The Hiphopsite.com Forums' Greatest 50 Hip-hop Albums Ever

[Twentytwofifty]

01. Nas - Illmatic :: 46% 1 round
02. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) :: 66% 2 rounds
03. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full :: 27% 1 round
04. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory :: 27% 4 rounds
05. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back :: 39% 5 rounds
06. Dr. Dre – The Chronic :: 37% 1 round
07. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick :: 26% 3 rounds
08. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders :: 30% 8 rounds
09. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die :: 41% 2 rounds
10. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded :: 43% 2 rounds
11. N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton :: 37% 2 rounds
12. Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell :: 34% 2 rounds
13. EPMD – Strictly Business :: 26% 1 round
14. Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords :: 26% 8 rounds
15. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising :: 35% 2 rounds
16. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... :: 34% 5 rounds
17. Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane :: 30% 3 rounds
18. Common Sense – Resurrection :: 48% 17 rounds
19. Outkast - ATLiens :: 35% 16 rounds
20. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle :: 39% 1 round
21. Ultramagnetic MC’s – Critical Beatdown :: 36% 5 rounds
22. Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted :: 35% 5 rounds
23. Outkast – Aquemini :: 38% 8 rounds
24. Gang Starr – Daily Operation :: 39% 6 rounds
25. De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead :: 44% 3 rounds
26. Black Moon – Enta Da Stage :: 34% 2 rounds
27. Brand Nubian – One for All :: 28% 7 rounds
28. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique :: 32% 3 rounds
29. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Mecca and the Soul Brother :: 45% 2 rounds
30. Mobb Deep – The Infamous... :: 37% 1st round
31. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet :: 35% 8 rounds
32. Main Source – Breaking Atoms :: 41% 6 rounds
33. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm :: 30% 12 rounds
34. The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde :: 34% 3 rounds
35. 2Pac – Me Against the World :: 38% 1 round
36. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary :: 37% 6 rounds
37. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader :: 32% 9 rounds
38. Ghostface Killah – Ironman :: 48% 2 rounds
39. Jeru The Damaja – The Sun Rises in the East :: 35% 1 round
40. Outkast – Southernplayalisticaddilacmuzik :: 35% 1 round
41. Big Daddy Kane – It’s a Big Daddy Thing :: 41% 4 rounds
42. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife :: 30% 1 round
43. 2Pac – All Eyez on Me :: 27% 8 rounds
44. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Road to the Riches :: 36% 2 rounds
45. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt :: 35% 1 round
46. Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C. :: 36% 3 rounds
47. Redman – Muddy Waters :: 33% 2 rounds
48. Ice Cube – Death Certificate :: 27% 16 rounds
49. DJ Shadow – Entroducing... :: 28% 3 rounds
50. O.C. – Word...Life :: 38% 2 rounds


Honorable Mentions (Left In Voting Pool):

-Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
-Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
-Goodie Mob – Soul Food
-Scarface – The Diary
-Souls of Mischief – ’93 ‘til Infinity

[ωεεźγ ғ]

dope list 

[PLANT]

Its a pretty good list.  "Aquemeni" should be higher than "ATLiens' tho, and Doggystyle should be ranked higher.

[ecrazy]

it looks like your list

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

lol at Ironman making that list.Supreme Clientele is better & that isnt even a classic.

[No Compute]

Pretty good, should have D.O.C.'s, "No On eCan Do It Better" though.

[Fonky Fresh]

tssss,a list full of bullshit nathen more,nathen less

[dray]

good list.

[Sweet & Tender Hooligan]

No 2pac album in top 20?? 

[Machiavelli]

lol at Ironman making that list.Supreme Clientele is better & that isnt even a classic.

yeah, I dont get that?

Was this list based on impact or quality?

[Elevz]

There's some major similarities between this & Knuckles' own list, but Knuckles' was better 

[Kill]

good list overall. not dickriding any artist or really prejudiced in a way...what I def like is that "Paul´s Boutique" and "ATLiens" are on it, also it´s pretty interesting to see "Endtroducing". Like it overall, might not be better than Knuckles´ but you can take it seriously, too

[Mac 10 †]

it looks like your list

[smartass]

lol

typical google.com "hiphop heads"...

live and let die is the best g rap album...hard to earn is the best gangstarr album...and for the millonth time, straight outta compton is not the best nwa album, at least they got the right ghostface album there

boo @ that many outkast albums makin it in there but they dont have room for shit like stunts blunts and hiphop

damn they got enta da stage on there but no da shinin

how much more generic can cats make these lists/polls today?

im assumin this is based on impact, cause otherwise it sucks

[Kill]

and for the millonth time, straight outta compton is not the best nwa album

damn they got enta da stage on there but no da shinin

1. thank you for revealing the truth finally and congrats on being able to judge objectively which is the better NWA album. You´ve eliminated opinions as such, props

2. same as NWA, general consensus is Enta Da Stage > Shinin