1. Kendrick Lamar — Good Kid, m.A.A.d City (2012)
2. Nas — Illmatic (1994)
3. A Tribe Called Quest — The Low End Theory (1991)
4. Outkast — ATLiens (1996)
5. The Roots — Illadelph Halflife (1996)
6. Mobb Deep — Hell On Earth (1996)
7. The Fugees — The Score (1996)
8. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — E1999 Eternal (1995)
9. Wu-Tang Clan — Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers (1993)
10. Common — Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
11. Raekwon — Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
12. Onyx — All We Got Iz Us (1995)
13. Mobb Deep — The Infamous (1995)
14. Nas — It Was Written (1996)
15. GZA — Liquid Swords (1995)
16. Kanye West — College Dropout (2004)
17. Gang Starr — Moment Of Truth (1998)
18. Notorious B.I.G. — Ready To Die (1994)
19. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A bu*terfly (2015)
20. Black Star — S/T (1998)
21. A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders (1993)
22. Mos Def — Black On Both Sides (1999)
23. Quasimoto — The Unseen (2000)
24. Outkast — Aquemini (1998)
25. One Be Lo — S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (2005)
26. The Roots — Undun (2011)
27. Jay-Z — Reasonable Doubt (1996)
28. Reflection Eternal — Train Of Thought (2000)
29. Organized Konfusion — Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994)
30. The Roots — Things Fall Apart (1999)
31. Viktor Vaughn — Vaudeville Villain (2003)
32. Scarface — The Fix (2002)
33. Brand Nubian — One For All (1990)
34. Cannibal Ox — The Cold Vein (2001)
35. Z-Ro — Look What You Did To Me (1998)
36. Lupe Fiasco — The Cool (2007)
37. Mobb Deep — Murda Muzik (1999)
38. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — The Art Of War (1997)
39. Outkast — Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
40. Big L — Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995)
41. Outkast — Stankonia (2000)
42. Snoop Dogg — Doggystyle (1993)
43. Big Pun — Capital Punishment (1998)
44. Lupe Fiasco — Tetsuo & Youth (2015)
45. Mick Jenkins — The Water[s] (2014)
46. Smif-N-Wessun — Dah Shinin (1995)
47. Ghostface k**ah —Ironman (1996)
48. 50 Cent — Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
49. Eminem — The Eminem Show (2002)
50. Ghostface k**ah — Supreme Clientele (2000)