[December 14, 1979, The Clash released their 3rd album 'London Calling' which is considered by many to be 1 of the most influential albums of all time. Pictured here::Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, and Paul Simonon from 1980]
The blog Passion of the Weiss frequently does covers thought provoking Hip-Hop offerings, & they compiled a top 50 Hip-Hop album list since 2K in a new series of posts. Taking the opinions of prominent Music critics, bloggers, & Hip-Hop ‘scholars’, then narrow it all down. These are the same gents whu proclaimed Illmaticthe greatest album of all time. .fyi.
After the jump I have the whole list…
50. Del the Funkee Homosapien & Dan the Automator – Deltron 3030 (2000) [50!!! What? & NO other Hiero@all??]
49. Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor (2006)
48. DOOM – Born Like This (2009)
47. Cam’ron – Purple Haze (2004)
46. Aesop Rock – Labor Days (2001)
45. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens (2007)
44. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer (2004)
43. T.I. – King (2006)
42. Quasimoto – The Unseen (2000)
41. De La Soul – The Grind Date (2004)
40. Nas – The Lost Tapes (2002)
39. UGK – Underground Kingz (2007)
38. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004)
37. El-P – Fantastic Damage (2002)
36. Little Brother – The Listening (2003)
35. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III (2008)
34. MF Doom (as Viktor Vaughn) – Vaudeville Villain (2003)
33. Q-Tip – The Renaissance (2008)
32. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts (2001)
31. The Streets — Original Pirate Material (2002)
30. El-P — I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead (2007)
29. Wale — The Mixtape About Nothing (2008)
28. The Game — The Documentary (2005)
27. Edan — Beauty and the Beat (2005)
26. OutKast — Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) WTF-ing F!!
25. Ghostface Killah — The Pretty Toney Album (2004)
24. MF DOOM — MM..Food (2004)
23. The Roots — Game Theory (2006) dude?
22. M.O.P. — Warriorz (2000)
21. Common — Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
20. Common — Be (2005) DUDE?
19. Slum Village — The Fantastic Vol. 2 (2000)
18. Clipse — Lord Willin’ (2002)
17. Clipse — Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
16. Nas — Stillmatic (2001)
15. Reflection Eternal — Train of Thought (2000)
14. Cannibal Ox — The Cold Vein (2001)
13. Ghostface Killah — Fishscale (2006)
12. Scarface — The Fix (2002)
11. Kanye West — Late Registration (2005) DUDE!!!?? BEHIND 50??
10. 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003)
09. J Dilla — Donuts (2006)
08. Jay-Z — The Black Album (2003)
07. Kanye West – Graduation (2007)
06. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
05. Outkast — Stankonia (2000)
04. Kanye West — The College Dropout (2004)
03. Madvillain — Madvillainy (2003)
02. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele (2000)
01. Jay-Z — The Blueprint (2001)
Full list & thorough ‘ reasoning’ behind the ratings, check original post.
Uhmm, yeah. .so sure we’ve all seen the 2nd Run This Town preview. .so the spare overkill will be spared.