KRS-One- Return of the Boom Bap

I was told recently I need to get acquainted with DJ Premier and all of the early New York hip hop visionaries. So, like the white girl I am I did a little research and came across Return of the Boom Bap. This album is PHENOMENAL and a great intro to DJ Premier. Just listening to the album and hearing what KRS-One raps about makes you feel like a more intelligent and aware person when the albums over.
Black Cop- I didn't know black cops were a bad thing, but KRS-One makes a compelling argument, and shit its catchy.
Uh Oh- With a simple beat KRS-One tells a great story. His delivery on this song is crazy engaging too.
I Can't Wake Up- this HILARIOUS song is about a dream about being a blunt. actually. and its awesome, the best part of the song is when the blunt gets passed to Bill Clinton. And if you are looking for more great rappers just look up some of the people mentioned int his song.

The Kinks- The Village Green Preservation Society

The kinks are one of the most underrated classic rock bands. I truly do not understand why some of their albums don't rank among those of The Rolling Stones, The Who etc...because they are just as good, if not better! Especially this album. This album is about the simple country life! There's a time in everyone's life (at least mine) where you just wanna live the simple small town life and this album perfectly exemplifies that. GOD SAVE THE VILLAGE GREEN. TO ME, in this day and age, lets just stick with the simple things and the simple way of life, what it might have meant back then is them taking the side of the more conservative stance of the British society, mocking it probably. But, I like thinking of it as living with no technology, blogs twitter etc... AND it has my favorite Kinks song...
Big Sky!- This is my favorite Kinks song. The guitar in this song is incredible, one of my favorites in any Kinks song. And I like the personification of the Big Sky in this song. "Big Sky looks down on all the people who think they got problems..."
Johnny Thunder- Despite my intense fear of thunder, this song still makes me happy. It reminds me of a some 50's rebel James Dean type.
Animal Farm- Kind of going along with the theme of the small town, simple life...you just wanna go to Animal Farm! And I love Davies voice in this song it goes back and forth from pleasant to sometimes a little tougher. "Girl, it's a hard, hard world, if it gets you down, Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world, Ill take you where real animals are playing, And people are real people not just playing."
I recommend these songs but EVERY SINGLE SONG on this album is awesome. And you must listen to it in order, all the way through, in my opinion.

Black on Both Sides- Mos Def

Mos Def's first album, released in 1999 (the year Britney Spears was introduced to the world and Cher's album Believe was #1) takes everything that was happening at the time and provides intelligent commentary on it as only Mos Def can do. Now, 1999 was before the music industry went into a tailspin, before Sept. 11th. Mos Def was already ahead of his game by providing us with intelligent underground hip hop that the world was so desperately in need of at this time. If you are a hip hop fan and you are not familiar with this album, you will probably be made fun of at some point in your life. Oh and by the way, this whole hipster fashion with the skinny jeans and shades, Mos Def started that.
Fear Not of Man- I just love this song cause I think its the perfect way to start this beautiful album. It just sounds like he's in some small Brooklyn club and he's trying to peacefully usher us into the new millennium with positivity "We gunna get it together right? I believe that." WE ARE HIP HOP, so wherever we go hip hop goes. Oh, Mos Def its been 30 seconds and I'm already deeply in love.
Ms. Fat Booty- This beat is NASTY. As a woman who lacks this feature I like vicariously living through this song.
Rock 'N' Roll- As a punk fan, I like how he rocks out at the end. I also like how he sings the melody the minions of the Witch in the Wizard of Oz sing. I DO NOT like how he bashes the Stones, I get what he's saying...but they know that they didn't come up with that. Anyways, this song is great.
Mathematics- some of the best hip hop lyrics ever. "40% of Americans own a cell phone
so they can hear, everything that you say when you ain't home
I guess, Michael Jackson was right, "You Are Not Alone"...this was before the Patriot Act, man's ahead of his time