Vor ziemlich genau 10 Jahren hat die Source eine Liste mit den 100 besten Rap-Alben aller Zeiten veröffentlicht und entgegen ihres damaligen Tuns viel Geschmack bewiesen:
* A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
* A Tribe Called Quest- People’s Instictive Travels and the Paths of Rythm
* A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
* Above the Law- Livin‘ Like Hustlers
* Beastie Boys- License to Ill
* Beastie Boys- Paul’s Boutique
* Big Daddy Kane- Long Live the Cane
* Big Daddy Kane- It’s a Big Daddy Thing
* Biz Markie- Goin‘ Off
* Black Moon- Enta Da Stage
* Black Sheep- A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
* Bone Thugs and Harmony- Creepin‘ On Ah Come Up (EP)
* Boogie Down Productions- Criminal Minded
* Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Nessesary
* Brand Nubian- All For One
* Chill Rob G- Ride the Rythm
* Common Sense- Resurrection
* Cypress Hill- Cypress Hill
* Cypress Hill- Black Sunday
* Das EFX- Dead Serious
* De La Soul- Three Feet High and Rising
* De La Soul- De La Soul Is Dead
* Diamond D- Stunts,Blunts and Hip-Hop
* Digable Planets- Reachin’…
* Digital Underground- Sex Packets
* DJ Quick- Quick Is the Name
* D.O.C.- No One Can Do It Better
* Doug E. Fresh- World’s Greatest Entertainer
* Dr.Dre- The Chronic
* Eazy E- Eazy Does It
* Eric B. and Rakim- Paid in Full
* Eric B. and Rakim- Follow the Leader
* Eric B. and Rakim- Let the Rythm Hit’Em
* EPMD- Strictly Business
* EPMD- Unfinished Business
* EPMD- Business as Usual
* Fugees- The Score
* Gang Starr- Step In The Arena
* Gang Starr- Daily Operation
* Genius/GZA- Liquid Swords
* Geto Boys- Grip It! On That Other Level
* Heavy D & The Boyz- Livin‘ Large
* Ice Cube- Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
* Ice Cube- Death Certificate
* Ice T- Original Gangster
* Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince- He’s the DJ, I’m The Rapper
* Jay-Z- Reasonable Doubt
* Jungle Brothers- Straight Out The Jungle
* Jungle Brothers- Forces Of Nature
* Just Ice- Kool and Deadly
* Kool G Rap and DJ Polo- Road To Riches
* KRS One- Return Of the Boom Bap
* LL Cool J- Radio
* LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer
* LL Cool J- Mama Said Knock You Out
* Lord Finesse- Funky Technician
* Main Source- Breakin‘ Atoms
* MC Lyte- Lyte as a Rock
* MC Shan- Down By Law
* Mobb Deep- The Infamous
* Naughty By Nature- Naughty By Nature
* Nas- Illimatic
* Nice and Smooth- Nice and Smooth
* Notorious B.I.G.- Ready to Die
* Notorious B.I.G.- Life After Death
* NWA- Straight Outta Compton
* Ol’Dirty Bastard- Return to the 36 Chambers
* Onyx- Bacdafucup
* Organized Confusion- Stress:the Extinction Agenda
* Outcast- ATLiens
* Pete Rock and CL Smooth- Mecca and the Soul Brother
* Pharcyde- Bizzare Ride…II Pharcyde
* Poor Righteous Teachers- Holly Intellect
* Public Enemy- Yo! Bum Rush the Show
* Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
* Public Enemy- Fear Of a Black Planet
* Queen Latifah- All Hail the Queen
* Raekwon- Only Built For Cuban Linx
* Redman- Whut Thee Album
* Roots- Do You Want More?
* Roots- Illadephalflife v.3
* Run DMC- Run DMC
* Run DMC- Raising Hell
* Salt N Pepa- Hot, Cool and Viscious
* Scarface- Mr. Scarface is Back
* Schooly D- Saturday Night: the Album
* Slick Rick- The Great Advantures Of Slick Rick
* Smif N Wessun- Da Shinin‘
* Snoop Doggy Dogg- Doggystyle
* Souls Of Mischief- 93 Till‘ Infinity
* Special Ed- Youngest In Charge
* Spice 1- Spice 1
* Stestasonic- On Fire
* 3rd Bass- Cactus Album
* Too Short- Born To Mack
* Tupac- Me Against The World
* Ultramagnetic MC’s – Critical Beatdown
* Whodini- Escape
* Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang
* X-Clan- To the East Backwards
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