INSPIRATIONS

 

In Hip-Hop:

• Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP”, “Eminem Show”, “The Slim Shady LP”, “The Death of Slim Shady”, “Recovery”, “Music To Be Murdered By (1 & 2)”, “Relapse”, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2”, and “Kamikaze”.
  • • Bad Meets Evil, “Hell: The Sequel”.
• Nas, “Illmatic”, “It Was Written”, “Stillmatic”, “God’s Son”, “Kings Disease I-III”, “Life Is Good”, “Hip-Hop Is Dead”, “Magic 1-3”.
• Jay-Z, “Reasonable Doubt”, “Vol. 3… Life and Times of Shawn Carter”, “The Blueprint”, “The Black Album”, “Blueprint 3”, “Watch The Throne” (w/. Kanye West), and “American Gangster”.
• Notorious B.I.G., “Ready to Die”, “Life After Death”.
  2Pac, “All Eyez On Me”, “The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory”, “Me Against The World”, and posthumous, “Better Dayz”, and “Loyal To The Game”.
• Dr. Dre, “2001”, “Chronic”.
  The Game, “Doctor’s Advocate”, “The Documentary”, “LAX”.
• 50 Cent, “Get Rich or Die Trying”, “The Massacre”, “Power of the Dollar”, and G-Unit, “Beg For Mercy”.
• Kanye West (pre-Crazy), “Late Registration”, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”, “College Dropout”,  and “Watch The Throne” (w/. Jay-Z).
• Royce Da 5’9″, “Death is Certain”, “Bar Exam 2 (Mix-Tape)”, “Street Hop”, and “Book of Ryan”.
  • • Bad Meets Evil, “Hell: The Sequel”.
• Lil Wayne, “Tha Carter II”, “Tha Carter III”,  “No Ceilings (Mix-Tape)”, “The Leak (Mix-Tape)”.
  • • Birdman & Lil Wayne, “Like Father, Like Son”.
• Snoop Dogg, “Doggystyle”.
• Lupe Fiasco, “The Cool”, “Drill Music in Zion”.
• Lloyd Banks, “The Hunger For More, “H.F.M., Vol. 2”.
• Joe Budden, “Mood Muzik, Vol. 1-4”, “Joe Budden (Self-Titled)”, “The Growth” (unreleased).
• Slaughterhouse, “Slaughterhouse (Self-Titled)”.
• Kendrick Lamar, “GNX”, “DAMN.”, “good kid, m.A.A.d city”.
• Young Buck, “Buck The World”, “Straight Outta Cashville”.
• Macklemore, “The Heist”, “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made”, “Ben”.
• Common, “Be”, “Finding Forever”.
• Busta Rhymes, “The Big Bang”.
• Cam’ron, “Killa Season”, “Purple Haze”, and “Come Home with Me”.
• Juelz Santana, “What The Game’s Been Missing!”
• The Diplomats/Dipset, “Diplomatic Immunity”, “More Than Music, Vol. 1”.
• Scarface, “The Diary”, “The Fix”, “Emeritus”.
• T.I., “Paper Trail”, “King”, “Urban Legend”.
• Ludacris, “The Red Light District”.
• Nicki Minaj, “Pink Friday”, “The Pinkprint”.
• Lil’ Kim, “The Naked Truth”.
• Paul Wall, “The People’s Champ”.
• Outkast, “ATLiens”, “Stankonia”.
• Pusha T, “Daytona”, “My Name Is My Name”, “King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude”.
• Fugees, “The Score”.
• Run The Jewels, “Run The Jewels 2”
• Killer Mike, “Michael”
• Doechii, “Alligator Bites Never Heal”
• Clipse, “Let God Sort Em Out”
  … Among others that I may be forgetting…

All Other Genres:

• The Rolling Stones, “Exile On Main St.”, “Voodoo Lounge”, “A Bigger Bang”.
• AWOLNATION, “Megalithic Symphony”, “Run”, “Here Comes The Runts”, “Angel Miners & The Lightning Riders”, “The Phantom Five”.
• Leon Laudenbach, “The Gospel Truth According to Leon”.
  • • Taboo Blue, “The Wrath Of God And A Plymouth Fury III”.
    • Buddwa Mambos, “The Ballad of a B Bar Blues Band”.
• The Black Keys, “Brothers”, “El Camino”.
• Rage Against The Machine, “The Battle of Los Angeles”, “Renegades”.
• The Wallflowers, “Bringing Down The Horse”.
• AC/DC, “Back In Black”, “Stiff Upper Lip”.
• Jet, “Get Born”.
• Cage The Elephant, “Melophobia”, “Neon Pill”, “Cage The Elephant (Self-Titled)”.
• Prince, “Purple Rain”.
• Guns N’ Roses, “Appetite For Destruction”, “Use Your Illusion (I & II)”
• Metallica, “Master of Puppets”, “Metallica (Self-Titled)”, “S&M”.
• Tom Petty, “Greatest Hits”, “Highway Companion”, “Fool Moon Fever”.
• Weezer, “Weezer [Green Album]”, “Weezer [Blue Album]”.
• Limp Bizkit, “Significant Other”, “Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water”.
• Ian Hunter, “Rant”.
• Taylor Swift, “1989”, “Lover”, “Midnights”, “Reputation”, “The Tortured Poets Department”.
• Michael Jackson, “Thriller”.
• Post Malone, “F-1 Trillion”.
• The Beatles, “The Beatles (White Album)”.
• Arctic Monkeys, “AM”.
• Lady Gaga, “The Fame Monster”.
• Johnny Cash, “American IV: The Man Comes Around”.
• Vampire Weekend, “Modern Vampires of the City”, “Only God Was Above Us”, “Vampire Weekend (Self-Titled)”.
• The White Stripes, “Elephant”, “Icky Thump”.
• Jack White, “Untitled”.
• Noah Kahan, “Stick Season”, “Busyhead”.
• Chappell Roan, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”.
  … Among others that I may be forgetting…