Ebony's 30 Must Have Albums

If you were forced for whatever reason to throw away all of your albums and CDs except for 30, which ones would you keep? In celebration of Black Music Month 2004, Ebony Magazine listed it's top picks:

1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
2. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
3. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967)
4. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
5. Nat King Cole - Greatest Hits Nat (King) Cole (1994)
6. Stevie Wonder - Song In The Key Of Life (1976)
7. Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend (2003)
8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964)
9. Prince - Purple Rain (1984)
10. Ray Charles - The Best of Ray Charles (1994)
11. Duke Ellington - Ellington Uptown (1948)
12. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis (1997)
13. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)
14. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (1967)
15. Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
16. Marian Anderson - Spirituals (1999)
17. Mahalia Jackson - Move On Up A Little Higher (1947)
18. James Brown - Live At The Apollo (1962)
19. Public Enemy - It takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
20. Little Richard - Georgia Peach (1991)
21. Al Green - Greatest Hits Al Green (1975)
22. Sly and the Family Stone - Stand (1969)
23. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)
24. Billie Holiday - Lady Day (1988)
25. Temptations - The Ultimate Collection (1997)
26. B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1971)
27. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The Anthology (1995)
28. Janet Jackson - Control (1986)
29. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
30. Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor (2001)

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25 Greatest Rap Albums of All-Time

In the Winter 2ooo issue of Revolver Magazine, editors compiled a listing of the 25 essential hip-hop albums. Is your collection in order?

1. Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock (Tommy Boy, 1982)

2. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (Profile, 1986)

3. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full (Island, 1987)

4. Boogie Down Productions - By Any Means Necessary (Jive, 1988)

5. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam, 1988)

6. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless / Priority, 1988)

7. Salt-N-Pepa - A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (Next Plateau, 1988)

8. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (Capitol, 1989)

9. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (Def Jam, 1990)

10. Monie Love - Down to Earth (Warner Bros., 1990)

11. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (Tommy Boy, 1991)

12. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991)

13. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of... (Chrysalis, 1992)

14. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (Death Row, 1992)

15. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle (Death Row, 1993)

16. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (Columbia, 1993)

17. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Loud, 1993)

18. 2Pac - Me Against the World (Interscope, 1995)

19. Will Smith - Big Willie Style (Columbia, 1997)

20. Jay-Z - Volume 2...Hard Knock Life (Rockafella / Atlantic, 1998)

21. OutKast - Aquemini (LaFace, 1998)

22. Various Artists - Def Jam Classics, Vol. 1 (Def Jam, 1989)

23. Various Artists - Hip-Hop Greats (Rhino, 1990)

24. Various Artists - Straight from the Streetz (Priority, 1994)

25. Various Artists - Profilin' the Hits (Profile, 1999)