[New] Classic HipHop

[soulthoughts]

This theme is based on albums I consider classic hiphop albums. Of course there are some artists that deserve to have multiple albums considered classic but I tried to give a wide range. So each artist has one album.

Some groups that have an album have individual members with albums as icons too. The Wu is a good example. There's an icon for 36 Chambers but Ghostface and GZA have their own icons too.

All in all there are 77 icons. I tried my best to cover 3rd party apps.

I used artists from the East, West, Down South, and Midwest.

If you know your hiphop then you recognize this list. If you want to know more about hiphop this is a great start. The albums go as far back as the late 1970's, yes hiphop has been around that long, to a few in the 2000's. I will admit that there's definitely an old school flavor to this theme because I'm old school myself.

Each of these albums was either influential in their message, lyrics, production, sound, or just damn good. *Note: Don't laugh at the DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince album because Jazzy Jeff is amazing.

The artists and albums used as icons include:

The Click - Game Related
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Fat Boys - Fat Boys
Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Bone Thugs n Harmony - East 1999 Eternal
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Outkast - Southernplayalistic
GZA - Liquid Swords
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted Dead or Alive
Leaders of the New School - A Future Without a Past
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
M.O.P. - To the Death
Main Source - Breakin' Atoms
Marley Marl - In Control, Vol. 1
Master P - Ghetto D
Ice T - Power
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 - The Message
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
EPMD - Strictly Business
Common - Resurrection
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
MC Shan - Down by Law
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
Run-DMC - Run-DMC
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
Nas - Illmatic
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
Black Star - Black Star
Too Short - Shorty the Pimp
Whodini - Escape
Geto Boys - Geto Boys
X-Clan - Xodus
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
2 Live Crew - As Nasty as They Wanna Be
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Afrika Bambaataa - Lookin' for the Perfect Beat
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Various Artists - Self Destruction
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
8Ball & MJG - Comin' Out Hard
Ice T - Power
Beatnuts - Street Level
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
UGK - Ridin' Dirty
3rd Bass - Derelicts of Dialect
Biz Markie - Goin' Off
The Fugees - The Score
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Brand Nubian - One for All
Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
Various Artists - Wildstyle Soundtrack
De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
2Pac - All Eyez on Me
Lords of the Underground - Here Come the Lords

...it's uploaded and waiting for approval. Oh and you can argue against some of the inclusions on this list but hey it's my interpretation.

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[LeathaFace]

This is excellent, excellent (yea i said it twice) work. I had this idea mine was in its blueprint stages. I posted along with another theme I did but I used the actual artists, but this looks and came out waaay better than mine did. lol. Great Job and thanx for sharing!

P.S. Glad to see u added Bone Thugs in tha classics as u can see by my avatar im a huge fan and alot of ppl sleep on em.

[soulthoughts]

This is excellent, excellent (yea i said it twice) work. I had this idea mine was in its blueprint stages. I posted along with another theme I did but I used the actual artists, but this looks and came out waaay better than mine did. lol. Great Job and thanx for sharing!

P.S. Glad to see u added Bone Thugs in tha classics as u can see by my avatar im a huge fan and alot of ppl sleep on em.

Of course I added them! They were responsible for the whole 'harmony' bit.

[jayc7176]

that is a lott. Of work ....!
It came out nice...!!

[soulthoughts]

It was a lot of work since I was trying hard to cover third party apps. Thanks!

[CashmereThoughts]

Sorry but I've got a newb question. I've read around,ect but I can't figure out how to get this theme onto my Iphone

[phattbam]

nice.. first time seeing this thread..

[laz305]

nice job pretty original