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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time (2002) 53
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999) 2
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965 416
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 151
LostAtSea (USA) - 90 Albums of the 90s (2000) 72
Music Underwater (USA) - Top 100 Albums 1990-2003 (2004) 53
Ned Raggett (USA) - The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties (1999) 91
Nude as the News (USA) - The 100 Most Compelling Albums of the 90s (1999) 21
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003) 56
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) 154
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999) No Order
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995) 87
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 38
Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) 32
Stereophile (USA) - 40 Years of Stereophile: The 40 (+94) Essential Albums (2002) No Order
The Arizona Republic (USA) - 8 Albums that VH1 Missed (2001) No Order
The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998) No Order
Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999) No Order
Vibe (USA) - 51 Albums representing a Generation, a Sound and a Movement (2004) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Spex (Germany) - The 100 Albums of the Century (1999) 10
Zundfunk (Germany) - The Best Albums of the 90s (2000) 16
Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records (2001) 10
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000) 128
Juice (Australia) - The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s (1999) 61
BigO (Singapore) - The 100 Best Albums from 1975 to 1995 (1995) 78
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade ***
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 4 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 10
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 7
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 32
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 20
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 26
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 15
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1


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 1987
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 1992
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Eric B. & Rakim
 Paid in Full
 1987
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Ice Cube
 Death Certificate
 1991
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N.W.A.
 Straight Outta Compton
 1988
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Nas
 Illmatic
 1994
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Notorious B.I.G.
 Ready to Die
 1994
Slick Rick
 The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
 1988
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Ultramagnetic MCs
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 1988
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Wu-Tang Clan
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 1993
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