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100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Albums of the '90s |
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Criteria: - These are the albums that epitomized all facets of hip-hop music/culture in the 1990s.
They were chosen and ranked according to quality, popularity, timelessness and influence.
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Newly added names are in RED
| Edited By: Todd |
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1. Illmatic - Nas (1994)
2. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992)
3. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
4. Me Against the World - 2Pac (1995)
5. Aquemini - Outkast (1998)
6. Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
7. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube (1990)
8. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (1996)
9. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
10. DoggyStyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg (1993)
11. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
12. Daily Operation - GangStarr (1992)
13. Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
14. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star (Mos Def / Talib Kweli) (1998)
15. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac (1996)
16. Black On Both Sides - Mos Def (1999)
17. Breaking Atoms - Main Source (1991)
18. southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast (1994)
19. It's Dark and Hell Is Hot - DMX (1998)
20. Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
21. KRS-One - KRS-One (1995)
22. E. 1999-Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1995)
23. De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul (1991)
24. Don Killuminati: The 7-Day Theory - 2Pac/Makaveli (1996)
25. The Score - The Fugees (1996)
26. Black Reign - Queen Latifah (1993)
27. Things Fall Apart - The Roots (1998)
28. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
29. Death Certificate - Ice Cube (1991)
30. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon (1995)
31. ATLiens - Outkast (1996)
32. The Diary - Scarface (1994)
33. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott (1997)
34. 3 Years, 5 Months, and 2 Days In the Life Of... - Arrested Development (1992)
35. The Infamous... - Mobb Deep (1995)
36. 93 Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief (1993)
37. Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock and CL Smooth (1992)
38. O.G.: Original Gangster - Ice-T (1991)
39. One For All - Brand Nubian (1990)
40. Step In the Arena - GangStarr (1992)
41. Comin' Out Hard - Eightball & MJG (1993)
42. Business Never Personal - EPMD (1992)
43. We Can't Be Stopped - Geto Boys (1991)
44. Still Standing - Goodie MOB (1998)
45. Resurrection - Common (1994)
46. Liquid Swords - GZA (1995)
47. Wanted: Dead or Alive - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (1990)
48. Reachin': A New Refutation of Time and Space - Digable Planets (1993)
49. One Day It'll All Make Sense - Common (1997)
50. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys (1992)
51. It Was Written - Nas (1996)
52. Apocalypse '91: The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy (1991)
53. Uptown Saturday Night - Camp Lo (1997)
54. I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Del the Funkee Homosapien (1991)
55. Don't Sweat the Technique - Eric B. and Rakim (1992)
56. Blacks' Magic - Salt-N-Pepa (1990)
57. Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon/Kool Keith (1996)
58. 400 Degreez - Juvenile (1998)
59. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem (1999)
60. Bizarre Ride II Tha Pharcyde - The Pharcyde (1992)
61. Doe Or Die - AZ (1995)
62. Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow (1997)
63. Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z (1998)
64. Make Way For the Motherlode - Yo-Yo (1991)
65. War Report - Capone-N-Noreaga (1997)
66. Harlem World - Ma$e (1997)
67. On Top of the World - Eightball & MJG (1995)
68. Funkdafied - Da Brat (1995)
69. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J (1990)
70. Sex Packets - Digital Underground (1990)
71. Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots (1994)
72. Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood - DMX (1998)
73. Sun Rises In the East - Jeru the Damaja (1994)
74. Efil4zaggin - N.W.A. (1991)
75. Whut? Thee Album - Redman (1992)
76. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing - Black Sheep (1991)
77. Down With the King - Run DMC (1993)
78. No Way Out - Puff Daddy (1997)
79. The Coming - Busta Rhymes (1995)
80. Short Dog's In the House - Too Short (1990)
81. A Prince Among Thieves - Prince Paul (1999)
82. Ghetto D - Master P (1997)
83. Vol. 1: In My Lifetime - Jay-Z (1997)
84. Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan (1997)
85. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
86. Hardcore - Lil Kim (1996)
87. Soul Food - Goodie MOB (1995)
88. To the East, Backwards - X-Clan (1991)
89. Ironman - Ghostface Killah (1996)
90. Quik's the Name - DJ Quik (1991)
91. Ill Na Na - Foxy Brown (1996)
92. Home - Spearhead (1994)
93. Homebase - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (1991)
94. Muddy Waterz - Redman (1996)
95. Return to the 36 Chambers - Ol' Dirty Bastard (1995)
96. Future Without A Past - Leaders of the New School (1991)
97. Peaceful Journey - Heavy D. & the Boyz (1991)
98. The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World - Keith Murray (1994)
99. Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
100. Blowout Comb - Digable Planets (1994)
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