The greatest hip-hop albums of all time
Joey from Straight Bangin' is doing one of these group polls among hip-hop bloggers to determine the 25 greatest hip-hop albums of all time. I had never put together such a list myself (I've posted a few other people's lists here over the years), but I figured there was a first time for everything. Nullus.
I didn't end up spending that much time on it, but I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. I'm sure I'll never be completely satisfied with the order, but at the very least I think they're all really good albums. I mostly restricted it to one album per artist, except I also included solo albums by members of groups like the Wu and NWA.
Here's the actual list itself. Feel free to click over to XXL to check out my half-assed comments on each album.
25) LL Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out
24) Common Sense, Resurrection
23) Mos Def, Black on Both Sides
22) Digital Underground, Sex Packets
21) Ultramagnetic MCs, Critical Beatdown
20) Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt
19) Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
18) Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele
17) GZA, Liquid Swords
16) The Roots, Do You Want More?!!!??!
15) Slick Rick, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
14) Ice Cube, Death Certificate
13) Mobb Deep, The Infamous
12) A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory
11) Dr. Dre, The Chronic
10) Nas, Illmatic
9) Fugees, The Score
8) Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
7) NWA, Straight Outta Compton
6) Eric B & Rakim, Paid in Full
5) Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded
4) Beastie Boys, License to Ill
3) De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising
2) Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1) Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die
