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 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast

(tied for #7) This two-for-one album gave fans a full Big Boi funk-gospel party followed by an artistic tale of lust, love and loss from Andre 3000. Each disc had its own hit (“The Way You Move,” “Hey Ya!”), and the album sold 510,000 copies in its first week

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