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Highest Rated Hip Hop Albums of 2001
Decade
2000s
All Time
2020s
2010s
2000s
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Genre
Hip Hop
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Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Chillout
Contemporary Folk
Contemporary R&B
Dance
East Coast Hip Hop
Electronic
Folk
Garage Rock
Hard Rock
Hip Hop
IDM
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Pop
Pop Rock
Psychedelia
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Slowcore
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
1
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Eve - Scorpion
March 6, 2001
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
100
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2
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Afrika Bambaataa - Looking for the Perfect Beat: 1980–1985
March 20, 2001
Electro
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
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3
.
Redman - Malpractice
May 22, 2001
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
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4
.
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
May 15, 2001
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
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5
.
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
March 6, 2001
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
6
.
Beanie Sigel - The Reason
June 26, 2001
Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
JAY-Z - The Blueprint
September 11, 2001
Chipmunk Soul
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD
May 1, 2001
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Missy Elliott - Miss E... So Addictive
May 15, 2001
Pop Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
August 13, 2001
Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Bubba Sparxxx - Dark Days, Bright Nights
October 9, 2001
Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
,
Country Rap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey
July 17, 2001
Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
The Beatnuts - Take It or Squeeze It
March 20, 2001
Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
KRS-One - The Sneak Attack
March 27, 2001
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
15
.
Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag
December 18, 2001
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Ghostface Killah - Bulletproof Wallets
November 13, 2001
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Nas - Stillmatic
December 18, 2001
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Project Pat - Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin
February 27, 2001
Memphis Rap
,
Gangsta Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Foxy Brown - Broken Silence
July 17, 2001
Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human
January 1, 2001
Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
JAY-Z - MTV Unplugged
December 18, 2001
Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
22
.
Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star
May 8, 2001
Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Mystikal - Tarantula
December 18, 2001
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Timbaland & Magoo - Indecent Proposal
October 20, 2001
Pop Rap
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
25
.
Declaime - Andsoitsaid
Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2001.
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