1.Illmatic A perfect 50 minutes of hip hop.
2.The Chronic West coast perfection, snapshot of the year.

3.<Product Not Available: B0000039PW> Brought the east coast back to the top.

4.Stillmatic Solidified Nas as the best alive, if not ever.

5.All Eyez on Me Tupac's masterpiece.

6.Doggystyle Snoop bursts onto the rap scene with incredible style.

7.People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm The best of tribe, the best group album ever.

8.Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) This album changed how underground rap was percieved.

9.The Score Clef, Lauryn and Pras, better together than solo.

10.2001 The best west coast album in years, one of the best ever.

11.The Diary Scarface the street poet is introduced to the world.

12.Capital Punishment The most slept on of the classic albums. A must have.

13.The Great Adventures of Slick Rick The invention of the storytelling style used by Nas, Jay-Z, Snoop and Biggie.

14.EdutainmentThe beginning of dropping knowledge, streets and entertainment.

15.AqueminiOutkast took creative chances, and struck gold.

16.Free Agents: The Murda Mix Tape It's a classic, trust me on this one.

17.The Blueprint Jay-Z's great work. Thank Kanye West's 70's style production.

18.AmeriKKKa's Most WantedCube's classic debut. I slept on it for too long.

19.Scarface Scarface proved he is still a top MC.

20.The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill Lauryn made us all notice her great talent and MC skills.

21.Fear of a Black PlanetGreat late 80's early 90's rap group.



22.SouthernplayalisticadillacmuzikDid for the south what Dre did for the west and Wu for the East.

23.Paid in FullQuentissential 80's rap masterpiece.

24.Eyes on This MC Lyte's best album.

25.The Eminem Show Established Eminem's credibilty, the Slim Shady LP certainly didn't.

26.AziaticAZ, one of the most talented MC's ever, has this as his best.

27.Reasonable Doubt Very overrated, but still one of the best albums ever.

28.Lost Tapes An alchemist laced very sublime album of Nas songs left off other albums.

29.Only Built 4 Cuban Linx The best of the Wu Tang solo efforts.

30.Liquid Swords Gza shows his lyrical mastery all over this LP.

31.Supreme Clientele Ghostface's best work yet.

32.Return to the 36 Chambers Two words: Brooklyn Zoo!

33.Tical Method Man proved he is more than an ill freestyler.

34.One for All Grand Puba and Sadat X we haven't forgotten ya!

35.Enta da Stage My boy Elliot put me on to this one, I owe him.

36.2Pacalypse Now Pac's great debut, Brenda's got a baby was the best song.

37.Black on Both Sides A great conceptional album by perhaps the most talented MC.

38.It's Dark and Hell Is HotBroke America out of the shiny suit era. Thank you X!

39.Midnight Marauders Another Tribe Gem. The birth of Phife as a good MC.

40.We Can't Be Stopped Put the state of Texas on the Rap radar.

41.The Resurrection "The World is a Ghetto" is one of the best songs ever made.

42.Resurrection Ditto for "I used to love h.e.r.", check it out.

43.The Marshall Mathers LP Early begginnings of Em's credibility.

44.Comin' Out Hard Landmark southern rap record.

45.Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Every pre-death Pac album could be on this list.

46.The Low End Theory Ditto for Tribe before the breakup.

47.The Infamous QB is definately represented well by this hardcore group.

48.The W The most slept on Wu Tang album. Yall check it out.

49.God's Son Should be higher just on the strenght of "I Can" the third verse is shockingly good, even for the lyrical Nas.

50.Strictly BusinessThe birth of the "Green Eyed Bandit". Erik Sermon gets much respect from me.