Last year we voted on our favorite hip hop albums of all time. 27 Lessonheads participated and the list resulted in a pretty good mix of universal classics and Lesson favorites. However, with the exception of three 2000 releases, the top 25 was all 80s and 90s albums.

Link to last year’s results of The Lesson’s Favorite Hip Hop Albums: https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=3028277

The year I’ll be bringing this back, only this time lets focus on 2000s albums (the 2000-2009 decade). Clearly the three albums that were featured in the top 25 of all time (Like Water for Chocolate, Train of Thought, Fantastic, Vol. 2) will finish near the top of the list, but what else are the definitive great 2000s hip hop albums according to The Lesson?

Post up to 25 of your favorite hip hop albums (key word: favorite, not best) of the 2000-2009 decade, starting with your favorite/#1 and going down.

1. Favorite album (please use Artist - Title format, ex: Common - Like Water For Chocolate)
2. Second favorite
3. 3rd favorite
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25. 25th favorite

I'll log all the responses and count the votes, with points being distributed on a weighted basis.

1. If you don't want to submit 25 albums, submit however many you want (up to 25) and they will still count. Anything greater than 25 won't be counted.
2. If you don't include #'s with your rankings, I'm assuming the top album is your #1 and so on unless otherwise noted.
3. After this post is about a month old and seems to have died down (no new entries), I'll close out voting and post the results in a new thread.

if so, where is the line drawn? is it to each persons discretion?

01 Slum Village "Fantastic Vol. 2"
02 Madvillainy "Madvillain"
03 J-Live "The Best Part"
04 Jay Dee "Welcome To Detroit"
05 Ghostface Killah "Supreme Clientele"

06 Common "Like Water For Chocolate"
07 Jaylib "Jaylib"
08 Jay Dee "Donuts"
09 OutKast "Stankonia"
10 Common "Electric Circus"

11 Black Milk "Tronic"
12 De La Soul "The Grind Date"
13 Common "Be"
14 Masta Ace "Disposable Arts"
15 O.C. "Starchild"

16 Little Brother "The Listening"
17 Kanye West "Late Registration"
18 OutKast "Speakerboxx/The Love Below"
19 The Roots "Phrenology"
20 Cali Agents "How The West Was Won"

21 Jay-Z "The Blueprint"
22 MF DOOM "MM..Food"
23 Viktor Vaughn "Vaudeville Villain"
24 Little Brother "The Minstrel Show"
25 The UN "UN or U Out"

I missed that when I was putting my list together. It wouldn't had made it in my 25 (definitely worthy), I think I probably would have it around Fishscale.

Making this list had me revisit it.
Other than the Fever/Nat Turner albums,
it's my favorite Black Milk project.

That should have been in my top 10 pushing The UN out.

1. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
2. k-os - Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
3. The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon
4. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
5. Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2
6. k-os - Joyful Rebellion
7. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
8. Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
9. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
10. Little Brother - The Listening
11. JAY-Z - The Blueprint
12. J-Live - All of the Above
13. One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (Sounds Of Nahshid Originate Good Rhymes And Music)
14. Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers
15. De La Soul - The Grind Date
16. Del the Funky Homosapien - Both Sides of the Brain
17. Blackalicious - Nia
18. eLZhi - The Preface
19. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
20. J Dilla - The Shining
21. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
22. Nas - Stillmatic
23. Kanye West - Graduation
24. Common - Electric Circus
25. Gift of Gab - 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up

I decided to leave out Badu and keep these to ones that mostly contain rap songs. I was going to cross check these with my all time favorites list to make sure I kept them in the same order but decided to just post as is. This is how I feel right now, any discrepancy just goes to show how close these all are. It's hard finding the balance between what I remember listening to the most at the time and what I still go back to more often. All in all I feel pretty good about the above list.

The next 25 I was considering incase anyone is wondering.

J Dilla - Donuts
JAY Z - The Black Album
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
dead prez - Let's Get Free
The Roots - Game Theory
Common - Be
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Slum Village - Detroit Deli: A Taste of Detroit
Blackalicious - The Craft
k-os - Yes!
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
The Roots - Phrenology
Sérgio Mendes - Timeless
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Return of the Magnificent
JAY-Z - American Gangster
De La Soul - Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
Zion I - The Takeover
The Black Eyed Peas - Bridging the Gap
Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Meal
Black Milk - Popular Demand
k-os - Exit

i dont think they would had cracked my fav 25 but they did make some of my favorite music of the decade. definitely deserve an honorable mention.

Hardest part was trying to balance what I was really rocking with them, and the ones I rock with a bit more now. Hell of a decade, really. The era where I both had the money to buy more music, the ability to download anything for free, the time to listen to everything, and the time to talk and especially read about everything on OKP. I could’ve made a top 500 and still forgot some. I’m sure I forgot something, but I did my best to take my time and think a bit, and look through some music.

1. Little Brother - The Listening
2. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
3. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
4. Little Brother - Minstrel Show
5. Scarface - The Fix
6. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
7. Foreign Exchange - Connected
8. De La Soul - Grind Date
9. Kanye West - College Dropout
10. UGK - Underground Kingz
11 The Roots - Game Theory
12. Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
13. AZ - Aziatic
14. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
15. Black Milk - Tronic
16. Common - Be
17. Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
18. Jaylib - Champion Sound
19. Sean Price - Monkey Barz
20. Snoop - Blue Carpet Treatment
21. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
22. Nas - Stillmatic
23. Kanye West - Graduation
24. Evidence - Weatherman
25. LEGACY - Project Mayhem

This was a weird decade for me. I graduated high school in 2001. So I spent the next 10 years basically trying to soak up the 10 years before I graduated and what came out new at the same time. I wouldn't start DJing until around 2007. I'm glad I waited and got my ears all the way right. I'm going to include only my heaviest of rotation hip hop for that decade. Expect for the Tech N9ne (was never pressed) and Kanye (Won't spend a dime to support this nigga EVER AGAIN).....I have every one of these records on vinyl.

1. Outkast - Stankonia
2. Nas - Stillmatic
3. The Roots - Game Theory
4. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
5. Kanye - Graduation
6. Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
7. Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
8. Talib Kweli - Quality
9. DJ Quik - Balance and Options
10. N.E.R.D. - In Search of....
11. Del the Funky Homosapien - Both Sides of the Brain
12. Tech N9ne - Killer
13. Lil Wayne - The Carter II
14. Little Brother - Minstrel Show
15. Black Milk - Tronic
16. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
17. T.I. - King
18. Elzhi - The Preface
20. Q- Tip - The Renaissance
21. MURS - 3:16 the 9th Edition
22. Skyzoo - Cloud 9: The 3 Day High
23. Eminem - The Eminem Show
24. Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
25. People Under The Stairs - O.S.T.

I was sad to have to leave this off so it worked out.

I bumped it that whole summer. I miss those days.

Officially released by a label in 2001, but it was out and some people had it in 99.

Definitely leaked in fall of 99

1. Vaudeville Villain—Viktor Vaughn
2. Fantastic Damage--EL-P
3. Reflection Eternal-Reflection Eternal
4. Koolmotor – 5 Deez
5. Madvilliany- Madvillian
6. The Cold Vein—Cannibal Ox
7. Like Water for Chocolate – Common
8. Black Up – Shabazz Palaces
9. Connected – Foreign Exchange
10. Beauty and the Beat – Edan
11. R.A.P. Music – Killer Mike
12. Thank You for Your Service—ATCQ
13. I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead – El-P
14. None Shall Pass- Aesop Rock
15. Undun -The Roots
16. Not Aloud – Spote Breeze
17. Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes-Open Mike Eagle
18. Things that happen at day/night—Milo
19. To Pimp a Butterfly—Kendrick
20. Kala – MIA
21. Dennis 6e- Serengeti
22. The Further Adventures of Lord Quas - Quasimoto
23. Raw Money Raps – Jeremiah Jae
24. The Lost Tapes – Nas
25. Late Registration – Kanye West

I first noticed Killer Mike - RAP Music and knew that wasn’t 00’s….that will definitely make my 10’s list though. What an album!

I would have put that right near 2009 in my head, but my listening from that period was spotty and my memory is ridiculously fuzzy...

When RTJ4 came out, I went back and listened to RAP for the first time in a long time and was really impressed with how well it has held up ... one of those albums that practically gets better over time.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

else i'll just take whatever 00s albums are there in your list above

1. Vaudeville Villain—Viktor Vaughn
2. Fantastic Damage--EL-P
3. Reflection Eternal-Reflection Eternal
4. Koolmotor – 5 Deez
5. Madvilliany- Madvillian
6. The Cold Vein—Cannibal Ox
7. Like Water for Chocolate – Common
8. Connected – Foreign Exchange
9. Beauty and the Beat – Edan
10. I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead – El-P
11. None Shall Pass- Aesop Rock
12. Kala – MIA
13. The Further Adventures of Lord Quas - Quasimoto
14. O.S.T. – People Under the Stairs
15. The Lost Tapes – Nas
16. The Renaissance – Q-Tip
17. Rising Down – The Roots
18. Game Theory – The Roots
19. Primitive Plus – Edan
20. Martian Xmas 2009 – Moka Only
21. Late Registration – Kanye West
22. Deliverance – Bubba Sparxxx
23. Blazing Arrow -- Blackalicious
24. 1969 – Myka 9
25. Deltron 3030

Rankings have changed a bit since the last time I posted this -

1. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
2. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
3. Madvillain – Madvillainy
4. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
5. Outkast – Stankonia
6. Jay-Z – Blueprint
7. People Under the Stairs – O.S.T.
8. Mr. Lif – I, Phantom
9. Blueprint – 1988
10. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
11. Blu and Exile – Below the Heavens
12. People Under the Stairs – Fun-DMC
13. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
14. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
15. De La Soul – The Grind Date
16. Third Sight – Symbonese Liberation Album
17. Roosevelt Franklin – Something’s Gotta Give
18. Viktor Vaughn – Vaudville Villain
19. Slum Village – Fantastic, Vol. 2
20. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
21. Asheru and Blue Black – Soon Come…
22. Atmosphere – You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having
23. J-Zone – A Job Ain’t Nothin’ But Work
24. Count Bass D – Dwight Spitz
25. MURS – End of the Beginning


Oh, and the next 25:

26. CunninLynguists – A Piece of Strange
27. Insight – The Blast Radius
28. Jaylib – Champion Sound
29. Little Brother – The Listening
30. The Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
31. Wu-Tang Clan – Iron Flag
32. The Roots – The Tipping Point
33. Immortal Technique – Revolutionary Vol. 2
34. People Under the Stairs – Stepfather
35. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
36. Brother Ali – Shadows of the Sun
37. Juggaknots – Use Your Confusion
38. Porn Theater Ushers - Taxachusetts
39. Kanye West – Late Registration
40. Quasimoto – The Further Adventures of…
41. The Roots – Rising Down
42. J-Zone - $ick of Being Rich
43. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
44. J-Live – All of the Above
45. Illogic – Celestial Clockwork
46. The Roots –Game Theory
47. Willie Evans Jr. – Communication
48. Akrobatik – Balance
49. Kanye West – Graduation
50. Mr. Lif – I Heard It Today

Mostly went off the dome.

That said, I remember the prior list so I named some other albums I love and didn't double dip too much.

01. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
02. De La Soul - The Grind Date
03. Joe Budden - Mood Musik 2
04. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Train of Thought
05. Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
06. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
07. Jean Grae & 9th Wonder - Jeanius
08. Jadakiss - Kiss of Death
09. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
10. JayLib - Champion Sound
11. Common - Be
12. The Roots - Rising Down
13. Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
14. Talib Kweli - Quality
15. Missy Elliott - Under Construction
16. Evidence - The Weatherman LP
17. The Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
18. Foreign Exchange - Connected
19. Cam'Ron - Come Home With Me
20. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx II
21. Snoop Dogg - Rhythm & Gangsta
22. Kanye West - Late Registration
23. Elzhi - Europass
24. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
25. Foxy Brown - Broken Silence

25 Starchild - OC
24 Aziatic - AZ
23 In The Ruff - Diamond District
22 Dirty Acres - Cunninlynguists
21 The Grind Date - De La Soul
20 Blazing Arrow - Blackalicious
19 I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead - El-P
18 None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock
17 Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah
16 The Renaissance - Q-Tip
15 Fantastic, Vol 2 - Slum Village
14 Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse
13 Stankonia - OutKast
12 Never Better - P.O.S.
11 Train Of Thought - Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek are Reflection Eternal
10 Madvillainy - Madvillain
9 The Ecstatic - Mos Def
8 Below The Heavens - Blu & Exile
7 Like Water For Chocolate - Common
6 Game Theory - The Roots
5 The Lost Tapes - Nas
4 Mm..Food - MF Doom
3 The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
2 Donuts - J Dilla
1 The Fix - Scarface

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Scarface - The Fix
Common - Be
dead prez - Lets Get Free
OutKast - Stankonia
Reflection Eternal - Train Of Thought
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
M.O.P. - Warriorz
Prodigy - H.N.I.C.
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Dungeon Family - Even In Darkness
Gang Starr - The Ownerz
Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
MF Doom - MM..Food
Kanye West - Late Registration
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
T.I. - Trap Muzik
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Murs And 9th Wonder - Murray's Revenge

A bunch were left out…

1. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
2. Atmosphere - When Life Gives you Lemons Paint That Shit Gold
3. Zion I - Mind Over Matter
4. Five Deez - Koolmotor
5. Madvillain - Madvillany
6. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
7. Del - Both Sides of The Brain
8. Aceyalone - Accepted eclectic
9. Myka 9 - 1969
10. Haiku Detat - Coup De Theater
11. The Roots - Phrenology
12. Common - Electric Circus
13. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
14. Reflection Eternal - Train of thought
15. J Live - The Best Part
16. One Be Lo - Sonogram
17. Atmosphere - You cant imagine how much fun we are having
18. Grouch & Eligh - No more greener grasses
19. Cyne - Evolution Fight
20. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
21. People Under The Stairs - OST
22. Pase Rock - Bullshit as Usual
23. Slum Village - Fantastic Vol.2
24. Diverse - One AM
25. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass

Listening now. Lots of Nujabes is always a good sign.

It didn’t spend much time on the ranking order, this album could easily be much higher on my list

Nujabes (RIP) beats are amazing… love the drums, jazz and heavy bass. Fat Jon also produced one track.

That Diverse LP though...the production alone...

Stuff like this gets me pulling out stuff I haven't listened to in a long time. This morning it's Deltron 3030, probably been six or seven years since the last time I listened --- so good! Forgot how many of these verses I remember by heart and how much I wore this out. Thanks for doing this.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

1. Likwit Junkies - The L.J's (I just found out they released a sequel last year, it's great too, don't understand why more people don't use DJ Babu for production, he's incredible)
2. KRS-ONE - Prophets vs Profits
3. Sticky Fingaz - Autobiography of Kirk Jones
4. Ian Kamau - September Nine Mixtape
5. dead prez - Let's Get Free
6. KRS-ONE - The Sneak Attack
7. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol 2
8. DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent
9. Common - Be
10. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
11. Pace Won - The Only Color that Matters is Green
12. Blu and Exile - Below the Heavens
13. Kanye West - Graduation
14. Gang Starr - The Ownerz
15. KRS-ONE and Marley Marl - Hip Hop Lives
16. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol 1
17. Nas - Stillmatic
18. KRS-ONE - Kristyles
19. Kanye West - College Dropout
20. The Roots - Phrenology
21. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
22. Kanye West - Late Registration
23. KRS-ONE - Life
24. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
25. DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Return of the Magnificent

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1 Be - Common
2 College Dropout - Kanye West
3 We Got It 4 Cheap 2 (mixtape) - Re-Up Gang
4 Let's Get Free - Dead Prez
5 Stillmatic - Nas
6 Grind Date - De La Soul
7 Black Milk - Tronic
8 Dirty Acres - Cunninglynguists
9 Get Rich or Die Trying - 50 Cent
10 Death Is Certain - Royce da 5'9
11 Lord Willin' - Clipse
12 So Far Gone (mixtape) - Drake
13 Graduation - Kanye West
14 Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse
15 The Blueprint - Jay Z
16 Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
17 God's Son - Nas
18 Monkey Barz - Sean Price
19 Black Album - Jay-Z
20 Madvillainy - Madvillain
21 Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
22 D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) - Heltah Skeltah
23 Speakerbox/Love Below - Outkast
24 The Carter III - Lil Wayne
25 Stankonia - Outkast

Can I put Bubba Sparx "Deliverance" at #24 and take Lil Wayne completely off the list?

1 - Phrenology - The Roots
2 - Stankonia - OutKast
3 - Like Water for Chocolate - Common
4 - The Private Press - DJ Shadow
5 - Game Theory - The Roots
6 - Joyful Rebellion - K-Os
7 - Graduation - Kanye West
8 - The Minstrel Show - Little Brother
9 - The Black Album - Jay Z
10 - Rising Down - The Roots
11 - American Gangster - Jay Z
12 - The Ownerz - Gangstarr
13 - Late Registration - Kanye West
14 - Fantastic, Vol 2 - Slum Village
15 - Act I: The Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) - Jay Electronica
16 - Voodoo - D'Angelo
17 - The Ecstatic - Mos Def
18 - Train of Thought - Reflection Eternal
19 - How I Got Over - The Roots
20 - King - T.I.
21 - Petestrumentals - Pete Rock
22 - Shades of Blue - Madlib
23 - Quality Control - Jurassic 5
24 - Electric Circus - Common
25 - Atlantis: Hymns for Disco - K-Os

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Needless to say, I was a big fan of The Soulquarians in this decade (The Roots especially). K-Os was a big go-to during this decade as well.

I have a few instrumental albums in here along with D'Angelo. Since these are all made either by hip-hop producers or featuring a strong influence by hip-hop producers (D'Angelo), I thought they may apply. If they don't let me know, I'll add some other albums to fill out the list.

The twenty-five were easy to fill out. But ordering the back half of the list was harder than I thought it would be. I'm more of tiers than number ranking guy so breaking down the list in this amount of detail took a bit of time.

It's interesting that for as much as I thought hip-hop was trash, there was a good deal of really good music throughout. Especially towards the beginning and end of the decade.

Here's my new list:

1 - Phrenology - The Roots
2 - Stankonia - OutKast
3 - Like Water for Chocolate - Common
4 - The Private Press - DJ Shadow
5 - Game Theory - The Roots
6 - Joyful Rebellion - K-Os
7 - Graduation - Kanye West
8 - The Minstrel Show - Little Brother
9 - The Black Album - Jay Z
10 - Rising Down - The Roots
11 - American Gangster - Jay Z
12 - The Ownerz - Gangstarr
13 - Late Registration - Kanye West
14 - Fantastic, Vol 2 - Slum Village
15 - Act I: The Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) - Jay Electronica
16 - Voodoo - D'Angelo
17 - The Ecstatic - Mos Def
18 - Train of Thought - Reflection Eternal
19 - King - T.I.
20 - Petestrumentals - Pete Rock
21 - Shades of Blue - Madlib
22 - Quality Control - Jurassic 5
23 - Electric Circus - Common
24 - Atlantis: Hymns for Disco - K-Os
25 - God's Son - Nas

Tried to balance what I was actually super into during these years as well as what I look back on and enjoy in present day.

1. Kanye West - The College Dropout
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
3. The Roots - Game Theory
4. Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
5. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
6. Madvillain - Madvillainy
7. J Dilla - Donuts
8. Common - Like Water For Chocolate
9. Kanye West - Graduation
10. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
11. Edan - Beauty & The Beat
12. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
13. Jay-Z - The Black Album
14. 50 Cent - Get Rich of Die Tryin'
15. Kanye West - Late Registration
16. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
17. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
18. Drake - So Far Gone
19. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
20. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
21. Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
22. Black Milk - Tronic
23. The Game - The Documentary
24. Common - Be
25. The Roots - Phrenology

Will post results soon after!

50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
J-Zone & The Old Maid Billionaires - Pimps Don't Pay Taxes (2001)
Clipse - Lord Willin' (2002)
Jay-Z - Blueprint (2001)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
TI - Paper Trail (2008)
The Game - Doctor's Advocate (2006)
Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville (2004)
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show (2005)

Buckshot & 9th Wonder - Chemistry (2005)
Murs & 9th Wonder - Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition (2004)
Big L - The Big Picture (2000)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)

Kanye West - Graduation (2007)
MOP - Warriorz (2000)
Various Artists - Lyricist Lounge Vol. 2 (2000)
Dead Prez - Let's Get Free (2000)
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz - Crunk Juice (2004)

1. Reflection Eternal - Train Of Thought
2. Madvillain - Madvillainy
3. Common Like Water For Chocolate
4. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Vol. 1
5. Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
6. J Dilla - Welcome 2 Detroit
7. Pete Philly & Perquisite - Mindstate
8. The Foreign Exchange - Connected
9. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
10. Jaylib - Champion Sound
11. J Dilla - Donuts
12. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
13. MF DOOM "MM..Food"
14. Kanye West - College Dropout
15. Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
16. Little Brother The Listening
17. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
18. Pete Philly & Perquisite - Mystery Repeats
19. Common - Electric Circus
20. Mos Def - The New Danger
20. JAY-Z - The Blueprint
21. The Roots - Game Theory
21. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
22. Kala – MIA
25. The Roots - Phrenology

1. Outkast- Stankonia
2. Nas- Stillmatic
3. Ghost- Supreme Clientele
4. Scarface- The fix
5. Kanye- Graduation
6. NERD- In Search of..
7. Jay-Z- Black Album
8. Jeezy- The Recession
9. Mos Def- The Ecstatic
10. 8ball & MJG- Living Legends
11. Clipse- Hell Hath No Fury
12. Common- Be
13. Outkast- Speakerboxx/The love below
14. Qtip- The renaissance
15. TI- Urban Legend
16. K-Os- Atlantis Hymns for Discos
17. Nas- The Lost Tapes
18. Dungeon Family- Even in Darkness
19. Scarface- Emeritus
20. Jay-Z- American Gangster
21. Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange
22. UGK- Underground Kingz
23. Little Brother- The Listening
24. Project Pat- Mista Don't Play
25. Devin the Dude- Just Tryna Live

Busy time period in my life so there a lot of albums I didn't get to then and still haven't caught up with...also left off instrumentals

1. Scarface - The Fix
2. Madvillain - Madvillainy
3. Slum Village - Fantastic vol. 2
4. Sean Price - Monkey Barz
5. Little Brother - The Listening
6. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
7. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
8. Blue & Exile - Below the Heavens
9. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
10. Common - LWFC
11. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
12. Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
13. Mr. Lif - I Phantom
14. The Foreign Exchange - Connected
15. Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
16. Asheru and Blue Black - Soon Come
17. Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth
18. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary vol. 2
19. People Under the Stairs - O.S.T.
20. Kanye West - Graduation
21. Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
22. Black Milk - Tronic
23. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
24. The Roots - Rising Down
25. Murs & 9th Wonder - Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition

Also Receiving Votes
26. Nas - The Lost Tapes
27. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
28. The Roots - Game Theory
29. De La Soul - The Grind Date
30. OutKast - Stankonia
31. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
32. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
33. Del - Both Sides of the Brain
34. J Dilla - The Shining
35. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
36. Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
37. Binary Star - Master of the Universe
38. Quasimoto - The Unseen
39. Blueprint - 1988
40. Aesop Rock - Labor Days
41. MF Doom - Mm...Food
42. Jaylib - Champion Sound
43. The Roots - Phrenology
44. K-Otix - Universal
45. Nas - Stillmatic
46. Murs & 9th Wonder - Murray's Revenge
47. Aesop Rock - Float
48. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
49. Blackalicious - Nia
50. DangerDOOM - The Mouse and the Mask