Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Albums

List editor: Chris F.

Criteria: - The 100 songs listed here were chosen for Impact, Influence,
Lasting Popularity, and Quality in the world of Rap and Hip-Hop.
All realms of Rap/Hip-Hop are included.

1. It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
2. Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.
3. Pauls Boutique - Beastie Boys
4. Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim
5. 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul
6. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
7. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
8. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
9. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions
10. Illmatic - Nas
11. All Eyez on Me - 2pac
12. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
13. All Hail The Queen - Queen Latifah
14. Ready To Die - Notorious B.I.G.
15. Aquemini - Outkast
16. King of Rock - Run-D.M.C.
17. Radio - LL Cool J
18. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
19. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
20. The Score - The Fugees
21. Me Against the World - 2 pac
22. Whats the 411 - Mary J. Blige
23. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clan
24. Baduizm - Erykah Badu
25. Crazy Sexxy Cool - TLC
26. Things Fall Apart - The Roots
27. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
28. Run DMC - Run DMC
29. O.G. Original Gangster - Ice T
30. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
31. License To Ill - Beastie Boys
32. Blacks Magic - Salt-N-Pepa
33. Midnight Maruaders - A Tribe Called Quest
34. Fear of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
35. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star (Mos Def / Talib Kweli)
36. Kurtis Blow- Kurtis Blow
37. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
38. Lyte As A Rock - MC Lyte
39. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
40. He's the DJ , I'm The Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
41. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick
42. Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim
43. Daily Operation - Gang Starr
44. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambatta
45. Mantronix : The Album - Mantronix
46. KRS-One - KRS-One
47. Doggystyle - Snoopdogg
48. Stankonia - Outkast
49. Please Hammer, Don't Hurt Em - MC Hammer
50. Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G.
51. The College Dropout - Kanye West
52. Like Water For Chocolate - Common
53. Oh My God - Doug E. Fresh
54. Sex Packets - Digital Underground
55. Reachin' ( A New Refutation of Time and Space) - Digable Planets
56. Stetsasonic - In Full Gear
57. Under Construction - Missy Elliott
58. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
59. The Cactus Album - 3rd Bass
60. The Fat Boys - The Fat Boys
61. 3 Years , 5 Days , and 2 Months in the Life of... - Arrested Development
62. It Was Written - Nas
63. By All Means Necessary - Boogie Down Productions
64. Speakerboxx/The Love Below - Outkast
65. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
66. Phrenology - The Roots
67. Its Dark and Hell is Hot - DMX
68. Big Tyme - Heavy D. & The Boyz
69. The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say - Ice T
70. Quality Control - Jurassic 5
71. Escape - Whodini
72. Straight Out the Jungle - The Jungle Brothers
73. Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys
74. Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders First Lady - Eve
75. Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu
76. Strictly Business - EPMD
77. Hot Cool & Vicious - Salt-N-Pepa
78. Hardcore - Lil' Kim
79. Apocolypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Back - Public Enemy
80. De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul
81. People's Instinctive Travels and The Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
82. One For All - Brand Nubian
83. Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-Hop - Boogie Down Productions
84. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
85. Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde - Pharcyde
86. How Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee
87. In My Lifetime Volume 1 - Jay-Z
88. Black on Both Sides - Mos Def
89. No More Drama - Mary J. Blige
90. Nellyville - Nelly
91. The Coming - Busta Rhymes
92. Goin' Off - Biz Markie
93. Black Pearl - Yo-Yo
94. Loc-ed After Dark - Tone Loc
95. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
96. Death Certificate - Ice Cube
97. Homebase - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
98. Miss E... So Addictive - Missy Elliott
99. Step In The Arena - Gang Starr
100. Chicken-N-Beer - Ludacris

Enter the Wu-Tang at #23?

Ha, what? Mary j Blige whats the 411 isnt better?

Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill, too.

No Big Daddy Kane on the list AT ALL?
Quite an injustice to someone who's considered by many top be in the 5 greatest rap lyricists of all time.

I agree. Some important hip-hop albums are missing.

I like Chris F., but this list needs a revision. "Quality" should not factor as a criterion, and there are several misspellings to boot. And no way should albums like No More Drama be ahead of items such as Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's Mecca And The Soul Brother, Scarface's The Diary, Big Daddy Kane's Long Live The Kane, and a host of others to give an example.

Actually I'd say It's A Big Daddy Thing is Kane's best.

"Best" is subjective.

Long Live The Kane and It's A Big Daddy Thing are no doubt among his top two greatest albums, and I could see either one at the top.

Same here.

Paid In Full could move up a spot or two.
Lots of importance and influence there.

It doesn't go higher than Paul's

Also, stop commenting on this list, its not a good list.

This list desperately needs at least one release from BDK, Big L, and Big Punisher.

i reckon jerus first album the sun rises in the east and or group homes debut album livin proof should be on the list ,we can take off ludacris album at 100 , the albums i mentioned are the best produce albums of all time in my opinion.

But Ludacris made the industry move out of the way like no other before him