RHH: Mitch!’s top 50 hip-hop albums?

By · September 2, 2010 · Filed in Shadow Archetypes

Based purely on entertainment value.

1. A Piece of Strange – CunninLynguists

2. The College Dropout – Kanye West

3. Liquid Swords – GZA/Genius

4. Madvillainy – Madvillain

5. The Cold Vein – Cannibal Ox

6. The Slim Shady LP – Eminem

7. Deadringer – RJD2

8. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star – Black Star

9. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan

10. I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead – El-P

11. The Blueprint – Jay-Z

12. Endtroducing….. – DJ Shadow

13. Dirty Acres – CunninLynguists

14. The Chronic – Dr. Dre

15. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030

16. Southernunderground – CunninLynguists

17. The Unseen – Quasimoto

18. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… – Raekwon

19. Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z

20. The Black Album – Jay-Z

21. The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest

22. Will Rap for Food – CunninLynguists

23. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous – Big L

24. Illmatic – Nas

25. Ready to Die – The Notorious B.I.G.

26. Illadelph Halflife – The Roots

27. Below the Heavens – Blu & Exile

28. I Phantom – Mr. Lif

29. Man on the Moon: The End of Day – Kid Cudi

30. Northern Star – Cold Legistics

31. Black on Both Sides – Mos Def

32. Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – 50 Cent

33 Food and Liquor – Lupe Fiasco

34. Fantastic Damage – El-P

35. Funcrusher Plus –Company Flow

36. Operation: Doomsday – MF DOOM

37. Be – Common

38. The Documentary – The Game

39. Shadows on the Sun – Brother Ali

40. Ritual of Battle – Army of the Pharaohs

41. Shades of Blue – Madlib

42. Stillmatic – Nas

43. Take Me to Your Leader – King Geedorah

44. The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem

45. Archetype – Tonedeff

46. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2 – Raekwon

47. A Long Hot Summer – Masta Ace

48. The LP – Large Professor

49. 2001 – Dr. Dre

50. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – Mr. SOS

Rate, hate, ejaculate.

My problem is The Blueprint > Reasonable Doubt and Black Album
No 2Pac Albums?
Still Good List 9/10

Comments

Distance Equals Rate Times Time
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:22 am

I will never understand why everyone loves

4. Madvillainy – Madvillain
5. The Cold Vein – Cannibal Ox

but yeah, great list. I like Endtroducing… at 12.
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nope…no criticisms here.

well, I wouldn’t put Get Rich or Die Tryin’ above some of the albums below it, but hey, its your list.
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a lot of my favorites up in hea……… *respect knuckles*
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Rate: 9/10
Hate: Imo, Liquid Swords >>> College Dropout
Ejaculate: Uh, I don’t think females can do that…
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P.S. Thumbs up to you for Operation: Doomsday by MF DOOM

Is The Cold Vein top 10? Yes. Great list.
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BB is Rather Unique
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:33 am

i ejaculated.
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Need more A Tribe Called Quest
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lol @ The College Dropout 2nd yet Illmatic at 24th. Y0U DUN G00FED
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ReasonableHate *Suspended*
September 2nd, 2010 at 11:01 am

My problem is The Blueprint > Reasonable Doubt and Black Album
No 2Pac Albums?
Still Good List 9/10
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Nice list. 9/10
Hate: Some Albums I feel should be higher.
Loved Madvillany at 4.
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Crypt (Best #1 Answerer Ever)
September 2nd, 2010 at 12:00 pm

I’m trying to understand how a list with so much Madlib can also have people like Kanye West, Eminem and Kid Cudi.

Too much Cunninlynguists, Jiggaboo and El-P for my taste. Also you only have less than 10 albums that would be on my own list.
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Based.
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Number 50 is rated too close to 47. And 47 under 45? Naw man…

Lol jk, great list. Loving the CL.
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