Music The Rolling Stones 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums Of All Time

[dumbo]

Full List:
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies...rry-styles-was-too-iconic-play-elvis-1364128/

Top 100:

100. Run-D.M.C., 'Raising Hell'
99. Lil Wayne, 'Tha Carter II' (2005)
98. Company Flow, 'Funcrusher Plus' (1997)
97. Clipse, 'Hell Hath No Fury' (2006)
96. Ice-T, 'Power' (1988)
95. T.I., 'Trap Muzik' (2003)
94. De La Soul, 'De La Soul Is Dead' (1991)
93. Ice Cube, 'Death Certificate' (1991)
92. DJ Shadow, 'Endtroducing.....' (1996)
91. Boogie Down Productions, 'Criminal Minded' (1987)
90. Kid Cudi, 'Man on the Moon: The End of the Day' (2009)
89. Brand Nubian, 'One for All' (1990)
88. Cypress Hill, 'Cypress Hill' (1991)
87. Ultramagnetic MCs, 'Critical Beatdown' (1988)
86. Common, 'Like Water for Chocolate' (2000)
85. Eminem, 'The Slim Shady LP' (1999)
84. Vince Staples, 'Summertime '06' (2015)
83. M.I.A., 'Kala' (2007)
82. Slick Rick, 'The Great Adventures of Slick Rick' (1988)
81. Digable Planets, 'Blowout Comb' (1994)
80. Earl Sweatshirt, 'Some Rap Songs' (2018)
79. Eric B. & Rakim, 'Follow the Leader' (1988)
78. Azealia Banks, 'Broke With Expensive Taste' (2014)
77. Jay-Z and Kanye West, 'Watch the Throne' (2011)
76. Gang Starr, 'Hard to Earn' (1994)
75. Megan Thee Stallion, 'Fever' (2019)
74. Iggy Azalea, The New Classic (2015)
73. The Pharcyde, 'Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde' (1992)
72. Dr. Octagon, 'Dr. Octagonecologyst' (1996)
71. Queen Latifah, 'All Hail the Queen' (1989)
70. The Fugees, 'The Score' (1996)
69. Ghostface Killah, 'Ironman' (1996)
68. Juvenile, '400 Degreez' (1998)
67. Geto Boys, 'We Can't Be Stopped' (1991)
66. Three 6 Mafia, 'Mystic Stylez' (1995)
65. De La Soul, 'Buhloone Mindstate' (1993)
64. 50 Cent, 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' ' (2003)
63. Black Star, 'Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star' (1998)
62. Wu Tang Clan - Once Upon A Time In Shaolin (2108)
61. Scarface, 'The Diary' (1994)
60. Kendrick Lamar, 'Damn.' (2017)
59. The Notorious B.I.G., 'Life After Death' (1997)
58. Ice Cube, 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' (1990)
57. Beastie Boys, 'Licensed to Ill' (1986)
56. Noname, 'Room 25' (2018)
55. A Tribe Called Quest, 'Midnight Marauders' (1993)
54. Migos, 'Culture' (2017)
53. Salt-N-Pepa, 'Hot, Cool and Vicious' (1986)
52 .Kanye West, 'The College Dropout' (2004)
51. The Roots, 'Things Fall Apart' (1999)
50. EPMD - 'Strictly Business' (1988)
49. N.W.A - 'Straight Outta Compton' (1988)
48. Eminem - Revival
47. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott - 'Supa Dupa Fly'
46. Tyler, the Creator - 'Call Me If You Get Lost' (2021)
45. LL Cool J - 'Mama Said Knock You Out' (1990)
44. Genius/GZA - 'Liquid Swords' (1995)
43. Run-D.M.C. - 'Run-D.M.C.' (1984)
42. Big Daddy Kane - 'Long Live the Kane' (1988)
41. Kanye West - 'Late Registration' (2005)
40. Dr. Dre - 'The Chronic' (1992)
39. Lil Wayne - 'The Carter III' (2008)
38. Kendrick Lamar - 'good kid - m.A.A.d city' (2012)
37. Raekwon - 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...' (1995)
36. 2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1934
35. Kanye West - Donda (2021)
34. Various Artists - 'The Sugar Hill Records Story' (1997)
33. De La Soul - '3 Feet High and Rising' (1989)
32. Chief Keef - 'Finally Rich' (2012)
31. Nicki Minaj - 'Pink Friday' (2010)
30. Beastie Boys - 'Paul’s Boutique' (1989)
29. 2Pac - 'All Eyez on Me' (1996)
28. Mobb Deep - 'The Infamous' (1995)
27. Outkast - 'Aquemini' (1998)
26. Jay-Z - 'Reasonable Doubt' (1996)
25. Eminem - 'The Marshall Mathers LP' (2000)
24. Nas - 'Illmatic' (1994)
23. UGK - 'Ridin' Dirty' (1996)
22. DMX - 'It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot' (1998)
21. Lil Wayne - 'Da Drought 3' (2007)
20. Future - 'DS2' (2015)
19. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2008)
18. Madvillain - 'Madvillainy' (2004)
17. Kanye West - 'Yeezus' (2013)
16. Cardi B - 'Invasion of Privacy' (2018)
15. Eric B. and Rakim - 'Paid in Full' (1987)
14. Ghostface Killah - 'Supreme Clientele' (2000)
13. Dr. Dre - '2001' (1999)
12. Clipse - 'Lord Willin' ' (2002)
11. Drake - 'Take Care' (2011)
10. Lauryn Hill - 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' (1998)
9. A Tribe Called Quest - 'The Low End Theory' (1991)
8. Wu-Tang Clan - 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' (1993)
7. Missy Elliott - 'Miss E... So Addictive' (2001)
6. Kanye West - 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' (2010)
5. Kendrick Lamar - 'To Pimp a Butterfly' (2015)
4. Public Enemy - 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' (1988)
3. Jay-Z - 'The Blueprint' (2001)
2. Outkast - 'Stankonia' (2000)
1. The Notorious B.I.G. - 'Ready to Die' (1994)

Not a bad list all things considered. Well done The Rolling Stones for getting most of it right.

 

[altodevil]

Illmatic too low
Blueprint too high
Yeezus too high

 

[Moby]

Oh for fecks sake

 

[dumbo]

Run DMC should be a bit higher, otherwise the list is nearly perfect.

 

[Salt Bailly]

Good shout by Baz.

 

[dumbo]

But the history of rap LPs is so rich and varied, we were forced to make some painful choices

That's fair.

 

[altodevil]

Just saw Drake at 11

 

[Pickle85]

Scanned the top twenty for Nas, saw none, stopped reading. Any list with Illmayic outside the top ten is (imo) a travesty.

 

[Pickle85]

Cardi B at 16 ffs.

 

[dumbo]

The result was a list that touches on every important moment in the genre’s evolution

168. Tierra Whack, 'Whack World' (2018)

That'll be the important moment when someone made an 8 minute long album.

 

[Massive Spanner]

No Run the Jewels? Get tae feck.

 

[Salt Bailly]

The only Drake album worth considering for this list is If You're Reading This It's Too Late.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

Cardi B, Donda and Macklemore appearing on that list before Illmatic or Marshall Mathers LP does it for me.

 

[Pickle85]

Donda at 35 ahead of Things Fall Apart. I need to stop reading...my blood pressure...

 

[dumbo]

148. Run the Jewels, 'Run the Jewels 2' (2014)

 

[Lemoor]

Iggy Azalea being there at all and Macklemore that high are really... 'interesting' choices.

 

[Pickle85]

As if The Score isn't a top 25-50 album

 

[Dan_F]

Scanned the top twenty for Nas, saw none, stopped reading. Any list with Illmayic outside the top ten is (imo) a travesty.

This. To be honest I knew it was going to be bad when I saw Iggy Izelia almost level with “The score”

 

[stu_1992]

I'm a big Kanye fan, but Donda that high in the list? I liked that album a lot but even if we focus on his own career, there's a lot of albums that would be above that one.

 

[GlasgowCeltic]

Illmatic should be first, thought that was universally accepted

 

[dumbo]

103 Mos Def, 'Black on Both Sides' (1999)

Good call. Definitely belongs in the top 103 albums.

 

[VanDeBank]

87. Ultramagnetic MCs, 'Critical Beatdown' (1988)
79. Eric B. & Rakim, 'Follow the Leader' (1988)
40. Dr. Dre - 'The Chronic' (1992)
24. Nas - 'Illmatic' (1994)
15. Eric B. and Rakim - 'Paid in Full' (1987)

There's quite a few more great albums that should be way higher, but these are the most outrageous. I hate these lists. 3 fecking Eminem albums and Rakim's 18th letter is nowhere to be found.

 

[11101]

There is no fecking way anything by Kendrick or Missy Elliott should be anywhere near the top 10.
And no fecking way at least something by Nas or Eric B & Rakim shouldn't be in the top 10.


Just stick the The Source's 5 mic albums, at least the ones rated before they sold out.

 

[Rado_N]

As much as I like that Cardi B album it belongs nowhere near #16 on a list like this.

There’s way too much wrong with it to start breaking it all down but there always is with these lists, they’re just pointless click gathering exercises.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Listicles? Did I re-enter 2014??

 

[Red Devil 26]

Love Outkast, but Stankonia isn't even their best work and isn't close to being the 2nd best hip hop album of all time. Wouldn't even make my top 20.

 

[Bosws87]

No Big L.

shocking.

 

[BD]

You gonna go through them all and give us a rating and a short review dumbo, or are you gonna be lazy?

 

[Pickle85]

Love Outkast, but Stankonia isn't even their best work and isn't close to being the 2nd best hip hop album of all time. Wouldn't even make my top 20.

Yeah this surprised me. I would've expected Aquemini if anything but even that wouldn't make my top five

 

[Pickle85]

Also, though I admit I have been one of those derided for calling 2 Pac a little overrated I am still surprised to see him at 29, below Macklemore and Cardi B.

 

[lsd]

Illmatic at 24 is a joke and so is Biggie at no 1

 

[Cole9]

24. Nas - 'Illmatic' (1994)
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21. Lil Wayne - 'Da Drought 3' (2007)
20. Future - 'DS2' (2015)
19. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2008)
16. Cardi B - 'Invasion of Privacy' (2018)
11. Drake - 'Take Care' (2011)
7. Missy Elliott - 'Miss E... So Addictive' (2001)
5. Kendrick Lamar - 'To Pimp a Butterfly' (2015)



There's so many things wrong with this list that I don't even know where to start.

 

[lsd]

Its the worst list I've ever seen in my life. There are so many horrendous choices in there. Macklemore? Chief Keef? They have to be joking surely.

Theres no way hip hop fans came up with that. Lauryn Hill is a fantastic rapper but her album had no rap on it so I'm not even sure about that.

Donda belongs on that list as much as insane clown posse albums would.

Every De La Soul fan knows 3 foot high and rising is their worst album.

I can only assume that the people who made that list only listen to rock music and just googled random albums

 

[lsd]

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[youngrell]

I don’t think I could put together a worse list even if I was trolling.

 

[Superunknown]

No Run the Jewels? Get tae feck.

Outrageous one of their albums didn't make the top 100.

Crazy. Way, way too low.

I love those two top albums, so I'm not complaining, but also understand why others maybe deserve certain albums should be higher or taking that top spot. Illmatic at 24 is pissening.

 

[Dan_F]

I’ve just noticed how high Pink Friday is too. Almost higher than The Infamous and Aquemini. The list gets funnier the more you look at it actually.

 

[altodevil]

Not sure why folk are fingering tpab when it's fairly placed and there are a zillion issues elsewhere

 

[calodo2003]

Not sure it’s truly a hip hop album, but #92 DJ Shadow ‘Endtroducing’ is an absolute masterpiece.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Rappers steppin to me
They want a brick son
But I'm the Chef my price is 26 son