1. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
2. GZA – Liquid Swords
3. Mobb Deep – The Infamous
4. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
5. Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg
6. Nas – Illmatic
7. Outkast – Aquemini
8. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
9. OutKast – ATLiens
10. Big L – Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
11. Ice Cube – d**h Certificate
12. Ghostface k**ah – Ironman
13. Gang Starr – Moment of Truth
14. The Notorious B.I.G – Ready to Die
15. Ice Cube – Lethal Injection
16. Resurrection – Common
17. Big Pun – Capital Punishment
18. Scarface – The Diary
19. Ghostface k**ah – Supreme Clientele
20. Dr. Dre – 2001
21. Gang Starr – Hard to Earn
22. Jay-Z – The Black Album
23. Mos Def – Black On Both Sides
24. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
25. Rakim – The 18th Letter
26. Nas – It Was Written
27. AZ – Doe or Die
28. Redman – Whut?..Thee Album
29. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
30. Jeru de Damaja – The Sun Rises In The East