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All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die (2003) No Order
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999) 2
Entertainment Weekly (USA) - The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 (2008) 40
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003) 32
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010) 8
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) 133
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999) No Order
Spin (USA) - The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years (2010) 43
Spin (USA) - Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years (2005) 30
Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) 27
The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998) No Order
Time (USA) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2006) No Order
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Main entry
Vibe (USA) - 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (1999) No Order
Vibe (USA) - 150 Albums That Define the Vibe Era (1992-2007) No Order
Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
The New Nation (UK) - Top 100 Albums by Black Artists 8
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Sounds (Germany) - The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s (2009) 37
MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007) No Order
Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records (2001) 21
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 5 Stars
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 3 Stars
Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1995-1997) 3 Stars
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 38
Pure Pop (Mexico) - Albums of the Year 18


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 1991
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 1987
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 The Chronic
 1992
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Eric B. & Rakim
 Paid in Full
 1987
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Fugees
 The Score
 1996
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Lauryn Hill
 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
 1998
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Ice Cube
 Death Certificate
 1991
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Nas
 Illmatic
 1994
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 Doggystyle
 1993
Lucinda Williams
 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
 1998
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