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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91 A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

(tied for #7) A Grand Don’t Come For Free is a love story with the underlying side-plot of a missing £1,000. Vocalist Mike Skinner’s script-writing influence brought about a sort of rap opera. Pitchfork named it one of their top 200 albums of the 2000s.

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