100 best hip hop albums since 2000

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http://hiphopgoldenage.com/list/best-hip-hop-albums-millennium-2000-2015/

very much disagree with a lot of the top 20, but these are always fun. and even though I won't hate on TPAB being #1, this article is def on Kendrick's nuts.

[oats]

Hell Hath No Fury at 73 is fucking terrible

[Witty]

Yeah I don't agree with most of that list tbh.

[oats]

awful list, which makes it more fun to go through. I'm shocked Blueprint was so low, too. That's easy top 5 imo.

[Ghost1]

Literally scrolled past the whole list just to see where blueprint would fall an was disappointed as fuck lol


Smh

An Kendrick got 3 in top 10....an 1 is sum bullshit throwaway compilation. ..OK


Also the fix is top 10

That's a long ass period of time to try an make a top 100 with......but top 10 should've been a bit easier

[anime_boners]

Gangster and a Gentleman is not considered better than Documentary 2? looooooollllllllllll

^That album is better than at least half what was up there.

Also I feel like Cold Vein should have been higher. Madvillain (even though I fuck with doom) should be lower..

actually if I were to sit here and type all my gripes with this list we'd be here forever lol

[The Dead Poet]

started scrolling down and saw that apathy was on list....quickly closed window.

[Ghost1]

LOL saw that an was off put....but trudged on....regrettably

[Certain]

My top 30:

1. Jay-Z, The Black Album (2003)
2. Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
3. Kanye West, Late Registration (2005)
4. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
5. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
6. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)
7. Kanye West, Yeezus (2014)
8. OutKast, Stankonia (2000)
9. Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, M.A.A.d City (2012)
10. Reflection Eternal, Train of Thought (2000)
11. Jurassic 5, Quality Control (2000)
12. Clipse, Lord Willin' (2002)
13. Canibus, Rip the Jacker (2003)
14. T.I., King (2006)
15. Cam'ron, Purple Haze (2004)
16. Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music (2012)
17. J-Live, All of the Above (2002)
18. Brother Ali, Shadows on the Sun (2003)
19. Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
20. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
21. Aesop Rock, Labor Days (2001)
22. Madvillain, Madvillainy (2004)
23. 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
24. De La Soul, The Grind Date (2004)
25. Ghostface Killah, Fishscale (2006)
26. Common, Be (2005)
27. Non Phixion, The Future is Now (2002)
28. Vince Staples, Summertime ’06 (2015)
29. Royce da 5'9", Death Is Certain (2004)
30. Kanye West, College Dropout (2004)

And yes, I know you would switch College Dropout and Yeezus.

[Inno]

My top 30:

1. Jay-Z, The Black Album (2003)
2. Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
3. Kanye West, Late Registration (2005)
4. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
5. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
6. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)
7. Kanye West, Yeezus (2014)
8. OutKast, Stankonia (2000)
9. Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, M.A.A.d City (2012)
10. Reflection Eternal, Train of Thought (2000)
11. Jurassic 5, Quality Control (2000)
12. Clipse, Lord Willin' (2002)
13. Canibus, Rip the Jacker (2003)
14. T.I., King (2006)
15. Cam'ron, Purple Haze (2004)
16. Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music (2012)
17. J-Live, All of the Above (2002)
18. Brother Ali, Shadows on the Sun (2003)
19. Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
20. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
21. Aesop Rock, Labor Days (2001)
22. Madvillain, Madvillainy (2004)
23. 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
24. De La Soul, The Grind Date (2004)
25. Ghostface Killah, Fishscale (2006)
26. Common, Be (2005)
27. Non Phixion, The Future is Now (2002)
28. Vince Staples, Summertime ’06 (2015)
29. Royce da 5'9", Death Is Certain (2004)
30. Kanye West, College Dropout (2004)

And yes, I know you would switch College Dropout and Yeezus.


Maybe im blind.


No pac?

No biggie?

READY TO DIE?

ALL EYES ON ME?

Your list horrible

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since 2000 bruh

[Inno]

since 2000 bruh

Lol i know

[SHECK WES]

Lol @ anything Kanye in there

[Witty]

Lol @ anything Kanye in there

What did I tell you about having opinions?

Stop it.

[Witty]

Also, if you don't have at least one Kanye album in your top 10 albums since 2000, you're doing it wrong.

[SHECK WES]

Also, if you don't have at least one Kanye album in your top 10 albums since 2000, you're doing it wrong.

If college dropout was after 2000 then ok but other than that nah

[Witty]

All of his albums were after 2000

[Mike Wrecka]

Prodigy - HNIC , easily top five. Didn't make the top 100. List so hipster and clearly retarded

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My top 30:

1. Jay-Z, The Black Album (2003)
2. Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
3. Kanye West, Late Registration (2005)
4. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
5. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
6. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)
7. Kanye West, Yeezus (2014)
8. OutKast, Stankonia (2000)
9. Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, M.A.A.d City (2012)
10. Reflection Eternal, Train of Thought (2000)
11. Jurassic 5, Quality Control (2000)
12. Clipse, Lord Willin' (2002)
13. Canibus, Rip the Jacker (2003)
14. T.I., King (2006)
15. Cam'ron, Purple Haze (2004)
16. Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music (2012)
17. J-Live, All of the Above (2002)
18. Brother Ali, Shadows on the Sun (2003)
19. Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
20. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
21. Aesop Rock, Labor Days (2001)
22. Madvillain, Madvillainy (2004)
23. 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
24. De La Soul, The Grind Date (2004)
25. Ghostface Killah, Fishscale (2006)
26. Common, Be (2005)
27. Non Phixion, The Future is Now (2002)
28. Vince Staples, Summertime ’06 (2015)
29. Royce da 5'9", Death Is Certain (2004)
30. Kanye West, College Dropout (2004)

And yes, I know you would switch College Dropout and Yeezus.

honestly a bit surprised by how high you rank the Black Album and Rip the Jacker, but both are defensible opinions. I'd put Blueprint number 1 and bump Black Album down to #10 tops, and Get Rich or Die Tryin would be somewhere in the top 15. no Eminem in the top 30 though? other than that, it sits well with me. I might throw Quality and Cold Vein somewhere, but idk where.


oh, I would also switch College Dropout and Yeezus.

[PancakeBrah]

I'm tired of the pro Jay Z rhetoric.

[Certain]

The Slim Shady LP was 1999. Get off my dick, Hawhitey.

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repped for Hawhitey

[oats]

my top 20, off the top of my head
20. Labor Days, Aesop Rock
19. Be, Common
18. Run the Jewels 2, Run the Jewels
17. Quality, Talib Kweli
16. Quality Control, Jurassic 5
15. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye
14. Cold Vein, Cannibal Ox
13. Get Rich or Die Tryin, 50
12. God's Son, Nas
11. Black Album, Jay Z
10. College Dropout, Kanye
9. Reflection Eternal, Talib Kweli
8. Good Kid MAAD City, Kendrick
7. Stankonia, Outkast
6. Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem
5. Supreme Clientele, Ghostface
4. Hell Hath No Fury, Clipse
3. To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick
2. Late Registration, Kanye
1. The Blueprint, Jay Z

[PancakeBrah]

Both run the jewels, kanye discography less heartbreak and pablo, death grips the money store, good kid should be on the list. A thought out list is too much work. Outkast is my favorite rap act of all time but stankonia is just okay.

[Aero]

Ummmmmmm WHERE IS NELLY COUNTRY GRAMMAR?

FRAUDULENT LIST

[Witty]

I personally would have Em's first three in my top 30...with MMLP being in the top 5, Common 'Be' had a big impact on me, Stankonia is top 20 somewhere, Certain I thought you would have rated MBDTF higher, I would, not a lot, but a little. TPAB was a work of art, Good kid mad city was dope. I will nearly like anything Jay does at this point tbh...yeah, i'm not making a list but i like the guys i said, and other guys i didn't say too.

[Witty]

One thing I've been meaning to ask....how is Relapse not just an incredible album? For a start, to go from Encore to Relapse is an achievement in its self. I honestly think it is hugely underrated.

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I personally would have Em's first three in my top 30...with MMLP being in the top 5, Common 'Be' had a big impact on me, Stankonia is top 20 somewhere, Certain I thought you would have rated MBDTF higher, I would, not a lot, but a little. TPAB was a work of art, Good kid mad city was dope. I will nearly like anything Jay does at this point tbh...yeah, i'm not making a list but i like the guys i said, and other guys i didn't say too.

SSLP is from 1999.

I'd probably have Eminem Show in my top 30-40, and Relapse probably top 50, but that's also taking into account the number of good albums that I haven't listened to.

[Mr. J]

No love for The Mouse & The Mask?

[ill nik-A]

Aesop Rock being top anything makes ur lists/ opinions void

Thx

Same goes for having crooked lips

[sral]

My top 30:

1. Jay-Z, The Black Album (2003)
2. Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
3. Kanye West, Late Registration (2005)
4. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
5. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
6. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)
7. Kanye West, Yeezus (2014)
8. OutKast, Stankonia (2000)
9. Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, M.A.A.d City (2012)
10. Reflection Eternal, Train of Thought (2000)
11. Jurassic 5, Quality Control (2000)
12. Clipse, Lord Willin' (2002)
13. Canibus, Rip the Jacker (2003)
14. T.I., King (2006)
15. Cam'ron, Purple Haze (2004)
16. Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music (2012)
17. J-Live, All of the Above (2002)
18. Brother Ali, Shadows on the Sun (2003)
19. Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
20. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
21. Aesop Rock, Labor Days (2001)
22. Madvillain, Madvillainy (2004)
23. 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
24. De La Soul, The Grind Date (2004)
25. Ghostface Killah, Fishscale (2006)
26. Common, Be (2005)
27. Non Phixion, The Future is Now (2002)
28. Vince Staples, Summertime ’06 (2015)
29. Royce da 5'9", Death Is Certain (2004)
30. Kanye West, College Dropout (2004)

And yes, I know you would switch College Dropout and Yeezus.

pretty cool list

id have maybe had Ali a little higher

personally i love Jay and would have had blueprint as his best, black album dope though.. and i like kingdom come which catches a lot of hate here haha

when was Chronic 2001 released? just before 2000? that didnt make peoples list?

damn. must be 1999 or some shit

i love Tame One - When Rappers Attack too, pretty much 80% of that album bumps to me

Louis Logic shit with the track Cootchie on it is crazy nice as well

[sral]

honestly a bit surprised by how high you rank the Black Album and Rip the Jacker, but both are defensible opinions. I'd put Blueprint number 1 and bump Black Album down to #10 tops, and Get Rich or Die Tryin would be somewhere in the top 15. no Eminem in the top 30 though? other than that, it sits well with me. I might throw Quality and Cold Vein somewhere, but idk where.


yeah that 50 GRODT went harddddddddd in the whip

i'd have prob dropped Black Album down, Rip The Jacker (maybe its a time thing, certain older than a lot of you guys) and that aesop rock shit a no fly zone around here obv haha-

[uh-oh]

the blueprint should always be above the black album. come home with me is better than purple haze. hell hath no fury should never be above lord willin, GRODT is top 5, etc

certain how old are you?

i feel like im probably a couple years older at least according to my theory that when you're like 13-16 is when you like music the most or whatever. like shit released then hits home better

because alot of the stuff you posted is like the album after the album i think is their best

if that makes sense

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I like Rip the Jacket, and what online text battler hasn't gone through a Canibus phase, but idk about it being in the top 15 albums in the last 15 years. Certain is roughly my age I think, maybe a year or two older. I think uh-oh is in the same range (I was born in 88, fwiw).

[uh-oh]

word. 89er

i feel like certain is 23, maybe i've asked before. but that couldve been a few years ago who knows lol

[Ghost1]

I'd need to see a list of everything from 2000- 2015 but mmlp can Def go in the top 30....also I've always held blueprint in higher regard then black album....but they're almost interchangeable. ....black album was phemonal. Also not sure if I agree w the sentiment of come home w me being better then purple haze.......for the longest time I was pro haze.....recently I been feeling come home w me heaaaaavy....Prolly need to give haze another spin to be fair tho. But yea cam is in the top 20 w one of his efforts point blank period. He took the game over wen he made dipset blow.

Should make a mixtape list

[uh-oh]

I hate how people act like guest spots somehow negatively affect an album. Its only with hip hop too lol. Back in the day if someone got duane allman or someo e to play on there shit it was like yea thats awesome and made it better not OH THEY NEEDED DUANE TO MAKE IT BETTER LOLZTHEYSUCK

but yea thats why come home with me was so great, not just because cam but the guest spots. Jay killed it. Juelz was better than he ever was on anything else. Even jim jones did his thing.

And people dont like the dynasty cuz of guest appearances. Its like wtf. You dont wanna hear beanie and free and etc.

I dunno people are weird sometimes

[Certain]

the blueprint should always be above the black album. come home with me is better than purple haze. hell hath no fury should never be above lord willin, GRODT is top 5, etc

certain how old are you?

i feel like im probably a couple years older at least according to my theory that when you're like 13-16 is when you like music the most or whatever. like shit released then hits home better

because alot of the stuff you posted is like the album after the album i think is their best

if that makes sense

I'm two years older than you. I just have an open mind, and I tend to think artists grown and improve. I also listen to albums end to end, without skipping and without shuffle play. I own CDs. I'm older than you.

Hell Hath No Fury was a clearly better album than Lord Willin'. It was a more unique statement that felt less like the Neptunes found two good rappers than a group with a mission.

[ill nik-A]

I'm older than both of u and Aesop Rock represents everything that isn't hip hop

You're welcome!

[sral]

1985 checking in unashamedly

[Ghost1]

In for 85 crew

[Inno]

I'm older than both of u and Aesop Rock represents everything that isn't hip hop

You're welcome!

My nigga nik old as fuck lol

[Certain]

I'm older than both of u and Aesop Rock represents everything that isn't hip hop

You're welcome!

I had your guy at No. 1 AND No. 2, and you're complaining about No. 21.

[The Dead Poet]

to be fair that aesop rock album aged horribly.

This is coming from someone that bought every anticon, rhymesayer, def jux, ect album in those early 2000s. The only album out of those fucks I can still listen to is sole's selling live water.

[Certain]

I never liked Sole or Sage Francis or really anyone from Anticon. I didn't like most of Def Jux. I thought that Eyedea was a brilliant lyricist who should have worked with better producers and Slug got in his own way. I really like Labor Days. I still listen to it regular, as is true for all 30 of those albums.

But if you're including Brother Ali's Shadows on the Sun in a group of albums you can't listen to now, well, I don't know what to say.

[The Dead Poet]

shadows on the sun and the champion ep are awesome still.

[Mr. J]

there are some interesting choices for albums after reflecting over the 2000s

[uh-oh]

I'm two years older than you. I just have an open mind, and I tend to think artists grown and improve. I also listen to albums end to end, without skipping and without shuffle play. I own CDs. I'm older than you.

Hell Hath No Fury was a clearly better album than Lord Willin'. It was a more unique statement that felt less like the Neptunes found two good rappers than a group with a mission.

i hear what you're saying, i just think literally everyone begins to fall off after their first album lol. with few exceptions.

but in all honesty its probably because the first impression i get hits heaviest and i expect them to stay in the same lane. hell hath felt like more of the same to me, but had nothing that hit as hard as virginia/grindin/etc to me personally.

[uh-oh]

also aesop belongs in the top 30 worst of all music ever created. lol whatever he's made should be burned from existence. in a fire. not a cd.

[Saitama]

lol. Next yall will be makin a thread of top 10 movies since 2000.
Boarding topics getting stale

[oats]

lol. Next yall will be makin a thread of top 10 movies since 2000.
Boarding topics getting stale

top 5:

5. 8 Mile
4. Passion of the Christ
3. Passion of the Christ
2. Passion of the Christ
1. Passion of the Christ

[kannon]

Certain parts of this have me like WTF YO

but other parts have me like Word Word.

I think Blueprint is in a good spot at 13. But that's because Blueprint came out when Jay was beefing with Nas, so I didn't like it as much as I probably should have. But Black Album at 90-whatever?? Hell fuckin no. Also, too much Kendrick in the top 10. Yes, TPAB and GKMC will eventually have a lot of prestige, but theyre only a few years deep. GKMC might be top 10, TPAB should be 12-15 range. Both RTJ albums dont need to be that high. RTJ1 is way better in my opinion, and even Killer Mike's RAP Music was better than RTJ2. And Drake's Take Care should be significantly higher. But they were right to leave the other albums off. And word to Certain giving Quality Control some shine. "Honorable Mention" my ass.

oh, and that new Dre album is trash, get it the fuck outta there.

[kannon]

I honestly think my #1 would be Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens

[oats]

Certain parts of this have me like WTF YO

but other parts have me like Word Word.

I think Blueprint is in a good spot at 13. But that's because Blueprint came out when Jay was beefing with Nas, so I didn't like it as much as I probably should have. But Black Album at 90-whatever?? Hell fuckin no. Also, too much Kendrick in the top 10. Yes, TPAB and GKMC will eventually have a lot of prestige, but theyre only a few years deep. GKMC might be top 10, TPAB should be 12-15 range. Both RTJ albums dont need to be that high. RTJ1 is way better in my opinion, and even Killer Mike's RAP Music was better than RTJ2. And Drake's Take Care should be significantly higher. But they were right to leave the other albums off. And word to Certain giving Quality Control some shine. "Honorable Mention" my ass.

oh, and that new Dre album is trash, get it the fuck outta there.

those are great south/midwest additions. obviously two demographics of rap I dabbled in least.

I see what you're saying about crhonology, but I feel like region is better than year by year since different things were happening simultaneously in different places. so instead of being like "1996 this happened here, and over there that happened" etc, going over how things blossomed independently might be more valuable. pros and cons to both, though.

I liked Compton, good chance it would be in the 80-100 range for me.

[Ghost1]

I honestly think my #1 would be Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens

Overrated

[jilti]

Damn, the chronic 2001 was released nov. 16th, 1999. Otherwise it would be #1