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Ready to Die
The Notorious B.I.G.·Rating: 9.3
September 1994. A 22-year-old drug dealer from Bed-Stuy decides to name his debut album after his own mortality. Not as a gimmick. Not as shock value. Christopher Wallace had already lived three lifet...
All Eyez on Me
2Pac·Rating: 9.3
Play the first three tracks back to back and try to name another album that announces its freedom that loudly. From Dre's militant drums on the opener to the reckless hedonism of "All Bout U" to the p...
JEFFERY
Young Thug·Rating: 8.7
Put a man in a dress on the cover and watch everyone forget to talk about the music. The Alessandro Trincone gown became the headline, the think pieces rolled out, and somewhere underneath all the dis...
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Wu-Tang Clan
Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)
Hip-Hop
Rating: 10.0
A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory
Hip-Hop
Rating: 10.0
Nas
Illmatic
East Coast Hip-Hop
Rating: 10.0
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
Conscious Rap
Rating: 10.0
Public Enemy
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Conscious Rap
Rating: 10.0
The Notorious B.I.G.
Life After Death
Hip-Hop
Rating: 9.8
Madvillain
Madvillainy
Hip-Hop
Rating: 9.7
Kendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Hip-Hop
Rating: 9.7
