The 25 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
25) Jay-Z, The Blueprint
"A lot of people will argue that Reasonable Doubt is Jay's best. Reasonable Doubt was too derivative for my taste. But on The Blueprint Jay was at his most obnoxious, playful and Machiavellian i.e. his best. It's the sound of a man consciously putting the genre on his back and bum rushing the mountain top." - Angry Citizen
24) Black Star, Black Star
"I remember coppin' this, Aquemini, and Lenny Kravitz's 5 on the same day. Needless to say, I was jammin' for months. I miss those days." - Boo Goo Doo Boom
23) Common Sense, Resurrection
Common just overwhelms the listener with his wordplay. The production is understated and lets him shine." - Wendell
22) Outkast, ATLiens
"No album before or since has had such an initial impact on me. I literally remember walking to the record store the day this came out. I had plans to go out that night and wanted to get home so I could quickly listen before my ride got there. When my ride came, I told him I was staying home and I sat there and listened to this album straight thru, over and over, until sometime the next morning. Since then, I’ve only grown more fond of it. A complete package in terms of an overall feel, fantastic lyricism and stellar production that is unrivaled." - Kwis
21) Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death
"...He would create what is widely regarded as hip-hop’s first blockbuster album." - Fresh Cherries from Yakima
20) De La Soul, Three Feet High and Rising
"Changed the game. Period." - Straight Bangin'
19) Run-DMC, Raising Hell
"More lyrical and musical than most rock albums of the same era." - Nerd Cake
18) The Fugees, The Score
"The samples and rhymes are so smooth and unabrasive, and the drum loops are strong, but not so hard-hitting that your ears start hurting after extended listening. The Score represents, to me, the perfect musical collection: interesting, challenging, and moving, but at the same time, poppy, catchy, and accessible." - Jamie Radford
17) Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle
"The greatest party gangsta album ever. The best Dr. Dre beats ever." - Zilla
16) Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded
"The Beatles have never sounded this good." - Unkut
15) Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt
"Jay copied from the best to come up with this one. " - Start Snitching
14) Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele
"Who knows what the fuck Ghost is saying but damn does that shit sound fly." - Searching for my Swagger
13) N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton
"The effects of this record still leave me confused as to what the net effect of N.W.A. was on rap." - SS
12) GZA, Liquid Swords
"always the most intellectual member in the legendary wu, genius lives up to his moniker over this dark, brooding collection of rza’s coldest beats." - Fresh Cherries from Yakima
11) Outkast, Aquemini
"Besides the pop hits, the more artistic side of this album took a while to grow on me. But now I wonder what the fuck was wrong with me." - Woodsonian Institute
10) Mobb Deep, The Infamous
"Prodigy's lyrical performance on this pushes it above and beyond. With their first two albums The Mobb helped usher in the street thug era as much as BIG and Jay did." - The Assimilated Negro
9) Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full
"Party records. MC records. Fast rapping. Slow rapping. Perfect for the car, the stage, a mix show. Rakim never wastes one bar and the beats fit him like a glove while sampling the best parts of the best soul records ever (Barry White, Lynn Collins, James Brown, Kool and The Gang, Syl Johnson, etc.)" - Zilla
A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory
"...this record feels more like a whole than almost anything else I've ever heard. Every song is perfect, from the ridiculous stripped down and spare production to the massive talents shown by both MCs." - Better Than Butt Sex
7) A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders
"Looks like we've found the greatest hip-hop group of all time." - Woodsonian
"This album deserves a coronation ceremony as the greatest hip hop album of all time." - The Assimilated Negro
6) Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
"Easily one of the top five most important records in hip hop history, with a mid-album trifecta of monumental importance: 'She Watch Channel Zero,' 'Night of the Living Baseheads,' and the chilling 'Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos.'” - Flood Watch Music
5) Dr. Dre, The Chronic
"This album defines a generation." - Dallas Penn
4) Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
"The epitome of early 90's east coast hip hop." - SfmS
3) Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die
"So many choice cuts and Biggie rips through verses with such an amazingly captivating style: this album’s charms are impossible to resist." - From Da Bricks
2) Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
"A group of nerds from Staten Island mixed kung-fu, obscure mythology, gully talk and a cult religion to change rap forever." - SS
"Hip-hop’s version of Sgt. Pepper." - Passion of the Weiss
1) Nas, Illmatic
"Whenever some hippie music rag puts together a Top 100 albums of all time list it always includes Kind Of Blue at the expense of every other Jazz album ever released. When hip-hop reaches that level of recognition, Illmatic will be the album to make the list. And by the way, Nas won." - Angry Citizen
"The Sun, Moon and stars along with the spirit of RAKIM ALLAH came together to form this rap music manifesto masterpiece." - Dallas Penn
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