My Top 13 Hip Hop Albums of the Decade….
By bsidewinzagain on Nov 9, 2009 in Hip Hop, Random, Real Late |
“Check out my top 13 albums since 2000 over at the The Top 13!!! I think my list is awesome if I do say so myself!”
13 Kev Brown - I Do What I Do - 2005
This one slid under the radar for many people, but man, was it a keeper. Crazy production through and through, and the under-appreciated Low Budget founder had himself a classic producer-driven album.
12 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2 - 2009
Speaking of rare hip hop albums that match the hype. This future classic was over a decade in the making. What eventually came was a great conclusion to the 1995 classic. This one features production from the GOATs - Pete Rock, Rza, J Dilla, and many more.
11 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III - 2008
Everyone told me how awesome The Carter II was and I did enjoy it, but this was the first time I ever ran to the store to buy a Lil Wayne album. Say what you want about Wayne and he definitely became over-exposed in the period around the release of Tha Carter III, but this album was chock full of party hits and dope production. A rare hip hop album that matches its hype.
10 Kanye West - College Dropout - 2004
Ah, young Kanye. This is when he was just crazy with the beats - not completely crazy all together. I must have played “Through the Wire” for about a year nonstop before the first album dropped. At the time half the world thought his name was KaYNE West. We know his name now and this classic, along with Late Registration, may be the main reason. These albums felt fresh and authentic, and they filled a space that really never had been filled before - smart soulful college rap.
STILLMATIC????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
The GOAT | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
I love Stillmatic, too, but I think Peter’s list is great.
If you do disagree with Peter’s list or ranking, please submit your own list on thetop13.com.
Brian | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
No Stillmatic or Black Album?
Stop bein a jew and give us that Kay Slay Juan Ep (no hate)
Boston B | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
madvillainy, cold vein, renaissance, yancey boys, labor days…
DJ Sambam | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
I gotta agree with the crowd, Stillmatic should be in the top 13 and Masta Ace- Disposable Arts or A Long Hot Summer both of them conceptually creative which you never see anymore in albums now a days and bangin beats n ill rhymes. Acknowledge- one of the nastiest diss tracks on Disposable Arts
Dully | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
Tha Carter III would not be on my list.
Some other albums I loved…
Street’s Disciple (Nas)
The Blue Carpet Treatment (Snoop)
Just Tryin Ta Live (Devin)
Pretty Toney Album (Ghost)
Ghostdini, Wizard of Poetry (Ghost)
mark | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
jay dee-welcome 2 detroit
nas-stillmatic
jay z-black album
nas-god’s son
blu-below the heavens
Go jump off a fucking bridge rosenberg! the carter 3? really?
Turtles | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
nas-the lost tapes
talib kweli & hi tek-reflection eternal
i mean come on, just find cliff and jump.
Turtles | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
t.i.-trap muzik
young jeezy-thug motivation 101
Turtles | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
no COMMON - BE???
no ROYCE DA 5′9 - DEATH IS CERTAIN???
no LUDACRIS - CHICKEN & BEER???
no NAS - GOD’S SON or STILLMATIC or THE LOST TAPES… fuck it, NO NAS?????
wow, i like your top ten, but the last 3 (kev brown, lil wayne, raekwon), i don’t know about them. but it is what it is, it’s your list…
aaron | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
and turtles…
jump off a bridge with rosenberg for even mentioning TRAP MUSIK(?) and THUG MOTIVATION 101(?????????). OUTKAST - SPEAKERBOXX/THE LOVE BELOW shits on those two albums (and THE CARTER 3 if you wanna talk about the South), and i wouldn’t even put OUTKAST on this list.
aaron | Nov 9, 2009 | Reply
Terrible list
S. Matic | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
I like a lot of PMD’s picks… I would also throw the following on the list…
Common - Be
Kanye West - Late Registration
Madvillany
Jay-Z - Black Album
Jay-Z - Blueprint 2 (I know a lot of ppl don’t agree w/ this, but at its best it was better than Blueprint 1, which is a classic in its own right)
Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity
J Dilla - Donuts
Madlib - The Beat Konducta Vol. 1 & 2
Not Hip-Hop, but 2 of my favorites of the decade…
D’Angelo - Voodoo
Foreign Exchange - Leave it All Behind
D | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
Also I would add Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein
D | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
Y’all forgetting the clipse - Lord Willin’ … fucking classic … but I respect pete for putting the blueprint at number 1 … I tought you didn’t like Hov haaaaaaaaa
cabo | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
Blu & Exile-Below the Heavens needs to be on there as well as
9th and Buckshot-The Formula
Clipse-Hell Hath No Fury
Common-Be
De La Soul-Grind Date
Little Bro-Minstrel Show
Nas-Untitled,Stillmatic,Lost Tapes
Jay Z-American Gangster(Very underrated)
Kast-Stankonia
Roots-Game Theory
Talib Kweli-Quality
Xzibit-Restless
and sleeper pick Beanie Sigel-The B.Coming
just to name a few.
Carter III is fucking garbage.Weezy’s wack voice and corny punchlines make him extremely overrated
N | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
I love hear you guys evey day from 5 to 12 A.M
please feel free to halla back to mr with a email .
jessica quintana | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
I wanted to know if anybody knows how to get a list of the songs played on sunday’s show 11/8/09-11/09/09? I need to find a throwback he played round midnight.
Brian | Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
Nas? The Roots?
And the Carter III? Really?
“Everyone told me how awesome The Carter II was and I did enjoy it, but this was the first time I ever ran to the store to buy a Lil Wayne album”
Because you slept on the better album and wanted to feel included this time.
MJ | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
Where’s Ye’s Graduation!? Kev Brown!? C’mon Son!
Kevski | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
No Stillmatic or Fishscale?
PJ | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
13.Hell hath no fury
12.Lord willin
11.Stillmatic
10.Be
9.Like Water For Chocolate
8.College Dropout
7.Late Registration
6.Get Rich Or Die Tryin
5.Reflection Eternal
4.Stankonia/The Love Below
3.Marshall Mather lp
2.Supreme Clientele
1.blueprint 2.1 lol nah jk jk Blueprint 1
shanky | Nov 11, 2009 | Reply
Where is Stillmatic on this list
Illmatic | Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
me | Nov 13, 2009 | Reply
Q-Tip - The Renaissance ??
me | Nov 13, 2009 | Reply
I what alternate universe is Blueprint better than Stillmatic? That is some revisionist bullshit.
word | Nov 13, 2009 | Reply
Seriously why is Blueprint ahead of Stillmatic…
Even better than b4 | Nov 14, 2009 | Reply
OK, first off, has anyone noticed that not a single new rapper emerged in the 2000s with the possibility of making a 10 or probably even 20 greatest MCs of all time list (the closest thing is probably Kanye or TI). That’s a bad sign—all the best rappers are in their 30s or older.
OK, here are my favorites that Rosenberg missed (* next to the top five)
*Binary Star—Masters of the Universe (greatest Detroit hip hop album of all time—Rosenburg, you love the D so much, you got to listen to this)
*Cannibal Ox-Cold Vein
*Cannibus-Rip the Jacker
Common-Be
*The Coup—Party Music
Dead Prez—Let’s Get Free
Eminem-The Eminem Show
The Game—The Documentary
Immortal Technique—The Third World
Jay Live—All of the Above
*Lupe Fiasco—Food and Liquor
Outcast—Stankonia
The Perceptionists—Black Dialogue
Manuel | Nov 14, 2009 | Reply
Manuel -
Good call on Binary Star—Masters of the Universe. I would also add One Be Lo’s S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M from that crew to the list, which I think is almost as good as Masters of the Universe.
Jay Live—All of the Above is a good call too. I didn’t put it on my list b/c I only list to a little over half the album, but those songs i do listen to I love.
D | Nov 15, 2009 | Reply
styles p - gangsta n a gentleman
nas - anytyhing
sheek - walk witt me
az - aziatic
fuk it who really cares about my list i just wanna no wats gud wit every1 bitin rosenburgs #1 pick yall retarted
jay z has always been a cool punk i agree wit 50 cent. hes a lyrical female. nas chewed him up point blank period
d block | Nov 28, 2009 | Reply