| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Buy at Amazon | Sample | ||
| Yo! Bum Rush the Show | 1987 | 7 | 76 | 472 | |
Listen |
| It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | 1988 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
Listen |
| Fear of a Black Planet | 1990 | 1 | 18 | 134 | |
Listen |
| Apocalypse '91 - The Enemy Strikes Black | 1991 | 25 | 197 | 1083 | |
Listen |
| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Sample | |||
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You're Gonna Get Yours |
1987 | 58 | 544 | 2882 | Listen | |
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Rebel Without a Pause |
1987 | 8 | 55 | 363 | Listen | |
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Bring the Noise |
1987 | 3 | 19 | 160 | Listen | |
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Don't Believe the Hype |
1988 | 9 | 89 | 542 | Listen | |
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Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos |
1988 | 42 | 371 | 1991 | Listen | |
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Fight the Power |
1989 | 1 | 7 | 80 | Listen | |
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Welcome to the Terrordome |
1990 | 17 | 149 | 1134 | Listen | |
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911 Is a Joke |
1990 | 42 | 414 | 2538 | Listen | |
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Bring the Noise |
1991 | 36 | 318 | 2022 | Listen | |
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Can't Truss It |
1991 | 31 | 241 | 1664 | Listen | |
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Give It Up |
1994 | 64 | 471 | 2867 | | |
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