [2004, Capitol]
• Diplo:
  • Florida [2004, Big Dada] *
  • Express Yourself [2012, Mad Decent] B+
  • Random White Dude Be Everywhere [2014, Mad Decent] A-
• The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy:
  • Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury [1992, 4th & Broadway] A-
• Dizzee Rascal:
  • Boy in Da Corner [2004, XL] A-
  • Showtime [2004, XL] **
  • Maths + English [2008, Def Jux] ***
  • Raskit [2017, Dirtee Stank/Island] **
• DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince:
  • He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper [1988, Jive] B-
  • And in This Corner . . . [1989, Jive] B+
  • Greatest Hits [1998, Jive] **
• DJ Kool:
  • Let Me Clear My Throat [1996, American] ***
• DJ Quik:
  • Quik Is the Name [1991, Profile]
  • Safe and Sound [1995, Profile]
  • Balance and Options [2000, Arista] ***
• D.O.A.:
  • War on 45 [1982, Alternative Tentacles] A-
  • Bloodied but Unbowed [1983, CD] B+
  • Let's Wreck the Party [1985, Alternative Tentacles] B-
  • True (North) Strong and Free [1987, Profile] B+
  • Murder [1990, Restless]
  • Northern Avenger [2008, Sudden Death] *
• The D.O.C.:
  • No One Can Do It Better [1989, Ruthless] B
• Dr. Dooom:
  • First Come, First Served [1999, Funky Ass] A-
  • Dr. Dooom 2 [2008, Threshold Recordings] **
• Dr. Dre:
  • The Chronic [1992, Interscope] C+
  • Dr. Dre -- 2001 [2000, Aftermath/Interscope] C
• Dr. Octagon:
  • Dr. Octagonecologyst [1996, Bulk] *
• Tim Dog:
  • Penicillin on Wax [1992, Ruffhouse/Columbia]
• The Dogg Pound:
  • Dogg Food [1995, Death Row/Interscope]
• MF Doom:
  • Operation: Doomsday [2001, Sub Verse] B+
  • Mm . . Food? [2004, Rhymesayers Entertainment] ***
  • Live From Planet X [2005, Nature Sounds] **
• Downtown Science:
  • Downtown Science [1991, Def Jam/Columbia] A-
• Dream Warriors:
  • And Now the Legacy Begins [1991, 4th & Broadway] ***
  • Anthology: A Decade of Hits 1988-1998 [1999, Priority] A-
• D12:
  • Devil's Night [2001, Shady/Interscope] C
  • D12 World [2004, Shady/Interscope]
• Dungeon Family:
  • Even in Darkness [2001, Arista] B+
• Jermaine Dupri:
  • Life in 1472 [1998, So So Def] *

Anthologies

• Diggin' in the Crates, Vol. 1: Profile Rap Classics [1994, Profile] **
• DJ Red Alert's Propmaster Dancehall Show [1993, Epic Street]

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