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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88 Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

(tied for #18) Ghostface Killah joined forces with some heavy-hitting producers—Sean “Diddy” Combs, Just Blaze, and J. Dilla just before his death—plus his pals from Wu-Tang for this album, which sold more than 100,000 copies in its first week.

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