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About.com's 100 Best Hip-Hop Albums - Page 2

Hip-hop has produced plenty of great music over its 40-plus history. Some of them are worthy of the title "greatest rap album," some more than others. That's the essence of this list. These albums were picked on the grounds creativity, originality, replay value, and overall cultural impact.
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Power
Power
41
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business
42
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
43
One for All
One for All
44
LL Cool J- Radio
LL Cool J- Radio
45
Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Stress: The Extinction Agenda
46
Do You Want More?!!!??!
Do You Want More?!!!??!
47
Atliens by Outkast
Atliens by Outkast
48
Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
49
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
50
Genocide & Juice
Genocide & Juice
51
Dr. Dre - 2001
Dr. Dre - 2001
52
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Madvillain - Madvillainy
53
Road to the Riches
Road to the Riches
54
The Blueprint
The Blueprint
55
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle
56
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
57
Nas - It Was Written
Nas - It Was Written
58
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
59
Outkast - Stankonia
Outkast - Stankonia
60
GZA - Liquid Swords
GZA - Liquid Swords
61
Nas - Stillmatic
Nas - Stillmatic
62
Black on Both Sides (Mos Def, 1999)
Black on Both Sides (Mos Def, 1999)
63
By All Means Necessary
By All Means Necessary
64
UGK - Ridin' Dirty
UGK - Ridin' Dirty
65
AZ - Doe or Die
AZ - Doe or Die
66
Endtroducing
Endtroducing
67
All Hail the Queen
All Hail the Queen
68
Goin' Off
Goin' Off
69
We Can't Be Stopped
We Can't Be Stopped
70
Kanye West- Late Registration
Kanye West- Late Registration
71
To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar, 2015)
To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar, 2015)
72
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (The Pharcyde, 1992)
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (The Pharcyde, 1992)
73
Step in the Arena
Step in the Arena
74
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
75
DMX - It's Dark & Hell Is Hot
DMX - It's Dark & Hell Is Hot
76
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
77
Train of Thought
Train of Thought
78
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Kanye West - The College Dropout
79
Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop
Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop
80
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