Histoire de faire un bilan en bonne et due forme des 8 années d’existence d’Hip-Hop Core, certains membres “historiques” de la rédaction ont décidé de se livrer à l’exercice périlleux et ô combien subjectif de classer les disques qui les ont le plus marqués lors de la première décennie de ce troisième millénaire naissant. C’est donc à un voyage à travers nos disques de rap favoris de la période 2000-2009 que nous vous convions, d’albums incontournables en coups de cœur, en passant par quelques pépites trop rapidement mises sur la touche mais que le temps aura su bonifier… A vos platines !

• Le Top 20 de l’équipe d’Hip Hop Core
• Les Tops 30 détaillés des rédacteurs

Top 20 Hip Hop Core

Top 30 des rédacteurs

BACHIR

BOOBA - Ouest Side
CASEY - Tragédie D’Une Trajectoire
COUNT BASS D - Dwight Spitz
D-STYLES - Phantazmagorea
DJ SPINNA - Here To There
FABE - La Rage De Dire
HAIKU D’ETAT (Mikah 9, Aceyalone & Abstract Rude) - Haiku D’Etat
HAROUN - Au Front
J-LIVE - The Best Part
J-ZONE - Pimp Don’t Pay Taxes
LA RUMEUR - L’Ombre sur la Mesure
LIL’ WAYNE - Tha Carter, Vol.2
MADVILLAIN (MF Doom & Madlib) – Madvillainy
MF Grimm - The Hunt For The Gingerbread Man
MIKE JONES - Who Is Mike Jones?
Q-TIP - The Renaissance
SACH – Suckas Hate Me
SACH - 5th Ave
UGK - Underground Kingz
VIKTOR VAUGHN (MF Doom) - Vaudeville Villain

BILLYJACK

1. Sage Francis “A Healthy Distrust”
2. Lab Waste “Zwarte Achtegrond”
3. Sefyu “Qui suis-je ?”
4. Micranots “Obelisk Movements”
5. J Dilla “Donuts”
6. AWOL One & Daddy Kev “Souldoubt”
7. Hymie’s Basement “Hymie’s Basement”
8. Clipse “Hell Hath No Fury”
9. Klub des Loosers “Vive la vie”
10. Mickey Avalon “Mickey Avalon”
11. Cannibal Ox “The Cold Vein”
12. Adlib “International Beats”
13. Jay-Z “The Blueprint”
14. Aesop Rock “Float”
15. Kool Keith “Matthew”
16. Devin The Dude “Waitin’ to Inhale”
17. La Caution “Peines de Maures / Arc-en-ciel pour daltoniens”
18. Bigg Jus “Black Mamba Serums”
19. MF Doom “MM.. Food”
20. cLOUDDEAD “cLOUDDEAD”
21. Booba “Ouest Side”
22. Daedelus “Exquisite Corpse”
23. Lil Wayne “Tha Carter II”
24. Curse ov Dialect “Wooden Tongues”
25. L’Exécuteur de Hong-Kong “Temps précieux”
26. Flying Lotus “Los Angeles”
27. Non Phixion “The Future Is Now”
28. MC Paul Barman “Paullelujah!”
29. Wu-Tang Clan “Iron Flag”
30. Prince Paul “Itstrumental”

COBALT

1. BIGG JUS “Black Mamba Serums (Japanese Edition)”
2. BUCK 65 “Man Overboard”
3. DELTRON 3030 “Deltron 3030”
4. CANNIBAL OX “The Cold Vein”
5. EDAN “Beauty And The Beat”
6. NOBODY “Soulmates”
7. J-LIVE “The Best Part”
8. ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM “Tragic Epilogue”
9. EL-P “Fantastic Damage”
10. MICRANOTS “Obelisk Movements”
11. JAY-Z “The Blueprint”
12. LABWASTE “Zwarte Achtegrond”
13. J-ZONE presents The Old Maid Billionaires “Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes”
14. VIKTOR VAUGHN (MF Doom) “Vaudeville Villain”
15. REFLECTION ETERNAL (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek) “Train of Thought”
16. QUASIMOTO “The Unseen”
17. MADVILLAIN (MF Doom & Madlib) “Madvillainy”
18. EDAN “Primitive Plus”
19. ILLOGIC “Celestial Clockwork”
20. ATMOSPHERE “The Lucy Ford Ep’s”
21. NECRO “I Need Drugs”
22. BUSDRIVER & RADIOINACTIVE with Daedelus “The Weather”
23. EL-P “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead”
24. cLOUDDEAD “cLOUDDEAD”
25. MICRANOTS “The Emperor & The Assassin”
26. THE GROUCH, DADDY KEV & D-STYLES “Sound Advice”
27. SUBTITLE “Lost Love Stays Lost”
28. BRAD HAMERS “The Cut-Ups of a Paper Woman”
29. HAIKU D’ETAT (Mikah 9, Aceyalone & Abstract Rude) “Haiku D’Etat”
30. FOOD FOR ANIMALS “Scavengers”
31. OUTKAST “Speakerboxxx / The Love Below”
32. ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM “Shopping Carts Crashing”
33. WU-TANG CLAN “Iron Flag”
34. AESOP ROCK “Labor Days”
35. RAW PRODUCE “The Feeling of Now”
36. GLUE “Seconds Away”
37. NMS “Woe To Thee O Land Whose King Is A Child”
38. SHAPESHIFTERS “Adopted By Aliens”
39. ORKO THE SYCOTIC ALIEN “Atoms Of Eden”
40. J DILLA “Donuts”
41. BUCK 65 “Square”
42. RADIOINACTIVE “Soundtrack To A Book”
43. AWOL ONE & MIKE NARDONE “Speakerface”
44. COUNT BASS D “Dwight Spitz”
45. ELIGH “Enigma”
46. SOSO “Tenth Street and Clarence”
47. SCIENZ OF LIFE “Comin’ Forth By Day: The Book Of The Dead”
48. PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS “Question in the form of an Answer”
49. COMMON “Like Water For Chocolate”
50. MASTA ACE “Disposable Arts”

Meilleur album “je ne sais pas si c’est encore du rap mais j’adore” de la décennie : BUCK 65 “Secret House Against The World”
Meilleur free-project de la décennie : BUCK 65 “Dirtbike” (Trilogie)
Meilleur EP de la décennie : DADDY KEV “Lost Angels EP”
Meilleure série de street CD’s de la décennie : SAGE FRANCIS “Sick of…”
Meilleure archive inédite de la décennie : INI “Center of Attention”
Meilleur album français de la décennie : PSYKICK LYRIKAH “Des Lumières Sous La Pluie”
Meilleure compilation de la décennie : “Farewell Fondle’Em”
Meilleur album de turntablist de la décennie : RICCI RUCKER “Fuga”

FINESSE

1. Bigg Jus “Black Mamba Serums (Japanese Edition)”
2. Labwaste “Zwarte Achtegrond”
3. Deltron 3030 “Deltron 3030”
4. cLOUDDEAD “cLOUDDEAD”
5. Ghostface Killah “Supreme Clientele”
6. Cannibal Ox “The Cold Vein”
7. Madvillain “Madvillainy”
8. Ghostface Killah “The Pretty Toney Album”
9. EL-P “Fantastic Damage”
10. Quasimoto “The Unseen”
11. J-Live “The Best Part”
12. Edan “Beauty and The Beat”
13. Anomaly “The Long Road”
14. Viktor Vaughn (MF Doom) - Vaudeville Villain”
15. J-Dilla “Donuts”
16. Onra “Chinoiseries”
17. El P “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead”
18. Shape of Broad Minds “Craft of The Lost World”
19. Klub Des Loosers “Vive La Vie”
20. Blueprint “1988”
21. Elektro 4 “Keystroke One”
22. Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus “The Weather”
23. Jay - Z “The Blueprint”
24. The Game “The Documentary”
25. Buck 65 “Man Overboard”
26. Dj Egadz “Sad Music Makes Me Happy”
27. Nobody “Soulmates”
28. Anti-Pop Consortium “Shopping Carts Crashing”
29. Oxmo Puccino “L’Amour Est Mort”
30. Reflection Eternal “Train Of Thoughts”
31. Outkast “Speakerboxxx / The Love Below”
32. Prefuse 73 “Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian”
33. Wu Tang Clan “Iron Flag”
34. Prince Paul ” Itstrumental ”
35. Sage Francis ” A Healthy Distrut”
36. Masta Ace “Disposable Arts”
37. Omid “Monolith”
38. Quasimoto “The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas”
39. Pete Rock “Petestrumental”
40. Sach “5th Ave”
41. Dudley Perkins “A Lil Light”
42. Kanye West “Late Registration”
43. Ricci Rucker “Fuga”
44. Mobb Deep “Amerikaz Nightmare”
45. NMS “Woe To Thee O Land Whose King Is A Child”
46. Gangstarr “The Ownerz”
47. La Caution “Peines de Maures / Arc-en-Ciel pour Daltoniens”
48. K-The-I??? “Broken Love Letter”
49. Haïku D’Etat “Haïku D’Etat”
50. Thavius Beck “Thru”

KREME

1. Bigg Jus - Black Mamba Serums Vol.1
2. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
3. Edan - Primitive Plus
4. Lab Waste - Zwarte Achtegrond
5. Madvillain (MF Doom & Madlib) - Madvillainy
6. La Caution - Peines de Maures / Arc-en-ciel pour Daltoniens
7. Booba - Ouest Side
8. Outkast - Stankonia
9. La Caution - Asphalte Hurlante [Ultime Edition]
10. Radioinactive - Soundtrack To A Book
11. NMS - Woe To Thee O Land Whose King Is A Child
12. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
13. Anti Pop Consortium - Tragic Epilogue
14. Necro - Gory Days
15. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
16. Sefyu - Qui Suis-je ?
17. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
18. Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus - The Weather
19. Aesop Rock - Labor Days
20. Buck 65 - Square
21. King Geedorah (MF Doom) - Take Me To Your Leader
22. Clipse - Lord Willin
23. AWOL One & Daddy Kev - Souldoubt
24. The Grouch, Daddy Kev & D-Styles - Sound Advice
25. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
26. Jay-z - The Blueprint
27. Existereo & Barfly - Candy’s .22
28. The Shape Shifters - Adopted by Aliens
29. Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
30. Look Daggers - Suffer in Style

EP’s :
01. Subtitle - I’m Always Recovering From Tomorrow
02. Company Flow / Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy / DPA (As Seen On T.V.)
03. Bigg Jus - Plantation Rhymes EP
04. Edan - Sprain Your Tapedeck
05. J-Zone - A Bottle of Whup Ass

COMPILATIONS :
01. Farewell Fondle’em
02. Projet Chaos
03. Definitive Jux Presents 2

NEWTON

1. ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM “Tragic Epilogue”
2. BIGG JUS “Black Mamba Serums (Japanese Edition)”
3. MADVILLAIN “Madvillainy”
4. EL-P “Fantastic Damage”
5. cLOUDDEAD “s/t”
6. UGK “Underground Kingz”
7. LAB WASTE “Zwarte Achtegrond”
8. DELTRON 3030 “s/t”
9. NMS “Woe To Thee O Land Whose King Is A Child”
10. QUASIMOTO “The Unseen”
11. CLIPSE “Hell Hath No Fury”
12. J DILLA “Donuts”
13. EDAN “Beauty And The Beat”
14. D-STYLES “Phantazmagorea”
15. WU-TANG “Iron Flag”
16. COMMON “Electric Circus”
17. LA CAUTION “Asphalte Hurlante”
18. FOOD FOR ANIMALS “Belly”
19. SLUM VILLAGE “Fantastic Volume II”
20. AESOP ROCK “Float”
21. JAY-Z “The Blueprint”
22. FLYING LOTUS “Los Angeles”
23. KING GEEDORAH “Take Me To Your Leader”
24. LOOK DAGGERS “Suffer In Style”
25. SEFYU “Qui Suis-Je?”
26. ELIGH “Enigma”
27. RICCI RUCKER “Fuga”
28. PREFUSE 73 “Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives”
29. THE GROUCH, DADDY KEV & D-STYLES, “Sound Advice”
30. BUCK 65 “Square”

Pour aller plus loin:

31. Boom Bip & Dose One “Circle”
32. Cannibal Ox “The Cold Vein” / “El-P Presents Cannibal Oxtrumentals”
33. Omid “Monolith”
34. Psykick Lyrikah “Des Lumières Sous La Pluie”
35. J-Zone “Pimp Don’t Pay Taxes”
36. AWOL One & Daddy Kev “Number 3 On The Phone”
37. Subtitle “Young Dangerous Heart”
38. Nobody “Soul Mates”
39. Micranots “Obelisk Movements”
40. L’Armee Des 12 “Cadavre Exquis”
41. Illogic “Celestial Clockwork”
42. Count Bass D “Dwight Spitz”
43. Haiku D’Etat “s/t”
44. Radioinactive & Antimc “Free Kamal”
45. Qwel & Maker “The Harvest”
46. Zion I “Mind Over Matter”
47. Bike For Three! “More Heart Than Brains”
48. Fbcfabric & Reindeer “It’s Not Who You Know It’s Whom You Know”
49. Dälek “Abandonned Language”
50. Daedelus “Denies The Day’s Demise”

Encore plus loin (ordre alphabétique):

Anomaly “The Long Road”
Anti-Pop Consortium “Arrhythmia”
Atoms Family “The Prequel”
B.Dolan “The Failure”
Bending Mouth “s/t”
Binary Star “Master Of The Universe”
Buck 65 “Man Overboard”
Ceschi “They Hate Francisco False”
Circus - Gangstahz Fo Gawd
Debmaster “Monster Zoo”
Daedelus “Exquisite Corpse”
Dr. Who Dat? “Beat Journey”
Dungeon Family “Even in Darkness”
Edan “Primitive Plus”
eDIT “Certified Air Raid Material”
El-P “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead”
Existereo “Crush Groove”
High Priest “Born Identity”
Inoe Oner “Governments Greatest Hits”
J5 “Quality Control”
Jay Dee “Ruff Draft”
Jel “Soft Money”
J-Live “All Of The Above”
Kill The Vultures “Ecce Beast”
Kohndo “Tout Est Ecrit”
Komadose “Beta One”
K-The-I??? “Broken Love Letter”
La Rumeur “L’Ombre sur la Mesure”
Lil’ Wayne “Tha Carter Vol. 2”
MF Grimm “The Downfall Of Ibliys (A Ghetto Opera)”
Monsta Island Czars : Escape From Monsta Island
Non Phixion “The Future Is Now”
Obba Supa “To: AM - Free: AM”
Octavius “Audio Noir”
Quasimoto “The Further Adventures Of Quasimoto”
Q-Tip “The Renaissance”
Radioinactive “Soundtrack To A Book”
Radioinactive “Pyramidi”
Ricci Rucker & Mike Boo “The Scetchbook”
Robust “Potholes In Our Molecules”
Sach “5th Ave”
Sage Francis “A Healthy Distrust”
Saul Williams “Niggy Tardust”
Shafiq Husayn “Jank Random vs. Earl Leonne: The Frequency Clash”
Shape Of Broad Minds “Craft Of The Lost Art”
Shapeshifters “Know Future”
Sixtoo “Songs I Hate (And Other People Moments)”
Subtle “For Hero For Fool”
Thavius Beck “Decomposition”
TTC “Ceci n’est pas un disque”
Viktor Vaughn “Vaudeville Villain”
Wu-Tang Clan “The W”

PHARA

1. Cannibal Ox “The Cold Vein” [2001]
2. Anti-Pop Consortium “Tragic Epilogue” [2000]
3. Deltron 3030 “Deltron 3030” [2000]
4. Edan “Primitive Plus” [2002]
5. Edan “Beauty And The Beat” [2005]
6. El-P “Fantastic Damage” [2002]
7. Madvillain “Madvillainy” [2004]
8. Micranots “Obelisk Movements” [2000]
9. Nobody “Soulmates” [2000]
10. Lab Waste “Zwarte Achtegrond” [2005]
11. Quasimoto “The Unseen” [2000]
12. Outkast “Stankonia” [2000]
13. Slum Village “Fantastic Volume II” [2000]
14. Bigg Jus “Black Mamba Serums (Japanese Edition)” [2002]
15. Sage Francis “A Healthy Distrust” [2005]
16. Outkast “Speakerboxxx / The Love Below” [2003]
17. Anti-Pop Consortium “Shopping Carts Crashing” [2001]
18. Buck 65 “Man Overboard” [2002]
19. Awol One & Daddy Kev “Souldoubt” [2001]
20. Busdriver & Radioinactive With Daedelus “The Weather” [2003]
21. Micranots “The Emperor & The Assassin” [2003]
22. Busdriver “Temporary Forever” [2002]
23. Thavius Beck “Decomposition” [2004]
24. J Dilla “Donuts” [2006]
25. El-P “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead” [2007]
26. Illogic “Celestial Clockwork” [2004]
27. Eligh “Enigma” [2005]
28. Prefuse 73 “Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives” [2001]
29. Food For Animals “Belly” [2008]
30. Raw Produce “The Feeling Of Now” [2004]