theLeftAhead Musical Canon
Hip Hop
(In Reverse Chronological Order):
Central Cee - CAN’T RUSH GREATNESS (2025)
Crew54 - IOTUS (2024)
Kendrick Lamar - GNX (2024)
BigXthaPlug - Take Care (2024)
Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (2024)
Doja Cat - Scarlet (2023)
Nas - Magic 2 (2023)
Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry (2022)
Linqua Franqa - Bellringer (2022)
DMX - Exodus (2021)
AJ Tracey - Flu Game (2021)
Jeezy - The Recession 2 (2020)
Gangstagrass - No Time For Enemies (2020)
Run The Jewels - RJT4 (2020)
DJ Khaled - Father of Asahd (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS WAVE (2018)
Crew54 & CientifiQ - Slap Rapz 2 (2018)
J. Cole - KOD (2018)
Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap (2018)
Vic Mensa - The Autobiography (2017)
JAY-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Bone Thugs - New Waves (2017)
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (2017)
Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS Light (2017)
Run The Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016)
A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service (2016)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Crew54 - Wyld Gentlemen (2015)
Dr. Dre - Compton (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth (2015)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hill Drive (2014)
Run The Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
D-Wattz - Wattz Forever (2014)
Ted James - Rhythm Rebel Music (2014)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (2012)
Nas - Life Is Good (2012)
Kanye West & JAY-Z - Watch the Throne (2011)
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers (2011)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
Eminem - Recovery (2010)
Drake - Thank Me Later (2010)
JAY-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
K-Os - Yes! (2009)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)
Crew54 - Aggressive Soul (2007)
Kanye West - Graduation (2007)
2mental - Destroy & Rebuild (2006)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
Jonny Danger - Dangerous Liaisons: A Mind & A Mic (2005)
Nick Jones - Questionable Reality (2005)
Rhime Divine - Expand Your Mind (2004)
Saul Williams - Saul Williams (2004)
Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)
JAY-Z - The Black Album (2003)
Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2003)
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers (2002)
Scarface - The Fix (2002)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
JAY-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
Outkast - Stankonia (2000)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides (1999)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
Outkast - Aquemini (1998)
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment (1998)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997)
Outkast - ATLiens (1996)
UGK - Ridin' Dirty (1996)
JAY-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
Fugees - The Score (1996)
2Pac - All Eyez On Me (1996)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
2Pac - Me Against the World (1995)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Nas - Illmatic (1994)
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap (1993)
Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising (1989)
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane (1988)
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (1986)
Run-DMC - Raising Hell (1986)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message (1982)
The Sugarhill Gang - The Sugarhill Gang (1980)
Rock & Roll
(In Reverse Chronological Order):
The Nude Party - Rides On (2023)
Coldplay - Everyday Life (2019)
Black Pumas - Black Pumas (2019)
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (2019)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Tom Morello - The Atlas Underground (2018)
Panic! at the Disco - Pray for the Wicked (2018)
Snow Patrol - Wildness (2018)
U2 - Songs of Experience (2017)
Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage (2017)
Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Mumford & Sons - Babel (2012)
Fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You (2011)
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman - World Wide Rebel Songs (2011)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (2005)
Coldplay - X&Y (2005)
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004)
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
Weezer - Weezer (Green Album) (2001)
Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
Coldplay - Parachutes (2000)
Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Sublime - Sublime (1996)
Bush - Sixteen Stone (1994)
Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album) (1994)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994)
Green Day - Dookie (1994)
Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
U2 - Achtung Baby
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - Ten
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
John Lee Hooker - The Healer
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Replacements - Let It Be
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
U2 - War
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Clash - London Calling (1979)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978)
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The Runaways - The Runaways
The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It to the Streets
Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1975)
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Lou Reed - Transformer
Chuck Berry - The London Chuck Berry Sessions
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
David Bowie - David Bowie
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Who - Tommy
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Guess Who - Wheatfield Soul
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
The Who - The Who Sell Out
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
The Doors - The Doors
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Pop / R&B / Soul
(In Reverse Chronological Order):
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)
Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (2023)
Freya Ridings - Freya Ridings (2019)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Lykke Li - so sad so sexy (2018)
Leon Bridges - Good Thing (2018)
Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer (2018)
Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
Lorde - Melodrama
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"
The Weeknd - Starboy
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Lady Gaga - Joanne
Frank Ocean - Blonde
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Adele - 25
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
Mark Ronson - Uptown Special
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
Adele - 21
Rihanna - Loud
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Beyoncé - I Am...Sasha Fierce
Alicia Keys - As I Am
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Madonna - American Life
Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
Usher - My Way
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice
Bel Biv Devoe - Poison
Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Michael Jackson - Bad
Prince - Purple Rain
Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Bobby Womack - The Poet
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
The Temptations - All Directions
The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
The Jackson 5 - ABC
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Muddy Waters - Electric Mud
Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now
The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell On You
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Sam Cooke - Night Beat
Country / Folk
(In Reverse Chronological Order):
Joy Oladokun - OBSERVATIONS FROM A CROWDED ROOM (2024)
Shaboozey - Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going (2024)
Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter (2024)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
