11. Slum VillageFantastic (Vol. 1 & 2)

The last few records that I have chosen – Slum Village’s Fantastic (Volumes 1 & 2) and Champion Sound – very much belong together. Along with Jaylib, J Dillah and Madlib, to me they are the most inspiring leftfield hip-hop records, and I think I could almost put them next to John Coltrane and The Avant-Garde. It was free, it was deliberate, but there’s an incredible world there of knowledge of music, but also playfulness. These are albums I will continue to have in my life.