The Scource's 100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Albums

[ShadyMathers]

1. It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
2. Raising Hell - Run DMC
3. Pauls Boutique - Beastie Boys
4. Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim
5. 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul
6. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
7. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
8. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
9. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions
10. Illmatic - Nas
11. All Eyez on Me - 2pac
12. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
13. All Hail The Queen - Queen Latifah
14. Ready To Die - Notorious B.I.G.
15. Aquemini - Outkast
16. King of Rock - Run DMC
17. Radio - LL Cool J
18. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
19. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
20. The Score - The Fugees
21. Me Against the World - 2 pac
22. Whats the 411 - Mary J. Blige
23. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clan
24. Baduizm - Erykah Badu
25. Crazy Sexxy Cool - TLC
26. Things Fall Apart - The Roots
27. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
28. Run DMC - Run DMC
29. O.G. Original Gangster - Ice T
30. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
31. License To Ill - Beastie Boys
32. Blacks Magic - Salt-N-Pepa
33. Midnight Maruaders - A Tribe Called Quest
34. Fear of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
35. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star (Mos Def / Talib Kweli)
36. Kurtis Blow- Kurtis Blow
37. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
38. Lyte As A Rock - MC Lyte
39. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
40. He's the DJ , I'm The Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
41. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick
42. Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim
43. Daily Operation - Gang Starr
44. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambatta
45. Mantronix : The Album - Mantronix
46. KRS-One - KRS-One
47. Doggystyle - Snoopdogg
48. Stankonia - Outkast
49. Please Hammer, Don't Hurt Em - MC Hammer
50. Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G.
51. The College Dropout - Kanye West
52. Like Water For Chocolate - Common
53. Oh My God - Doug E. Fresh
54. Sex Packets - Digital Underground
55. Reachin' ( A New Refutation of Time and Space) - Digable Planets
56. Stetsasonic - In Full Gear
57. Under Construction - Missy Elliott
58. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
59. The Cactus Album - 3rd Bass
60. The Fat Boys - The Fat Boys
61. 3 Years , 5 Days , and 2 Months in the Life of... - Arrested Development
62. It Was Written - Nas
63. By All Means Necessary - Boogie Down Productions
64. Speakerboxx/The Love Below - Outkast
65. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
66. Phrenology - The Roots
67. Its Dark and Hell is Hot - DMX
68. Big Tyme - Heavy D. & The Boyz
69. The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say - Ice T
70. Quality Control - Jurassic 5
71. Escape - Whodini
72. Straight Out the Jungle - The Jungle Brothers
73. Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys
74. Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders First Lady - Eve
75. Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu
76. Strictly Business - EPMD
77. Hot Cool & Vicious - Salt-N-Pepa
78. Hardcore - Lil' Kim
79. Apocolypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Back - Public Enemy
80. De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul
81. People's Instinctive Travels and The Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
82. One For All - Brand Nubian
83. Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-Hop - Boogie Down Productions
84. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
85. Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde - Pharcyde
86. How Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee
87. In My Lifetime Volume 1 - Jay-Z
88. Black on Both Sides - Mos Def
89. No More Drama - Mary J. Blige
90. Nellyville - Nelly
91. The Coming - Busta Rhymes
92. Goin' Off - Biz Markie
93. Black Pearl - Yo-Yo
94. Loc-ed After Dark - Tone Loc
95. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
96. Death Certificate - Ice Cube
97. Homebase - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
98. Miss E... So Addictive - Missy Elliott
99. Step In The Arena - Gang Starr
100. Chicken-N-Beer - Ludacris

Do you agree?

[Evil-Genius]

since when Queen latifa is a better " rapper " than eminem and big? ?
13- All Hail The Queen - Queen Latifa

bad top 100 lol

[yoshi]

uhh.. where's TES? Stillmatic? Jazzmatazz Vol II? how come MC Hammer is up there?

but hell yeah for Talib, Jurassic 5 and Fresh Price rofl

[James R.]

This is bull shit. Since the fuck when does R&B count in the same category as rap? Fuck that shit. And I'm sorry SSLP is a top 30 album at least. Where The Eminem Show? Where's the Fresh Prince? But they got fuckin TLC and Queen Latifah?

[Slim Zaddy]

this shit is ridiculous

[SajN]

The Eminem Show should be at least in top 15

[DrRapid]

Nah, didn't really like that list. Too much Old School (even though it's great) since there are album past that in the 90s which have been included, yes, but maybe not enough.

[yoshi]

This is bull shit. Since the fuck when does R&B count in the same category as rap? Fuck that shit. And I'm sorry SSLP is a top 30 album at least. Where The Eminem Show? Where's the Fresh Prince? But they got fuckin TLC and Queen Latifah?

Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff - position 97

and again.. RAP/HIP HOP
ohh god people, will u ever learn?

[imarun10]

They did get most of the best albums in hip-hop. I wouldn't expect the Source to be unbiased enough to get them all

[Sleepy]

90. Nellyville - Nelly
78. Hardcore - Lil' Kim
57. Under Construction - Missy Elliott
49. Please Hammer, Don't Hurt Em - MC Hammer
30.Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
13.All Hail The Queen - Queen Latifah
6.The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill

[Ella]

40. He's the DJ , I'm The Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
neva heard.. is it really that good??

90. Nellyville - Nelly
should this even be on the list??

[James R.]

Country Grammar was a GREAT album and should be on the list. And the Miseducation of LaurYn Hill deserves a HIGH spot just maybe not top 10

[AspirinE]

Phrenology - The Roots - fuck yeah

[DrRapid]

Phrenology - The Roots - fuck yeah

Yeah I really like The Seed (2.0) and Rolling With Heat (feat. Talib Kweli)

[Jens14]

The Eminem Show should definitely be on it.