Paying Homage to Another Slate of Hip-Hop Classics
Run DMC: Raising Hell (1986)
Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (1986)
Salt N' Pepa: Hot, Cool, and Vicious (1986)
Doug E. Fresh: Oh My God! (1986)
Stetsasonic: On Fire (1986)
The 2 Live Crew: Is What We Are (1986)
Too Short: Born to Mack (1986)
Just Ice: Back to the Old School (1986)
Ice Cube: Death Certificate (1991)
Main Source: Breaking Atoms (1991)
De La Soul: De La Soul is Dead (1991)
2Pac: 2pacalypse Now (1991)
Scarface: Mr. Scarface is Back (1991)
Del the Funky Homosapien: I Wish My Brother George Was Here (1991)
Geto Boys: We Can't Be Stopped (1991)
Freestyle Fellowship: To Whom It May Concern (1991)
Black Sheep: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: All Souled Out (1991)
DJ Quik: Quik is the Name (1991)
MC Lyte: Act Like You Know (1991)
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince: Homebase (1991)
Above the Law: Vocally Pimpin' (1991)
Digital Undergound: This is an EP Release (1991)
Naughty by Nature: Naughty by Nature (1991)
Yo-Yo: Make Way for the Motherlode (1991)
Organized Konfusion: Organized Konfusion (1991)
Public Enemy: No. 8 Apocalypse 91....The Enemy Strikes Back (1991)
Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill (1991)
N.W.A.: Niggaz4life (1991)
Gangstarr: Step in the Arena (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (1991)
Outkast: ATLiens (1996)
Nas: It Was Written (1996)
2Pac: All Eyez on Me (1996)
A Tribe Called Quest: Beats, Rhymes, and Life (1996)
The Roots: Illadelph Halflife (1996)
Busta Rhymes: The Coming (1996)
Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt (1996)
Xzibit: At the Speed of Life (1996)
Redman: Muddy Waters (1996)
Rass Kass: Soul on Ice (1996)
The Fugees: The Score (1996)
UGK: Ridin' Dirty (1996)
Mobb Deep: Hell on Earth (1996)
De La Soul: Stakes Is High (1996)
Foxy Brown: Ill Na Na (1996)
Jeru the Damaja: Wrath of the Math (1996)
Bahamadia: Kollage (1996)
E-40: The Hall of Game (1996)
Westside Connection: Bow Down (1996)
Lil' Kim: Hardcore (1996)
2Pac: The Don Killuminati: The Seven Day Theory (1996)
Lost Boyz: Legal Drug Money (1996)
Fifteen Year Anniversary
Jay-Z: The Blueprint (2001)
Nas: Stillmatic (2001)
The Beatnuts: Take It or Squeeze It (2001)
Masta Ace: Disposable Arts (2001)
Busta Rhymes: Genesis (2001)
Cornmega: The Realness (2001)
J-Zone: Pimps Don't Pay Taxes (2001)
Cannibal Ox: The Cold Vein (2001)
Missy Elliot: Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
N.E.R.D: In Search Of (2001)
Ten Year Anniversary
Lupe Fiasco: Food and Liquor (2006)
The Roots: Game Theory (2006)
J Dilla: The Shining (2006)
Busta Rhymes: The Big Bang (2006)
Ghostface Killah: Fishscale (2006)
CunninLynguists: A Piece of Strange (2006)
J Dilla: Donuts (2006)
Nas: Hip-Hop is Dead (2006)
Five Year Anniversary
Phonte: Charity Starts At Home (2011)
Kendrick Lamar: Section.80 (2011)
Common: The Dreamer/The Believer (2011)
Pharoahe Monch: W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) (2001)
J Cole: Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
The Roots: Undun (2011)
Did I miss any? Please post in the comments below (must be within one of the five year intervals).