1.

* Peoples Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called

Quest
* Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em -- Eric B. & Rakim
* AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted -- Ice Cube
* Grip It! On That Other Level -- Geto Boys
* One for All -- Brand Nubian
* De La Soul Is Dead -- De La Soul
* The Low End Theory -- A Tribe Called Quest
* Run-D.M.C. -- Run-D.M.C.
* Radio -- LL Cool J
* Licensed to Ill -- Beastie Boys
* Raising Hell -- Run-D.M.C.
* Criminal Minded -- Boogie Down Productions
* Paid in Full -- Eric B. & Rakim
* By All Means Necessary -- Boogie Down Productions
* It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -- Public Enemy
* Long Live the Kane -- Big Daddy Kane
* Critical Beatdown -- Ultramagnetic MCs
* Straight Out the Jungle -- Jungle Brothers
* Strictly Business -- EPMD
* The Great Adventures of Slick Rick -- Slick Rick
* Straight Outta Compton -- N.W.A.
* No One Can Do It Better -- The D.O.C.
* Breaking Atoms -- Main Source
* Death Certificate -- Ice Cube
* The Diary -- Scarface
* Doggystyle -- Snoop Doggy Dogg
* The Chronic -- Dr. Dre
* Illmatic -- Nas
* Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) -- Wu-Tang Clan
* The Infamous -- Mobb Deep
* Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... -- Raekwon
* Me Against the World -- 2Pac
* Ready to Die -- The Notorious B.I.G.
* Reasonable Doubt -- Jay-Z
* All Eyez on Me -- 2Pac
* Life After Death -- The Notorious B.I.G.
* The Score -- The Fugees
* Aquemini -- Outkast
* 2001 -- Dr. Dre
* The Blueprint -- Jay-Z
* Stillmatic -- Nas
* The Fix -- Scarface
* The Naked Truth -- Lil' Kim
* Trill OG -- Bun B
* My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy -- Kanye West
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* The Chronic by Dr. Dre

* Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
* Illmatic by Nas
* The Diary by Scarface
* The Infamous by Mobb Deep
* All Eyez on Me by 2Pac
* Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z
* The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory by 2Pac
* Life After Death by The Notorious B.I.G.
* The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
* 2001 by Dr. Dre
* The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
* The Blueprint by Jay-Z
* Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent
* The Lost Tapes by Nas
* The College Dropout by Kanye West
* Be by Common
* Late Registration by Kanye West
* Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
* My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
* Life Is Good by Nas
* good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar