Rewind by Nas comes to mind.

Eminem-Stan...

Nas- Fetus
2pac- Me and my girlfriend. Nas had I gave you power I think he had it first. But pac did a pretty good job with the idea too. And Deltron 3030 sick concept album.

I think Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate' qualifies as a concept album.

The Firm flopped but I liked it when it came out too...

Neils gave me a couple ideas...
Nas & AZ- Phone Tap
CNN- Phonetime

Eminem-Stan...
Eminem's Guilty Conscience too, and even though it was instantly played-out, My Band

2pac Letter 2 My Unborn, Biggie Suicidal Thoughts,

masta ace - dear diary and unfriendly game...

I Used To Love HER was damned creative...it has had several re-takes since it came out. Using a woman as a metaphor for hip hop, but in a non-lame way.

Laffy Taffy too.

nature of the threat-Ras kass

Tupac's "Me and My Girlfriend", it's about his ratchet. Brilliantly assembled.

Dr. Octagonecologyst by kool keith was a cool concept

Nas - I can

interview with a vampire- ras kass..

DMX- Damien/Stop Bein Greedy
Mystikal- I'm on Fire
Pastor Troy- Vice Versa

good stuff.

eminem stans comes to mind first, but that's an obvious one seeing how big the song was.
i also liked nas's rewind, although it should have been longer imo.
another one that comes to mind is guilty conscious by dre and em

He Say She Say - Lupe Fiasco ( One of the greatest and real songs ever made ! )


Daydreamin - Lupe Fiasco



These two come to mind because they are more recent, but a lot of the great ones have been mentioned in the thread...



Oh how could I forget...

R.Kelly's 'Trapped In The Closet' concept....genius...making 7 songs all on the same beat ! Talk about cost effective ! LOL

Oh yeah I like Jay-Z's 22 2's that is a tight song. And he also came out with 44 4's recently. And Friend or Foe.

Tupac's "Me and My Girlfriend", it's about his ratchet. Brilliantly assembled.

Yes patterned after Nas' "i gave you power" Which was the first song in which a gun was portrayed as a conscious person, also a great idea.

Notorious B.I.G- I Got a Story to Tell.

Lupe Fiasco- Kick,Push(Dyin' to hear the whole album)

Outkast- Jazzy Belle video( the part when Big Boi dreamed his dughter was on the pole in the strip club hit a nerve)

2pac- Brendas Got a Baby

Tech N9ne - Worst Enemy


"You were supposed to be my dog
Homey when I first met you what was told to me was fraud
What a shocker an imposter, I been crossed I lost ya
My best friend turned out to be an enemy the sin in me hit me
No sympathy no empathy either, Homey I never denied ya

Nothing that you wanted women, I never player hated I hooked
You up booked you up from the beginning the sin in me had
Love for you shed blood for you when you wanted to dig
I dug for you *****, But you a double crosser nasty hand tosser
I should've known you was evil, when you told me it was cool
For we to be sex fools when we under the steeple the retrieval"

just an example

Makes Out as if his friend Persuaded him to cheat on his wife and in the end it ****ed his marriage up but in the end u find out hes not talking about his friend, hes talking about his dick.

If you've never heard it its well worth listening to

He Say She Say - Lupe Fiasco ( One of the greatest and real songs ever made ! )


Daydreamin - Lupe Fiasco


My fav album to come out last year and he say she say is my fav track on it. amazing.

Immortal Technique - Dance with the devil

The Game-Dreams
Kano-Brown Eyes
Lupe Fiasco-Muhammed walks
Nas-Oochie Wally

Also,

Rakim ft Truth Hurts - Addictive

nas- i gave you power