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The Best Hip Hop Albums of All Time

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1.

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
November 9, 1993
Critic Score
97
6 reviews
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2.

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
April 14, 1988
Critic Score
97
6 reviews
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3.

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
September 16, 1996
Critic Score
96
9 reviews
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4.

Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
April 10, 1990
Critic Score
95
6 reviews
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5.

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Critic Score
95
45 reviews
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6.

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
July 25, 1989
Critic Score
94
5 reviews
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7.

Nas - Illmatic
April 19, 1994
Critic Score
94
6 reviews
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8.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Critic Score
93
43 reviews
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9.

Mobb Deep - The Infamous
April 25, 1995
Critic Score
92
6 reviews
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10.

Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
July 21, 2003
Critic Score
92
16 reviews
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11.

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
August 25, 1998
Critic Score
92
11 reviews
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12.

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010
Critic Score
92
44 reviews
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13.

Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
September 16, 2003
Critic Score
91
7 reviews
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14.

The Streets - Original Pirate Material
October 22, 2002
Critic Score
90
10 reviews
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15.

El-P - Fantastic Damage
May 14, 2002
Critic Score
90
8 reviews
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16.

OutKast - Stankonia
October 31, 2000
Critic Score
90
11 reviews
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17.

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012
Critic Score
90
32 reviews
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18.

Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3, 2021
Critic Score
90
35 reviews
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19.

Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun
May 2, 2003
Critic Score
90
5 reviews
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20.

Steinski - What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective
May 27, 2008
Critic Score
90
7 reviews
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21.

Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Critic Score
89
35 reviews
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22.

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
August 1, 1995
Critic Score
89
5 reviews
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23.

Dave - Psychodrama
March 8, 2019
Critic Score
88
15 reviews
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24.

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
July 28, 1997
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
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25.

Madvillain - Madvillainy
March 23, 2004
Critic Score
88
15 reviews
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