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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93 Madvillainy by Madvillain

(#5) It’s refreshing when an album ignores convention. Timed with the introduction of the Amalgam Comics label, Madvillainy includes playful matchups of Doom and Madlib’s various aliases and is one of the nerdiest, most synergistic collabs in underground rap history.

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