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1
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Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
April 14, 1988
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
99
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
November 9, 1993
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
97
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
October 3, 1991
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
96
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
4
.
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
December 15, 1992
G-Funk
,
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
96
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
JAY-Z - Reasonable Doubt
June 25, 1996
Gangsta Rap
,
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
96
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
95
45
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
July 25, 1989
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
94
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
March 3, 1989
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
94
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
93
43
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Nas - Illmatic
April 19, 1994
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
OutKast - Stankonia
October 31, 2000
Southern Hip Hop
Critic Score
92
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
September 16, 1996
Instrumental Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Critic Score
92
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010
Pop Rap
,
Hip Hop
Critic Score
91
45
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
September 24, 1991
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
91
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
September 16, 2003
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
91
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
April 25, 1995
Gangsta Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
Critic Score
91
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
OutKast - Aquemini
September 29, 1998
Southern Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
91
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
April 10, 1990
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
El-P - Fantastic Damage
May 14, 2002
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3, 2021
UK Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
90
36
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun
May 27, 2003
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
23
.
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
August 25, 1998
Neo-Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
89
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
August 1, 1995
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
Gangsta Rap
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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