100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Albums
of the 1990s

1. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992)
2. Illmatic - Nas (1994)
3. Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
4. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
5. The Score - Fugees (1996)
6. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
7. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac (1996)
8. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
9. Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg (1993)
10. Aquemini - Outkast (1998)
11. Me Against the World - 2Pac (1995)
12. Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
13. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (1996)
14. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy (1990)
15. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem (1999)
16. 2001 - Dr. Dre (1999)
17. Amerikkka's Most Wanted - Ice Cube (1990)
18. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott (1997)
19. Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
20. Ill Communication - Beastie Boys (1994)
21. It's Dark and Hell is Hot - DMX (1998)
22. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
23. ATLiens - Outkast (1996)
24. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon (1995)
25. Death Certificate - Ice Cube (1991)
26. Black On Both Sides - Mos Def (1999)
27. Liquid Swords - GZA (1995)
28. The Infamous - Mobb Deep (1995)
29. Things Fall Apart - The Roots (1999)
30. 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of... - Arrested Development (1992)
31. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
32. Hard Core - Lil' Kim (1996)
33. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys (1992)
34. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J (1990)
35. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast (1994)
36. Black Sunday - Cypress Hill (1993)
37. E. 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (1995)
38. Moment of Truth - Gang Starr (1998)
39. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star (1998)
40. Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys (1998)
41. Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde - The Pharcyde (1992)
42. De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul (1991)
43. Capital Punishment - Big Pun (1998)
44. Step In the Arena - Gang Starr (1991)
45. It Was Written - Nas (1996)
46. Operation: Doomsday - MF DOOM (1999)
47. Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock & CL Smooth (1992)
48. Endtroducing - DJ Shadow (1996)
49. Apocalypse '91... The Empire Strikes Back - Public Enemy (1991)
50. The Predator - Ice Cube (1992)
51. Vol. 2, Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z (1998)
52. Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan (1997)
53. Strictly 4 My Ni**az - 2Pac (1993)
54. Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer (1990)
55. The Diary - Scarface (1994)
56. O.G. Original Gangster - Ice-T (1991)
57. Ironman - Ghostface Killah (1996)
58. Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow (1997)
59. The Don Killuminati: The 2 Day Theory - Makaveli (2pac) (1996)
60. Illadelph Halflife - The Roots (1996)
61. Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots (1995)
62. 2pacalypse Now - 2Pac (1991)
63. Stress: The Extinction Agenda - Organized Konfusion (1994)
64. Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous - Big L. (1995)
65. One For All - Brand Nubian (1990)
66. Breaking Atoms - Main Source (1991)
67. The Carnival - Wyclef Jean (1997)
68. Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard (1995)
69. Regulate… G Funk Era - Warren G (1994)
70. Daily Operation - Gang Starr (1992)
71. Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) - Digable Planets (1993)
72. Sex Packets - Digital Underground (1990)
73. Creepin On Ah Come Up - Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony (1994)
74. Resurrection - Common (1994)
75. Ridin' Dirty - UGK (1996)
76. Soul Food - Goodie Mob (1995)
77. Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon (1996)
78. Buhloone Mindstate - De La Soul (1993)
79. Mystic Stylez - Three 6 Mafia (1995)
80. One Day It'll All Make Sense - Common (1997)
81. Labcabincalifornia - The Pharcyde (1995)
82. 400 Degreez - Juvenile (1998)
83. Very Necessary - Salt 'n' Pepa (1993)
84. And Then There Was X - DMX (1999)
85. 93 'Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief (1993)
86. Blowout Comb - Digable Planets (1994)
87. 6 Feet Deep - Gravediggaz (1994)
88. Tical - Method Man (1994)
89. Stakes is High - De La Soul (1996)
90. Hell On Earth - Mobb Deep (1996)
91. Live and Let Die - Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo (1992)
92. Whut? The Album - Redman (1992)
93. Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood - DMX (1998)
94. Big Willie Style - Will Smith (1997)
95. No Way Out - Puff Daddy & The Family (1997)
96. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio (1995)
97. Blackout! - Method Man & Redman (1999)
98. The Main Ingredient - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (1994)
99. Beats, Rhymes & Life - A Tribe Called Quest (1996)
100. In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 - Jay-Z (1997)