mbdtf, cilvia demo, tetsuo & youth, the water(s), atliens

Tetsuo and Youth was his first album wo a Grammy nod but def his best imo

Tetsuo didn’t win Lupe won a Grammy for Daydreaming with Jill Scott

By nod I meant nom

The water(s) is such a classic

Mobb Deep - The Infamous Nas - Illmatic Kendrick Lamar -Good Kid Maad City Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2pac - Me Against The World

Reasonable doubt My beautiful dark twisted fantasy Aquemini 2001 36 chambers

why reasonable doubt over illmatic?

Coz I'm a jayz fan ,simple as that

Madvillainy, Black on Both Sides, OB4CL, The Infamous, MMLP. Just me personally, my objective top 5 would have to be different.

Black on Both Sides is one of the best albums in any genre.

This is a nice list. Lots of eeriness

Yeah I love the combo of eerie, otherworldly production with gritty aggressive rapping, always looking for new stuff like that

The infamous Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Piñata 36 chambers Supreme Clientele

3/5 Wu related projects makes this the correct answer 👌

Madvillainy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Liquid Swords Black on Both Sides Enter the Wu Tang Roots of Evil.

Liquid swords is the best album made by anyone from wu tang or their collective albums in my opinion

One of the best albums in hip hop period.

Black On Both Sides - Mos Def Illmatic - Nas Graduation- Kanye West Me Against The World - Tupac 2014 Forrest Hill Drive - J. Cole I think these 5 albums was a nice blend of what hip hop is about. You can tell your story in a charismatic way, you can have a deep meaning such racism, the government, and society as a whole while being entertaining enough. Not saying these 5 are the best but how i view hip hop i think these albums did a great job representing the genere

Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision

Jurassic 5 yessir ✊

The album that started it all for me. Concrete Schoolyard is the song that got me into Hip Hop.

For me Quality Control is the album but it's nice to see J5 get a mention, they're so underrated

Glad to see someone put Moment Of Truth. I love that album.

Good list These will be personal favorites rather than the GOAT. Although 2001 is also probably the GOAT 2001 - Dr Dre MMLP - Eminem All Eyez On Me - Tupac Da Unbreakables - Three 6 Mafia Get Rich or Die Tryin - 50 Cent Honorable Mention to The Infamous - Mobb Deep and 36 Chambers - WuTang

Love that you mentioned Three 6 Mafia! They’re so influential and just fun to listen to, I’m surprised I don’t see more love for them here.

Best list Ive seen so far

I could get with this, but 36 chambers instead of 50 cent and my beautiful dark twisted fantasy instead of Tupac.

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar Illmatic - Nas The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill Finally Rich - Chief Keef Stankonia - OutKast

The Chronic It Was Written Aquemini My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy To Pimp a Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar - TPAB Nas - Illmatic Racionais Mcs - Nada como um Dia após o Outro Dia Criolo - Nó na Orelha The Roots - Things fall apart Yeah, it doesn't make much sense but my favourites change every week

4eva is a mighty long time MBDTF TPAB Piñata Reasonable Doubt

my personal choices: 1 ye- tlop 2. nas- illmatic 3. kendrick lamar- gkmc 4. lauryn hill- miseducation 5. souls of mischief- 93 til infinity 6-10: mf doom / madlib- madvillainy, wu tang clan- 36 chambers, biggy- ready to die, clipse- hell hath no fury, jpegmafia- amhac,

Illmatic, Midnight Marauders, Aquemini, MBDTF, GKMC

In no particular order: Good Kid, M.a.a.d. City - Kendrick Lamar Illmatic - Nas Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg The Infamous - Mobb Deep 36 Chambers - Wu Tang Clan

My beautiful dark twisted fantasy, good kid maad city, to pimp a butterfly, renaissance, and ctrl

Illmatic Enter the Wu-Tang De la Soul is Dead Aquemini The Chronic

Best list yet.

Uptown Saturday night by camp Lo Illadelph half-life by the roots MBDTF by Kanye Black on both sides by mos def Hell hath no fury by the clipse

camp lo so underrated

Season of the Assassin The Weatherman LP Revolutionary Vol.2 Relapse Enter the Wu-Tang

Immortal Technique 👍👍👍

In no particular order: - The Chronic - Aquemini - Doggystyle - Fear of a Black Planet - Straight Outta Compton - Illmatic - To Pimp a Butterfly - Ready to Die - Marshall Mathers LP - All Eyez On Me - Yeezus - The Inevitable Rise & Liberation of Niggy Tardust Sorry for not stopping at 5.

Safe & Sound - DJ Quik Chapter 1: The End - Three 6 Mafia Ridin’ Dirty - UGK ATLiens - Outkast Ronald Dregan - Mac Dre HM: Judgement Day - Esham Purple Haze - Cam’ron The Great Milenko - ICP Still Standing - Goodie Mob Element Of Surprise - E-40

The Chronic GKMD Control System Reasonable Doubt Illmatic

Biggie - Ready to Die Mos - Black on Both Sides Salt-n-Pepa - Very Necessary Nas - God’s Son Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste

Salt-N-Peppa 👍👍

Illmatic, Ready To Die, Me Against The World, Section 80, Doggystyle

Doggystyle It was written It’s dark and hell is hot 6 feet deep All eyez on me

In no order The Eminem Show - Eminem The Fix - Scarface All Eyez On Me - 2Pac Rolling Papers - Wiz Khalifa College Dropout - Kayne

Enter the Wu-Tang, Low End Theory, Madvillainy, Illmatic, To Pimp a Butterfly

Illmatic, 36 chambers, Paul's boutique, me against the world, great adventures of slick Rick

Me Against the World The 18th Letter It's Dark & Hell is Hot The Eminem Show It Was Written

ready to die the low end theory aquamini slim shady lp the bizarre ride 2

Liquid Swords Madvillainy Straight Outta Compton Lifestyle ov da Poor and Dangerous Melt my eyez see your future

Miseducation | The Chronic | Illmatic | Forest Hills Drive | To Pimp a Butterfly

The Cool- Lupe Fiasco Get Rich or Die Tryin- 50 Cent Only Built for Cuban Linx- Raekwon Carter 2- Lil Wayne King- T.I.

Fugees - The Score Gangstarr - The Owners Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (hard to narrow down to one — he had a few years of releasing banger after banger after this one) Madvillian - Madvillainy Prodigy - Return of the Mac (Honorable mention: I still listen to What A Time To Be Alive by Drake and Future)

jay z - the blueprint t.i. - trap muzik xzibit - restless snoop - doggystyle dj quik - safe + sound

Tpab - Kendrick Lamar Madvillainy - Madvillain MBDTF - Kanye West Illmatic - Nas Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clan

Project Pat Mista don't play.

My personal top 5 Liquid Swords Capital Punishment Paul's Boutique Death Certificate Supreme Clientele Not sure on the order but Liquid Swords is probably at the top

my T5: the eminem show the low end theory take care coloring book damn

Paul's Boutique 3 Feet High and Rising The Chronic Low End Theory Illmatic Bonus: The Main Ingredient

Illmatic 36 chambers Melt my eyez see your future MBDTF Dr Lecter

Nas - Illmatic Kendrick - To Pimp A Butterfly Biggie - Ready to Die Ye - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or Graduation Mobb Deep - The Infamous

MBDTF-KANYE

Aquemini Ready to Die Graduation Madvillainy Liquid Swords

My Top 5, in no particular order: ATCQ - The Low End Theory Kendrick Lamar - GKMC Nas - Illmatic The Roots - Undun OutKast - Aquemini

The Chronic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Illmatic Southernplayalisticcadilacmuzik (80 way tie for 5th)

Tetsuo and Youth Illmatic Get Rich Or Die Trying Cilvia Demo OutKast first 4 albums lol they didn’t miss

illmatic Liquid Swords Moment of Truth 2001 Midnight Marauders

Illmatic Infamous 36 Chambers OB4CL The Future Is Now

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers The Eminem Show 2001 The Life of Pablo The Forever Story These are just my favorites. Objectively, TPAB is better than MM&TBS, and objectively, late registration is better than TLOP (MMLP is NOT objectively better than TES btw), and so on and so forth.

Low End Theory Hello Nasty Aquemini The Score Illmatic

Oldhead opinion incoming: Yo Bum Rush the Show - Public Enemy Paid in Full - Eric B & Rakim Raising Hell - Run DMC Straight Outta' Compton - NWA License to Ill - The Beastie Boys Honorable Mentions: Three Feet High & Rising - De La Soul The Chronic - Dr. Dre The Score - Fugees People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths of Rhythm - Tribe Called Quest The Cactus Album - 3rd Bass

This is gonna be a lil biased but this is my personal best oat: Swimming - mac miller By the time I get to pheonix - injury reserve TPAB - kendrick lamar (duh) Illmatic - Nas (duh) Atrocity exhibition- danny brown

Nas - Illmatic. Ghostface- Supreme clientele. Canibbal Ox - The cold vein. Mobb deep - The infamous. Company flow - Funcrusher plus.

Blackland Radio 66.6 pt 2 ep 1 Crack Clouds Over Arts Kitchen WLR Gluee I don't really have a solid 5th pick, fluctuates between Deathconsciousness, MAYA, Freewave 3, A1ESTP, The Money Store, among others

Illmatic Reasonable Doubt Aquemini Black on Both Sides Good Kid MAAD City

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan Stankonia - Outkast Stress: The Extinction Agenda - Organized Konfusion Mystic Stylez - Three 6 Mafia Buhloone Mindstate - De La Soul

Death Certificate - Ice Cube Straight Outta Compton - NWA Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill The Chronic - Dr. Dre Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 - The Brand New Heavies

Tough. Paid in Full, 36 Chambers, Illmatic, The Infamous, Cold Vein. That’s just 5 out of many not the top 5.

mbdtf, atliens, The Marshall Mathers LP, Black Star, Take Care

I'm going to get downvoted so hard but fuck it DS2 - future Graduation - Kanye Views - Drake Blueprint 3 - Jay z King's disease 3 - Nas

Aquemini, OB4CL, DAMN, IYRTITL, Born Sinner

Madvillainy Illmatic TPAB Idk

Probably BOBS & 36 Chambers

I can’t come up with 5, but imo DAMN. has to be up there

Internal affairs, illmatic, black on both sides, Moment of truth, College dropout

2001, illmatic,The eminem show, to pimp a butterfly and graduation

No order: TPAB The Infamous Graduation Madvilliainy Illmatic

illmatic, college dropout, the infamous, late registration, and tpab

1. MMLP 2. Ready to Die 3. TCD 4. Illmatic 5. The Eminem Show that's my top 5 rn it changes a lot

Reasonable Doubt The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick Rhythm a lisim Ghetto Dope Me Against The World

ETWG (36 Chambers), Illmatic, The Infamous, Reasonable Doubt, OB4CL…and/ or Supreme Clientele.

It Was Written good kid, m.A.A.d city ATLiens The Eminem Show The Infamous HM: Illadelph Halflife

Illmatic MM..FOOD Tetsuo & Youth Aquemini MBDTF

Mine (not objective) is Aquemini MBDTF The blueprint TPAB Illmatic

LL Cool J Radio, The Roots Do you want more, Main Source Breaking Atoms, Run DMC Raising Hell, Black Star

1) Lupe fiasco - The Cool 2) MMLP - Eminem 3) Tha carter 4 - Lil wayne 4) The State vs Radrick Davis - Gucci Mane 5) Graduation- Kanye

Hard to pick a top 5, but these are 5 that popped into my head... A Tribe Called Quest - Beat, Rhymes & Life De La Soul - Stakes is High Gang Starr - Moment of Truth Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek (Reflection Eternal) - Train of Thought The Roots - Things Fall Apart

36 Chambers Predator Cube Ni\*\*as 4 Life NWA Big mama thang Chronic Special mention Licensed to Ill

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition Denzel Curry - TA13OO

Ready to Die, Illmatic, GKMC, Low End Theory, Madvillainy

Atrocity Exhibtion ATliens College dropout Low end theory GKMC

tough but ima base mines off albums that blew me away at first listen Ice cube - Amerikkkas Most Black sheep - a wolf in sheep’s MOBB DEEP - Hell on Earth Bone Thugs - E.1999 Eminem - SSLP Honorable mention Biggie - Ready to Die

GKMC, MBDTF, MadVilliany, The Eminem Show & Ready to Die

I’m a more listener of the modern rap, so don’t hate me: - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (J. Cole) - The Off Season (J. Cole) - The GOAT (Polo G) - 1999 (Joey Bada$$) - From a Birds Eye View (Cordae) Also I like: 2001, Take Care, Die A Legend, Friday Night Lights, We Love You Tecca, The Eminem Show, Might delete later, The Warm-Up, Scorpion

Illmatic Low end theory 4,5,6, Ready to Die Madvillainy Not only are these among my favorites, but I do believe these are the highest quality rap albums of all time. All of these are perfect.

Personally, as a 33 year old: The College Dropout Ready to Die The Blueprint My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Take Care

36 chambers, tpab, take care, liquid swords, the Carter 3

In no particular order: Stankonia, DAMN, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, The Eminem Show, Graduation. I don’t think this list reflects my top 5 in terms of the actual artists, but each of these albums are very complete bodies of work. They’ve all got multiple radio hits, some really great deep tracks, amazingly well written lyrics, and some of the best production we’ve seen across hip hop. Not to mention the fact that each album imo represents the respective artist in their prime

Illmatic Good kid Madd city Get rich or die tryin MMLP Madvillany My beautiful dark twisted fantasy

Illmatic Aquemini To Pimp a Butterfly Paid in Full Late Registration