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The Best Hip Hop Albums of All Time by User Score
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1.
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 16th, 2015
USER SCORE
93
3406 reviews
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2.
Madvillain - Madvillainy
March 23rd, 2004
USER SCORE
93
1419 reviews
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3.
Nas - Illmatic
April 19th, 1994
USER SCORE
92
1139 reviews
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4.
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
October 22nd, 2012
USER SCORE
91
2571 reviews
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5.
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
November 9th, 1993
USER SCORE
91
705 reviews
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6.
OutKast - Aquemini
September 29th, 1998
USER SCORE
91
549 reviews
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7.
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22nd, 2010
USER SCORE
91
2945 reviews
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8.
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
November 19th, 1996
USER SCORE
90
664 reviews
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9.
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
September 13th, 1994
USER SCORE
90
526 reviews
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10.
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
September 24th, 1991
USER SCORE
90
639 reviews
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11.
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
November 27th, 2000
USER SCORE
90
693 reviews
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12.
OutKast - ATLiens
August 27th, 1996
USER SCORE
89
455 reviews
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13.
GZA - Liquid Swords
November 7th, 1995
USER SCORE
89
394 reviews
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14.
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
June 25th, 1996
USER SCORE
89
287 reviews
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15.
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
November 9th, 1993
USER SCORE
89
395 reviews
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16.
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
May 23rd, 2000
USER SCORE
89
226 reviews
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17.
Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21st, 2012
USER SCORE
89
1752 reviews
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18.
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
August 16th, 1994
USER SCORE
89
72 reviews
Amazon
19.
Kanye West - Late Registration
August 30th, 2005
USER SCORE
89
1588 reviews
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20.
J Dilla - Donuts
February 7th, 2006
USER SCORE
88
489 reviews
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21.
El-P - Fantastic Damage
May 14th, 2002
USER SCORE
88
167 reviews
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22.
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27th, 2016
USER SCORE
88
1585 reviews
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23.
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
July 17th, 2007
USER SCORE
88
148 reviews
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24.
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
April 25th, 1995
USER SCORE
88
272 reviews
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25.
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
September 16th, 2003
USER SCORE
88
273 reviews
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