First off, shout out to everyone who contributed, not only for taking the time to fill out a list and make this actually worth posting results for, but for nobody fucking up and not failing to put an order, and most of the time including the artist and album title. That made accumulating everything a whole lot easier.
In total, 27 users submitted lists containing 256 different albums by over 150 different artists.
17 albums were placed in one or more user's #1 slot, 71 landed in at least one user's top 5 and 122 were in a top 10.
I'm going to follow up this post with replies with additional stats to call out the artists that did the best, the years that ranked highest and then some awards for users who submitted ballots.
Without further ado, The Lesson's Top 25 Favorite Hip Hop Albums:
01. Nas - Illmatic (1994) (898 pts) 02. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991) (876 pts) 03. OutKast - ATLiens (1996) (770 pts) 04. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993) (722 pts) 05. Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000) (630 pts)
06. OutKast - Aquemini (1998) (537 pts) 07. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought (2000) (519 pts) 08. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (1999) (480 pts) 09. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient (1994) (462 pts) 10. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991) (433 pts)
11. The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999) (400 pts) 12. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth (1998) (382 pts) 13. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992) (381 pts) 14. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) (356 pts) 15. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) (341 pts)
16. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995) (335 pts) 17. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996) (327 pts) 18. Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995) (314 pts) 19. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1993) (286 pts) 20. De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996) (278 pts)
21. Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) (273 pts) 22. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star (1996) (272 pts) 23. Slum VIllage - Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000) (266 pts) 24. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) (259 pts) 25. Nas - It Was Written (1996) (243 pts)