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Consumer Guides by Set: Hip Hop (G)

Hip hop.

Artists

  • Warren G:
    • Regulate . . . G Funk Era [1994, Violator/RAL] B+
    • Take a Look over Your Shoulder (Reality) [1997, Def Jam] Dud
  • The Game:
    • The Documentary [2005, Aftermath/G Unit/Interscope] C-
    • West Coast Resurrection [2005, Getlow] Dud
    • Doctor's Advocate [2006, Geffen] Dud
    • LAX [2008, Geffen] Dud
  • Gang Starr:
    • Daily Operation [1992, Chrysalis] Choice Cuts
    • Hard to Earn [1994, Chrysalis/ERG] Neither
    • Moment of Truth [1998, Noo Trybe] Neither
    • Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr [1999, Virgin] A-
    • The Ownerz [2003, Virgin] *
  • Spoonie Gee:
    • The Godfather of Rap [1987, Tuff City] B+
  • Genius/GZA:
    • Liquid Swords [1995, Geffen] **
    • Beneath the Surface [1999, MCA] *
  • Gerardo:
    • Mo' Ritmo [1990, Interscope] *
  • The Geto Boys:
    • The Geto Boys [1990, Def American] B-
    • We Can't Be Stopped [1992, Rap-a-Lot] Choice Cuts
    • Till Death Do Us Part [1993, Rap-a-Lot] Dud
    • The Resurrection [1996, Rap-a-Lot] Choice Cuts
  • Gettovetts:
    • Missionaries Moving [1988, Island] B+
  • Ghostface:
    • The Pretty Toney Album [2004, Def Jam] *
  • Ghostface Killah:
    • Ironman [1996, Sony] A
    • Supreme Clientele [2000, Epic/Razor Sharp] A-
    • Bulletproof Wallets [2001, Epic] A-
    • More Fish [2006, Def Jam] A-
    • Fishscale [2006, Def Jam] A+
    • Fish N Chips [2007, Mick Boogie Entertainment] B+
    • The Big Doe Rehab [2007, Def Jam] A-
    • GhostDeini the Great [2008, Def Jam] Choice Cuts
    • Ghostdini Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City [2009, Def Jam] A-
    • Apollo Kids [2010, Def Jam] ***
    • 36 Seasons [2014, Salvation/Tommy Boy] *
    • Ghostface Killahs [2019, Music Generation Co.] ***
  • The Goats:
    • Tricks of the Shade [1992, Ruffhouse/Columbia] A
    • No Goats, No Glory [1994, Ruffhouse/Columbia] Choice Cuts
  • Goodie Mob:
    • Still Standing [1998, La Face] B+
    • World Party [1999, La Face] A-
    • One Monkey Don't Stop No Show [2004, Koch] Dud
  • Jean Grae:
    • Attack of the Attacking Things [2002, Third Earth Music] *
    • The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP [2003, Babygrande] A-
    • This Week [2004, Babygrande] B+
    • The Orchestral Files (Deluxe Edition) [2008, Mammoth/Hollywood] ***
    • Jeanius [2008, Blacksmith] A-
  • Grandmaster Flash:
    • They Said It Couldn't Be Done [1985, Elektra] C+
    • The Source [1986, Elektra] C
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five:
    • "The Birthday Party" [1981, Sugarhill] B+
    • The Message [1982, Sugarhill] A-
    • Greatest Messages [1983, Sugarhill] B+
    • On the Strength [1988, Elektra] C+
  • Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five:
    • Message From Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five [1994, Rhino] A
    • The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five: More of the Best [1996, Rhino] A-
  • Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five:
    • Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five [1984, Sugar Hill] B+
  • Grand Puba:
    • Reel to Reel [1992, Elektra] *
    • RetroActive [2009, Babygrande] *
  • Gravediggaz:
    • 6 Feet Deep [1994, Gee Street] **
    • The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel [1997, Gee Street] Neither
    • Nightmare in A-Minor [2002, Empire Musicwerks] **
  • Guru:
    • Jazzmatazz Volume 1 [1993, Chrysalis] Dud
  • GZA/Genius:
    • Legend of the Liquid Sword [2002, MCA] **
    • Pro Tools [2008, Babygrande] B+

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