- De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
- Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
- GZA - Liquid Swords (1995)
- Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
- Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (2001)
- Outkast - Aquemini (1998)
- Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
- Goodie Mob - Soul Food (1995)
- Mr. Lif - I Phantom (2002)
- Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia (2002)
- Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
- A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
- Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus (1997)
- De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising (1989)
- The Lost Children Of Babylon - The 911 Report: The Ultimate Conspiracy (2005)
- Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
- J-Live - All Of The Above (2002)
- Run DMC - Run DMC (1984)
- Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Live And Let Die (1992)
- EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
- MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday (1999)
- Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night (1997)
- Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves (1999)
- Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990)
- Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (1994)
- The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die (1994)
- The Coup - Steal This Album (1998)
- Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
- Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road to the Riches (1989)
- Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
- Wu-Tang Clan - Forever (1997)
- IsWhat?! - You Figure It Out... (2004)
- Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots (1993)
- Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
- Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
- Prolyphic & Reanimator - The Ugly Truth (2008)
- Esau - The Debut Album... The Farewell Tour (2000)
- Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft Of The Lost Art (2007)
- Willie Evans Jr. - Communication (2007)
- Siah & Yeshua DapoED - The Visualz EP (1996)
- Wordsworth - Mirror Music (2004)
- Rawkus Presents Soundbombing II (1999)
- Dalek - Absence (2005)
- Gang Starr - Daily Operation (1992)
- Das EFX - Dead Serious (1992)
- Aceyalone - Accepted Eclectic (2001)
- Nas - Illmatic (1994)
- Black Moon - Enta Da Stage (1993)
- DJ Q-Bert - Wave Twisters - Episode 7 Million: Sonic Wars Within The Protons (1998)
- El-P - Fantastic Damage (2002)
- Biz Markie - Goin' Off (1988)
- Clutchy Hopkins - The Life Of Clutchy Hopkins (2006)
- Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (2002)
- L'Roneous da Versifier - Imaginarium (1998)
- Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
- Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce (1995)
- The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
- The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995)
- LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
- Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown (1988)
- The U.M.C.'s - Fruits of Nature (1991)
- Binary Star - Masters of the Universe (2000)
- Five Deez - Koolmotor (2001)
- Quasimoto - The Unseen (2000)
- The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury (1992)
- Blockhead - The Music Scene (2009)
- Black Sheep - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing (1991)
- J-Live - The Best Part (2001)
- J-Zone - Pimps Don't Pay Taxes(2001)
- Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader (1988)
- Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2 (2000)
- Nocando - Walk The Void (2006)
- The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
- De La Soul - Stakes is High (1996)
- Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993)
- D-Styles - Phantazmagorea (2002)
- Just-Ice - Back to the Old School (1986)
- Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996)
- Main Source - Breaking Atoms (1991)
- Jaylib - Champion Sound (2003)
- De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
- Qwel & Maker - So Be It (2009)
- Black Panther - The Darkest Night Ever (2003)
- GZA - Beneath the Surface (1999)
- 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
- Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Black Star (1998)
- Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
- Goodie Mob - Still Standing (1998)
- Killarmy - Dirty Weaponry (1998)
- LL Cool J - Radio (1985)
- Various Artists - Halftooth Records Presents You Don't Know The Half (2004)
- Ghostface Killah - Ironman (1996)
- Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
- Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001)
- Edan - Primitive Plus (2002)
- Run DMC - Raising Hell (1986)
- A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
- Big Daddy Kane - It's A Big Daddy Thing (1989)
- Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)
- Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleeps (1989)
Monday, July 26, 2010
Top 100 Hip Hop Albums of All-Time
I combined the three previous lists to make a top 100 of all-time. For the most part I didn't rearrange any of those lists because I still think they're good. The most notable changes are bumping I Phantom up a few spots, and Apocalypse 91 down a few spots. #1 and #2 on this list are the only spots that have consistently stayed the same, so don't take the order of this list too literally. An album that's near the bottom of the list could be near the top in a month. For example, Apocalypse 91 wasn't even a DD-cup until about 2 months ago. Now I think it's borderline top 10 all-time. Speaking of DD-cups, everything in the top 81 is definitely a DD-cup. 82-94 could be a D-cup or a DD-cup depending on my mood (if you're lost right now, take a moment to learn about the cup size album rating system in the left column). I didn't go beyond 100 because the order really would start to get blurry at that point. If an album didn't make this list, and you want to know where I would rank it on my all-time list, find the album on my list for the decade it was released and make an educated guess. If it didn't make any list, it's safe to assume it wouldn't be top 500.
