YG Lists Classic Hip Hop Albums He Listened to While Recording His Debut Album

CTE rapper, YG dropped his debut album, My Krayzie Life seven days ago, and in a recent interview on New York's Hot 97 radio, he listed the classic rap albums he listened to for inspiration while making his album.






“Yeah, I was listening to Doggystyle. I was listening to Chronic 2001. I was listening to Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. And Ready To Die. You feel me? I was listening to that the whole time I was doing my album…I knew when it was time for that album shit I knew how to get into my little [mode]. So, I put in them albums, them classic albums.”







His album does sound like Chronic and Doggystyle, that's for sure. It had the dope production, crazy skits, and the whole west coast gangster tales. It's cool to see West Coast get some shine again...they were off the scene for a while. But now you have Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Tyler, Fashawn, Jay Rock, YG, Nipsey Hustle, and a host of other rappers putting the west back on the Hip Hop map.

Sales of All Nas's Albums

This post is about Nas's albums sales, so I will list his ten album catalog and what each album has sold to date.








Illmatic  (1994) 1,654,000

It Was Written (1996) 2,595,000

I Am… (1999) 2,178,000

Nastradamus (1999) 1,262,000

Stillmatic (2001) 2,179,000

God’s Son (2002) 1,362,000

Street’s Disciple (2004) 1,000,000

Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) 1,000,000

Untitled (2008) 500,000

Life Is Good (2012) 400,000

This information is according to RIAA data.