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Top 10 Classic Hip Hop Albums
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Top 10 Classic Hip Hop Albums
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Greatest Classic Hip Hop Albums
2.good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
3. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
4. Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim
5. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
6.My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
7. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
8. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
9. Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.
10. 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul
11. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
12. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
13.To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
14. Stankonia - Outkast
15. Illmatic - Nas
16. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clan
17. All Eyez on Me - 2pac
18. Pauls Boutique - Beastie Boys
19.Late Registration - Kanye West
20.It's a Big Daddy Thing - Big Daddy Kane
21. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
22. Ready To Die - Notorious B.I.G.
23. Aquemini - Outkast
24.Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
25. Radio - LL Cool J
26. Things Fall Apart - The Roots
27. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions
28. King of Rock - Run-D.M.C.
29.Madvillainy - Madvillain
30. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
31. The College Dropout - Kanye West
32. Fear of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
33.R.A.P. Music - Killer Mike
34. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
35. The Score - The Fugees
36. Me Against the World - 2 pac
37. License To Ill - Beastie Boys
38.The Untouchable - Scarface
39. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
40. O.G. Original Gangster - Ice T
41.Long Live the Kane - Big Daddy Kane
42. Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow
43. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa
44. Doggystyle - Snoopdogg
45. Black on Both Sides - Mos Def
46.The Black Album - Jay-Z
47.Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
48. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
49.My Name Is My Name - Pusha T.
50. Speakerboxx/The Love Below - Outkast
51. Lyte As A Rock - MC Lyte
52. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
53. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
54. KRS-One - KRS-One
55. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick
56. Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G.
57.Nothing Was The Same - Drake
58. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star (Mos Def / Talib Kweli)
59.Very Necessary - Salt-N-Pepa
60.Liquid Swords - GZA
61.Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
62. Under Construction - Missy Elliott
63. Oh My God - Doug E. Fresh
64. I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside - Earl Sweatshirt
65. All Hail The Queen - Queen Latifah
66.'93 Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief
67. Phrenology - The Roots
68.DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
69. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
70. Like Water For Chocolate - Common
71. Midnight Maruaders - A Tribe Called Quest
72.Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... - Raekwon
73. Straight Out the Jungle - The Jungle Brothers
74.No One Can Do It Better - The D.O.C.
75. Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim
76. Big Tyme - Heavy D. & The Boyz
77.Run The Jewels II - Run the Jewels
78. Blacks Magic - Salt-N-Pepa
79. Strictly Business - EPMD
80.Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
81. Mantronix : The Album - Mantronix
82.Coloring Book - Chance the Rapper
83.Tha Carter IV - Lil Wayne
84. By All Means Necessary - Boogie Down Productions
85. It Was Written - Nas
86. Daily Operation - Gang Starr
87. Its Dark and Hell is Hot - DMX
88. Quality Control - Jurassic 5
89.Capital Punishment - Big Pun
90. Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders First Lady - Eve
91. Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde - Pharcyde
92. Sex Packets - Digital Underground
93.The Greatest Story Never Told - Saigon
94. Escape - Whodini
95.Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MCs
96. How Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee
97. The Coming - Busta Rhymes
98. 3 Years, 5 Days, and 2 Months in the Life of... - Arrested Development
99.Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T.
100. Chicken-N-Beer - Ludacris