Yes, for the umpteenth time muhfugga, post that shit up. I wanna see how many albums post 2000 make the cut on these lists.

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

this is where I always differentiate "best" "favorite" and "greatest" because each will garner a different top 25 list in my opinion.

A few post-2000 albums have cracked my top 25 "favorite" list but it's hard for a post-2000 album to overcome that nostalgia vibe the 90s albums have for me.

Which answer are you looking for?

Favorite, Best or Greatest?

rest are in no particular order. Also, there may be more than 25 albums..

1.) Nas- It was written
2.) Ghostface Killah-Supreme Clientele
3.) Madvillian-Madvillany
4.) Little Brother-Minstrel Show
5.) Raekwon- Only Built Cuban Linx
6.) UGK-Super Tight
7.) Mobb Deep-The Infamous
8.) ATCQ-Low End Theory
9.) Nas-Illmatic
10.) Redman-What Thee Album

Brother lynch Hung-Season of Da Siccness
I'm Bout it SOundtrack
Ice Cube-Death Certificate
Prodigy-Return of the Mac
Hot Boyz-Guerilla WarFare
Bone Thugs in Harmony- E.1999 Eternal
Curren$y and Alchemist- Covert Coup
Fiend-There's One in Every Family
G-DEP-Child of the Ghetto
Crucial Conflict-Final Tic
Young Jeezy- Trap or Die Mixtape
Raekwon-Only Built..pt2
Mystikal-Unpredictable
MF DOOM-Operations Doomsday
Beanie Sigel-The Truth
Cam'Ron-SDE
Twista-Adrenaline Rush
Makaveli-7day theory
Nas-Lost Tapes
Nas-Life is Good
Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt
Outkast-Atliens
Common-BE

25. Original stylin' - Three Times Dope
24. Mr. Hood - KMD
23. Let the rhythm hit 'em - Eric B and Rakim
22. To the East blackwards - X - Clan
21. Escape - Whodini
20. s/t - Run DMC
19. Radio - LL Coo J
18. Child of the ghetto - G Dep
17. Step in the arena - Gang Starr
16. Amplified - Q-Tip
15. Breaking atoms - Main Source
14. The most beautifulest thing in this world - Keith Murray
13. Tell the world my name - K-Solo
12. All hail the Queen - Queen Latifah
11. The pick the sickle and the shovel - The Gravediggaz
10. s/t - Organized Konfusion
9. fruits of nature - The UMC's
8. People's instinctive travels... - Tribe
7. The great adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick
6. Follow the leader - Eric B and Rakim
5. Road to the riches - Kool G Rap and Polo
4. Strictly Business - EPMD
3. Nation of millions - Public Enemy
2. Paid in full - Eric B and Rakim
1. 3 ft high and rising - De La Soul

i can tell you right now that MBDTF would make the list. WTT would probably make it, or be no further back than top 30. One of Kendrick's albums would probably make it too. that would probably be it for now form the 2000's for me.

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It's been different before this, and will be after this. Only solid on #1 through #10:

It Takes a Nation of Millions
De La Soul is Dead
AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
Low End Theory
Mecca and the Soul Brother
Raising Hell
Paid In Full
Critical Beatdown
Criminal Minded
Illmatic
Cypress Hill
Death Certificate
Business As Usual
No One Can Do It Better
Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing
3 Feet High and Rising
Only Built For Cuban Linx
Mr. Hood
Great Adventures of Slick Rick
The Chronic
Slaughta House
Bizarre Ryde II The Pharcyde
Liquid Swords
Breaking Atoms
Bigger and Deffer
Supreme Clientele

And the next 25, in really rough order (I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff):

Done By the Forces of Nature
Midnight Marauders
ATLiens
By Any Means Necessary
Yo! Bumrush the Show
Cold Vein
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
One For All
Madvillainy
Straight Outta Compton
License to Ill
Dare Iz a Darkside
Enter the 36 Chambers
Soul Food
Derelict's of Dialect
People's Instinctive Travels...
Stankonia
Beauty and the Beat
Sun Rises in the East
Ressurection
Long Live the Kane
Street Level
Edutainment
Things Fall Apart
Blueprint

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1. Illmatic
2. Aquemini
3. Madvilliany
4. The Minstrel Show
5. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
6. Paid in Full
7. Midnight Marauders
8. Illadelph Halflife
9. Enter the 36 Chambers
10. It Takes A Nation...
11. Amerikka's Most Wanted
12. 3 Feet High and Rising
13. De La Soul is Dead
14. Low End Theory
15. Things Fall Apart
16. Liquid Swords
17. Supreme Clientele
18. The Fix
19. The Blueprint
20. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
21. Black on Both Sides
22. Like Water For Chocolate
23. By All Means Necessary
24. To Pimp A Butterfly (F IT)
25. Muddy Waters

That's all I got...I counted 8 on my list...

after sitting down for an hour to think...the first 12 are more or less ranked, the rest could probably be interchanged with each other

1. Nas - Illmatic
2. Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
3. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
4. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx
5. Outkast - ATLiens
6. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
7. Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
8. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
9. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
10. Black Star
11.The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
12. Souls of Mischief - 93 Til'
13. GZA - Liquid Swordz
14. Ghostface - Ironman
15. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
16. Reflection Eternal - Train Of Thought
17. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
18. The Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride II
19. Goodie Mob - Soul Food
20. De La Soul - Stakes Is High
21. Madvillainy
22. Edan - Beauty and The Beat
23. Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
24. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
25. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother

I probably forgot some, but whatever..

observations:
-my east coast bias is strong despite having grown up in Georgia
-same with my preference to 90s hip hop despite being a toddler when all this shit was released

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the order means nothing

26. KRS One - Return of the Boom Bap
27. Common - Like Water For Chocolate
28. 2Pac - Me Against The World
29. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
30. Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
31. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
32. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
33. Ice Cube - Amerikka's Most
34. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions
35. Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt
36. O.C. - Word....Life
37. OutKast - Aquemeni
38. Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
39. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
40. Smif N Wessun - Dah Shinin'
41. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient
42. Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
43. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
44. Lord Finesse - The Awakening
45. Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
46. The Roots - Do You Want More!?
47. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
48. Nas - It Was Written
49. Siah & Yeshua DapoED - The Visualz Anthology
50. Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous

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I'll preface this by saying that no album that came out before "my time" is on here and that's simply because I'm not emotionally tied to any of those albums. You would find It Takes A Nation and Paid In Full among others if I was doing a Greatest Albums list but I'm not. This is simply my Favorite Albums list...as of today. Obviously it's ever-changing...as it should be. I labeled the post-2000 releases.

1 Illmatic - Nas
2 ATLiens - OutKast
3 The Main Ingredient - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
4 Moment of Truth - Gang Starr
5 Liquid Swords - GZA
6 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah
7 The Infamous - Mobb Deep
8 Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest
9 The Fix - Scarface (2002)
10 Black On Both Sides - Mos Def
11 Tetsuo & Youth - Lupe Fiasco (2015)
12 Donuts - J Dilla (2006)
13 Stakes Is High - De La Soul
14 Aquemini - OutKast
15 Like Water Cor Chocolate - Common (2000)
16 Game Theory - The Roots (2006)
17 Skelethon - Aesop Rock (2012)
18 Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
19 Jewelz - O.C.
20 Doe Or Die - AZ
21 It Was Written - Nas
22 Dah Shinin' - Smif-N-Wessun
23 Soul Survivor - Pete Rock
24 Never Better - P.O.S. (2004)
25 The Good Fight - Oddisee (2015)

no real order…off the dome…

Nas "Illmatic"
Mobb Deep "The Infamous"
Edan "Beauty and The Beat"
Ghostface "Supreme Clientele"
Tribe "Midnight"
EL-P "I'll Sleep When Your Dead"
EPMD "Business Never Personal"
Reflection Eternal "Train of Thought"
Pete Rock and CL SMooth "Mecca and The Soul Brother"
Nas "It Was Written"
Raekwon "Only Built For Cuban Linx"
The Roots "Game Theory"
Eric B and Rakim "Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em"
Redman "Whut?! The Album"
Mos Def "Black on Both Sides"
Pete Rock and CL Smooth "The Main Ingredient"
Oddisee "People Hear What They See"
Madvillain "Madvillainy"
Tribe "The Low End Theory"
Jay-Z "Reasonable Doubt"
Phonte "Charity Starts at Home"
Common "LWFC"
Q-Tip "The Renaissance"
De La Soul "The Grind Date"
Jeru The Damaja "The Sun Rises In the East"
Gangstarr "Moment of Truth"

…this ain't easy…so many more...

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

Top 10 in order

01. The Low End Theory
02. Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
03. Soul Food
04. ATLiens
05. illmatic
06. 93 'til Infinity
07. Death Certificate
08. Ridin' Dirty
09. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
10. Paul's Boutique

The rest

De La Soul Is Dead
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Hell on Earth
Dare Iz a Darkside
The Diary
Liquid Swords
Dah Shinin
Safe + Sound
Cypress Hill
Resurrection
Hard to Earn
Get In Where You Fit In
The Main Ingredient
Late Registration (2005)
Hell Hath No Fury (2006)

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

I forgot to put The Diary in my list smh

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Left two very important albums off the list that I need my ass kicked for doing.

>Top 10 in order
>
>01. The Low End Theory
>02. Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
>03. Soul Food
>04. ATLiens
>05. illmatic
>06. 93 'til Infinity
>07. Death Certificate
>08. Ridin' Dirty
>09. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
>10. Paul's Boutique
>
>The rest
>
>De La Soul Is Dead
>Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
>Hell on Earth
>Dare Iz a Darkside
>The Diary
>Liquid Swords
>Dah Shinin
>Safe + Sound
>Cypress Hill
>Resurrection
>Hard to Earn
>Get In Where You Fit In
>The Main Ingredient

Drop
>Late Registration (2005)
>Hell Hath No Fury (2006)

Add
The Beatnuts - The Beatnuts (Street Level)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

Illmatic
It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
Death Certificate
Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Supreme Clientele
Good Kid Madd City
To Pimp A Butterfly
Doggystyle
ATLiens
Aquemini
Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
The Diary
Resurrection
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Ridin' Dirty
Return of the Boom Bap
Paid in Full
Bigger and Deffer
Hell on Earth
Reasonable Doubt
Low End Theory
By All Means Necessary
Straight Outta Compton
Uptown Saturday Night
Lets Get Free

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In no particular order, except for the first one

PE - It Takes a Nation...
OutKast - ATLiens
Tribe - Low End Theory
ice Cube - Death Certificate
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
2Pac - Strictly 4 My...
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Nas - Illmatic
Nas - It Was Written
PE - Fear of a Black Planet
Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader
Eric B & Rakim - Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Links
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Scarface - The Fix
Scarface - The Diary
2Pac - Me Against the World
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
Common - Like Water For Chocolate
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele

top 10 in order
1. Raekwon-OB4CL
2. Mobb Deep-The Infamous
3. Nas-Illmatic
4. Smif N Wessun-Dah Shinin
5. Pharcyde-LabcabinCalifornia
6. Gza-Liquid Swords
7. Redman-Muddy Waters
8. The Beatnuts-Street Level
9. The Roots-Illadelph Halflife
10. Black Moon-Enta Da Stage

Remaining 15 (no order):
Heltah Skeltah-Nocturnal
Royal Flush-Ghetto Millionaire
Ghostface-Ironman
Wu-Tang Forever
Erick Sermon Insomnia Compilation
Alkaholiks-Coast II Coast
OC-Jewelz
M.O.P-World Famous
Artifacts-Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Tribe Called Quest-Midnight Marauders
De La Soul-Stakes is High
AZ-Doe or Die
Keith Murray-Enigma
Pete Rock & CL-The Main Ingredient
Mobb Deep-Hell on Earth

+1

>Royal Flush-Ghetto Millionaire

+2

>OC-Jewelz

We're homies for life...

>AZ-Doe or Die

Did we grow up together?

>Pete Rock & CL-The Main Ingredient

LOL

>8. The Beatnuts-Street Level

Love this album! Pissed that I didn't put it on my list.

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

Ice Cube Amerikkka's most wanted

dr dre the chronic

Snoop Doggystyle

Public enemy it takes a nation

Nas it was written

Slick Rick the great adventures of

Scarface the diary

DJ Quik safe+ Sound

SUgga Free Street Gospel

RUn DMC Raising Hell

WHodini escape

the Doc Nobody can do it better

digital underground Sex Packets

outkast aliens

ice cube death certificate

NWA Straight outta compton

2Pac Me against the world

Biggie Ready to Die

Wu tang Clan enter the Wu tang Chambers

eric b and RAkim Paid in full

LL COOL J Mama said knock you out

Boogie down Productions Criminal Minded

too short get in where you fit in

a tribe called quest Midnight Marauders

Bone thugs ne harmony Eternal 1999

Heavy D and the Boyz Big Tyme

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

the rest are in no particular order

2. Digable Planets - Reachin'
3. De La Soul - Is Dead
4. Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt
5. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang
6. UGK - Ridin' Dirty
7. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
8. Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth
9. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
10. Kanye West - Late Registration
11. Jay Z - American Gangster
12. Common - Be
13. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
14. Nas - Illmatic
15. Madvillain - Madvillany
16. Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
17. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
18. The DOC - No One Can Do It Better
19. Clipse - Lord Willin'
20. ATCQ - Midnight Marauders
21. Ice Cube - Death Certificat
22. GZA - Liquid Swordz
23. Outkast - Aquemini
24. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
25. The Roots - Game Theory

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In no particular order

Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride to The Pharcyde
Gang Starr - Daily Operation
Wu Tang Clan - Enter The 36 Chambers
Too $hort - Get In Where You Fit In
Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
Dr Dre - The Chronic
KRS One - Return of the Boom Bap
Brand Nubian - All For One
EPMD - Strictly Business
Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx
Bahamadia - Kollage
The Roots - Do You Want More?!
Outkast - Atliens
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
Goodie Mob - Soul food
8 Ball and MJG - Comin Out Hard
Smif n Wessun - Dah Shinin'
Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop
The Fugees - The Score
AZ - Doe or Die
Common - Resurrection
Nas - Illmatic
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing