With this record producer Rick Rubin blew down the doors of what hip hop could do with because it reached beyond rap rock and found all sorts of sounds outside of it. Sonically, there is simply more going on in this album than any previous rap record: more hooks, more drum loops, more scratching, more riffs, more of everything. One of the most fun rap albums of all time and certainly one of the most significant of the golden age of hip hop.
File under: Hip Hop/Label: Arista/Original Release Year: 1986