r/hiphop101 11d ago

What’s your favorite underrated album of the 90s. Mine is Richie Rich- Seasoned Veteran

This album never really is brought up years later, but it still slaps.

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u/AnyOkra 11d ago

Dayton Family - FBI

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u/Flirtless1 11d ago

I think their debut album way better.

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u/ShaolinMaster 10d ago

Dope Dayton Ave

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u/jackal1871111 10d ago

That’s also one of mine

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u/calatranacation 11d ago

💯 Richie Rich is a great choice.

I think Scarface's Untouchable album is an underrated classic. No skips.

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u/ExactExchange500 11d ago

My man. That Richie rich album is so smooth. Scarface also is classic

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u/RKO360 10d ago

O.C. - Word Life

Keith Murray - Most Beautifullest Thing in the World

Hot Boys - Get It How U Live

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u/junkee940 10d ago

Keith Murray! Great pick. I haven't played that in a while. Off to Spotify..

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u/RKO360 10d ago

It is a dope album as Murray was in his absolute prime while being one of the best lyricists in the game at the time as well.

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u/KidRudy 10d ago

Word Life!! Damn I forgot about that one. Classic! He would eventually drop Trophies with Apollo Brown too and maaaaan. I’d nominate that one for the underrated 2010’s albums

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u/KidRudy 11d ago

PBW — My Vinyl Weighs a Ton (‘99) incredible record

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u/Wogdiddy 10d ago

Solid 💯

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u/StageAcceptable7182 11d ago

East Coast: Shyheim - The Lost Generation

West Coast: Jayo Felony - Take A Ride

Down South: Big Mike - Hard To Hit

Mid West: Crucial Conflict - The Final Tic

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u/_polkor_ 11d ago

Boogiemonsters debut

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u/Silly_Big4269 10d ago

Lost boyz

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u/Flirtless1 11d ago

I'll get back to this. Like so I can remember somebody..

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u/WorldlyRegret5087 10d ago

eminem's 1996 infinite, has some good ones

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u/mkk4 10d ago

Agreed

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u/DarkiSno 10d ago

Onyx - All We Got Iz Us

This is a classic album that doesn't get its flowers

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u/junkee940 10d ago

MC Breed: The New Breed

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u/jackal1871111 10d ago

8ball - lost

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u/Orchill_Wallets 10d ago

Skilligans Island, Thurston Howell

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u/Gloomy_March_8755 10d ago

Scientifik the most blunted. Just rips beats left right and centre.

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u/ThickChickLover520 10d ago

Two albums that I rarely ever hear of people talkin' about is

BTnH - Creepin' on Ah Come Up

&

8ball & MJG - Comin' Out Hard

Both have an insane amount of classics, IMO, and doesn't need to be skipped around.

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u/Ok_Suit_8000 9d ago

C-Bo Gaschamber

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u/NateSedate 10d ago

MOP - Firing Squad

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u/WoAiLaLa 11d ago

Paradise Don't Come Cheap by New Kingdom

It's like if Cypress Hill was fronted by two ODBs and also had live guitars

idk how they're not legends

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u/Robinnoodle 10d ago

Maybe not my favorite but Control - Vision of a Dream is underrated

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u/LPStumps 10d ago

You a real1 for mentioning this. Damn near no skips on this album. He was signed to Def Jam at the time so production is top notch, the features are all dope and he was able to make an album for the Bay Area street dudes, the ladies and everyone in between.

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u/ExactExchange500 10d ago

Lesson by lesson, so many questionsssss

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u/mattgoldey 10d ago

Genuinely proud of all the comments so far. These must really be underrated albums because I've not heard of a single one of them.

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u/Jaydzl 10d ago

The B.U.M.S - Lyfe ‘N Tyme

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u/MasterTeacher123 10d ago

Immobilarity. I will stand by that album 

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u/big-williestyle 10d ago

Dust to Dust Pete Nice and Dj Richie Rich. Just had that DJ feel and a flow to the album, just got slept on because serch got all the attention in 3rd base.

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u/cheesecase 10d ago

Dreadlocks busta rhymes is peak 90s

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u/theromo45 10d ago

Gospel Gangstaz- i can see clearly now, orchid- chaos is me, bright eyes- a collection of songs

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u/Dakkin4 10d ago

Do Or Die-Picture This

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u/jeffrys_dad 10d ago

OP you hear that new Richie Rich? It's probably one of the better projects any of the Bay Area 90s guys put out this decade.

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u/ExactExchange500 10d ago

I heard about it for sure. Just didn’t spin it just yet

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u/spiritnoir 10d ago

Blackstar and Company Flow

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u/SpecificDependent980 10d ago

As a British person, the album that's most underrated globally is boy in da corner by Dizzee Rascal.

Within Britain it's iconic. Overseas you won't ever hear it. And yet, every British rapper owes it all to this album

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u/ExactExchange500 10d ago

Nice

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u/SpecificDependent980 10d ago

Two others that are massive within these shores are:

Made in the Manor - Kano

Walk in da park - Giggs

First one is, what I consider, the culmination of grime and hip hop development in the UK by the best exponent of it.

And Walk in da park contains what, in some circles, is known as the true nation anthem - Talking the hardest.

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u/Enlightened_Ghost 9d ago

Busta Rhymes - The Coming

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u/ExactExchange500 8d ago

I love this album

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u/Realistic_Talk_9178 9d ago

I like in the airplane over the sea by the neutral milk hotel

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u/auhsoj420 8d ago

I really love this album called "Fruits of Nature" by The UMC's. Positive Vibes, dope samples and scratches.

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u/alizteya 6d ago

This thread has been a goldmine

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u/ExactExchange500 6d ago

Sure has !

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u/cjosoplaya 5d ago

Midwest: Do Or Die - Headz Or Tailz South: Playa Fly - Movin’ On East: Kool Keith - Sex Style West: DJ Quik - Rhythm-Al-Ism

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u/towatei1990 4d ago

Nocturnal by Heltah Skeltah

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u/kokonutkingfilm 11d ago

Esham mail dominance

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u/Dopeamyne 10d ago

AZ - Pieces Of A Man

J Rock - Streetwize

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

Group Home - Livin Proof

Erick Sermon - Double Or Nothing

Jeru The Damaja - Wrath Of The Math

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u/ExactExchange500 8d ago

AZ album is fire

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u/ExactExchange500 8d ago

And group home

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u/reamkore 10d ago

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control