söndag 18 Okt 2009, 12:28

1979-1985:
10. Too $hort - Don't Stop Rappin'
9. Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow
8. Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Gang
7. Whodini - Whodini
6. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
5. Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock
4. The Treacherous Three - The Treacherous Three
3. Whodini - Escape
2. LL Cool J - Radio
1. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.

1986:
10. Just-Ice - Back to the Old School
9. Schoolly D - Schoolly D
8. 2 Live Crew - 2 Live Crew is What We Are
7. Too $hort - Born to Mack
6. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - Oh, My God!
5. Stetsasonic - On Fire
4. Whodini - Back in Black
3. Kool Moe Dee - Kool Moe Dee
2. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
1. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell

1987:
10. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Rock the House
9. MC Shan - Down by Law
8. Spoonie Gee - The Godfather of Rap
7. N.W.A - N.W.A. & the Posse
6. Ice-T - Rhyme Pays
5. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
4. Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now
3. LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer
2. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
1. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full

(NOTE: Since hip-hop is getting better year by year, from now I will also find some use of a "honorable mentions" list which names all left out albums that could make a top 10 spot)

1988:
10. Run-D.M.C. - Tougher than Leather
9. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
8. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
7. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
6. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
5. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
4. EPMD - Strictly Business
3. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
2. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back
1. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

Honorable mentions: Goin' Off, Straight out the Jungle, In Control, Vol. 1, In Full Gear, The World's Greatest Entertainer, Life is... Too Short, Act a Fool, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper, Power, It Takes Two, Move Somethin'

1989:
10. Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature
9. Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
8. Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
7. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
6. EPMD - Unfinished Business
5. Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing
4. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road to the Riches
3. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
2. Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level
1. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

Honorable mentions: Big Tyme, The Biz Never Sleeps, Nice & Smooth, No More Mr. Nice Guy, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, Controversy, Knowledge is King, Walking with a Panther, We're in This Together

1990:
10. Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It
9. Masta Ace - Take a Look Around
8. Above the Law - Livin' Like Hustlers
7. EPMD - Business As Usual
6. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted: Dead or Alive
5. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
4. Brand Nubian - One for All
3. Geto Boys - The Geto Boys
2. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
1. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

Honorable mentions: It's a Compton Thang, Holy Intellect, Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Edutainment, Short Dog's in the House, Sex Packets, At Your Own Risk, Taste of Chocolate, Hispanic Causing Panic, To the East, Blackwards, Funky Technician

1991:
10. DJ Quik - Quik is the Name
9. Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
8. Gang Starr - Step in the Arena
7. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
6. N.W.A - Niggaz4Life
5. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
4. Scarface - Mr. Scarface is Back
3. Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster
2. Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
1. Ice Cube - Death Certificate

Honorable mentions: Breaking Atoms, Naughty by Nature, De La Soul is Dead, Bitch Betta Have My Money, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Straight Checkn' Em, Organized Konfusion, Ain't a Damn Thing Changed, Prince of Darkness, 2Pacalypse Now, The Ruler's Back, I Wish My Brother George Was Here

1992:
10. Paris - Sleeping with the Enemy
9. Redman - Whut? Thee Album
8. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
7. Brand Nubian - In God We Trust
6. Ice Cube - The Predator
5. EPMD - Business Never Personal
4. Gang Starr - Daily Operation
3. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Live and Let Die
2. Compton's Most Wanted - Music to Driveby
1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Honorable mentions: Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop, Dead Serious, Guerillas in tha Mist, Way 2 Fonky, Spice 1, Shorty the Pimp, Too Hard to Swallow, Don't Sweat the Technique, Reel to Reel, Psycho Active, Return of the Funky Man, Runaway Slave, I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier, Sex and Violence, Poisonous Mentality, Check Your Head

1993:
10. The Coup - Kill My Landlord
9. Kam - Neva Again
8. Onyx - Bacdafucup
7. Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
6. Masta Ace Inc. - Slaughtahouse
5. Geto Boys - Till Death Do Us Part
4. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
3. Black Moon - Enta da Stage
2. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Honorable mentions: No Pressure, The World is Yours, Tha Triflin' Album, No Need for Alarm, 21 & Over, Here Comes the Lord, 93 'til Infinity, Black Mafia Life, Lethal Injection, Buhloone Mindstate, Looks Like a Job For..., Return of the Boom Bap, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., Get in Where You Fit In, Black Sunday, KKKill the Fetus, Shock of the Hour, Comin' Out Hard

1994:
10. Willie D - Play Witcha Mama
9. Spice 1 - AmeriKKKa's Nightmare
8. UGK - Super Tight
7. Gang Starr - Hard to Earn
6. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
5. OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
4. MC Eiht - We Come Strapped
3. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
2. Nas - Illmatic
1. Scarface - The Diary

Honorable mentions: Daddy's Home, To the Death, Regulate... G Funk Era, The Main Ingredient, Thug Life: Volume 1, Resurrection, The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World, Behind Bars, Word...Life, Uncle Sam's Curse, Dare Iz a Darkside, Tical, Genocide & Juice, Guerrilla Funk, Closed Casket, Stress: The Extinction Agenda, Somethin' Serious, On the Outside Looking In

1995:
10. Bushwick Bill - Phantom of the Rapra
9. Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food
8. Tha Alkaholiks - Coast II Coast
7. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
6. Smif-n-Wessun - Dah Shinin'
5. B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta - Real Brothas
4. 2Pac - Me Against the World
3. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
2. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
1. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords

Honorable mentions: 4, 5, 6, Operation Stackola, Mack 10, Curb Servin', Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, Soul Food, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, Sittin' on Chrome, Livin' Proof, Safe & Sound, Doe or Die, KRS-One, IV Life, On Top of the World

1996:
10. 2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
9. Redman - Muddy Waters
8. Geto Boys - The Resurrection
7. Westside Connection - Bow Down
6. UGK - Ridin' Dirty
5. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
4. De La Soul - Stakes is High
3. OutKast - ATLiens
2. Xzibit - At the Speed of Life
1. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

Honorable mentions: Nocturnal, Ironman, Illadelph Halflife, The Coming, The Score, Death Threatz, Firing Squad, Tha Doggfather, It Was Written, The Awakening, Autobiography of Mistachuck, Da Storm, Soul on Ice, Wrath of the Math, Hell on Earth

1997:
10. EPMD - Back in Business
9. Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes
8. O.C. - Jewelz
7. Mack 10 - Based on a True Story
6. Spice 1 - The Black Bossalini
5. Rakim - The 18th Letter
4. Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
3. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
2. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
1. Scarface - The Untouchable

Honorable mentions: The War Report, I Got Next, For the People, The Villain in Black, The Art of War

1998:
10. DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot
9. Brand Nubian - Foundation
8. Black Star - Blackstar
7. M.O.P. - First Family 4 Life
6. Big Daddy Kane - Veteranz Day
5. Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
4. Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz
3. The Coup - Steal This Album
2. Outkast - Aquemini
1. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth

Honorable mentions: Roots of Evil, Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back, Heavy Mental, Shut 'Em Down, Ruthless for Life, War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc), Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, IV, The Shadiest One, Unleashed

1999:
10. Kurupt - Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha
9. Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
8. Method Man & Redman - Blackout!
7. Nas - I Am...
6. GZA/Genius - Beneath the Surface
5. EPMD - Out of Business
4. Slick Rick - The Art of Storytelling
3. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
2. Dr. Dre - 2001
1. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

Honorable mentions: No Mercy, No Remorse, Immobilarity, Amplified, The Master, Section 8, ...And Then There Was X, Still I Rise, Things Fall Apart, In Our Lifetime

2000:
10. Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones
9. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
8. Big L - The Big Picture
7. DJ Quik - Balance & Options
6. Xzibit - Restless
5. Outkast - Stankonia
4. Scarface - Last of a Dying Breed
3. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
2. M.O.P. - Warriorz
1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP

Honorable mentions: Tha Eastsidaz, Both Sides of the Brain, Mind Over Matter, From the Darkness into the Light, 2000 B.C., Nia, Represent, The W

2001:
10. DMX - The Great Depression
9. Cypress Hill - Stoned Raiders
8. Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
7. Grand Puba - Understand This
6. Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey
5. UGK - Dirty Money
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag
3. Nas - Stillmatic
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
1. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts

Honorable mentions: Priesthood, Word of Mouf, Genesis, Revolutionary Vol. 1, The Realness, Digital Bullet, The Sneak Attack

2002:
10. Eminem - The Eminem Show
9. DJ Quik -Under tha Influence
8. Cormega - The True Meaning
7. Xzibit - Man vs. Machine
6. Royce da 5'9" - Rock City
5. Kool G Rap - The Giancana Story
4. GZA/Genius - Legend of the Liquid Sword
3. Talib Kweli - Quality
2. Nas - God's Son
1. Scarface - The Fix

Honorable mentions: Revolverlution, Power in Numbers, The Lost Tapes, Better Dayz, Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$, Spiritual Minded, Blazing Arrow, Trinity (Past, Present and Future), Ghetto Heisman, The Chosen Few

2003:
10. Westside Connection - Terrorist Threats
9. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
8. Outkast - Spearboxxx/The Love Below
7. KRS-One - Kristyles
6. Craig G - This is Now
5. DMX - Grand Champ
4. Black Moon - Total Eclipse
3. Jay-Z - The Black Album
2. Canibus - Rip the Jacker
1. Gang Starr - The Ownerz

Honorable mentions: Joe Budden, Black August, Shadows of the Sun, Godzilla, The Listening

2004:
10. KRS-One - Keep Right
9. De La Soul - The Grind Date
8. Cypress Hill - Till Death Do Us Part
7. The Roots - The Tipping Point
6. Murs - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition
5. Masta Killa - No Said Date
4. Nas - Street's Disciple
3. Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs
2. Royce da 5'9" - Death is Certain
1. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer

Honorable mentions: Tical 0: The Prequel, The Hard Way, The Beautiful Struggle, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Fire in the Hole, The Pretty Toney Album

2005:
10. DJ Quik - Trauma
9. Public Enemy - New Whirl Odor
8. Mack 10 - Hustla's Handbook
7. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
6. Common - Be
5. MC Eiht - Veterans Day
4. The Game - The Documentary
3. Sean Price - Monkey Barz
2. Z-Ro - Let the Truth Be Told
1. Geto Boys - The Foundation

2006:
10. Method Man - 4:21... The Day After
9. Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
8. The Game - Doctor's Advocate
7. The Roots - Game Theory
6. Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
5. Xzibit - Full Circle
4. Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
3. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
2. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
1. Nas - Hip Hop is Dead

Honorable mentions: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, Release Therapy, Year of the Dog...Again, 20/20, The Format, Rewind: Deja Screw

2007:
10. Joell Ortiz - The Brick: Bodega Chronicles
9. Jay-Z - American Gangster
8. WC/artist] - Guilty by Affiliation
7. Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
6. Pharoahe Monch - Desire
5. Scarface - Made
4. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
3. X-Clan - Return from Mecca
2. Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar
1. UGK - Underground Kingz

Honorable mentions: Strength & Loyalty, Popular Demand, Red Gone Wild, 8 Diagrams, Time's Runnin' Out, Hip Hop Lives

2008:
10. Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T.
9. Reks - Grey Hairs
8. Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
7. Immortal Technique - The 3rd World
6. The Game - LAX
5. eMC - The Show
4. Scarface - Emeritus
3. Elzhi - The Preface
2. Nas - Untitled
1. Ice Cube - Raw Footage

Honorable mentions: II Trill, Ego Trippin', Rising Down, Half a Klip

2009:
10. DJ Quik & Kurupt - Blaqkout
9. MC Ren - Renincarnated
8. Method Man & Redman - Blackout 2!
7. Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop
6. A.G. & O.C. - Oasis
5. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
4. Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse
3. Blaq Poet - Tha Blaqprint
2. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II
1. Cormega - Born and Raised

Honorable mentions: Relapse, Retroactive, Survival Skills, The Seventh Seal, The Foundation, The Blueprint 3

There you got it, 30 years on, hip hop still alive and going strong! Not as good as the old days, but this year was an amazing come back anyways!

LONG LIVE HIP HOP!

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List is done and wont touched again as a tribute to the 30 years of hip hop music we've had now by the end of this year. Comments are appreciated.