The Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 21st Century
by
Doriean Stevenson, for Metacritic
– October 19, 2017
Hip-hop heads agree: These are the best albums of this century. Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Dizzee Rascal, and Missy Elliott all appear on this list, but who holds the top spot?
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(tied for #11) Sir Lucious Left Foot… suffered from a handful of delays. So what’s a rapper to do in the digital age? Post the tracks on his Myspace page, of course. The album subsequently leaked, and fans reportedly downloaded tracks at an estimated rate of 45,000 a day. Big Boi’s internet savvy proved profitable. The album premiered at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and continued to chart there for 13 weeks.
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