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Virtually every door was open to us. We had hundreds of invitations that the limited time did not allow us to accept. We were looked upon as brothers with the color of our skins as something of an asset. But the strongest bond of fraternity was the common cause of minority and colonial peoples in America, Africa and Asia struggling to throw off racialism and imperialism.
-MLK "My Trip to the land o Gandhi"
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"
-Gandhi
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...myself...
I only added albums I own on this list. But the following are some Hip Hop albums that you should actually consider listening to and buying if you can afford it!
93 'Til Infinity
3rd Eye Vision
Madvillainy
Monkey Barz
Timeless
Disposable Arts
Hip Hop Gold Dust
Paid in Full
The Art of Storytelling
Grandmasters
RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta
Lets Get Free
Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 2
Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1
Strictly Business
Exclusive Collection
Reprogram
Soundbombing
Soundbombing 3
Soundbombing, Vol. 2
Jurassic 5 LP
Quality Control
S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Masters of the Universe
2000 B.C.
Scrolls of the Prophet: The Best of Peter Tosh
Legend (New Packaging)
Exit
Joyful Rebellion
Expansion Team
Death Is Certain
ATLiens
The Marshall Mathers LP
The Slim Shady LP
The Chronic
5 Sparrows for 2 Cents
...As Iron Sharpens Iron
Slow Your Roll
Connected
Connected
The Minstrel Show
The Listening
Chemistry
Blunted on Reality
The Score
The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
AOI: Bionix
3 Feet High and Rising
The Grind Date
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Midnight Marauders
The Low End Theory
Revolutionary, Vol. 2
Revolutionary, Vol. 1
Raising Hell
Taste the Secret
Fresh Mode
2Pacalypse Now
Me Against the World
Labcabincalifornia
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Return of the Boom Bap
Pigeon John Is Dating Your Sister
Champion Sound
Future Development
Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Stillmatic
Illmatic
Amethyst Rock Star
Saul Williams
Illadelph Halflife
Be
Like Water For Chocolate
The Cold Vein
Reflection Eternal/Train of Thought
Black on Both Sides
Black Star
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Step in the Arena
Licensed to Ill
Tupac Amaru Shakur, Dead Prez, Ugly Duckling, Run DMC, Immortal Technique, Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde, System of A Down, talib kewli, common, De La Soul, Wu Tang Clan, Fugees, Nas, Outkast, Royce Da 59, , Rahzel, Time Machine, Jedi Mind Tricks, anthony Hamilton, Procussions, Dialated People, Sharlock Poems, Black Star, Black Michael Jackson , MF Doom, Linkin Park, K-oS, Beastie Boys, Bob Marley, Canibus, Cypress Hill, Kool Keith, Jurrasic 5, Kanye West, KRS One, Arrested Development, Brand New, Black Eyed Peas, Afrika Bambaataa, Outlawz, Hieroglypics, Mos Def, Crown City Rockers, LA Symphony, Soul Rock Affiliates, Freestyle Fellowship, DEL, Supernat, Wu Tang Clan, Prince Paul, LIving Legends,
Braveheart, Matrix (1 & 2), Gladiator, 50 first Dates, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Last Samurai, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Training Day, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, Sin CIty, Hotel Rawanda, The Motorcycle Diaries, BEEF 1&2, Freestyle, SLAM, SCRATCH, The Corporation
Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Entourage, Flight of the Concords
Rep Congress At the Top of Your PAge Too! Copy And Paste
Harry Potter (all of em), the Da Vinci Code by Dan BRown, Sophies World by Jostien Gaarder, "The Violence of the Green Revolution" by Vandana Shiva, The Outsiders by SE Hinton, Holler If You Hear Me by Michael Eric Dyson, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, "Neccesary Illusions" by Noam Chomsky, "Burning All Illusions" by Edwards, "A Differrent Mirror" by Ronald Takaki, "The Sikhs" by Patwant Singh, The Prajnaparamita, The Bhagavad Gita, The Siri Guru Granth Sahib, "The Zapitista Reader" by Tom Hayden, "S/HE" by Saul Williams, "Said the Shotgun to the Head" by Saul Williams, "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tsu,
The Familia
Click Here to Watch "When The Smoke Clearz - 2mb Video" by Slam Poet Taalam Acey, slamming on Hip Hop