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50 Hip-Hop Albums You Need to Hear

50 of the best albums in Rap and Hip-Hop!
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Nas Illmatic
Nas Illmatic
1
Paid in Full
Paid in Full
2
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
3
Enter the Wu Tang Clan: 36 Chambers
Enter the Wu Tang Clan: 36 Chambers
4
The Chronic
The Chronic
5
Chronic 2001
Chronic 2001
6
All Eyez on Me (Tupac, 1996)
All Eyez on Me (Tupac, 1996)
7
Reasonable Doubt
Reasonable Doubt
8
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
9
Run DMC- Run DMC
Run DMC- Run DMC
10
The Score- The Fugees [1996]
The Score- The Fugees [1996]
11
The Blueprint
The Blueprint
12
Life After Death
Life After Death
13
LL Cool J- Radio
LL Cool J- Radio
14
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
15
The College Dropout
The College Dropout
16
Wu-Tang Forever
Wu-Tang Forever
17
Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A, 1988)
Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A, 1988)
18
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
19
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
20
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels
21
The Black Album
The Black Album
22
Outkast - Stankonia
Outkast - Stankonia
23
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
24
Nas - It Was Written
Nas - It Was Written
25
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
26
GZA - Liquid Swords
GZA - Liquid Swords
27
Black on Both Sides (Mos Def, 1999)
Black on Both Sides (Mos Def, 1999)
28
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Madvillain - Madvillainy
29
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
30
The Roots - Do You Want More?!!??!
The Roots - Do You Want More?!!??!
31
Beastie Boys- License to Ill
Beastie Boys- License to Ill
32
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
33
DMX - It's Dark & Hell Is Hot
DMX - It's Dark & Hell Is Hot
34
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
35
DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
36
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
37
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
38
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
39
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
40
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