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Illmatic — Nas (1994)
Top hip hop album of all time. 10 tracks, 40 minutes, and a level of lyricism over Pete Rock and DJ Premier beats that set the bar for all rap to follow.
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Top 100 Hip Hop Albums of All Time
Top 100 hip hop albums ever made — from Biggie and Tupac to Kendrick Lamar and Tyler the Creator. The definitive hip hop ranking voted by real fans.
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Ready to Die — The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
Top East Coast rap debut. Biggie's storytelling — Juicy, Big Poppa, and Warning — painting Bed-Stuy with cinematic detail that no rapper had matched before.
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The Blueprint — Jay-Z (2001)
Top Jay-Z album. Takeover, Izzo, and Never Change on Kanye-produced beats — the album released on September 11, 2001 that cemented Jay as the best rapper alive.
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To Pimp a Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar (2015)
Top modern hip hop album. Jazz, spoken word, and the most politically charged rap album since Fear of a Black Planet — the album that defines the 2010s decade.
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — Kanye (2010)
Top maximalist rap album. Power, Runaway, and Monster — Kanye assembled the greatest roster of features and producers in rap history for an operatic masterpiece.
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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) — Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
Top hip hop collective album. RZA's stripped minimalism, nine MCs from Staten Island, and slang that entered the cultural lexicon. New York hip hop's greatest statement.
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All Eyez on Me — 2Pac (1996)
Top West Coast rap album. California Love, 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted — Tupac's double album recorded at Death Row stands as the pinnacle of gangsta rap.
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Madvillainy — Madvillain (2004)
Top underground hip hop album. DOOM's mask and Madlib's crates — abstract, dense, and the most rewarding album to discover for every new hip hop head.
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Aquemini — Outkast (1998)
Top Southern rap album. André 3000 and Big Boi's genre-defying masterpiece — the album that proved Southern rap could be as ambitious as any coastal style.
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DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar (2017)
Top Pulitzer Prize rap album. The first rap album to win a Pulitzer Prize — HUMBLE, DNA, and LOVE making Kendrick undeniably the greatest rapper of his generation.
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