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Highest Rated Hip Hop Albums of 1999
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1999
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Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please
September 14, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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2
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Will Smith - Willennium
November 16, 1999
Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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3
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Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
October 12, 1999
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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4
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Nas - I Am...
April 6, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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5
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The Notorious B.I.G. - Born Again
December 7, 1999
Gangsta Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
80
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6
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Snoop Dogg - No Limit Top Dogg
May 11, 1999
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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7
.
Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik
August 17, 1999
Boom Bap
,
Gangsta Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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8
.
Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
February 23, 1999
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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Music
9
.
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
February 23, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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Spotify
10
.
Q-Tip - Amplified
November 23, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Noreaga - Melvin Flynt - Da Hustler
August 24, 1999
Hip Hop
Score
80
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Amazon
12
.
Roots Manuva - Brand New Second Hand
March 22, 1999
Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
13
.
Quannum - Spectrum
July 27, 1999
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Handsome Boy Modeling School - So... How's Your Girl?
October 19, 1999
Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
U-God - Golden Arms Redemption
October 19, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Eve - Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady
September 14, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Naughty By Nature - Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury
April 27, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
Score
70
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Music
Spotify
18
.
Rakim - The Master
November 30, 1999
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Wu-Syndicate - Wu-Syndicate
April 20, 1999
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
20
.
JAY-Z - Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter
December 28, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Missy Elliott - Da Real World
June 22, 1999
Southern Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Dr. Dre - 2001
November 16, 1999
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
2Pac & Outlawz - Still I Rise
December 13, 1999
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
February 23, 1999
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
GZA - Beneath the Surface
June 29, 1999
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
60
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Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 1999.
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