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200. Travis Scott, 'Astroworld' (2018)
199. Juice WRLD, 'Goodbye & Good Riddance' (2018)
198. KMD, 'Mr. Hood' (1991)
197. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, 'Bandana' (2019)
196. The Jacka, 'Tear Gas' (2009)
195. Cupcakke, 'Ephorize' (2018)
194. K'Naan, 'The Dusty Foot Philosopher' (2005)
193. A$AP Rocky, 'Live. Love. A$AP' (2011)
192. Pop Smoke, 'Meet the Woo' (2019)
191. Lyrics Born, 'Later That Day' (2003)
190. Drakeo the Ruler, 'Cold Devil' (2018)
189. Nipsey Hussle, 'Crenshaw' (2013)
188. Various Artists, 'Wild Style: Original Soundtrack' (1983)
187. Capone-N-Noreaga, 'The War Report' (1997)
186. Too $hort, 'Life Is ... Too $hort' (1988)
185. MC Lyte, 'Lyte as a Rock' (1988)
184. Saba, 'Care for Me' (2018)
183. Camp Lo, 'Uptown Saturday Night' (1997)
182. Gucci Mane, 'Chicken Talk' (2006)
181. Various Artists, 'Soundbombing II' (1999)
180. Little Simz, 'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert' (2021)
179. Freestyle Fellowship, 'To Whom It May Concern...' (1991)
178. E-40, 'In a Major Way' (1995)
177. Gravediggaz, '6 Feet Deep' (1994)
176. Westside Gunn, 'Flygod' (2016)
175. Roxanne Shanté, 'Bad Sister' (1989)
174. Cam'ron, 'Purple Haze' (2004)
173. Mac Miller, 'The Divine Feminine' (2016)
172. Flo Milli, 'Ho, Why Is You Here?' (2020)
171. Marley Marl, 'In Control, Volume 1' (1988)
170. Big K.R.I.T., 'Krit Wuz Here' (2010)
169. Goodie Mob, 'Soul Food' (1995)
168. Mach-Hommy, 'Pray for Haiti' (2021)
167. Above the Law, 'Black Mafia Life' (1993)
166. Childish Gambino, 'Because the Internet' (2013)
165. Cannibal Ox, 'The Cold Vein' (2001)
164. Schoolboy Q, 'Blank Face' (2016)
163. UGK, 'Super Tight...' (1994)
162. Tierra Whack, 'Whack World' (2018)
161. Polo G, 'Die a Legend' (2019)
160. Big L, 'Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous' (1995)
159. Handsome Boy Modeling School, 'So...How's Your Girl?' (1999)
158. Devin the Dude, 'Just Tryin ta Live' (2002)
157. Danny Brown, 'XXX' (2011)
156. DJ Quik, 'Quik Is the Name' (1991)
155. Jeru the Damaja, 'The Sun Rises in the East' (1994)
154. Steinski, 'What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective' (2008)
153. Eazy E, 'Eazy-Duz-It' (1988)
152. Rae Sremmurd, 'SremmLife' (2015)
151. Lil Nas X, 'Montero' (2021)
150. The Roots, 'How I Got Over' (2010)
149. DJ Screw, '3 ’N the Mornin’ (Part Two)' (1996)
148. Run the Jewels, 'Run the Jewels 2' (2014)
147. LL Cool J, 'Radio' (1985)
146. Black Sheep, 'A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing' (1991)
145. Common, 'Be' (2005)
144. Roc Marciano, 'Reloaded' (2012)
143. Lil Uzi Vert, 'Eternal Atake' (2020)
142. Little Brother, 'The Listening' (2003)
141. Black Moon, 'Enta da Stage' (1993)
140. Nas, 'It Was Written' (1996)
139. The Streets, 'Original Pirate Material' (2002)
138. City Girls, 'Period' (2018)
137. Slum Village, 'Fantastic Vol. 2' (2000)
136. Doja Cat, 'Planet Her' (2021)
135. Rick Ross, 'Teflon Don' (2010)
134. 2Pac, 'Me Against the World' (1995)
133. Killer Mike, 'R.A.P. Music' (2012)
132. J. Cole, '2014 Forest Hills Drive' (2014)
131. Ghostface Killah, 'Fishscale' (2006)
130. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, 'Mecca and the Soul Brother' (1992)
129. Playboi Carti, 'Whole Lotta Red' (2020)
128. Big Pun, 'Capital Punishment' (1998)
127. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 'E. 1999 Eternal' (1995)
126. 21 Savage and Metro Boomin, 'Savage Mode' (2016)
125. Drake, 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' (2015)
124. Outkast, 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below' (2003)
123. Souls of Mischief, '93 'til Infinity' (1993)
122. N.E.R.D., 'In Search Of...' (2002)
121. A Tribe Called Quest, 'People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm' (1990)
120. Young Thug, 'Barter 6' (2015)
119. The Coup, 'Party Music' (2001)
118. Tyler, the Creator, 'Bastard' (2009)
117. Missy Elliott, 'Under Construction' (2002)
116. Jungle Brothers, 'Straight Out the Jungle' (1988)
115. Afrika Bambaataa, 'Looking for the Perfect Beat 1980-1985' (2001)
114. Digital Underground, 'Sex Packets' (1990)
113. Jay-Z, 'The Black Album' (2003)
112. Rapsody, 'Laila’s Wisdom' (2017)
111. Boogie Down Productions, 'By All Means Necessary' (1988)
110. Biz Markie, 'Goin' Off' (1988)
109. Main Source, 'Breaking Atoms' (1991)
108. Pusha T, 'Daytona' (2018)
107. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive' (1990)
106. Ol' Dirty Bastard, 'Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version' (1995)
105. Chance the Rapper, 'Coloring Book' (2016)
104. Eve, 'Scorpion' (2001)
103. Mos Def, 'Black on Both Sides' (1999)
102. Young Thug, Birdman, Rich Homie Quan, 'Birdman Presents Rich Gang: Tha Tour Part 1' (2014)
101. Young Jeezy, 'Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101' (2005)
100. Run-D.M.C., 'Raising Hell'
99. Lil Wayne, 'Tha Carter II' (2005)
98. Company Flow, 'Funcrusher Plus' (1997)
97. Clipse, 'Hell Hath No Fury' (2006)
96. Ice-T, 'Power' (1988)
95. T.I., 'Trap Muzik' (2003)
94. De La Soul, 'De La Soul Is Dead' (1991)
93. Ice Cube, 'Death Certificate' (1991)
92. DJ Shadow, 'Endtroducing.....' (1996)
91. Boogie Down Productions, 'Criminal Minded' (1987)
90. Kid Cudi, 'Man on the Moon: The End of the Day' (2009)
89. Brand Nubian, 'One for All' (1990)
88. Cypress Hill, 'Cypress Hill' (1991)
87. Ultramagnetic MCs, 'Critical Beatdown' (1988)
86. Common, 'Like Water for Chocolate' (2000)
85. Eminem, 'The Slim Shady LP' (1999)
84. Vince Staples, 'Summertime '06' (2015)
83. M.I.A., 'Kala' (2007)
82. Slick Rick, 'The Great Adventures of Slick Rick' (1988)
81. Digable Planets, 'Blowout Comb' (1994)
80. Earl Sweatshirt, 'Some Rap Songs' (2018)
79. Eric B. & Rakim, 'Follow the Leader' (1988)
78. Azealia Banks, 'Broke With Expensive Taste' (2014)
77. Jay-Z and Kanye West, 'Watch the Throne' (2011)
76. Gang Starr, 'Hard to Earn' (1994)
75. Megan Thee Stallion, 'Fever' (2019)
74. Public Enemy, 'Fear of a Black Planet' (1990)
73. The Pharcyde, 'Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde' (1992)
72. Dr. Octagon, 'Dr. Octagonecologyst' (1996)
71. Queen Latifah, 'All Hail the Queen' (1989)
70. The Fugees, 'The Score' (1996)
69. Ghostface Killah, 'Ironman' (1996)
68. Juvenile, '400 Degreez' (1998)
67. Geto Boys, 'We Can't Be Stopped' (1991)
66. Three 6 Mafia, 'Mystic Stylez' (1995)
65. De La Soul, 'Buhloone Mindstate' (1993)
64. 50 Cent, 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' ' (2003)
63. Black Star, 'Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star' (1998)
62. MF Doom, 'Operation: Doomsday' (1999)
61. Scarface, 'The Diary' (1994)
60. Kendrick Lamar, 'Damn.' (2017)
59. The Notorious B.I.G., 'Life After Death' (1997)
58. Ice Cube, 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' (1990)
57. Beastie Boys, 'Licensed to Ill' (1986)
56. Noname, 'Room 25' (2018)
55. A Tribe Called Quest, 'Midnight Marauders' (1993)
54. Migos, 'Culture' (2017)
53. Salt-N-Pepa, 'Hot, Cool and Vicious' (1986)
52. Kanye West, 'The College Dropout' (2004)
51. The Roots, 'Things Fall Apart' (1999)
50. EPMD, 'Strictly Business' (1988)
49. N.W.A, 'Straight Outta Compton' (1988)
48. J Dilla, 'Donuts' (2006)
47. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, 'Supa Dupa Fly' (1997)
46. Tyler, the Creator, 'Call Me If You Get Lost' (2021)
45. LL Cool J, 'Mama Said Knock You Out' (1990)
44. Genius/GZA, 'Liquid Swords' (1995)
43. Run-D.M.C., 'Run-D.M.C.' (1984)
42. Big Daddy Kane, 'Long Live the Kane' (1988)
41. Kanye West, 'Late Registration' (2005)
40. Dr. Dre, 'The Chronic' (1992)
39. Lil Wayne, 'The Carter III' (2008)
38. Kendrick Lamar, 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' (2012)
37. Raekwon, 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...' (1995)
36. Chance the Rapper, 'Acid Rap' (2013)
35. Snoop Doggy Dogg, 'Doggystyle' (1993)
34. Various Artists, 'The Sugar Hill Records Story' (1997)
33. De La Soul, '3 Feet High and Rising' (1989)
32. Chief Keef, 'Finally Rich' (2012)
31. Nicki Minaj, 'Pink Friday' (2010)
30. Beastie Boys, 'Paul’s Boutique' (1989)
29. 2Pac, 'All Eyez on Me' (1996)
28. Mobb Deep, 'The Infamous' (1995)
27. Outkast, 'Aquemini' (1998)
26. Jay-Z, 'Reasonable Doubt' (1996)
25. Eminem, 'The Marshall Mathers LP' (2000)
24. Nas, 'Illmatic' (1994)
23. UGK, 'Ridin' Dirty' (1996)
22. DMX, 'It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot' (1998)
21. Lil Wayne, 'Da Drought 3' (2007)
20. Future, 'DS2' (2015)
19. Lil Kim, 'Hard Core' (1996)
18. Madvillain, 'Madvillainy' (2004)
17. Kanye West, 'Yeezus' (2013)
16. Cardi B, 'Invasion of Privacy' (2018)
15. Eric B. and Rakim, 'Paid in Full' (1987)
14. Ghostface Killah, 'Supreme Clientele' (2000)
13. Dr. Dre, '2001' (1999)
12. Clipse, 'Lord Willin' ' (2002)
11. Drake, 'Take Care' (2011)
10. Lauryn Hill, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' (1998)
9. A Tribe Called Quest, 'The Low End Theory' (1991)
8. Wu-Tang Clan, 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' (1993)
7. Missy Elliott, 'Miss E... So Addictive' (2001)
6. Kanye West, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' (2010)
5. Kendrick Lamar, 'To Pimp a Butterfly' (2015)
4. Public Enemy, 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' (1988)
3. Jay-Z, 'The Blueprint' (2001)
2. Outkast, 'Stankonia' (2000)
1. The Notorious B.I.G., 'Ready to Die' (1994)
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Finished transcribing. Seeing as the lower reaches of the list is mostly uncontroversial, I was waiting for when the argument-starting ranks came up, and in classic RS fashion, they didn't disappoint. I'm very glad I'm not in the hip-hop head section of Twitter to see how they react to albums by Future, Cardi B, and Lil Kim topping the likes of Illmatic, The Chronic, and good kid, m.A.A.d city...but that's part of the fun of it! Hell, this gives me a ton of new albums to explore. (My one bit of confusion is how The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is both the tenth-greatest hip-hop album of all time and the tenth-greatest album of all time, vis a vis the 500 Albums list, where it outpaced a number of the albums here - including Ready to Die, which came in at #22. Hell, I don't even remember if Miss E...So Addictive was even on the 500 Albums list!).
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Rolling Stone what is you doing. I shouldn't be surprised by this. And the lower reaches of the list are bad too. The top 10 is decent, wrong Outkast album as it's highest and I'll never consider The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill a hip-hop album. Love it but it's not hip-hop to me.
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bootsy wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:27 am Rolling Stone what is you doing. I shouldn't be surprised by this. And the lower reaches of the list are bad too. The top 10 is decent, wrong Outkast album as it's highest and I'll never consider The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill a hip-hop album. Love it but it's not hip-hop to me.
I had a feeling you'd have thoughts on this! Hip-hop is like your Bat-Signal (like if anyone mentions Eurovision or Weird Al around me). I would argue that they put the right OutKast album there but Stankonia is also damn near my favorite album ever so I'm biased. And I figured you'd at least be pleased with Madvillainy in the top 20.
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StevieFan13 wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:23 am
bootsy wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:27 am Rolling Stone what is you doing. I shouldn't be surprised by this. And the lower reaches of the list are bad too. The top 10 is decent, wrong Outkast album as it's highest and I'll never consider The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill a hip-hop album. Love it but it's not hip-hop to me.
I had a feeling you'd have thoughts on this! Hip-hop is like your Bat-Signal (like if anyone mentions Eurovision or Weird Al around me). I would argue that they put the right OutKast album there but Stankonia is also damn near my favorite album ever so I'm biased. And I figured you'd at least be pleased with Madvillainy in the top 20.
Aquemini is just better to me. A more tighter and focused album. Stankonia had too many interludes on it for me. It's still a great album just not better than Aquemini :mrgreen: And of course I love Madvillainy on there as well as Operation: Doomsday for that matter.
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There are many choices here that I disagree with. I'd say Dr Dre's 2001 should be way higher up than for example Kendrick Lamar. Also my question is - wth is Cardi B doing on this list?? I can't stand her. There are many way better artists that are underground that have more to offer than her. Never understood why people like her so much.
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MJohnson82 wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 6:45 am There are many choices here that I disagree with. I'd say Dr Dre's 2001 should be way higher up than for example Kendrick Lamar.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaat ? I would disagree but understand if you said that about The Chronic but I already don't understand how 2001 made the top 50. The singles are great but the rest is not great enough to warrant such a high rank.
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I lot of the stranger placements appear to be the effort to include female artists in a greater proportion than you'd typically see on a rap-focused list. It's a laudable goal, but they left a lot to be desired with the specific albums they chose.

The Illmatic low-ball placement is so weird considering they just called it the 44th best album of all time a few years ago!
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Jackson wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 7:11 pm I lot of the stranger placements appear to be the effort to include female artists in a greater proportion than you'd typically see on a rap-focused list. It's a laudable goal, but they left a lot to be desired with the specific albums they chose.

The Illmatic low-ball placement is so weird considering they just called it the 44th best album of all time a few years ago!
That one really does flummox me. I mean, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not even having it in the top 20, let alone the top 10, feels really weird.
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Since nobody else has said it here yet... Late Registration is STILL underrated.
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As with the past few lists RS has done lately, I don’t think this is as bad as I was expecting despite some confounding picks (honestly kind of shocked Da Drought 3 made it so high).

I agree that the shuffling of some of these rankings when compared to their All-Time list is especially confusing…I’d be curious to know what criteria they were actually considering with this or if they just took a whole new poll from scratch.

The Chronic deserves to be higher, The Chronic 2001 has phenomenal singles but the whole back half of the album is pretty dire.

Also, Stankonia is far too low on this list for my tastes but I’ll allow it. :mrgreen:
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Oh, and Wu-Tang is all over this list so they at least did something right!

177. Gravediggaz, '6 Feet Deep' (1994)
131. Ghostface Killah, 'Fishscale' (2006)
106. Ol' Dirty Bastard, 'Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version' (1995)
69. Ghostface Killah, 'Ironman' (1996)
44. Genius/GZA, 'Liquid Swords' (1995)
37. Raekwon, 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...' (1995)
14. Ghostface Killah, 'Supreme Clientele' (2000)
8. Wu-Tang Clan, 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' (1993)
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1969_ford_f100 wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:22 am Since nobody else has said it here yet... Late Registration is STILL underrated.
It's his best album IMO and I think a lot of people share that opinion.
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Who voted to make this list?
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panam wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:43 pm Who voted to make this list?
Looks like the RS staff writers.
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Listened to it again, but still not sure why Ready to Die is to highly rated. I like the album, I currently have it ranked at #14 for 1994, but this retrospective hype is surprising to me. It made no year-end lists other than #38 in Village Voice.
Compared to the revolutionary barrage-of-sound production of It Takes a Nation of Millions, and the hard-hitting political rhymes, Chuck D's bombastic delivery, and Flavor-Flav's comedic foil antics, Ready to Die isn't even in the same ballpark.
To each their own I guess. Biggest omission to me was the Roots' Phrenology. Love that album.
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Rocky Raccoon wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:34 pm Listened to it again, but still not sure why Ready to Die is to highly rated. I like the album, I currently have it ranked at #14 for 1994, but this retrospective hype is surprising to me. It made no year-end lists other than #38 in Village Voice.
Compared to the revolutionary barrage-of-sound production of It Takes a Nation of Millions, and the hard-hitting political rhymes, Chuck D's bombastic delivery, and Flavor-Flav's comedic foil antics, Ready to Die isn't even in the same ballpark.
To each their own I guess. Biggest omission to me was the Roots' Phrenology. Love that album.
Thinking that because it didn't make a year-end list in 1994 matters. :angry-banghead: There weren't very many music publications that appreciated hip hop in 94 outside of The Source and Vibe magazine. There is no retrospective hype, it's a great album. And even if there were retrospective hype for this (which there isn't) so what? Music, movies, TV are timeless. All of those forms of media have had various things that didn't catch on at the time they came out that are now revered. It doesn't take away from it's greatness.

This album was loved and respected when it came out especially when Big Poppa came out. You curently have it ranked at #14 for 1994, well good for you I guess. :?
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bootsy wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 12:02 am
Rocky Raccoon wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:34 pm Listened to it again, but still not sure why Ready to Die is to highly rated. I like the album, I currently have it ranked at #14 for 1994, but this retrospective hype is surprising to me. It made no year-end lists other than #38 in Village Voice.
Compared to the revolutionary barrage-of-sound production of It Takes a Nation of Millions, and the hard-hitting political rhymes, Chuck D's bombastic delivery, and Flavor-Flav's comedic foil antics, Ready to Die isn't even in the same ballpark.
To each their own I guess. Biggest omission to me was the Roots' Phrenology. Love that album.
Thinking that because it didn't make a year-end list in 1994 matters. :angry-banghead: There weren't very many music publications that appreciated hip hop in 94 outside of The Source and Vibe magazine. There is no retrospective hype, it's a great album. And even if there were retrospective hype for this (which there isn't) so what? Music, movies, TV are timeless. All of those forms of media have had various things that didn't catch on at the time they came out that are now revered. It doesn't take away from it's greatness.

This album was loved and respected when it came out especially when Big Poppa came out. You curently have it ranked at #14 for 1994, well good for you I guess. :?
Any album that has a song as majestic as "Big Poppa" on it deserves to be at the top of any list, if you ask me.
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I'm also not the biggest fan of Ready to Die, but I respect Biggie for being a gangsta showing his soft side. Made way for Jay-Z, as well as Biggie's spiritual successor whom I prefer, Conway the Machine.
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StevieFan- RE why Hill's album would be No. 10 on both of those lists. The 500 Albums list surveyed hundreds of industry people, whereas this hip-hop list looks like it's just Rolling Stone staff- least that's the way it looks, as there's no mention of surveying outside of RS.
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'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' (1998) is mixed RnB with hip-hop but yeah mostly rnb ,for me its a good placement
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