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Best 5 Hip Hop Albums For Every Year
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| EmSeeD |
Date: Saturday, 31/Jul/10, 9:03 PM | Message # 1 |
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We're putting together a list of top 5 hip hop albums from every year from 1984 all the way up until 2010. we're already doing it in the youtube group but we should use the other networks to contribute to the list too.
the way it will add up is the albums get 5 points if it gets named number 1, 4 points for being named 2, 3 points for number 3, 2 points for number 4 and 1 point for being named number 5 on peoples top 5 lists.
after the lists are drawn the top 2 albums from each year will be put against other albums in a tournament style brackets, we will have votes to see which album will come out as the greatest
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1984 - 1989
1984
1. Run DMC, RunDMC 25pts
2. Whodini, Escape 13pts
3. Treacherous Three, Threacherous Three 9pts
4. Grandmaster Flash, Greatest Messages 7pts
5. Kid Frost, Rough Cut 5pts
1985
1. LL Cool J - Radio 20pts
2. RunDMC - Kings of Rock 13pts
3. Too $hort - Don't Stop Rappin 8pts
4. World Class Wreckin Cru - World Class 7pts
5. DJ Grandmaster Flash - They Said It Couldn't Be Done 5pts
5. Kurtis Blow - America 5pts
1986
1. Run DMC - Raising Hell 19pts
2. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill 11pts
2. Doug E Fresh - Oh My God 11pts
4. Kool Moe Dee - Kool Moe Dee 9pts
5. Whodini - Back In Black 7pts
1987
1. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full 30pts
2. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded 25pts
3. Public Enemy - Yo Bumrush The Show 20pts
4. NWA - NWA & The Posse 9pts
5. Ice T - Rhyme Pays 7pts
1988
1. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader 22 pts
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back 19pts
3. EPMD - Strictly Business 15pts
4. NWA - Straight Outta Compton 14pts
5. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane 9pts
1989
1. The D.O.C., No One Can Do It Better - 24pts
2. De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising - 17pts
2. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Road To Riches - 16pts
4. Big Daddy Kane, Its A Big Daddy Kane Thing - 11pts
5. Ice-T, Iceberg/Feedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say - 10pts
1990 - 1999
1990
1. A Tribe Called Quest - Peoples Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm 16pts
2. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth- Funky Technician 13pts
3. Eric B & Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit Em 10pts
4. Ice Cube - Amerikkkas Most Wanted 8pts
5. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted: Dead Or Alive 8pts
1991
1. Ice Cube - Death Certificate 24pts
2. 2pac - 2pacalypse Now 23pts
3. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory 19pts
4. NWA - Niggaz4life 15pts
5. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena 12pts
1992
1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic 29pts
2. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother 26pts
3. Gang Starr - Daily Operation 14pts
4. Ice Cube - The Predator 12pts
5. Comptons Most Wanted - Music To Drive By To 10pts
1993
1. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 38pts
2. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders 17pts
3. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle 13pts
4. De La Soul - Buhlonne Mind State 8pts
5. Guru - Jazzmatazz vol. 1 6pts
1994
1. Nas - Illmatic 39pts
2. Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East 21pts
3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die 16pts
4. Common - Ressurection 13pts
5. Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik 12pts
1995
1. GZA - Liquid Swords 37pts
2. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx 30pts
3. 2Pac - Me Against the World 21pts
4. Mobb Deep - The Infamous 17pts
5. The Pharcyde - Labincanifornia 15pts
1996
1. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst 17.5pts
2. Nas - It Was Written 14pts
3. The Roots - Illadelph Halfife 12pts
3. OutKast - ATLiens 12
5. Fugees - The Score 10
1997
1. Rakim - The 18th Letter 26
2. OC - Jewelz 18
3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death 13
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever 13
5. Common - One Day It Will All Make Sense 8
1998
1. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth 24pts
2. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are: Black Star 17pts
3. Big Pun - Capital Punishment 12pts
4. Brand Nubian - The Foundation 8pts
5. Killah Priest - Heavy Mental 7pts
1999
1. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP 35
2. Dr. Dre - 2001 21
3. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides 17
4. The Roots - Things Fall Apart 10
5. Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs 8
5. MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday! 8
2000 - 2010
2000
1. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 25pts
2. Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design 24pts
3. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 23pts
4. Common - Like Water For Chocolate 17pts
5. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 7pts
2001
1. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts 18pts
2. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 9pts
3. Aesop Rock - Labor Days 7pts
3. Cormega - The Realness 7pts
5. Eyedea - The Many Faces of Oliver Hart 6.5pts
2002
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1. Nas - The Lost Tapes 19
2. Atmosphere - Godlovesugly 11
3. Nas - Gods Son 10
4. People Under The Stairs - OST 8
5. The Roots - Phrenology 8
2003
1. INI - Center of Attention 28
2. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2 16
3. Gang Starr - The Ownerz 15
4. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin 10
5. Insight - Updated Software V. 2.5 8
2004
1. Madvillainy - Madvillainy 23
2. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer 18
3. MF Doom - MM.. Food 11
3. Kanye West - The COllege Dropout 11
3. Klashnekoff - Saga's of Klashnekoff 11
2005
1. Nujabes - Modal Soul 9
2. Edan - Beauty and the Beat 8
3. Tonedeff - Archetype 7
3. Panacea - Ink Is My Drink 7
5. Common - Be 6
2006
1. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange 25
2. J-Dilla - The Shining 18
3. Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor 9
4. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale 6
5. Vakill - Worst Fears Confirmed 5
5. Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment 5
5. Darc Mind - Symptomatic of a Greater Ill 5
2007
1. Blue Scholars - Bayani 16
2. Percee P - Perseverance 12
3. Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens 9
3. Y-Society - Travel At Your Own Pace 9
5. Cilvaringz - I 8
2008
1. eLZhi - The Preface 10
2. Panacea - A Mind On A Ship Through Time 9
3. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold 8
4. Q-Tip - The Renaissance 5
4. Siah and Yeshua DapoED - The Visualz Anthology 5
4. Pacewon & Mr. Green - The Only Color That Matters Is Green 5
4. K-Rino - Triple Darkness Vol. 1 (Wreck Time) 5
4. Invincible - Shapeshifters 5
2009
1. Fashawn - Boy Meets World 17
2. CunninLynguists - Strange Journey 2 14
3. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx 2 11
4. Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge 10
4. Cyne - Water For Mars 10
2010
1. Panacea - 12 Step Program 18
2. Black Sheep - From The Pool of Black Genius 15
3. The Roots - How I Got Over 14
4. Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives 10
5. Random & K-Murdock - Forever Famicom 9
Elimination Rounds:
Round 1:
Run-DMC, Run-DMC vs Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill
Whodini, Escape vs Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded
LL Cool J, Radio vs Run-DMC, Raising Hell
Run-DMC, Kings of Rock vs Eric B & Rakim, Paid In Full
Eric B & Rakim, Follow The Leader vs De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising/Kool G Rap, Road To Riches
Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation of Millions vs The D.O.C., No One Can Do It Better
A Tribe Called Quest, A Peoples Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm vs Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Mecca & the Soul Brother
Ice Cube, Death Certificate vs Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth, Funky Technician
Dr. Dre, The Chronic vs 2pac, 2Pacalypse Now
Wu-Tang Clan, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) vs Jeru The Damaja, The Sun Rises In The East
Nas, Illmatic vs A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders
GZA, Liquid Swords vs Nas, It Was Written
Raekwon, Only Built For Cuban Linx vs Dr. Octogon, Dr. Octogonecologyst
Rakim, 18th Letter vs Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Are Black Star
Gang Starr, Moment of Truth vs OC, Jewelz
Eminem, The Slim Shady LP vs Jedi Mind Tricks,Violent By Design
Dr. Dre, 2001 vs Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030
Masta Ace, Disposable Arts vs Atmosphere, Godlovesugly
Immortal Technique, Revolutionary Vol. 1 vs Nas, The Lost Tapes
InI, Center of Attention vs Masta Ace, A Long Hot Summer
Immortal Technique, Revolutionary Vol. 2 vs Madvillainy, Madvillainy
Nujabes, Modal Soul vs CunninLynguists, A Piece of Strange
Edan, Beauty and the Beat vs J Dilla, The Shining
Elzhi, The Preface vs Percee P, Perseverance
Blue Scholars, Bayani vs Panacea, A Mind On a Ship Through Time
Fashawn, Boy Meets World vs Black Sheep, From the Pool of Black Genius
CunninLynguists, Strange Journey Vol. 2 vs Panacea, 12 Step Program
Round 2:
Run-DMC, Run-DMC vs De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising
Run-DMC, Raising Hell vs Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Eric B & Rakim, Paid In Full vs Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Mecca and the Soul Brother
Dr. Dre, The Chronic vs Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the 36 Chambers
Nas, Illmatic vs Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded
GZA, Liquid Swords vs Ice Cube, Death Certificate
Raekwon, Only Built For Cuban Linx vs Nas, The Lost Tapes
Rakim, The 18th Letter vs InI, Center of Attention
Masta Ace, Disposable Arts vs Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030
Gang Starr, Moment of Truth vs Madvillain, Madvillainy
CunninLynguists, A Piece of Strange vs Panacea, A Mind On A Ship Through Time
Edan, Beauty and the Beat vs Fashawn, Boy Meets World
eLZhi, The Preface vs Panacea, 12 Step Program
Round 3:
De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising vs Rakim, The 18th Letter
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back vs Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030
Eric B & Rakim, Paid In Full vs Madvillain, Madvillainy
Nas, Illmatic vs
GZA, Liquid Swords vs
Raekwon, Only Built For Cuban Linx vs
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| eboyd |
Date: Monday, 28/Feb/11, 11:02 PM | Message # 661 |
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Quote (Ratmn) You like mister "I-try-to-be-deep-but-i-FAIL" Vinnie Paz, but not some deep shit like Blue Scholars.
music is more than just lyrics. his delivery is dope and besides, when does he try to be deep? he's a lyricist/horrorcore artist. "you'll get fucked up like sex on an airplane". that's the type of shit Paz brings. that said, he's not even a top 10 emcee for me. MAYBE top 25. Quote (Adam) blu is like a photocopy of blue scholars only blu has a higher pitched voice. TRUE STORY. lol not even close. Quote (EverGlazed) Common hasnt released an album since Be maaan  lol though i thought "Be" was decent, it was probably one of Common's worst imo. then again, i don't even really like "Resurrection" that much. idk. Quote (EverGlazed) How boring would this shit be if it wasnt bro? lol so true! Quote (EverGlazed) THAT is good music my friend.. meh... it's generic. the flow/delivery is soooo boring and the beat is decent at best. i'd probably pass on it if i was offered that beat for my album. and i personally know probably 25 no name emcees who come with better lyrics. everything about the track is just generic underground vibe shit.
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"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"
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battle record:
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| EverGlazed |
Date: Tuesday, 01/Mar/11, 2:30 PM | Message # 662 |
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Quote (eboyd) meh... it's generic. the flow/delivery is soooo boring and the beat is decent at best. i'd probably pass on it if i was offered that beat for my album. and i personally know probably 25 no name emcees who come with better lyrics. everything about the track is just generic underground vibe shit. and yet...I love it.lol 2008....another good year :-) Its surprising how good these years have been for underground Hip Hop...
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| eboyd |
Date: Tuesday, 01/Mar/11, 4:22 PM | Message # 663 |
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Quote (EverGlazed) 2008....another good year :-) Its surprising how good these years have been for underground Hip Hop... yeah, 2008 was pretty good. 2009 was also decent. i don't know all that much about 2010 though. i can't think of anything dope that dropped last year. i can't wait to get to the elimination round though 
my new theme song
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"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"
-T.S. Eliot
battle record:
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| EmSeeD |
Date: Tuesday, 01/Mar/11, 4:43 PM | Message # 664 |
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Quote (eboyd) i can't wait to get to the elimination round though fuck i forgot i was supposed to be updating that. i was thinking how should we do it? make a poll thread for each round to vote or just make a big thread like this and vote in the comments? personally i think we should make a separate thread for each one, doesn't have to be poll either
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| Treach |
Date: Tuesday, 01/Mar/11, 4:45 PM | Message # 665 |
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Quote (EmSeeD) just make a big thread like this and vote in the comments
"We took pride in intellect and skill
Now you gotta have some sex appeal to get a record deal"
- K-RINO
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| EverGlazed |
Date: Tuesday, 01/Mar/11, 9:30 PM | Message # 666 |
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Quote (eboyd) elimination round Whats this then?
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| EmSeeD |
Date: Thursday, 03/Mar/11, 6:06 AM | Message # 667 |
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Quote (Treach) FUCK!! i cant do this! just when i think i got my list down another album comes and smashes it all apart
how's this
1)1773 - Constant Motion/Panacea - The Scenic Route/WindchILL - I Have Arrived/Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens/K-Rino - Book Number 7/Marco Polo - Port Authority/Cunninlynguists - Dirty Acres/Shad - The Old Prince/Finale & Spier 1200 - Develop
2)AOTP - Ritual Of Battle/Snowgoons - German Lugers/Y-Society - Travel at Your Own Pace
3) Common - Finding Forever/Restoring Poetry in Music - Pyramids in Moscow
4)Planet Asia - Jewelry Box Sessions The Album/MF Grimm - The Hunt For The Gingerbread Man/Canibus - For Whom The Beat Tolls/AZ - The Memphis Sessions
5) Apathy & Celph Titled - No Place Like Chrome/Viro The Virus - Jersey's Finest/Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams are you really sure lol, you really need to have all those albums in there? Quote (EverGlazed) Quote (eboyd) elimination round Whats this then? click on Elimination Rounds in the top message, the plan is to put the top albums against each other in a tournament style and then come out with the number 1 album
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| Treach |
Date: Thursday, 03/Mar/11, 1:07 PM | Message # 668 |
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Quote (EmSeeD) are you really sure lol, you really need to have all those albums in there? yup. pretty much lol. you dont have to count my vote
"We took pride in intellect and skill
Now you gotta have some sex appeal to get a record deal"
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| EverGlazed |
Date: Monday, 07/Mar/11, 7:06 AM | Message # 669 |
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2008: I got... Prolyphic and Reanimator - The Ugly Truth
Doomtree - Doomtree
Reps - The Saga Of A Peaceful Man
Siah and Yeshua DapoED - The Visualz Anthology
The Problemaddicts - The Darkside Of Oz
Dela - Changes Of Atmosphere
Dela - Atmosphere Airlines Volume 2
Soulcrate Music - Cardboard Cut outs Volume 1
Jah Roots - Joy
Jazz Liberatorz - Clin d'oeil
Rhyme Asylum - State Of Lunacy
Panacea - A Mind On A Ship Through Time
Think Twice - Rock To This Beat
MindsOne - Transitions
Home Brew - Last Week Fuck meee this was a good year.lol Top 5: Siah and Yeshua DapoED - The Visualz Anthology
Dela - Atmosphere Airlines Volume 2
Panacea - A Mind On A Ship Through Time
Rhyme Asylum - State Of Lunacy
Jazz Liberatorz - Clin d'oeil
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| El_Matador |
Date: Monday, 07/Mar/11, 9:48 AM | Message # 670 |
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1. Pacewon & Mr. Green - The Only Color That Matters Is Green
2. Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team)
3. Little Vic - Each Dawn I Die
4. Ill Bill - The Hour of Reprisal
5. 9th Wonder & Buckshot - The Formula
MENACE 2 JOKER: Go back to Mexico you damn spic
JOKER 2 MENACE: Shut up you fake nigga your a damn sand nigger not a full nigger 
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| Greeny |
Date: Monday, 07/Mar/11, 2:20 PM | Message # 671 |
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2007: 1. Guru - Jazzmatazz vol. 4: The Hip Hop Messenger: "Back to the Future"
2. Blue Scholars - Bayani
3. Y-Society - Travel At You Own Pace
4. Prince Ali - I Miss 1994
5. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass 6. Public Enemy - How To Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul
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| Treach |
Date: Monday, 07/Mar/11, 2:34 PM | Message # 672 |
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2008 1) K-Rino - Triple Darkness Vol. 1 (Wreck Time)
2) K-Rino - Triple Darkness Vol. 2 (The Lyrics) / eMC- The Show
3) K-Rino - Blood Doctrine
4) eLZhi - The Preface
5) Ice Cube - Raw Footage
"We took pride in intellect and skill
Now you gotta have some sex appeal to get a record deal"
- K-RINO
Message edited by Treach - Monday, 07/Mar/11, 2:35 PM
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| Greeny |
Date: Monday, 07/Mar/11, 5:46 PM | Message # 673 |
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Wow dude, I just noticed how long we've been voting. We're nearing 8 months. This is a long ass project...
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| eboyd |
Date: Wednesday, 09/Mar/11, 3:13 AM | Message # 674 |
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damn, i forgot None Shall Pass! and wtf?!?!?! why is everyone sleeping on Brother Ali and Percee P??? list edited AGAIN! smdh!: Quote (eboyd) 1. Percee P - Perseverance
2. Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
3. Brother Ali - Undisputed Truth
4. Y-Society - Travel At Your Own Pace
5. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass 2008: 1. Elzhi - The Preface/Invincible - Shapeshifters (don't sleep on this one!)
3. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
4. The Roots - Rising Down
5. Soulja Boy Tell'em - iSouljaBoyTellem lol jk! ;D 5. Q-Tip - The Renaissance besides my two #1's and #3, 2008 was kind of a meh year. still better than 2001 and 2002 though btw, Untitled was fucking GARBAGE! 
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"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"
-T.S. Eliot
battle record:
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| EmSeeD |
Date: Wednesday, 09/Mar/11, 4:50 AM | Message # 675 |
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list for 2007, damn i can't believe blu & exile wasn't number 1 let alone not even in the top 2  1. Blue Scholars - Bayani 16
2. Percee P - Perseverance 12
3. Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens 9
3. Y-Society - Travel At Your Own Pace 9
5. Cilvaringz - I 8
6. Guru - Jazzmatazz Vol. 4 The Hip Hop Messenger: "Back to the Future" (fuck solar) 5
6. Dr. Syntax - Self Taught 5
8. Blue Sky Black Death & Hell Razah - Razah's Ladder 4
9. CunninLynguists - Dirty Acre's 3
9. Brother Ali - Undisputed Truth 3
9. Hocus Pocus - Place 54 3
12. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass 2
12. Restoring Music in Poetry - Pyrimids in Moscow 2
12. Panacea - The Scenic Route 2
12. 9th Wonder - Dream Merchant Vol. 2
12. Prince Ali - I Miss 1994 2
12. Mnemonic Presents: The Mercenaries 2
18. RZA - Afro Samurai OST 1
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