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After these English alphabets I've put some of my favorite bands.

When you have read through this journal, you're supposed to write at least one (but max. 4) band after every letter. You can put bands that you don't listen to anymore but you once listened to a lot, or bands that you've just started diggin' and of course; your all time favorites.

A: Asa, Arctic Monkeys
B: Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Talent, Bloc Party
C: Coldplay, The Chemical Brothers, Cobra Starship, The Cab
D: Dr. Dre, The D.O.C., Dizzee Rascal, Doug E. Fresh
E: Eric B. & Rakim, Egotrippi, EPMD, Eazy-E
F: Fintelligens, The Fray, Family Force 5, Franz Ferdinand
G: GZA, Gnarls Barkley, Gym Class Heroes
H: Hannibal & Soppa, Hieroglyphics, Heikki Kuula
I: Immortal Technique, Ice Cube, Innerpartysystem
J: Jay-Z, Jamiroquai, Jamie Cullum, James Brown
K: Kanye West, The Killers, Keane, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
L: Lupe Fiasco, Loost Koos
M: Mika, Muse, Michael Jackson, Mobb Deep
N: N*E*R*D, Naughty by Nature, Nas, Norah Jones
O: OutKast
P: Panic at the Disco, Proof, Petter, Pharrell
Q: -
R: Run-D.M.C., Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ray Charles
S: Secondhand Serenade, Snoop Dogg, Snow Patrol, Slick Rick
T: Talib Kweli, T.I., A Tribe Called Quest
U: Usher
V: -
W: Wu-Tang Clan, The White Tie Affair, Wale
X: Xzibit
Y: -
Z: -

1979-1985:
10. Too $hort - Don't Stop Rappin'
9. Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow
8. Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Gang
7. Whodini - Whodini
6. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
5. Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock
4. The Treacherous Three - the treacherous three
3. Whodini - Escape
2. LL Cool J - Radio
1. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.

1986:
10. Just-Ice - Back to the Old School
9. Schoolly D - Schoolly D
8. 2 Live Crew - 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
7. Too $hort - Born to Mack
6. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - Oh, My God!
5. Stetsasonic - On Fire
4. Whodini - Back in Black
3. Kool Moe Dee - Kool Moe Dee
2. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
1. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell

1987:
10. Just-Ice - Kool & Deadly
9. MC Shan - Down By Law
8. Spoonie Gee - The Godfather Of Rap
7. N.W.A - N.W.A. & The Posse
6. Ice-T - Rhyme Pays
5. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
4. Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now
3. LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer
2. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
1. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full

(NOTE: Since hip-hop is getting better year by year, from now I will also find some use of a "honorable mentions" list which names all left out albums that could make a top 10 spot)

1988:
10. Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather
9. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
8. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
7. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
6. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
5. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
4. EPMD - Strictly Business
3. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

Honorable mentions: Goin' Off, Straight Out the Jungle, In Control, Vol. 1, In Full Gear, The World's Greatest Entertainer, Life is... Too Short, Act a Fool, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper, Power, It Takes Two

1989:
10. Low Profile - We're In This Together
9. Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleeps
8. Kool Moe Dee - Knowledge Is King
7. Gang Starr - No More Mr. Nice Guy
6. Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
5. Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
4. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
3. EPMD - Unfinished Business
2. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road to the Riches
1. Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing

Honorable mentions: Grip It! On That Other Level, Done by the Forces of Nature, Big Tyme, 3 Feet High & Rising, Paul's Boutique, Walking With A Panther, Nice & Smooth

1990:
10. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Funky Technician
9. X-Clan - To the East, Backwards
8. Above the Law - Livin' Like Hustlers
7. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted: Dead or Alive
6. Masta Ace - Take a Look Around
5. EPMD - Business as Usual
4. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
3. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
2. Brand Nubian - One for All
1. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Honorable mentions: It's a Compton Thang, Holy Intellect, Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Edutainment, Short Dog's in the House, Sex Packets, At Your Own Risk, Taste of Chocolate, Hispanic Causing Panic

1991:
10. Del tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
9. Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster
8. Scarface - Mr. Scarface Is Back
7. DJ Quik - Quik Is the Name
6. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena
5. Main Source - Breaking Atoms
4. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
3. N.W.A - Niggaz4Life
2. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
1. Ice Cube - Death Certificate

Honorable mentions: Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black, Naughty By Nature, Bitch Betta Have My Money, A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing, Straight Checkn' Em, We Can't Be Stopped, Organized Konfusion, Ain't A Damn Thing Changed, Prince of Darkness, 2Pacalypse Now, The Ruler's Back

1992:
10. Showbiz & A.G. - Runaway Slave
9. Redman - Whut? Thee Album
8. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
7. Compton's Most Wanted - Music to Driveby
6. Brand Nubian - In God We Trust
5. EPMD - Business Never Personal
4. Ice Cube - The Predator
3. Gang Starr - Daily Operation
2. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
1. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Live and Let Die

Honorable mentions: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop, Dead Serious, Guerillas In Tha Mist, Way 2 Fonky, Spice 1, Shorty the Pimp, Too Hard To Swallow, Don't Sweat The Technique, Reel To Reel, Psycho Active, Return of the Funky Man

1993:
10. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
9. 2Pac - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
8. Onyx - Bacdafucup
7. KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
6. Masta Ace Inc. - Slaughtahouse
5. Big Daddy Kane - Looks Like A Job For...
4. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
3. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
2. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Honorable mentions: No Pressure, The World Is Yours, Tha Triflin' Album, No Need For Alarm, 21 & Over, Here Comes The Lord, 93 'til Infinity, Black Mafia Life, Lethal Injection

1994:
10. Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
9. Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of da Siccness
8. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
7. Method Man - Tical
6. MC Eiht - We Come Strapped
5. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
4. Scarface - The Diary
3. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
2. Gang Starr - Hard To Earn
1. Nas - Illmatic

Honorable mentions: Daddy's Home, To the Death, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, Regulate... G Funk Era, The Main Ingredient, Thug Life: Volume 1, Resurrection, The Most beautifullest Thing in This World, Behind Bars, Word...Life, Shock of the Hour

1995:
10. AZ - Doe Or Die
9. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
8. Group Home - Livin' Proof
7. DJ Quik - Safe & Sound
6. Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin'
5. KRS-One - KRS-One
4. 2Pac - Me Against the World
3. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
2. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
1. Mobb Deep - The Infamous

Honorable mentions: Neva Again, 4, 5, 6, Operation Stackola, Mack 10, Curb Servin', Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, Soul Food, Dogg Food, Sittin' on Chrome, E. 1999 Eternal, Real Brothas

1996:
10. Jeru the Damaja - Wrath Of The Math
9. Fugees - The Score
8. Westside Connection - Bow Down
7. Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
6. M.O.P. - Firing Squad
5. OutKast - ATLiens
4. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
3. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
2. Xzibit - At the Speed of Life
1. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

Honorable mentions: Nocturnal, Illadelph Halflife, The Coming, Ridin' Dirty, Stakes Is High, Death Threatz, Muddy Waters, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, Tha Doggfather, It Was Written, The Awakening, Autobiography of Mistachuck, Da Storm, Soul on Ice

1997:
10. Scarface - The Untouchable
9. Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes
8. O.C. - Jewelz
7. Mack 10 - Based on a True Story
6. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Art of War
5. EPMD - Back In Business
4. Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
3. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
2. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
1. Rakim - The 18th Letter

Honorable mentions: The War Report, I Got Next, For the People, The Art of War, The Villain in Black

1998:
10. DMX - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
9. Brand Nubian - Foundation
8. Black Star - Blackstar
7. WC - The Shadiest One
6. Big Daddy Kane - Veteranz Day
5. Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
4. Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz
3. M.O.P. - First Family 4 Life
2. OutKast - Aquemini
1. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth

Honorable mentions: Roots of Evil, Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back, Heavy Mental, Shut 'Em Down, Ruthless for Life, War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc), Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, IV

1999:
10. Kurupt - Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha
9. Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
8. Method Man & Redman - Blackout!
7. Nas - I Am...
6. GZA/Genius - Beneath The Surface
5. EPMD - Out Of Business
4. Slick Rick - The Art of Storytelling
3. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
2. Dr. Dre - 2001
1. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

Honorable mentions: No Mercy, No Remorse, Immobilarity, Amplified, The Master, Section 8, ...And Then There Was X, Still i Rise

2000:
10. Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones
9. Wu-Tang Clan - The W
8. Big L - The Big Picture
7. DJ Quik - Balance & Options
6. Xzibit - Restless
5. OutKast - Stankonia
4. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
3. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
2.Common - Like Water for Chocolate
1. M.O.P. - Warriorz

Honorable mentions: Tha Eastsidaz, Both Sides of the Brain, Mind Over Matter, From the Darkness Into the Light, 2000 B.C., NIA

2001:
10. DMX - The Great Depression
9. Cypress Hill - Stoned Raiders
8. RZA - Digital Bullet
7. Grand Puba - Understand This
6. Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey
5. KRS-One - The Sneak Attack
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag
3. Nas - Stillmatic
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
1. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts

Honorable mentions: Priesthood, Word of Mouf, Genesis, Revolutionary Vol. 1, The Realness

2002:
10. Eminem - The Eminem Show
9. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
8. Cormega - The True Meaning
7. Xzibit - Man Vs. Machine
6. Royce da 5'9" - Rock City
5. Kool G Rap - The Giancana Story
4. GZA/Genius - Legend of the Liquid Sword
3. Talib Kweli - Quality
2. Nas - God's Son
1. Scarface - The Fix

Honorable mentions: Revolverlution, Power in Numbers, The Lost Tapes, Better Dayz, Aziatic, Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$, Spiritual Minded, Under Tha Influence, Trinity (Past, Present And Future), Ghetto Heisman, The Chosen Few

2003:
10. Westside Connection - Terrorist Threats
9. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
8. OutKast - Spearboxxx/The Love Below
7. KRS-One - Kristyles
6. Craig G - This Is Now
5. DMX - Grand Champ
4. Black Moon - Total Eclipse
3. Jay-Z - The Black Album
2. Canibus - Rip The Jacker
1. Gang Starr - The Ownerz

Honorable mentions: Joe Budden, Black August, Shadows Of The Sun, Godzilla, The Listening

2004:
10. KRS-One - Keep Right
9. De La Soul - The Grind Date
8. Cypress Hill - Till Death Do Us Part
7. The Roots - The Tipping Point
6. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
5. Masta Killa - No Said Date
4. Murs - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition
3. Nas - Street's Disciple
2. Royce da 5'9" - Death Is Certain
1. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer

Honorable mentions: Tical 0: The Prequel, The Hard Way, The Beautiful Struggle, Weapons of Mass Destruction

The remaining years will be done another time. I put hard work for this list so comments and opinions are appreciated.

1. Nirvana - 3,636 plays
2. Wu-Tang Clan - 1,859 plays
3. Ol' Dirty Bastard - 1,692 plays
4. Eminem - 1,686 plays
5. Ramones - 1,056 plays
6. System of a Down - 666 plays
7. The Fartz - 590 plays
8. Tower of Rome - 585 plays
9. Joy Division - 570 plays
10. Black Flag - 554 plays

11. Just Surrender - 523 plays
12. The Germs - 512 plays
13. Melvins - 499 plays
14. Babyshambles - 478 plays
15. The Libertines - 371 plays
16. Flipper - 362 plays
17. The Bronx - 354 plays
18. Anti-Heros - 332 plays
19. D12 - 327 plays
20. The White Stripes - 325 plays

21. An Albatross - 315 plays
22. Nine Black Alps - 305 plays
23. Underoath - 288 plays
24. The Distillers - 270 plays
25. Masta Killa - 266 plays
26. The Casualties - 266 plays
27. Queens of the Stone Age - 228 plays
28. The Subways - 221 plays
29. Ludacris - 220 plays
30. Charged G.B.H. - 219 plays

31. GZA/Genius - 218 plays
32. The Doors - 217 plays
33. Method Man - 210 plays
34. Dr. Dre - 206 plays
35. RZA - 204 plays
36. Descendents - 197 plays
37. D.R.I. - 195 plays
38. Metallica - 193 plays
39. Slipknot - 180 plays
40. The Hives - 180 plays

41. Circle Jerks - 177 plays
42. NOFX - 169 plays
43. 2Pac - 163 plays
44. Muse - 162 plays
45. Tenacious D - 158 plays
46. Mentors - 156 plays
47. Minor Threat - 151 plays
48. Sick of It All - 151 plays
49. HORSE the band - 149 plays
50. Eazy-E - 146 plays

51. Johnny Cash - 146 plays
52. Arctic Monkeys - 144 plays
53. Bad Brains - 139 plays
54. Weezer - 137 plays
55. Paramore - 135 plays
56. Raekwon - 129 plays
57. Afroman - 126 plays
58. Linkin Park - 118 plays
59. The Vines - 118 plays
60. Britney Spears - 116 plays

61. Sublime - 115 plays
62. Rancid - 113 plays
63. Gravediggaz - 109 plays
64. Dead Kennedys - 106 plays
65. The Strokes - 104 plays
66. XBXRX - 104 plays
67. Snoop Dogg - 102 plays
68. Guns N' Roses - 101 plays
69. Murderdolls - 96 plays
70. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 95 plays

71. SS Decontrol - 90 plays
72. Dizzee Rascal - 88 plays
73. Penknifelovelife - 87 plays
74. Puddle of Mudd - 87 plays
75. The Locust - 87 plays
76. Fear - 86 plays
77. Mudhoney - 86 plays
78. Wednesday 13 - 81 plays
79. X-Ray Spex - 79 plays
80. Jerry's Kids - 77 plays

81. Big L - 73 plays
82. Ghostface Killah - 73 plays
83. Government Issue - 71 plays
84. Obie Trice - 68 plays
85. Beat Happening - 64 plays
86. Flight of the Conchords - 64 plays
87. The Rasmus - 63 plays
88. Brooklyn Zu - 62 plays
89. The Offspring - 61 plays
90. None More Black - 60 plays

91. F-Minus - 59 plays
92. Millionaire - 58 plays
93. N.O.T.A. - 58 plays
94. Violent Delight - 58 plays
95. Foo Fighters - 57 plays
96. Limp Bizkit - 57 plays
97. Notorious B.I.G. - 56 plays
98. 50 Cent - 55 plays
99. Shyheim - 55 plays
100. Some Girls - 54 plays

Rating 1 stars - Hatred (I really do not like this):

Aaskereia, Chainsaw Dissection, Circle of Dead Children, Clitoridus Invaginatus, The Darkness.
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Rating 2 stars - Annoying (Please switch this off):

Agathodaimon, Brutal Truth, Burial, Cartridge, dalt wisney, Deconformity, Dissection, Eddie Sender, Fuck...I'm Dead, GORESHIT, Guttural Decay, Headhunter, Hellsaw, Hercules and Love Affair, Inherit Disease, Inkvisition, Internal Bleeding, Josh, Moondog, Morbid Angel, Mourning Beloveth, Negator, No Anchor, Ophiolatry, St. Germain, The Bloody Beetroots, The Blue Nile, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Hacker, The Police, Thou Art Lord, Ulaan Khol, Villages, Virgin Prunes, Void Settler, Zombie Nation.
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Rating 3 stars - Dull (This is boring, isn't there something better)

Aïboforcen, Amesoeurs, Animal Collective, Bat for Lashes, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Boom Bip, Broadcast, C-Lekktor, Congorock, Dead Combo, DilemN, Disease, DJ Muggs, DragonForce, Drumcorps, Editors, Electro Hippies, Element, Fila Brazillia, GAM, Genesis, God Is an Astronaut, Graveworm, Gwynbleidd, Impure Wilhelmina, Insect Warfare, Interlace, Intuit, Ladytron, Lali Puna, Leighton Meester, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Liechtenstein, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Mamiffer, Mortician, Mount Sims, My Bloody Valentine, Panic Lift, Peaches, Pitbull, Planet Funk, Portishead, PQM, Primordial, Realms and Evolution, Ronario, Ryan Farish, Saafi Brothers, Samsas Traum, Sebus Veutgiryn, Septic Flesh, Signum, Síol Na Gréine, Soft Machine, Soulja Boy, Standeg, Telefon Tel Aviv, The J.B.'s, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Shadows, The Smiths, The White Stripes, Thieves Like Us, Tiga, Varathron, Wolves in the Throne Room, Yppah.
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Rating 4 stars - Poor (I will listen to, but is it really worth it)

80kidz, Airlock, All The Cold, Arnej, Asriel, Asriel, Beauty's Confusion, Black Lips, Black Widow, Blue Sky Black Death, Branford Marsalis, Charlie Feathers, ChipHydra, Cougar, Damien Rice, Daughtry, Day26, Digitalism, Einherjer, Faster Pussycat, GirlJoy, Grasstowne, Happoradio, Helen Trevillion, Innerpartysystem, Karmacoda, Kitchens of Distinction, Madina Lake, Massive Attack, Max, Mechanical Apfelsine, Mihai Edrisch, múm, Narkotiki, Noisia, Pain of Salvation, ROUND TABLE, Stone Gods, Strand & NonGenetic, Suga Shikao, Teräsbetoni, The Ambition, The Halloween Singers, The Presets, Tool, Transatlantic, U2, Ulver, Wanda Jackson, Warrant, Wye Oak.
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Rating 5 stars - OK (I have no real opinion on this band)

¡Forward, Russia!, A Bunny's Caravan, After School, Alabama Thunderpussy, Alexander Rybak, Alice in Videoland, Angus & Julia Stone, Artwood, Attack! Attack!, Aventura, Avskum, Bersuit Vergarabat, Blackfoot, Blood Red Shoes, Bracket, Cemetary, Chicks on Speed, Client, Cradle of Filth, Dark Princess, Disclose, Eat, Forever the Sickest Kids, Groove Armada, Hot Bitch Arsenal, Hyper Crush, Jez Lowe, Kickback, Lesley Gore, Lights, Malfunkshun, Mariana Aydar, Mediæval Bæbes, Megurine Luka, Miss Kittin, Moke, Morcheeba, morning musume, Niels Frevert, No Relax, Nosferatu, Old & In the Way, OLIVIA, Once, Patricia Vonne, Rebellion, Sabaton, Sinéad O'Connor, Sonic Youth, Soulsavers, Tenacious D, Terminal Choice, The Attery Squash, The Dubliners, The Flaming Lips, The Meters, The Script, The Sonics, The Strokes, The Thrills, Time Was, Tommy Sparks, xAFBx, Yelle, Zion I.
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Rating 6 stars - Reasonable (I will choose to listen to, I may buy an album by them at the right price)

"Weird Al" Yankovic, 3 Inches of Blood, 3OH!3, A, Abuso Sonoro, AI, Alestorm, Art Blakey, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Big Youth, Blanche, Blutengel, Bob Dylan, Bomb & Scary, Born of Osiris, Broadway Calls, Bryan Scary, Bush, Cage the Elephant, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Converge, Crazy Town, Cruachan, Dananananaykroyd, Delirium Tremens, Dion & The Belmonts, Dolores O'Riordan, Dub War, Dusty Springfield, Eek-A-Mouse, Electrocute, Eric Von Schmidt, Every New Day, Felix da Housecat, Funeral for a Friend, Gama Bomb, God Help The Girl, Goldfinger, Guns N' Roses, I Monster, I See Stars, Icke & Er, Igor Stravinsky, Jason Mraz, John Carpenter, John Otway, Jon Spencer, Kafeína, King Tubby, Korpiklaani, La Roux, Little Boots, Lucky Fonz III, Lush, Mad Cobra, Mims, My Baby wants to eat your pussy, Nachtgeschrei, Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M., Radio Birdman, Robots in Disguise, Rory Gallagher, Rossington Collins Band, Satyricon, Scary Chicken, SDI, Shena Ringo, Starfucker, Stoneman, Styles P, The Beautiful Girls, The Bones, The Boomtown Rats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Doors, The Filmscore Orchestra, The Haunted, The Hellacopters, The Herd, The Home Guard, The Innocence Mission, The Maine, The Monsters, The Radiators From Space, The Rogers Sisters, The Sleeping, The Trashmen, The Tremeloes, Tricky, U-Roy, Vive la Fête, Warface, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zaunpfahl, Zeromancer, Zootsings, ZZ Top.
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Rating 7 stars - Good (I will choose to listen to, I will buy an album by them)

20 Bulls Each, 3Dbs Down, 45 Grave, 59 Times the Pain, abingdon boys school, Amen, AntiProduct, As I Lay Dying, Asian Dub Foundation, Banda Bassotti, Bauchklang, Béla Bartók, Bessie Smith, Big in Japan, Black Grape, Blood Duster, Boyz Too Sick, Buffalo Tom, Cannae, Capleton, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Chillerton, Chris Cornell, Chuck Ragan, Chumbawamba, Civilized Animal, Cledus T. Judd, co.uk, Cocoa Tea, Crazy Arm, Credit to the Nation, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Cyco Miko, D.I., Damone, Danny Elfman, Datura, Deacon Blue, Del Amitri, DevilDriver, Dilated Peoples, Doom, Dragster, Echobelly, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Elastica, Epica, Eye for an Eye, Five Horse Johnson, FM2000, Foo Fighters, Gigolo Aunts, God Forbid, Gov't Mule, Grandmaster Flash, Green Jellÿ, Habakuk, Hot Water Music, imadethismistake, Imperial Vipers, In Flames, Insolence, Inspiral Carpets, Joell Ortiz, Kaiser Chiefs, Killa Kela, Lady Sovereign, Latterman, Living Colour, M.O.P., Madness, Magic System, Manic Street Preachers, Mary Hopkin, Modern Life Is War, Mr. Bones, Muff Potter, Murder by Death, My Passion, N.O.R.E., Nasum, Natas, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Oh, Sleeper, Operator Please, Over It, Paul Weller, Pearl Jam, Planlos, Pleymo, Pop Will Eat Itself, Psychopathic Rydas, Queens of the Stone Age, Racine, Raging Speedhorn, Rammstein, Recon, Righteous Jams, Roots Manuva, Sack Trick, Saliva, Scanners, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Scout Niblett, Sheer Terror, Sizzla, Skindred, Skinlab, Slapstick, Smash Mouth, Snoop Dogg, Spellbound, Spinnerette, Steve Marriott, Synchromystickz, Tanto Metro, Tard, Terrorvision, That Handsome Devil, That Petrol Emotion, The Androids, The Bottrops, The Butlers, The Coral, The Cranberries, The Fat Cats, The Forgotten, The Goats, The Hitchers, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Know How, The Paper Chase, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Presidents of the United States of America, The Slapstickers, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Wonder Stuff, Thrice, Transvision Vamp, Vacant Stare, Vagiant, Void, Weapons, Will Smith, Wolfpack Unleashed, Your Highness Electric, Zee Avi, Zero Boys.
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Rating 8 stars - Very Good (Music that gives me a good feeling, I will own their back catalogue as eventually)

100 Demons, 25 ta Life, Adequate Seven, Alice in Chains, Angel Cage, Angelic Upstarts, Anthony B, Atreyu, Audioslave, Aynsley Lister, Babar Luck, Backfire!, Banane Metalik, Barcode, Beastie Boys, Big D and the Kids Table, Bionic Jive, Black Friday '29, Black My Heart, Bloodhound Gang, Bloodsimple, Bob Marley, Bobaflex, Born From Pain, Boss Hog, Brotha Lynch Hung, Buck-O-Nine, Bun Dem Out, Butt Trumpet, Calabrese, Cancer Bats, Casey Jones, Choking Susan, Choking Victim, Civet, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Dead End Cruisers, Dead Hearts, Demented Are Go!, Deviate, Die Happy, Die So Fluid, Diesel Park West, Dillinger Four, Distemper, Dog Eat Dog, Dr. Dre, Drongos For Europe, Dropkick Murphys, Dry Kill Logic, Dust Junkys, DYS, Eazy-E, Edna's Goldfish, Embraced by Hatred, Eminem, Evergreen Terrace, Faith No More, Final Prayer, Final Prayer, First Blood, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Turner, Funkoars, Furious Styles, Godless Wicked Creeps, Goldblade, Government Issue, Gravediggaz, Guano Apes, Gutter Demons, Hadouken!, Harry Chapin, Hoods, Howlin' Wolf, Ian McNabb, Ice Cube, Ill Bill, In Blood We Trust, Insane Clown Posse, Insane Poetry, It Dies Today, Jamie Madrox, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Reed, Joanne Shaw Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Kid Dynamite, Kill Your Idols, Klingonz, Knuckledust, KoЯn, Lady Saw, Less Than Jake, Levellers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lone Ranger, Looking Up, Loudon Wainwright III, Lower Class Brats, Machine Head, Mad Caddies, Mad Sin, Menstrual Tramps, Miss Li, Mr. Hyde, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, My Ruin, N.A.S.T.Y., Nirvana, No Doubt, Ocean Colour Scene, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Olias Fall, Once Over, One Minute Silence, Os Catalépticos, OS101, Otis Rush, OutKast, Papa Roach, Path Of Resistance, Period Pains, Plan B, Primus, Propagandhi, Public Enemy, Pura Vida, Raised Fist, Ramones, Reach the Sky, Refused, Rise Against, Riz Mc, Rob Zombie, Robert Johnson, Sarah Blackwood, Scars of Tomorrow, Scary Bitches, Scribe, Seasick Steve, Senser, Sepultura, Settle the Score, Shadows Fall, Shark Attack, Shattered Realm, Skaos, Slayer, Snot, Soldiers, Sonny Boy Williamson, Stellar Corpses, Strung Out, Sugarland Slim, System of a Down, Tech N9ne, Temple of the Dog, The 57th Dynasty, The B Sharps, The Babylon Whackers, The Banner, The Beautiful South, The B-Sharps, The Code, The Creepshow, The Cumshots, The Damned, The Dictators, The Godfathers, The Grit, The Icicle Works, The Mitchell Brothers, The Offspring, The Planet Smashers, The Porkers, The Selecter, The Spook, The Vandals, The Warriors, This Is Hell, Tiger Army, To Kill, Total Chaos, Van Morrison, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Whiskey Rebels, Wiley, Wiley aka Eskiboy, Wisdom in Chains, Wu-Tang Clan, xTyrantx, Your Demise.
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Rating 9 stars - Great (Really good music, I will own their back catalogue as soon as possible)

(hed) Planet Earth, 4FT Fingers, AFI, Alkaline Trio, B.B. King, Babyboom, Bad Religion, Bane, Billy Talent, Black Flag, Blood for Blood, Brainless Wankers, Buddy Guy, Cheap Sex, Clawfinger, Comeback Kid, Crime in Stereo, Cynical Smile, Cypress Hill, Danny Diablo, Dead Kennedys, Death Before Dishonor, Die Hunns, Discipline, Dizzee Rascal, Eastfield, Elmore James, Eric Clapton, Gallows, Gorilla Biscuits, Hazen Street, HorrorPops, Icepick, Imperial Leisure, Jesse James, Justin Sane, Kelly Kemp, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, Metallica, Minor Threat, N.W.A, NoComply, NOFX, Oxymoron, Pitchshifter, Pulkas, Queen, Reagan Youth, Roger Miret and the Disasters, Schaffer The Darklord, Slipknot, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Suicide Bid, Terror, The Dead Pets, The Exploited, The Forces of Evil, The JB Conspiracy, The Peacocks, The Suffrajets, The Unseen, Thick As Blood, Tim Armstrong, Walls of Jericho, Xzibit.
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Rating 10 stars - Love It (I have to listen to this band as much as possible)

Agnostic Front, Anti-Flag, Capdown, Frank Zappa, Gash, Green Day, H2O, Hatebreed, King Prawn, Madball, PJ Harvey, Rage Against the Machine, Rancid, Random Hand, Sick of It All, Sonic Boom Six, Subhumans, The Clash, The Filaments, The King Blues, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, They Might Be Giants.
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This is my personal taste and not a criticism of anybodies music, or taste. I set this up so that all the new bands I have found I can easily know what I think of them

2Pac
Notorious B.I.G.
Big L
Rakim
Kool G Rap
Eminem
Prodigy
The Game
Ice Cube
Xzibit
Nas
Eazy-E
Guru
Snoop Dogg
Big Punisher
Big Daddy Kane
KRS-One
Ghostface Killah
B-Real
Jay-Z
Q-Tip
Chuck D
AZ
Masta Ace
Jeru the Damaja

The best albums of all time (in my opinion) from best to worst, in this list will only be official studio albums.

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 1989



Oasis - Definitely Maybe 1994



The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 1986



Pulp - Different Class 1995



Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1995



Glasvegas - Glasvegas 2008



The Smiths - Meat Is Murder 1985



Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006



The Courteeners - St. Jude 2008



The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967



Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002



The Stone Roses - Second Coming 1994



Blur - Leisure 1991



The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come 1987



The Killers - Hot Fuss 2004



The Beatles - Help! 1965



The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 1964



The Smiths - The Smiths 1984



Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 1988



Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus 1977



Morrissey - You Are The Quarry 2004



The Beatles - Revolver 1966

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Nirvana - Nevermind 1991



Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid 2008



Morrissey - Viva Hate 1988



N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton 1988



The Game - The Documentary 2004



Coldplay - Parachutes 2000



The Beatles - Rubber Soul 1965



Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words 2006



Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum 2009



The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever 2007



John Squire - Time Changes Everything 2002



Coldplay - X & Y 2005



Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 2007



Jay-Z - The Blueprint 2001



Ian Brown - Solarized 2004



Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 2008



Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liqour 2006



Radiohead - The Bends 1995



Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool 2007



Dr. Dre - 2001 1999



The Beatles - Beatles for Sale 1964



The Charlatans - Up At The Lake 2004



50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 2003



The Mitchell Brothers - Dressed For the Occasion 2007



Reverend & The Makers - The State Of Things 2007



The Verve - Urban Hymns 1997



Reverend & The Makers - French Kiss In The Chaos 2009



David Gray - White Ladder 1998



Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angels



Eminem - Slim Shady LP 1999



Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob 2007



Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals 1996



Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 2006



The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement 2008



Nas - Illmatic 1994



Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke 2008



Kaiser Chiefs - Employment 2005



Ian Brown - The World Is Yours 2007



Natty - Man Like I 2008



Ice Cube - Death Certificate 1991



Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2000



Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 1998



Oasis - Heathen Chemistry 2002



Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth 2005



Blur - The Great Escape 1995



Peter, Bjorn & John - Writer's Block 2006



G-Unit - Beg For Mercy 2003



Oasis - Be Here Now 1997



Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul 2008



The Twang - I Love It When I Feel Like This 2007



Cherry Ghost - Thirst For Romance 2007



Seahorses - Do It Yourself 1997



Kasabian - Kasabian 2004



The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free 2004



The Beatles - Please Please Me 1963



Stereophonics - Performance And Cocktails 1999



The Fugees - The Score 1996



Ian Brown - Music of the Spheres 2001



The Kooks - Inside In, Inside Out 2006



Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory 2000



The Beatles - With the Beatles 1963



Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish 1993



2Pac - All Eyez on Me 1996



The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 1966



Mongrel - Better Than Heavy 2009



The Streets - Original Pirate Material 2002



Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It 1988



Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise 1995



Green Day - American Idiot 2004



Twisted Wheel - Twisted Wheel 2009



Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life 2003



Craig David - Born to Do It 2000



Ian Brown - Golden Greats 1999



Michael Jackson - Thriller 1982



D12 - Devils Night 2001



Obie Trice - Cheers 2003



Michael Jackson - Bad 1987



The Killers - Sam's Town 2006



Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You 2009



The Mitchell Brothers - A Breath of Fresh Attire 2005



Ian Brown - My Way 2009



Pixies - Doolittle 1989



Oasis - Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants 2000



Insane Clown Posse - The Amazing Jeckel Brothers 1999



Sean Paul - Dutty Rock 2002



Aziz Ibrahim - Lahore To Longsight 2000



Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt 1996



Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors 2006



Lloyd Banks - The Hunger For More 2004



The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed 2008



The Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living 2006



The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories 1997



Sway - This Is My Demo 2006



Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 1987



Eminem - Eminem Show 2002



Radiohead - OK Computer 1997



P!nk - I'm Not Dead 2006



Blur - Parklife 1994



Goldie Lookin' Chain - Greatest Hits 2004



Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 2007



Lily Allen - Alright, Still 2006



Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley 1956



Goldie Lookin' Chain - Safe As Fuck 2005



Kanye West - The College Dropout 2004



Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 2009



Kanye West - Graduation 2007



A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes & Life 1996



Eminem - Encore 2004



John Cena and the Trademarc - You Can't See Me 2005



50 Cent - The Massacre 2005



Kanye West - Late Registration 2005



Shaggy - Hot Shot 2000



Ian Brown - Unfinished Monkey Business 1998



Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline 1969



Cypress Hill - III: Temples of Boom 1995



Blur - 13 1999



Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End of The Day 2009



Tintchy Stryder - Catch 22 2009



Spice Girls - Spice 1996



Gorillaz - Gorillaz 2001



Blur - Think Tank 2003



Britney Spears - Brtiney 2001



*Updated reguarly

1-Notorious B.I.G.-Ready to die
2-Compton's Most Wanted-Hood took me under
3-Dr. Dre-Ain't nuttin but a g thang
4-The Game-Don't need your love
5-Ice Cube-It was a good day
6-LL Cool J-Mama said knock you out
7-Mobb Deep-Shook ones
8-Nas-The Message
9-Nas-N.Y. state of mind
10-Mobb Deep-Hell on earth
11-Nas-Nas is like
12-2Pac-Hit 'em up
13-2PacHell raiser
14-Xzibit-Paparazzi
15-Army of the Pharaohs-Seven
16-Big Daddy Kane-Ain't no half steppin'
17-Big Punisher-Twinz
18-Cypress Hill-How could i just kill a man
19-D12-Rap game
20-Dr. Dre-Deep cover
21-Eminem-Sing for the moment
22-Big L-No endz no skinz
23-Masta Ace-Me & the Biz
24-Biz Markie-Vapors
25-Big L-Flamboyant
26-Mobb Deep-Survival of the fittest
27-N.W.A-Express yourself
28-Nas-I gave you power
29-Naughty by Nature-Hip hop hooray
30-Notorious B.I.G.-Gimme the loot
31-Public Enemy-Rebel without a pause
32-Cypress Hill-The saga begins
33-Xzibit-Spit shine
34-2Pac-They don't give a fuck about us
35-2Pac-Keep ya head up
36-2Pac-When we ride on our enemies
37-Wu-Tang Clan-Ice cream
38-Eric B. & Rakim-Let the rhythm hit 'em
39-Big L-MVP
40-Big L-Danger zone
41-Big Punisher-Boomerang
42-Big Punisher-Capital punishment
43-DMX-Let me fly
44-Eazy-E-Er said then dunn
45-Eazy-E-Real muthafuckin g'z
46-Gang Starr-JFK 2 LAX
47-Eric B. & Rakim-The Microphone fiend
48-Gang Starr-You know my steez
49-Big L-Ebonics
50-A Tribe Called Quest-Electric relaxation
51-Xzibit-X
52-Eric B. & Rakim-Lyrics of fury
53-KRS-One-MC's act like they don't know
54-Wu-Tang Clan-C.R.E.A.M.
55-Gang Starr-Moment of truth
56-Ghostface-Mighty healthy
57-2Pac-All eyez on me
58-2Pac-Death around the corner
59-Notorious B.I.G.-Things done changed
60-Nas-The world is yours
61-Snoop Dogg-Gin and juice
62-Snoop Dogg-Murder was the case
63-Dr. Dre-Forget about dre
64-Nas-One love
65-Kool G Rap & DJ Polo-Road to the riches
66-Notorious B.I.G.-Warning
67-Mobb Deep-It's mine
68-KRS-One-Sound of da police
69-Nas-Halftime
70-Mobb Deep-Quiet storm
71-N.W.A-Gangsta gangsta
72-MC Eiht-Straight up menace
73-Big L-Deadly combination
74--Big Daddy Kane-Set it off
75-Notorious B.I.G.-Big poppa
76-Cormega-Testament
77-A Tribe Called Quest-Can i kick it
78-Public Enemy-Fight the power
79-2Pac-Changes
80-Eazy-E-Nobody move
81-2Pac-Picture me rollin'
82-2Pac-California love
83-2Pac-Me against the world
84-Notorious B.I.G.-Juicy
85-Dr. Dre-Still D.R.E.
86-Snoop Dogg-Run n**** run
87-Tim Dog-Fuck Compton
88-Eric B. & Rakim-Know the ledge
89-N.W.A-Fuck tha police
90-Masta Ace-Acknowledge
91-Kool G Rap-Ill street blues
92-Eric B. & Rakim-Follow the leader
93-Snoop Dogg-Tha shiznit
94-Kool G Rap-Talk like sex
95-Gang Starr-Who's gonna take the weight
96-Gang Starr-Just to get a rep
97-Gang Starr-Work
98-Run-D.M.C.-Run's house
99-Big L-Put it on
100-Eazy-E-Eazy duz it

Tr1me's top albums (overall) 1. J Dilla - Donuts (460) 2. Onyx - Bacdafucup (444) 3. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (394) 4. Wu-Tang Clan - Chamber Music (356) 5. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (320) 6. Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6 (306) 7. Eminem - Relapse (303) 8. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (302) 9. Eazy-E - Str8 Off Tha Streetz Of Muthaphukkin Compton (257) 10. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (255) 11. Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks (251) 12. Eminem - The Eminem Show (251) 13. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (251) 14. Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle (242) 15. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Rebels (242) 16. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (231) 17. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (231) 18. La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust (221) 19. Madlib - Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2 (218) 20. Onyx - All We Got Iz Us (210) 21. The Game - The Documentary (203) 22. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (198) 23. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (194) 24. Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag (182) 25. J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (179) 26. Xzibit - Restless (177) 27. Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock (177) 28. B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta - Real Brothas (175) 29. Mobb Deep - The Infamous (175) 30. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (168) 31. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (166) 32. D.masta - White Star (164) 33. Oh No - Oh No Vs. Now-Again (161) 34. Inverse - So Far (The Collection) (159) 35. Oh No - Oh No Vs. Oneness of Juju (157) 36. Method Man - Tical (156) 37. Kanye West - The College Dropout (154) 38. Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes (151) 39. Nas - Illmatic (150) 40. Триада - Шестое Чувство (144) 41. Snoop Dogg - Tha Doggfather (143) 42. Onyx - Bacdafucup Part II (141) 43. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (141) 44. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (137) 45. The Game - LAX (137) 46. Umbriaco - Эврика (137) 47. Ronald Jenkees - Derty (135) 48. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (135) 49. Nas - It Was Written (133) 50. Marselle - Mars (131)