94 and 96 are the hardest years to narrow down because there are so many great albums that came out.
the easiest year was 95 to me. and that's not to say there weren't a lot of good albums that year because there definitely were, like Jealous One's Envy, The Natural, Coast II Coast, Me Against The World, Labcabincalifornia etc etc BUT, the 5 I chose, in my opinion, are LOCKED in their spots more so than any other year.
Not to mention, some years like 03 are hard to even find 5 great albums in my opinion.