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The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time
By Position
By Artist
By Year
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54
of
100
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Illmatic
1
1994
Nas
Ready To Die
2
1994
Notorious B.I.G.
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
3
1988
Public Enemy
Paid In Full
4
1987
Eric B. & Rakim
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
5
1995
Raekwon
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
6
1993
Wu-Tang Clan
The Chronic
7
1992
Dr. Dre
Straight Outta Compton
8
1988
N.W.A.
The Low End Theory
9
1991
A Tribe Called Quest
Me Against The World
10
1995
2Pac
Reasonable Doubt
11
1996
Jay-Z
Death Certificate
12
1991
Ice Cube
Aquemini
13
1998
OutKast
Criminal Minded
14
1987
Boogie Down Productions
Licensed To Ill
15
1986
Beastie Boys
The Score
16
1996
Fugees
Doggystyle
17
1993
Snoop Dogg
Cypress Hill
18
1991
Cypress Hill
Resurrection
19
1994
Common
Breaking Atoms
20
1991
Main Source
Looking For The Perfect Beat
21
1983
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
Strictly Business
22
1988
EPMD
No One Can Do It Better
23
1989
The D.O.C.
Raising Hell
24
1986
Run-DMC
Critical Beatdown
25
1988
Ultramagnetic MC's
Midnight Marauders
26
1993
A Tribe Called Quest
Long Live The Kane
27
1988
Big Daddy Kane
The Diary
28
1994
Scarface
The Don Killuminati (The 7 Day Theory)
29
1996
Makaveli
Mama Said Knock You Out
30
1990
LL Cool J
Paul's Boutique
31
1989
Beastie Boys
Whut? Thee Album
32
1992
Redman
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
33
1990
Ice Cube
Ironman
34
1996
Ghostface Killah
Fear Of A Black Planet
35
1990
Public Enemy
Lets Get Free
36
2000
Dead Prez
Mecca And The Soul Brother
37
1992
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
38
1990
A Tribe Called Quest
Hard To Earn
39
1994
Gang Starr
Life After Death
40
1997
Notorious B.I.G.
Power
41
1988
Ice-T
Unfinished Business
42
1989
EPMD
The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
43
1998
Lauryn Hill
One For All
44
1990
Brand Nubian
Radio
45
1985
LL Cool J
Stress: The Extinction Agenda
46
1994
Organized Konfusion
Do You Want More?!!!??!
47
1995
The Roots
ATLiens
48
1996
OutKast
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
49
1998
Black Star
Capital Punishment
50
1998
Big Punisher
Genocide & Juice
51
1994
The Coup
2001
52
1999
Dr. Dre
Madvillainy
53
2004
MF DOOM
Street Stories: The Best Of G. Rap And Polo
54
2013
Kool G Rap & D.J. Polo
The Blueprint
55
2001
Jay-Z
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
56
1994
OutKast
De La Soul Is Dead
57
1991
De La Soul
Stankonia
58
2000
OutKast
It Was Written
59
1996
Nas
Stillmatic
60
2001
Nas
Black On Both Sides
61
1999
Mos Def
Liquid Swords
62
1995
The Genius
Ridin' Dirty
63
1996
UGK
By All Means Necessary
64
1988
Boogie Down Productions
Doe Or Die
65
1995
AZ
Endtroducing.....
66
1996
DJ Shadow
All Hail The Queen
67
1989
Queen Latifah
We Can't Be Stopped
68
1991
Geto Boys
Late Registration
69
2005
Kanye West
Goin' Off
70
1988
Biz Markie
The Infamous Mobb Deep
71
2014
Mobb Deep
To Pimp A Butterfly
72
2015
Kendrick Lamar
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
73
1992
The Pharcyde
Step In The Arena
74
1990
Gang Starr
Straight Out The Jungle
75
1988
Jungle Brothers
The Slim Shady LP
76
1999
Eminem
It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
77
1998
DMX
The College Dropout
78
2004
Kanye West
Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop
79
1992
Diamond D
All Eyez On Me
80
1996
2Pac
The Marshall Mathers LP
81
2000
Eminem
Lyte As A Rock
82
1988
MC Lyte
When Disaster Strikes...
83
1997
Busta Rhymes
Illadelph Halflife
84
1996
The Roots
The Fix
85
2002
Scarface
The Carnival
86
1997
Wyclef Jean
Enta Da Stage
87
1993
Black Moon
Fantastic, Vol. 2
88
2000
Slum Village
Train Of Thought
89
2000
Talib Kweli
40 Dayz & 40 Nightz
90
1998
Xzibit
I Wish My Brother George Was Here
91
1991
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Things Fall Apart
92
1999
The Roots
400 Degreez
93
1998
Juvenile
Good Kid, M.A.A.d City
94
2012
Kendrick Lamar
The Sun Rises In The East
95
1994
Jeru The Damaja
Internal Affairs
96
1999
Pharoahe Monch
Operation: Doomsday
97
1999
MF Doom
Born To Mack
98
1987
Too Short
To Whom It May Concern...
99
1991
Freestyle Fellowship
Run The Jewels
100
2013
Run The Jewels
Done
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