Hip-Hop Anniversaries, Part VII (Plus, the 2010s in Review)

 Looking Back on Classic Albums as Well as a Review on the Decade

25-Year Anniversary (1994)

Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East

 



Da Brat - Funkdafied



Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient 

 

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb

 

Craig Mack - Project: Funk Da World

 

Common - Resurrection 

 


Scarface - The Diary



Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik



Nas - Illmatic



Gang Starr - Hard to Earn




Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda





Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

20-Year Anniversary (1999)

Mos Def - Black on Both Sides



Dr. Dre - 2001



Eminem - The Slim Shady LP



Nas - I Am.....



The Roots - Things Fall Apart



Prince Paul - A Prince Amongst Thieves



MF Doom - Operation Doomsday



Q-Tip - Amplified

15-Year Anniversary (2004)

Murs - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition



Slum Village - Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)



The Foreign Exchange - Connected



Eminem - Encore



Nas - Street's Disciple



Madvillain - Madvillainy



De La Soul - The Grind Date



The Roots - The Tipping Point



MF Doom - mm FOOD

10-Year Anniversary (2009)

Brother Ali - Us



K'Naan - Troubadour



Mos Def - The Ecstatic 



Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx...Pt. II

5-Year Anniversary (2014)

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata

 

Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica 



J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive



PRhyme - PRhyme



Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron



Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

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10 of the Best Rap Albums of the Decade

Phonte - Charity Starts at Home (2011)



Nas - Life is Good (2012)



Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (2017)

 

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016)



De La Soul - .....And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)



A Tribe Called Quest - We got it From Here: Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)



J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)



The Roots - How I Got Over (2010)



Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)



Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva is a Mighty Long Time (2017)

10 of the Best Mixtapes of the Decade

Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)



Big K.R.I.T. - 12 for 12 (2016)



Logic - Undeniable (2012)



Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)



Joey Badass - 1999 (2012)



Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4eva (2011)



Noname - Telefone (2016)



J. Cole - Friday Night Lights (2010)



Lou & Maze Rockwell - Let's Obliterate the Universe Vol. 1 (2011)



Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels (2013)

10 of the Most Disappointing Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade

Logic - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2019)

 

Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (2012)

 

50 Cent - Animal Ambition (2014)



Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)

 

Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Iz Here (2019)


 

Common - Nobody's Smiling (2014)

 

Eminem - Revival (2017)

 

Nas - Nasir (2018)

 


Chance the Rapper - The Big Day (2019)

 


Schoolboy Q - CrasH Talk (2019)

Five Best Rappers of the 2010s

Kendrick Lamar


J. Cole


Chance the Rapper


Big K.R.I.T.


Kanye West

Five of the Most Underrated Rappers of the 2010s

Big K.R.I.T.


Jay Rock


Freddie Gibbs




 
Schoolboy Q


J.I.D.