The End All & Be All (Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of the 00′s)

We love lists don’t we? And the end of a decade is always a great time to make some. So I give to you, the Louis M. Grafix Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of the 2000s. This list started as a top 50 and just kept growing. A few rules to be set out before we get into this. Rule #1: Only official albums are allowed to be considered. No mixtapes. Rule #2: No greatest hits compilations are allowed (e.g. Big Pun – Endangered Species) Rule #3: The album has to be released after January 1, 2000. While doing my research I came across a lot of lists that had Dr. Dre – 2001 in it. Just because the name of the album is 2001 doesn’t mean anything, it was released in 1999.

So let’s just get right to it. I’m not going to write my reasons why these are ranked where they are. If you disagree that’s fine, but I think this is a pretty objective list including both commercial and underground Hip-Hop. Starting with #1.

1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
2. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
3. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
4. Kanye West – College Dropout
5. Outkast – Stankonia
6. Common – Be
7. Nas – God’s Son
8. Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
9. Nas – Stillmatic
10. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
11. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
12. Kanye West – Late Registration
13. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
14. Murs – 3:16 The 9th Edition
15. Madvillan – Madvilliany
16. Jay-Z – The Black Album
17. Binary Star – Masters of the Universe
18. Scarface – The Fix
19. One Be Lo – SONOGRAM
20. Kanye West – Graduation
21. Common – Finding Forever
22. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
23. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
24. Cam ‘Ron – Come Home With Me
25. Wu-Tang Clan – Iron Flag
26. Lil Wayne – The Carter III
27. Jay-Z – American Gangster
28. Jurassic 5 – Quality Control
29. Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity
30. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
31. Beanie Sigel – The B. Coming
32. Outkast – The Love Below/Speakerboxx
33. Ghostface Killah – Pretty Toney Album
34. Black Market Militia – The Black Market Militia
35. T.I. – King
36. Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx 2
37. Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun
38. RA The Rugged Man – Die Rugged Man Die
39. Tragedy Khadafi – Still Reportin’
40. Nelly – Country Grammar
41. Jaylib – Champion Sound
42. T.I. – Trap Muzik
43. Lil Wayne – The Carter II
44. Cunninlynguists – Southernunderground
45. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
46. J Dilla – Donuts
47. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
48. De La Soul – The Grind Date
49. MIssy Elliott – The Cookbook
50. Little Brother – The Listening
51. The Roots – Phrenology
52. Gang Starr – The Ownerz
53. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
54. Dilated Peoples – The Platform
55. Xzibit – Restless
56. T.I. – Paper Trail
57. Ludacris – Word of Mouf
58. T.I. – Urban Legend
59. De La Soul – AOI: Bionix
60. Eminem – The Eminem Show
61. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
62. Ludacris – Chicken -N- Beer
63. Youngbloodz – Drankin’ Patnaz
64. Jadakiss – Kiss of Death
65. Fabolous – Ghetto Fabolous
66. G-Unit – Beg For Mercy
67. The Lox – We Are The Streets
68. Cam ‘Ron – Purple Haze
69. 50 Cent – The Massacre
70. Ludacris – Back for the First Time
71. Clipse – Lord Willin’
72. Lil’ Jon & The Eastside Boyz – Crunk Juice
73. Nappy Roots – Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz
74. PMD – The Awakening
75. K-oS – The Joyful Rebellion
76. Sean Price – Monkey Barz
77. Snoop Dogg – R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
78. Nas – Streets Disciple
79. The Game – The Documentary
80. Cunninlynguists – Dirty Acres
81. Ghostface Killah & Trife Da God – Put It On The Line
82. Vordul Mega – The Revolution of the Yung Havoks
83. J Dilla – The Shining
84. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End of Day
85. Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain
86. Prodigy – H.N.I.C.
87. Jay-Z – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
88. Chamillionaire – The Sound of Revenge
89. Rick Ross – Port of Miami
90. Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams
91. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
92. DangerMouse & Jemini – Ghetto Pop Life
93. Young Jeezy – Thug Motivation 101
94. Cormega – The Testament
95. Snoop Dogg – The Blue Carpet Treatment
96. Fat Joe – All or Nothing
97. Terror Squad – True Story
98. 2Pac – Loyal to The Game
99. DangerDoom – The Mouse & The Mask
100. The Foreign Exchange – Connected