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Consumer Guides by Set: Hip Hop (P)

Hip hop.

Artists

  • Paris:
    • Sleeping With the Enemy [1992, Scarface] **
    • Guerrilla Funk [1994, Priority] Neither
    • Pistol Politics [2015, Guerrilla Funk] A-
    • Safe Space Invader [2020, Guerrilla Funk] A-
  • Peanut Butter Wolf:
    • My Vinyl Weighs a Ton [1999, Copasetik] Neither
  • The Perceptionists:
    • Black Dialogue [2005, Definitive Jux]  
    • Resolution [2017, Mello Music] A-
  • The Pharcyde:
    • Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde [1992, Delicious Vinyl] ***
    • Labcabincalifornia [1995, Delicious Vinyl/Capitol] Neither
    • Plain Rap [2000, Edel] Choice Cuts
  • Pharoahe Monch:
    • Internal Affairs [1999, Rawkus] Neither
    • Desire [2006, SRC/Universal Motown] *
    • W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) [2011, W.A.R. Media/Duck Down Music Inc.] *
  • P.M. Dawn:
    • Of the Heart, of the Soul, and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience [1991, Gee Street] A
    • The Bliss Album . . . ? [1993, Gee Street] A
    • Jesus Wept [1995, Gee Street] ***
    • Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad [1998, Gee Street/V2] A-
  • Poor Righteous Teachers:
    • Holy Intellect [1990, Profile] Choice Cuts
  • Prince Paul:
    • Psychoanalysis (What Is It?) [1996, WordSound] A-
    • Prince Paul Presents a Prince Among Thieves [1999, Tommy Boy] A
    • Politics of the Business [2003, Razor & Tie] Choice Cuts
    • Itstrumental [2005, Female Fun] Choice Cuts
  • Professor Griff:
    • Blood of the Profit [1999, Lethal] D
    • And the Word Became Flesh [2001, The Right Stuff] Dud
  • Professor Griff and the Last Asiatic Disciples:
    • Pawns in the Game [1990, Luke] C
  • Public Enemy:
    • Yo! Bum Rush the Show [1987, Def Jam] B+
    • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [1988, Def Jam] A+
    • Fear of a Black Planet [1990, Def Jam] A
    • Apocalypse 91 . . . The Enemy Strikes Black [1991, Def Jam/Columbia] A
    • Greatest Misses [1992, Def Jam] ***
    • Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age [1994, Def Jam] A-
    • He Got Game [1998, Def Jam] A
    • There's a Poison Goin' On . . . [1999, Atomic Pop] *
    • Revolverlution [2002, Koch] A-
    • New Whirl Odor [2005, Guerrilla Funk] **
    • Rebirth of a Nation [2006, Guerrilla Funk] A-
    • How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul??? [2007, Slamjamz] A-
    • The Evil Empire of Everything [2012, Enemy] B+
    • Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp [2012, Enemy] A-
    • Man Plans God Laughs [2015, Spitdigital] *
    • Nothing Is Quick in the Desert [2017, self-released] **
    • What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? [2020, Def Jam] A-
  • Puff Daddy:
    • Forever [1999, Bad Boy] C+
  • Puff Daddy & the Family:
    • No Way Out [1997, Bad Boy] **

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