These ballots were only mailed out to people who promised they would vote for Sage Francis and MC Lars records. Requirements for suffrage included owning at least four backpacks made of the finest Jansport and three Fidel Castro caps. Those without goatees need not apply. I informed Jonathan Bradley that if he voted for Young Jeezy he couldn’t wear Wallabees for a month. When he wasn’t looking, I changed his ballot to include “Electric Circus” twenty-five times, primarily because Lonnie Lynn looks dreamy in wool.
People were told to vote for their favorite albums. Hating on someone for their tastes is dumber than lecturing on what type of coffee to order. Unless you’re ordering Soy Venti Macchiato Caramel Lattes, just let it slide. And who are you to judge? Maybe one day you’ll like Soy Venti Macchiato Caramel Lattes. Doctors say they were the only beverage option that might have saved Big Moe.
Look at the lists, listen to the albums, the rest of the week will be spent highlighting great records that didn’t “get enough votes” (scare quotes because I am the Joe Kennedy of journalism.) –Jeff Weiss
1. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die Remastered
2. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
3. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
4. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
5. Nas – Stillmatic
6. Hip Hop Connection – Hip Hop Connection 8th Anniversary Mixtape
7. DJ Shadow – The Private Press
8. J Dilla – Donuts
9. DJ Swindle – Bobb Deep
10. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
11. Cage – Hell’s Winter
12. Joe Budden – Joe Budden
13. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
14. Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
15. Jay-Z – The Black Album
16. Clipse – Lord Willin’
17. Big L – The Big Picture
18. Big Punisher – Yeeeah Baby
19. Kanye West – The College Dropout
20. DJ Semantik – 100 Breaks
21. The Notorious B.I.G. – March 9th Mixtape
22. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 2
23. M.O.P. – Warriorz
24. DJ Shadow – Funky Skunk
25. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
26. RJD2 – Deadringer
27. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
28. The Roots – Phrenology
29. Kanye West – Graduation
30. N.E.R.D. – In Search Of…
31. Kanye West – Late Registration
32. Common – Be
33. Eminem – 8 Mile Soundtrack
34. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
35. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
36. Obie Trice – Cheers
37. Zilla Rocca – Bring Me the Head of Zilla Rocca
38. Immortal Technique – The Revolutionary Vol. 1
39. DJ Aristocat – Focus
40. The Game – The Documentary
41. DJ Swindle – AlMatic
42. Shyne – Shyne
43. Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
44. El Da Sensei and The Returners – Global Takeover
45. Mally – The Letter
46. K-Def – Willie Boo Boo the Fool
47. Cam’ron – Come Home With Me
48. Century Sam – Hunger Is a State of Mind
49. Jojo Pellegrino – Pellafreestyles Vol. 1
50. Clean Guns – Producer Series: WDHQ
Abe Beame
1. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
2. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
3. Scarface – The Fix
4. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
5. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
6. J Dilla – Donuts
7. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
8. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
9. Clipse – Lord Willin’
10. The Roots – Game Theory
11. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
12. Kanye West – Graduation
13. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
14. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
15. Outkast – Stankonia
16. Madvillain – Madvillainy
17. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
18. Project Pat – Mista Don’t Play
19. Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
20. Styles P – A Gangsta and a Gentleman
21. Devin the Dude – 2 Tha Xtreme
22. Joe Budden – Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse
23. Nas – Stillmatic
24. Lil’ Wayne – Dedication 2
25. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
26. Kanye West – The College Dropout
27. Jay-Z – The Black Album
28. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
29. UGK – Dirty Money
30. The Game – The Documentary
31. Nas – Hip Hop is Dead
32. Cam’ron – Purple Haze
33. T.I. – Trap Muzik
34. Joell Ortiz – The Brick: Bodega Chronicles
35. Busta Rhymes – Anarchy
36. The Roots – Rising Down
37. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
38. Three 6 Mafia – When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6 Sixty 1
39. Beanie Sigel – The Reason
40. Jay Electronica – What the Fuck is a Jay Electronica?
41. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter
42. Cam’ron – Come Home With Me
43. M.O.P. – Warriorz
44. Big L – The Big Picture
45. Ludacris – Back for the 1st Time
46. Big Punisher – Yeeeah Baby
47. Juelz Santana – From Me 2 U
48. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
49. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
50. Young Buck – Straight Outta Cashville
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
J Dilla – Donuts
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
Common – Like Water for Chocolate
Outkast – Stankonia
Madvillain – Madvillainy
Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
Nas – Stillmatic
Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
Kanye West – The College Dropout
Jay-Z – The Black Album
The Game – The Documentary
Big L – The Big Picture
The Streets – Original Pirate Material
Cage – Hell’s Winter
Kanye West – Late Registration
Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
Edan – Beauty and the Beat
Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain
Little Brother – The Listening
El-P – Fantastic Damage
De La Soul – The Grind Date
Quasimoto – The Unseen
Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
Aesop Rock – Labor Days
Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
Sean Price – Monkey Bars
Nas – God’s Son
Elzhi – The Preface/Europass
DJ Muggs vs GZA – Grandmasters
Jaylib – Champion Sound
Binary Star – Masters of the Universe
Pete Rock – Petestrumentals
Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent by Design
Black Milk – Tronic
Non Phixion – The Future is Now
Dizzee Rascal – Showtime
Aesop Rock – Float
J-Live – The Best Part
Y Society – Travel At Your Own Pace
Invincible – Shapeshifters
Scaramanga – 7 Eyes, 7 Horns (Special Edition)
Godfather Don – Diabolique
Kano – Home Sweet Home
The U.N. – U.N. or U Out?
Jay-Z – The Blueprint
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
Common – Like Water for Chocolate
Outkast – Stankonia
Madvillain – Madvillainy
Kanye West – The College Dropout
Jay-Z – The Black Album
The Game – The Documentary
Big L – The Big Picture
Kanye West – Late Registration
Little Brother – The Listening
Sean Price – Monkey Bars
Scarface – The Fix
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
Clipse – Lord Willin’
Kanye West – Graduation
Jay-Z – The Blueprint
Cam’ron – Purple Haze
Busta Rhymes – Anarchy
Cam’ron – Come Home With Me
Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
N.E.R.D. – In Search Of…
Common – Be
MF Doom – MM… Food
Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity
Wu-Tang Clan – The W
Jay-Z – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
Jay-Z – American Gangster
Brother Ali – The Undisputed Truth
Rhymefest – Blue Collar
DJ Quik – Balance and Options
Soopafly – Dat Whoopty Whoop
Tha Dogg Pound – Dillinger & Young Gotti
Twista – Kamikaze
Bump J – Nothing to Lose (Unreleased)
The Cool Kids – The Bake Sale
1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
2. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II
3. Kanye West – The College Dropout
4. Cam’ron – Purple Haze
5. Trae – Restless
6. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
7. Outkast – Stankonia
8. Murs & 9th Wonder – 3:16 The 9th Edition
9. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
10. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
11. Kanye West – Graduation
12. Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
13. The Game – Doctor’s Advocate
14. T.I. – King
15. Prodigy – Return of the Mac
16. Beanie Sigel – The B.Coming
17. UGK – Underground Kingz
18. Jay-Z – The Black Album
19. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
20. Paul Wall & Chamillionaire – Get Ya Mind Correct
21. Bubba Sparxxx – Deliverance
22. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
23. T.I. – Trap Muzik
24. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
25. Swishahouse – The Day Hell Broke Loose 2
26. Mike Jones – Who is Mike Jones?
27. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
28. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
29. Kanye West – Late Registration
30. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
31. Jay-Z – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
32. M.O.P. – Warriorz
33. The Roots – Phrenology
34. UGK – UGK 4 Life
35. Jay-Z – American Gangster
36. Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity
37. Turf Talk – West Coast Vaccine: The Cure
38. Clipse – Lord Willin’
39. De La Soul – The Grind Date
40. Juelz Santana – What the Game’s Been Missing!
41. Petey Pablo – Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry
42. Crime Mob – Hated on Mostly
43. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
44. David Banner – Mississippi: The Album
45. Nas – God’s Son
46. Devin the Dude – Waitin’ to Inhale
47. Missy Elliott – Miss E… So Addictive
48. Missy Elliott – This is Not a Test!
49. The Roots – Game Theory
50. Black Milk – Tronic
1. Outkast – Stankonia
2. Kanye West – Graduation
3. Kanye West – Late Registration
4. The Roots – Game Theory
5. Calle 13 – Residente O Visitante
6. One Be Lo – S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
7. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
8. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
9. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
10. M.I.A. – Arular
11. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
12. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
13. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
14. Madvillain – Madvillainy
15. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
16. Kanye West – The College Dropout
17. Calle 13 – Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo
18. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II
19. UGK – Underground Kingz
20. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
21. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
22. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
23. Missy Elliott – Miss E… So Addictive
24. The Knux – Remind Me in Three Days
25. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
26. M.I.A. – Kala
27. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
28. Binary Star – Masters of the Universe
29. Tego Calderon – Abayarde
30. Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
31. Quasimoto – The Unseen
32. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
33. T.I. – King
34. Clipse – Lord Willin’
35. MF Doom – Born Like This
1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. Madvillain – Madvillainy
3. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
4. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
5. Cam’ron – Purple Haze
6. Subtle – For Hero: For Fool
7. Outkast – Stankonia
8. MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain
9. Kanye West – The College Dropout
10. Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity
11. Beanie Sigel – The B.Coming
12. Dizzee Rascal – Showtime
13. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
14. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
15. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
16. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
17. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
18. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
19. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
20. MF Doom – MM… Food
21. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
22. Dalek – Abandoned Language
23. Jay-Z – American Gangster
24. Prodigy – HNIC
25. Foreign Exchange – Connected
26. The Game – Doctor’s Advocate
27. Kanye West – Late Registration
28. Kanye West – Graduation
29. Capone-N-Noreaga – The Reunion
30. Jim Jones – Hustler’s P.O.M.E.
31. Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
32. Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab
33. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
34. Cee-Lo – Cee-Lo Green Is… The Soul Machine
35. Nas – The Nigger Mixtape
36. Prodigy – Return of the Mac
37. Johnson & Jonson – Johnson & Jonson
38. Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams
39. Three 6 Mafia – When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6 Sixty 1
40. Jay-Z – The Black Album
41. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
2. Kanye West – Graduation
3. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
4. Madvillain – Madvillainy
5. M.O.P. – Warriorz
6. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
7. The Coup – Pick a Bigger Weapon
8. Kanye West – The College Dropout
9. Nas – The Lost Tapes
10. Kanye West – Late Registration
11. Jay-Z – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
12. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
13. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
14. The Game – The Documentary
15. Clipse – Lord Willin’
16. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
17. Common – Be
18. Quasimoto – The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
19. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
20. Beanie Sigel – The B.Coming
21. T.I. – King
22. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
23. MF Doom – Born Like This
24. The Game – Doctor’s Advocate
25. King Geedorah – Take Me to Your Leader
26. 50 Cent – Guess Who’s Back
27. Nas – Stillmatic
28. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
29. Cam’ron – Come Home With Me
30. The Game – L.A.X.
31. MF Doom – MM… Food
32. 88 Keys – The Death of Adam
33. Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
34. UGK – Underground Kingz
35. Sean Price – Monkey Bars
36. Cam’ron – Purple Haze
37. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II
38. DJ Muggs vs GZA – Grandmasters
39. Black Rob – Life Story
40. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
41. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
42. The Juggaknots – Use Your Confusion
43. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
44. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
45. Prodigy – Return of the Mac
46. GZA – Protools
47. Prodigy – HNIC Pt. 2
48. Cool Kids – Gone Fishing
49. Little Brother – The Listening
50. Devin the Dude – Waitin’ to Inhale
1. Ill Poets – The World is Ours
2. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
3. Foreign Exchange – Connected
4. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
5. Evidence – The Weatherman
6. Buff 1 – There’s Only One
7. Madvillain – Madvillainy
8. Kanye West – The College Dropout
9. Jay-Z – The Black Album
10. Little Brother – The Listening
11. The Roots – Game Theory
12. Common – Be
13. M.O.P. – Warriorz
14. Jaylib – Champion Sound
15. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
16. Now On – Tomorrow Already
17. Cunninlynguists – A Piece of Strange
18. Blue Scholars – Bayani
19. Jazz Addixx – Oxygen Refreshed
20. Cunninlynguists – Dirty Acres
21. De La Soul – The Grind Date
22. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
23. Uncut Raw – First Toke
24. Little Brother – The Minstrel Show
25. 14 KT – The Golden Hour
26. The Game – The Documentary
27. Prodigy – HNIC
28. The Roots – Phrenology
29. Sean Price – Monkey Bars
30. J Dilla – Donuts
31. Dead Prez – Revolutionary But Gangsta
32. Finale – A Pipe Dream and a Promise
33. Buckshot & 9th Wonder – Chemistry
34. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
35. Murs & 9th Wonder – 3:16 The 9th Edition
36. yU – Before Taxes
37. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
38. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
39. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
40. Wordsworth – Mirror Music
41. Invincible – Shapeshifters
42. Little Brother – Get Back
43. Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams
44. Kanye West – Late Registration
45. Panacea – The Scenic Route
46. Archetype – Bleed for Them
47. Black Milk – Tronic
48. Masta Killa – No Said Date
49. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
50. Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang Theory
1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
3. RZA – Digital Bullet
4. KRS-One – Kristyles
5. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
6. King Geedorah – Take Me to Your Leader
7. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
8. Outkast – Stankonia
9. Mr. Lif – I Phantom
10. Jedi Mind Tricks – Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
11. Louis Logic – Sin-A-Matic
12. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
13. Immortal Technique – The Revolutionary Vol. 2
14. Non Phixion – The Future is Now
15. K’Naan – The Dusty Foot Philosopher
16. Cage – Hell’s Winter
17. Atmosphere – Lucy Ford
18. Demigodz – The Godz Must Be Crazier
19. J-Zone – Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes
20. El-P – Fantastic Damage
21. Dead Prez – Revolutionary But Gangsta
22. The Game – Doctor’s Advocate
23. Cunninlynguists – Southernunderground
24. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
25. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
26. Mr. Lif – Mo Mega
27. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
28. Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent by Design
29. Jaylib – Champion Sound
30. The Juggaknots – Use Your Confusion
31. RJD2 – Deadringer
32. Mos Def – The New Danger
33. MF Doom – MM… Food
34. De La Soul – The Grind Date
35. Reef the Lost Cauze – Feast or Famine
36. Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
37. Nas – God’s Son
38. Louis Logic & JJ Brown – Misery Loves Comedy
39. Eminem – The Eminem Show
40. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
41. 7L & Esoteric – A New Dope
42. Madvillain – Madvillainy
43. Brother Ali – The Undisputed Truth
44. Quasimoto – The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
45. Yak Ballz – Scifentology II
46. Masta Killa – No Said Date
47. J Dilla – The Shining
48. Black Milk – Popular Demand
49. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
50. Diddy – Press Play
1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
2. Kanye West – Late Registration
3. Beanie Sigel – The B.Coming
4. Kanye West – The College Dropout
5. The Game – The Documentary
6. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
7. Dead Prez – Revolutionary But Gangsta
8. Bun-B – Trill
9. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
10. Outkast – Stankonia
11. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
12. Common – Be
13. Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
14. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
15. Clipse – Lord Willin’
16. Rhymefest – Blue Collar
17. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
18. Tha Dogg Pound – Cali iz Active
19. T.I. – Gansgta Grillz
20. The Game – Doctor’s Advocate
21. Common – Finding Forever
22. Freeway – Philadelphia Freeway
23. T.I. – King
24. 88 Keys – The Death of Adam
25. Jay-Z – The Black Album
26. The Game – L.A.X.
27. T.I. – Urban Legend
28. Nas – Stillmatic
29. Consequence – Don’t Quit Your Day Job
30. J Dilla – Donuts
31. Gucci Mane – Back to the Traphouse
32. Slum Village – Detroit Deli
33. UGK – Underground Kingz
34. Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
35. Talib Kweli – Eardrum
36. Cassidy – I’m a Hustler
37. Ghostface Killah/Mick Boogie – The Broiled Salmon Mixtape
38. Consequence – Take ‘Em to the Cleaners
39. Joe Budden – Joe Budden
40. DJ Green Lantern – Alive on Arrival Mixtape
41. T.I. – Trap Muzik
42. Young Jeezy & DJ Drama – Trap or Die
43. T.I. – Paper Trail
44. Mobb Deep – Free Agents: The Murder Mixtape
45. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
46. Turf Talk – West Coast Vaccine: The Cure
47. Webbie – Savage Life
48. The Ying Yang Twins – U.S.A. – United States of Atlanta
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
The Roots – Game Theory
Sean Price – Monkey Bars
MF Doom – MM… Food
Prodigy – HNIC Pt. 2
MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain
Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab
Quasimoto – The Unseen
Devin the Dude – 2 Tha Xtreme
Joell Ortiz – The Brick: Bodega Chronicles
K-Def – Willie Boo Boo the Fool
The P. Brothers – The Gas
Cormega – The True Meaning
Marco Polo – Port Authority
AZ – A.W.O.L.
Sean Price – Jesus Price Superstar
Q-Tip – Amplified
Boss Money – Consignment
Sadat X – Education & Experience
Killa Sha – GOD Walk On Water
Large Professor – Main Source
Cappo – Spazz The World
AZ – The Memphis Sessions
1. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
2. Cunninlynguists – A Piece of Strange
3. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
4. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
5. Foreign Exchange – Connected
6. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
7. J-Zone – Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes
8. Little Brother – The Listening
9. Jay-Z – The Black Album
10. Little Brother – The Chitlin’ Circuit
11. Archetype – Bleed for Them
12. J Dilla – Donuts
13. J-Zone – A Bottle of Whup Ass EP
14. The Juggaknots – Use Your Confusion
15. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
16. Smile Rays – Party Place
17. Binary Star – Masters of the Universe
18. Louis Logic – Sin-A-Matic
19. Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint that Shit Gold
20. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
21. Kanye West – Graduation
22. Felt – A Tribute To Lisa Bonet
23. E.M.C. – The Show
24. Atmosphere – Seven’s Travels
25. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
26. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
27. Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly
28. Blue Scholars – Bayani
29. Cunninlynguists – Dirty Acres
30. De La Soul – The Grind Date
31. Cunninlynguists – Southernunderground
32. Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
33. De La Soul – Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
34. Atmosphere – Lucy Ford
35. J-Zone – Sick of Being Rich
36. Kanye West – The College Dropout
37. Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
38. Nas – The Lost Tapes
39. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
40. J-Zone – A Job Ain’t Nuthin’ But Work
41. K-Def – Willie Boo Boo the Fool
42. Junk Science – Feeding Einstein
43. Louis Logic & JJ Brown – Misery Loves Comedy
44. Royce da 5’9″ – Death is Certain
45. Nicolay & Kay – Time Line
46. The Roots – Phrenology
47. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
48. Boss Hog Barbarians – Every Hog Has It’s Day
49. Grip Grand – Brokelore
50. One Be Lo – S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
1. Scarface – The Fix
2. T.I. – Trap Muzik
3. Killer Mike – The Killer
4. Common – Be
5. Lil’ Boosie – Bad Azz
6. Kanye West – I’m Good Mixtape
7. Young Jeezy & DJ Drama – Trap or Die
8. Killer Mike – I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind 2
9. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
10. Little Brother – Seperate But Equal
11. Nas – Untitled
12. Young Dro & DJ Drama – Day One
13. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
14. Little Brother – The Minstrel Show
15. Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity
16. Project Pat – Mista Don’t Play
17. T.I. – Paper Trail
18. Kanye West – The College Dropout
19. Little Brother – Get Back
20. Vakill – Worst Fears Confirmed
21. Nas – Street’s Disciple
22. Clipse – Lord Willin’
23. Plies & DJ Drama – From The Bottom To The Top
24. Jay-Z – American Gangster
25. Young Jeezy – The Recession
26. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
27. Webbie – Savage Life
28. The Hot Boys – Guerrilla Warfare
29. The Roots – Game Theory
30. Kanye West – Late Registration
31. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
32. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
33. Memphis Bleek – M.A.D.E.
34. Lupe Fiasco – Lupe The Killer
35. Mikkey Halsted – Uncrowned King Mixtape
36. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
37. Screwball – Y2K
38. Joe Budden – Mood Muzik: The Worst of Joe Budden
39. Joe Budden – Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse
40. DJ Lt Dan & Ras Kass – On The Run
41. All Star & DJ Crisis – The Tenn-A-Keyan 2 (State of the Union)
42. All-Star – Starlito’s Way
43. DJ Paul – For Da Summa
44. Beanie Sigel – The B.Coming
45. Beanie Sigel & DJ Green Lantern – Public Enemy #1
46. Jim Jones – On My Way To Church
47. Fabolous – Loso’s Way 2
48. Young Jeezy & DJ Drama – Can’t Ban The Snowman
49. Sean Price – Jesus Price Superstar
Kanye West – Late Registration
Outkast – Stankonia
J Dilla – Donuts
Blackalicious – Blazing Arrow
Madlib – Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2
Common – Like Water for Chocolate
Aesop Rock – Labor Days
RJD2 – Deadringer
DJ Shadow – Private Press
Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
Common – Be
Murs – 3:16 The 9th Edition
Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
Talib Kweli – Quality
Jurassic 5 – Quality Control
Jay-Z – The Blueprint
Madvillain – Madvillainy
Kanye West – College Dropout
Danger Mouse – Grey Album
NERD – In Search Of…
Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
People Under the Stairs – OST
J-Live – All of The Above
Atmoshere – God Loves Ugly
The Roots – Phrenology
Big L – The Big Picture
Danger Doom – The Mouse and the Mask
MF Doom – MM..Food?
El-P – Fantastic Damage
Dead Prez – Lets Get Free
Quasimoto – The Unseen
Coup – Party Music
Q-Tip – The Renaissance
Kanye West – Graduation
Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
Binary Star – Masters of the Universe
Outkast – Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below
Blue Scholars – Blue Scholars
Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent by Design
Gangstarr – The Ownerz
Rhymefest – Blue Collar
Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher
Madlib – Beat Konducta Vol. 5: Dil Cosby Suite
Wu-Tang Clan – The W
Dilated Peoples – The Platform
Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquour
1. Jay-Z – The Black Album
2. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
3. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
4. Madvillain – Madvillainy
5. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
6. MF Doom – MM… Food
7. Scarface – The Fix
8. Lupe Fiasco – Fahrenheit 1/15
9. Kanye West – The College Dropout
10. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
11. The Game – The Documentary
12. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
13. Outkast – Stankonia
14. MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain
15. Kanye West – Late Registration
16. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
17. Buckshot & 9th Wonder – Chemistry
18. Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
19. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 1
20. Joe Budden – Mood Muzik: The Worst of Joe Budden
21. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
22. Kanye West – Graduation
23. Lil’ Wayne – Dedication 2
24. Joell Ortiz – The Brick: Bodega Chronicles
25. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
26. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
27. DJ Muggs vs GZA – Grandmasters
28. Nas – Hip Hop is Dead
29. Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent by Design
30. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
31. Street Light Music – Foul Mouth Jerk
32. Atmosphere – Sad Clown, Bad Summer [EP]
33. Boot Camp Clik – The Chosen Few
34. Dangerdoom – The Mouse and the Mask
35. MF Doom and Trunks – Unicron [EP]
36. Eminem – The Eminem Show
37. Ludacris – Word of Mouf
38. Lyrics Born – Later that Day
39. Clipse – Lord Willin’
40. Total Eclipse – Black Moon
41. Brother Ali – The Undisputed Truth
42. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
43. Chino XL – I Told You So
44. Joe Budden – Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse
45. Blackalicious – The Craft
46. MF Grimm – The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man
47. Blockhead – Uncle Tony’s Coloring Book
48. LoDeck & Omega One – Postcards from the 3rd Rock
49. Nas – Street’s Disciple
1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
2. Madvillain – Madvillainy
3. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
4. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
5. Kanye West – The College Dropout
6. Clipse – Lord Willin’
7. Jay-Z – The Black Album
8. Kanye West – Graduation
9. Outkast – Stankonia
10. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
11. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
12. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
13. Elzhi – Europass
14. M.I.A. – Arular
15. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
16. M.I.A. – Kala
17. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
18. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
19. The Knux – Remind Me in Three Days
20. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
21. MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain [Viktor Vaughn]
22. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
23. Kanye West – Late Registration
24. Scarface – The Fix
25. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah
26. MF Doom – Born Like This
27. Black Milk – Tronic
28. Jay-Z – MTV Unplugged
29. T.I. – King
30. Elzhi – The Preface
31. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
32. MF Doom – Operation Doomsday
33. Nas – Stillmatic
34. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
35. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
36. J Dilla – Donuts
37. Lil’ Wayne – Da Drought 3
38. Killer Mike – I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind 2
39. Jay-Z – American Gangster
40. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
41. N.E.R.D. – In Search Of…
42. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
43. Cam’ron – Come Home With Me
44. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
45. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
46. Cam’ron – Purple Haze
47. Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
48. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
49. Missy Elliott – Miss E… So Addictive
50. Jurassic 5 – Quality Control
1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
2. Madvillain – Madvillainy
3. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
4. J Dilla – Donuts
5. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
6. Pete Rock – Petestrumentals
7. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
8. M.O.P. – Warriorz
9. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
10. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
11. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
12. J-Live – All of the Above
13. J Dilla – The Shining
14. Freddie Foxxx – Industry Shakedown
15. The P. Brothers – The Gas
16. Scarface – The Fix
17. Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me
18. DJ Shadow – The Private Press
19. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
20. Binary Star – Masters of the Universe
21. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
22. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
23. AZ – The Format
24. Danger Mouse & Jemini – Ghetto Pop Life
25. Y Society – Travel At Your Own Pace
26. Panacea – The Scenic Route
27. De La Soul – The Grind Date
28. Jay-Z – The Black Album
29. Kanye West – Late Registration
30. Elzhi – The Preface (Includes Sach O/Dart Adams votes tied to Europass)
31. MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain [Viktor Vaughn]
32. Marco Polo – Port Authority
33. Jazz Liberatorz – Clin D’Oeil
34. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
35. Blackalicious – Blazing Arrow
36. Royce da 5’9″ – Death is Certain
37. J-Zone – A Bottle of Whup Ass EP
38. MF Doom – Born Like This
39. Madlib – Beat Konducta Vol. 5/6 (Aaron Matthews vote only for 5)
40. Chris Read – The Diary Megamix
41. DJ Format – Music For The Mature B-Boy
42. Cormega – The Realness
43. Prodigy – Return of the Mac
44. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
45. Jehst – Return of the Drifter
46. J Rawls – The Essence of J Rawls
47. Nas – The Lost Tapes
48. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
49. Quasimoto – The Unseen
50. The Roots – Game Theory
1. Madvillain – Madvillainy
2. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
3. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
4. Kanye West – The College Dropout
5. J Dilla – Donuts
6. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
7. M.O.P. – Warriorz
8. Royce da 5’9″ – Death is Certain
9. Jay-Z – The Black Album
10. Nas – Stillmatic
11. Clipse – Lord Willin’
12. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
13. MF Doom – MM… Food
14. Beanie Sigel – The Reason
15. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
16. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
17. Cormega – The Realness
18. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
19. Cormega – The True Meaning
20. Scarface – The Fix
21. Kanye West – Late Registration
22. Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity
23. Elzhi – The Preface
24. The True Reason – Ruff Draft
25. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
26. Nas – God’s Son
27. Prodigy – Return of the Mac
28. 50 Cent – 50 Cent is the Future
29. Kanye West – Graduation
30. MF Doom – Born Like This
31. Outkast – Stankonia
32. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
33. El-P – Fantastic Damage
34. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
35. Big L – The Big Picture
36. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
37. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
38. Wu-Tang Clan – Iron Flag
39. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
40. Jay-Z – American Gangster
41. AZ – Aziatic
42. Jay-Z – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
43. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
44. Common – Be
45. Elzhi – Europass
46. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II
47. Little Brother – The Listening
48. The Game – The Documentary
49. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
50. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
1. M.O.P. – Warriorz
2. Quasimoto – The Unseen
3. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
4. Madvillain – Madvillainy
5. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
6. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
7. Devin the Dude – Just Tryin’ to Live
8. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
9. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
10. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
11. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
12. J Dilla – Donuts
13. MF Doom – MM… Food
14. De La Soul – The Grind Date
15. Outkast – Stankonia
16. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
17. Cormega – The Realness
18. Scarface – The Fix
19. Pete Rock – Petestrumentals
20. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
21. Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
22. Killer Mike – I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind 2
23. Black Milk – Tronic
24. Little Brother – The Listening
25. Freeway – Philadelphia Freeway
26. Elzhi – The Preface (Includes Sach O/Dart Adams votes tied to Europass)
27. The Roots – Game Theory
28. Mr. Lif – I Phantom
29. Devin the Dude – Waitin’ to Inhale
30. The P. Brothers – The Gas
31. MF Doom – Born Like This
32. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
33. Finale – A Pipe Dream and a Promise
34. K-Def – Willie Boo Boo the Fool
35. C.R.A.C. Knuckles – The Piece Talks
36. Damu the Fudgemunk – Overtime
37. Quasimoto – The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
38. J-Zone – A Bottle of Whup Ass EP
39. Cunninlynguists – Southernunderground
40. Johnson & Jonson – Johnson & Jonson
41. Madlib – Beat Konducta Vol. 5
42. Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher/Extinguished
43. Ratatat & Various Artists – Remixes Vol.2
44. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
45. Black Milk & Bishop Lamont – Caltroit
46. Jake One – White Van Music
47. Pharoahe Monch – Desire
48. Invincible – Shapeshifters
49. Tanya Morgan – Moonlighting
50. Ohmega Watts – The Find
1. Jay-Z – The Black Album
2. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Eminem – The Eminem Show
4. Kanye West – Late Registration
5. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
6. Outkast – The Love Below
7. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
8. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
9. Kanye West – Graduation
10. J Dilla – Donuts
11. Common – Be
12. Nas – Stillmatic
13. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
14. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
15. Black Milk – Popular Demand
16. Little Brother – The Listening
17. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
18. Madvillain – Madvillainy
19. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
20. Kanye West – The College Dropout
21. Pharoahe Monch – Desire
22. Nas – God’s Son
23. Jay-Z – MTV Unplugged
24. J Dilla – Welcome 2 Detroit
25. N.E.R.D. – Seeing Sounds
26. Elzhi – The Preface
27. Common – Finding Forever
28. Missy Elliott – Under Construction
29. Foreign Exchange – Connected
30. Outkast – Stankonia
31. Pete Rock – Petestrumentals
32. The Roots – Phrenology
33. Eminem – 8 Mile Soundtrack
34. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
35. Various Artists – Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Soundtrack
36. Ludacris – Word of Mouf
37. Dangerdoom – The Mouse and the Mask
38. Talib Kweli – Liberation
39. Various Artists – The Wackness Soundtrack
40. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
41. De La Soul – The Grind Date
42. Jaylib – Champion Sound
43. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
44. T.I. – King
45. KRS-One – The Sneak Attack
46. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
47. El-P – Fantastic Damage
48. Nas – The Lost Tapes
49. MF Doom – MM… Food
50. UGK – Underground Kingz
1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. Devin the Dude – Just Tryin’ to Live
3. M.O.P. – Warriorz
4. Scarface – The Fix
5. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
6. UGK – Dirty Money
7. Lil’ Wayne – Dedication 2
8. Clipse – Lord Willin’
9. Outkast – Stankonia
10. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
11. UGK – Underground Kingz
12. Z-Ro – Let the Truth Be Told
13. Paul Wall & Chamillionaire – Get Ya Mind Correct
14. DJ Quik – Trauma
15. T.I. – Trap Muzik
16. Turf Talk – Street Novelist
17. Dungeon Family – Even in Darkness
18. Z-Ro – Crack
19. E-40 – Grit & Grind
20. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
21. Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
22. State Property – State Property
23. Ras Kass – Van Gogh
24. Killer Mike – I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind 2
25. Lil’ Boosie & Webbie – Ghetto Stories
26. Beanie Sigel & DJ Green Lantern – Public Enemy #1
27. Jay-Z – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
28. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
29. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
30. Turf Talk – West Coast Vaccine: The Cure
31. Three 6 Mafia – When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6 Sixty 1
32. T.I. – King
33. Beanie Sigel – The B.Coming
34. Swishahouse – The Day Hell Broke Loose 2
35. Juelz Santana – Back Like Cooked Crack 2
36. 50 Cent – 50 Cent is the Future
37. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
38. D4L – Down 4 Life
39. Cam’ron – Purple Haze
40. Young Dro – Best Thang Smokin’
41. Pimp C – Live From Harris County Jail
42. Young Jeezy & DJ Drama – Trap or Die
43. Young Jeezy – The Recession
44. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
45. Outkast – Speakerboxx
46. Cormega – The Realness
47. Busdriver – Temporary Forever
48. Trae – Losing Composure
49. Aesop Rock – Float
50. Lil’ Wayne & Sqad Up – SQ4
Sach O
1. Madvillain – Madvillainy
2. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
3. Scarface – The Fix
4. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
5. Kanye West – Late Registration
6. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
7. Quasimoto – The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
8. MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain
9. Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun
10. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
11. Clipse – Lord Willin’
12. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
13. J Dilla – Donuts
14. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
15. Cormega – The Realness
16. J-Zone – Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes
17. J-Live – The Best Part
18. Freeway – Philadelphia Freeway
19. The Roots – Game Theory
20. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
21. Nas – The Lost Tapes
22. Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
23. Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity
24. Quasimoto – The Unseen
25. Outkast – Stankonia
26. Danger Mouse & Jemini – Ghetto Pop Life
27. Royce da 5’9″ – Death is Certain
28. The Team – World Premiere
29. Prodigy – Return of the Mac
30. Jaylib – Champion Sound
31. UGK – Underground Kingz
32. Masta Killa – No Said Date
33. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
34. Kanye West – Graduation
35. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
36. DJ Muggs vs GZA – Grandmasters
37. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
38. E-40 – My Ghetto Report Card
39. Joell Ortiz – The Brick: Bodega Chronicles
40. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
41. De La Soul – The Grind Date
42. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
43. Elzhi – The Preface/Europass
44. Kanye West – The College Dropout
45. Cunninlynguists – Southernunderground
46. Devin the Dude – Just Tryin’ to Live
47. Non Phixion – The Future is Now
48. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
49. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
50. Trae – Restless
1. Madvillain – Madvillainy
2. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
3. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
4. Kanye West – The College Dropout
5. Nas – Stillmatic
6. Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher/Extinguished
7. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
8. Nappy Roots – Wooden Leather
9. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
10. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II
11. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
12. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
13. De La Soul – The Grind Date
14. T.I. – King
15. El-P – Fantastic Damage
16. Scarface – The Fix
17. AZ – Aziatic
18. Non-Prophets – Hope
19. Nas – God’s Son
20. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
21. Nas – The Lost Tapes
22. Louis Logic – Sin-A-Matic
23. Danger Mouse & Jemini – Ghetto Pop Life
24. J Dilla – Donuts
25. Kanye West – Graduation
26. MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain
27. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
28. Jay-Z – The Black Album
29. Jaylib – Champion Sound
30. The Roots – Phrenology
31. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
32. Cormega – The Realness
33. Missy Elliott – Under Construction
34. RJD2 – Deadringer
35. Outkast – Stankonia
36. Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly
37. Mannie Fresh – The Mind of Mannie Fresh
38. Little Brother – The Listening
39. Young Roscoe – Young Roscoe Philaphornia
40. Young Jeezy – Beauty and the Beat
41. Soul Position – 8 Million Stories
42. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
43. Lil’ Wayne – Da Drought 3
44. Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me
45. Black Milk – Tronic
46. Cadence Weapon – Afterparty Babies
47. UGK – Underground Kingz
48. Freeway – Philadelphia Freeway
49. Sway – This is My Demo
50. Handsome Boy Modeling School – So… How’s Your Girl
1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
3. J Dilla – Donuts
4. Kanye West – Graduation
5. Jay-Z – The Black Album
6. Madvillain – Madvillainy
7. UGK – Underground Kingz
8. Ludacris – Incognegro
9. Outkast – Stankonia
10. Nas – Stillmatic
11. Quasimoto – The Unseen
12. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
13. Kanye West – Late Registration
14. Johnson & Jonson – Johnson & Jonson
15. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
16. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
17. Clipse – Lord Willin’
18. DJ Muggs vs GZA – Grandmasters
19. Lil’ Wayne – Da Drought 3
20. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
21. Bubba Sparxxx – Dark Days, Bright Nights
22. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
23. Missy Elliott – Miss E… So Addictive
24. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
25. Nas – God’s Son
26. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
27. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
28. Jean Grae – Jeanius
29. M.O.P. – Warriorz
30. Z-Ro – Let the Truth Be Told
31. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
32. De La Soul – Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
33. MF Doom – Born Like This
34. Big L – The Big Picture
35. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
36. Durrty Goodz – Axiom EP
37. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
38. Scarface – Last of a Dying Breed
39. The Roots – Game Theory
40. The Coup – Pick a Bigger Weapon
41. Elzhi – The Preface
42. MF Doom – MM… Food
43. Mystikal – Let’s Get Ready
44. RJD2 – Deadringer
45. David Banner – Them Firewater Boyz
46. Sadat X – Black October
47. Hell Razah – Renaissance Child
48. Buck 65 – Situation
49. Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint that Shit Gold
50. Murs – The End of the Beginnning
1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
2. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Outkast – Stankonia
4. Kanye West – Late Registration
5. Nas – Stillmatic
6. The Roots – Game Theory
7. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
8. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
9. Kanye West – The College Dropout
10. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
11. Scarface – The Fix
12. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
13. Nas – The Lost Tapes
14. MF Doom – MM… Food
15. Sean Price – Monkey Bars
16. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
17. Devin the Dude – Just Tryin’ to Live
18. RJD2 – Deadringer
19. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
20. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
21. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
22. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
23. Mr. Lif – I Phantom
24. Cunninlynguists – Southernunderground
25. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
26. Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun
27. Jay-Z – The Black Album
28. Masta Killa – No Said Date
29. Brother Ali – Champion Sound EP
30. Royce da 5’9″ – Death is Certain
31. DJ Muggs vs GZA – Grandmasters
32. The Game – The Documentary
33. Quasimoto – The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
34. Louis Logic & JJ Brown – Misery Loves Comedy
35. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
36. Brother Ali – The Undisputed Truth
37. J Dilla – Donuts
38. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
39. Nas – God’s Son
40. Trae – Restless
41. Pharoahe Monch – Desire
42. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
43. T.I. – Trap Muzik
44. J-Live – Then What Happened
45. 7L & Esoteric – A New Dope
46. UGK – Underground Kingz
47. Blackalicious – Nia
48. Z-Ro – The Life of Joseph W. McVey
49. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
50. Apathy – Eastern Philosophy
1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. Burial – Untrue
3. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
4. M.I.A. – Kala
5. Quasimoto – The Unseen
6. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
7. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
8. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
9. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah
10. El-P – Fantastic Damage
11. Madvillain – Madvillainy
12. M.I.A. – Arular
13. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
14. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
15. Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher
16. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
17. Missy Elliott – Miss E… So Addictive
18. Hollertronix – Never Scared
19. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
20. M.I.A./Diplo – Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1
21. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
22. Nas – The Lost Tapes
23. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
24. Missy Elliott – Under Construction
25. Binary Star – Masters of the Universe
26. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
27. Outkast – Stankonia
28. Prefuse 73 – Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
29. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
30. Outkast – Speakerboxx
31. The Game – The Documentary
32. Jay-Z – The Black Album
33. DJ Shadow – The Private Press
34. Mannie Fresh – The Mind of Mannie Fresh
35. Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab
36. J Dilla – Donuts
37. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
38. Kanye West – Graduation
39. Dalek – Abandoned Language
40. Missy Elliott – This is Not a Test!
41. People Under the Stairs – O.S.T. (Original Sound Track)
42. Lil’ Wayne – Dedication 2
43. Common – Be
44. De La Soul – The Grind Date
45. Ghostface Killah – More Fish
46. Beanie Sigel – The B.Coming
47. Cormega – The Realness
48. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
49. De La Soul – Art Official Intelligence: Bionix
50. Kid Koala – Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
2. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
4. Nas – Stillmatic
5. Outkast – Stankonia
6. Jay-Z – The Black Album
7. Eminem – The Eminem Show
8. Kanye West – The College Dropout
9. Common – Be
10. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
11. Madvillain – Madvillainy
12. Zion I – True & Livin’
13. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
14. MF Doom – MM… Food
15. J Dilla – Donuts
16. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
17. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
18. Dangerdoom – The Mouse and the Mask
19. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
20. Gorillaz – Demon Dayz
21. Immortal Technique – The Revolutionary Vol. 2
22. Ludacris – Word of Mouf
23. Xzibit – Restless
24. The Game – The Documentary
25. Gang Starr – The Ownerz
26. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
27. Cage – Hell’s Winter
28. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
29. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
30. Immortal Technique – The Revolutionary Vol. 1
31. Little Brother – The Listening
32. Scarface – The Fix
33. D12 – Devil’s Night
34. Blackalicious – Blazing Arrow
35. J-Live – All of the Above
36. Jaylib – Champion Sound
37. Murs & 9th Wonder – 3:16 The 9th Edition
38. Lauryn Hill – MTV Unplugged
39. Freeway – Philadelphia Freeway
40. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
41. El-P – Fantastic Damage
42. Jurassic 5 – Quality Control
43. Aesop Rock – Float
44. The Roots – Game Theory
45. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
46. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
47. Wu-Tang Clan – Iron Flag
48. AZ – A.W.O.L.
49. Xzibit – Man vs. Machine
50. M.O.P. – Warriorz
1. J Dilla – Donuts
2. Kanye West – The College Dropout
3. Mannie Fresh – The Mind of Mannie Fresh
4. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
5. Jay Electronica – Style Wars
6. Three 6 Mafia – Most Known Unknown
7. G-Side – Starshipz & Rocketz
8. Jay-Z – The Black Album
9. Common – Be
10. Young Jeezy – The Inspiration
11. Kanye West – Graduation
12. Z-Ro – I’m Still Livin’
13. Cam’ron – Purple Haze
14. Nappy Roots – Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz
15. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
16. UGK – Underground Kingz
17. Slum Village – Detroit Deli
18. Devin the Dude – 2 Tha Xtreme
19. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
20. Scarface – Made
21. Consequence – Take ‘Em to the Cleaners
22. Little Brother – Get Back
23. Dead Prez – Revolutionary But Gangsta
24. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
25. Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent by Design
B. J. “The Good Doctor Zeus” Steiner
1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
3. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
4. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
5. Nas – Stillmatic
6. Jay-Z – The Black Album
7. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
8. Kanye West – Graduation
9. Little Brother – The Listening
10. Scarface – The Fix
11. Madvillain – Madvillainy
12. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
13. J Dilla – Donuts
14. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
15. Cage – Hell’s Winter
16. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
17. Kanye West – The College Dropout
18. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
19. Devin the Dude – Just Tryin’ to Live
20. Common – Be
21. J-Zone – Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes
22. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
23. Clipse – Lord Willin’
24. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
25. DJ Muggs vs GZA – Grandmasters
26. MF Doom – Operation Doomsday
27. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
28. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
29. The Game – Doctor’s Advocate
30. Eminem – The Eminem Show
31. T.I. – King
32. Little Brother – The Minstrel Show
33. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
34. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
35. Nas – The Lost Tapes
36. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II
37. Ludacris – Word of Mouf
38. The Roots – Game Theory
39. M.O.P. – Warriorz
40. Outkast – Stankonia
41. RJD2 – Since We Last Spoke
42. Mr. Lif – I Phantom
43. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
44. UGK – Underground Kingz
45. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
46. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
47. The Game – The Documentary
48. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
49. The Knux – Remind Me in Three Days
50. Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun
1. Serengeti – Dennehy
2. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
3. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
4. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
5. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
6. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
7. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
8. Dangerdoom – The Mouse and the Mask
9. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
10. Kanye West – Graduation
11. DJ Khaled – We the Best
12. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
13. RA The Rugged Man – Die Rugged Man, Die
14. Vast Aire – Dueces Wild
15. Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams
16. Serengeti – Noodle Arm Whimsy
17. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
18. Jake One – White Van Music
19. Common – Be
20. MF Grimm – American Hunger
21. T.I. – Paper Trail
22. Kanye West – Late Registration
23. Friday Night – Friday Night
24. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
25. Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
26. MF Doom – MM… Food
27. Elzhi – Europass
28. Hi Fidel & DJ Crucial – Traveling Between St. Louis and Chicago
29. MC Paul Barman – Paullelujah
30. 9th Wonder & Buckshot – The Formula
31. MF Doom – Born Like This
32. Gucci Mane – Murder Was the Case
33. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
34. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
35. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
36. Madvillain – Madvillainy
37. Kanye West – The College Dropout
38. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
39. Huggie Brown – Hug the Block
40. Tucker Booth – Tucker Booth for President
41. Pharoahe Monch – Desire
42. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
43. The Knux – Remind Me in Three Days
44. Lil’ Wayne – Da Drought 3
45. Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab
46. Jay-Z – American Gangster
47. Brother Ali – The Undisputed Truth
48. Black Milk – Tronic
49. Fat Joe – The Elephant in the Room
50. Chingy – Jackpot
1. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
2. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
4. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
5. Outkast – Stankonia
6. Eminem – Encore
7. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
8. Kanye West – Graduation
9. The Roots – Game Theory
10. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
11. Del tha Funky Homosapien – Both Sides of the Brain
12. Kanye West – The College Dropout
13. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II
14. Buck 65 – Talkin’ Honky Blues
15. MF Doom – Born Like This
16. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – The Saga Continues
17. The Roots – Rising Down
18. Red Hot + Riot – Red Hot + Riot
19. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
20. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
21. Mr. Lif – I Phantom
22. Lyrics Born – Later that Day
23. El-P – Fantastic Damage
24. Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly
25. Nas – The Lost Tapes
26. Mos Def – The New Danger
27. Murs – Murray’s Revenge
28. The Roots – Phrenology
29. Dizzee Rascal – Maths & English
30. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
31. Common – Be
32. Ghostface Killah – More Fish
33. Jay-Z – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
34. Buck 65 – Secret House Against the World
35. MC Paul Barman – It’s Very Stimulating
36. Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun
37. The Streets – The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
38. Nas – Untitled
39. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
40. Eminem – The Eminem Show
41. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
42. Non-Prophets – Hope
43. Mystikal – Prince of the South: The Hits
44. Kanye West – Late Registration
45. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
46. McEnroe & Birdapres – Nothing is Cool
47. Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams
48. Lifesavas – Spirit in Stone
49. Ludacris – Chicken ‘n’ Beer
50. Rhymefest – Blue Collar
Jeff Weiss
1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. Madvillain – Madvillainy
3. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
4. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
5. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
6. Kanye West – Graduation
7. J Dilla – Donuts
8. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
9. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
10. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
11. Scarface – The Fix
12. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
13. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
14. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
15. RJD2 – Deadringer
16. M.O.P. – Warriorz
17. Devin the Dude – Just Tryin’ to Live
18. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
19. MF Doom – Vaudeville Villain
20. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
21. El-P – Fantastic Damage
22. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
23. Outkast – Stankonia
24. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
25. Aesop Rock – Float
26. Royce da 5’9″ – Death is Certain
27. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
28. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
29. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
30. Atmosphere – Lucy Ford
31. Nas – The Lost Tapes
32. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
33. Sticky Fingaz – Black Trash: Autobiography of Kirk Jones
34. Clipse/Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Vol. 2
35. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
36. MF Doom – Born Like This
37. Lil’ Boosie & Webbie – Ghetto Stories
38. cLOUDEAD – cLOUDEAD
39. UGK – UGK 4 Life
40. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II
41. Tha Liks – X.O. Experience
42. Kanye West – The College Dropout
43. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
44. People Under the Stairs – O.S.T. (Original Sound Track)
45. Trae – Restless
46. Elzhi – Europass
47. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
48. Nas – Stillmatic
49. The Game – Doctor’s Advocate
50. Cam’ron – Purple Haze
1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
3. Kanye West – The College Dropout
4. Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
5. Jay-Z – The Black Album
6. Madvillain – Madvillainy
7. Kanye West – Graduation
8. El-P – Fantastic Damage
9. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
10. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
11. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
12. M.O.P. – Warriorz
13. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
14. Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun
15. The Game – The Documentary
16. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
17. J Dilla – Donuts
18. The Roots – Game Theory
19. Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album
20. Scarface – The Fix
21. Outkast – Stankonia
22. T.I. – King
23. RJD2 – Deadringer
24. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
25. Big L – The Big Picture
26. Nas – Stillmatic
27. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
28. Beanie Sigel – The B.Coming
29. Murs & 9th Wonder – 3:16 The 9th Edition
30. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
31. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
32. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
33. Black Milk – Tronic
34. De La Soul – The Grind Date
35. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
36. Common – Be
37. Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent by Design
38. The P. Brothers – The Gas
39. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
40. Cage – Hell’s Winter
41. 88 Keys – The Death of Adam
42. Sean Price – Monkey Bars
43. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
44. Kanye West – Late Registration
45. Elzhi – Europass
46. Black Milk – Popular Demand
47. Prodigy – Return of the Mac
48. Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
49. Evidence – The Weatherman
50. UGK – UGK 4 Life