The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums

Time to say goodbye to season 2!
We're going to remember the highs, the lows, and most importantly...the classics.
Enjoy and we'll see you soon!
- The Liner Notes Crew

"Straight outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube
From the gang called Niggaz With Attitudes
When I'm called off, I got a sawed off
Squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off"
- Straight Outta Compton
 
Final album review of season 2. NWA changed the game with Straight Outta Compton. This put the west coast on the map and the rest of Hip-Hop on notice.
Is it a Classic?

"I know you want lots a jewels and stuff
Backyards with swimming pools, bars with stools and stuff
Fancy foods - Lobster, Sushi
Gear - Versace, Gucci, crazy Lucci"
- Nuttin' But Love
 
Next album up: Nuttin' But Love by Heavy D. Dropped in 1994, this album contained some of Hev's biggest hits.  
Is it a classic?

I got bass, tone, I use cologne
And then I rock the funky rhyme on the microphone
- Perfection
Next album up: Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C. This was the first platinum Hip-Hop record and sent the group to super stardom.
Is it a classic?

"Real ass bitch, give a fuck 'bout a nigga
Big Birkin bag, hold five, six figures"
- Act Up 
Next album up: Girl Code by the City Girls. The City Girls dropped their debut album in 2018 and it put the girls on a national stage. 
Is it a classic?