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“American Gangster” signified a definitive return to form for Jay-Z after the disappointing 2006 album “Kingdom Come.” According to Jay-Z himself, almost every song on “American Gangster” is based on a specific scene from the Ridley Scott film about the life of former drug kingpin Frank Lucas (played by a formidable-as-always Denzel Washington). Jay-Z – “American Gangster” (2007)Ĭentral theme/narrative: Jay-Z chronicles his time as a street hustler, inspired by Ridley Scott’s film of the same name. The overabundance of skits may hinder a truly enjoyable listening experience, but the music and especially DOOM’s rhymes here are excellent. Ghostface Killah, Cee-Lo Green and Talib Kweli drop by for guest verses, with especially Ghostface stealing the show on “The Mask” (will we ever see that DOOMSTARKS album…?) Other highlights are “Sofa King,” “Old School” (with Talib Kweli), and the stab at former friend MF Grimm, “El Chupa Nibre”. MF DOOM is lyrically as strong as ever, mixing up his trademark abstract imagery with his usual intricate self-aggrandizing, this time all the way through sprinkled with cartoon references – all of it strengthened by Danger Mouse’s soundscapes which definitely add to the thematic feel of the album. Octagonecologyst” (1996)ġ5. Danger Doom – “The Mouse And The Mask” (2005)Ĭentral theme/narrative: Adult Swim Cartoons.Ī year after “Madvillainy,” the masterpiece collaboration with Madlib, underground hero MF DOOM dropped another gem on us in the form of “The Mouse And The Mask,” this time together with left-field producer Danger Mouse (best known for mashing The Beatles’ “The White Album” and Jay-Z’s “The Black Album” into “The Grey Album”). Prince Paul – “A Prince Of Thieves” (1999) Little Brother – “The Minstrel Show” (2005) CunninLynguists – “A Piece Of Strange” (2006) Sticky Fingaz – “ The Autobiography Of Kirk Jones” (2001) Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge – “Twelve Reasons To Die” (2013) Brotha Lynch Hung – “Dinner & A Movie” (2010) 1 15. Danger Doom – “The Mouse And The Mask” (2005).
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We have selected the 15 best hip-hop concept albums, with the unification of an album through a single central narrative or theme as the focal point for the compilation of this list.Īlbums like OutKast’s “ATLiens,” Raekwon’s “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…” and De La Soul’s “De La Soul Is Dead” almost fit the definition of a ‘concept album’ because of their cohesive feel accomplished through skits or themes, but they do not really have a central narrative and therefore these albums (and there are many more that can almost be considered concept albums) did not make the list. This may be achieved through a single central narrative or theme, or through a sense of artistic cohesiveness.Īuthor Jim Cullen describes a concept album as: “a collection of discrete but thematically unified songs whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts … sometimes assumed to be a product of the rock era.” Author Roy Shuker defines concept albums as albums that are “unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical… In this form, the album changed from a collection of heterogeneous songs into a narrative work with a single theme, in which individual songs segue into one another.” Originally published on Hip Hop Golden Age by Cis van BeersĪ concept album is an album unified by a larger purpose or meaning to the album collectively than to its tracks individually.