>Iron Flag
>The Fix
>Speakerboxxx/Love Below
>Bulletproof Wallets
>Pretty Toney Album
>Ownerz
>College Dropout
>The Black Album
>Phrenology
>Lord Willin'
>Electric Circus
>Purple Haze
>To the 5 Boroughs
>half of Street's Disciple
>God's Son (sorta)
>Chicken and Beer (sorta)
>Eminem Show (sorta)
>
>Albums I didn't listen to at the time, but came back to and
>enjoyed:
>Philadelphia Freeway
>Beg For Mercy (Surprised myself that I liked this)
>Wooden Leather
>
>Wow, is that really it? That's fewer than I even thought.
>That's 20 total, and three of them I didn't even listen to at
>the time. And that list got kinda thin towards the end. Maybe
>I'm forgetting a few, but, whew, were those lean years in the
>mainstream.

even every one of your list of "good" albums were a mixed bag at best...