Hip Hop's Greatest Albums By Year from "Ego Trip's Book Of Rap Lists"

From Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists, by Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson,Chairman Mao, Gabriel Alvarez & Brent Rollins, published 1999 by St.Martin's Griffin.

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대학교 시절에 봤던 리스트인데, 다시 봐도 흥미롭다. '90년대 힙합 앨범의 발견과 감상에 큰 도움이 되었던 리스트이기도 하다. 이견이야 당연히 많겠지만, 공감할만한 순위도 확실히 많다.



1979-85
1. Run-D.M.C. (Profile '84)
2. L.L. Cool J: Radio (Def Jam '85)
3. Wild Style (Animal '83)
4. Live Convention '82 (Disco Wax '82)
5. Live Convention '81 (Disco Wax '81)
6. Fat Boys (Sutra '84)
7. Whodini: Escape (Jive '84)
8. Run-D.M.C.: King of Rock (Profile '85)
9. Treacherous Three (Sugarhill '84)
10. Mantronix: The Album (Fresh '85)
11. Malcolm McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team: D'Ya Like Scratchin' EP (Island '82)
12. The Big Break Rapper Party (Sounds of New York '80)
13. The Fat Boys Are Back (Sutra '85)
14. Too $hort: Don't Stop Rappin' (75 Girls '85)
15. Crash Crew (Sugarhill '84)
16. Too $hort: Raw, Uncut & X-Rated (75 Girls '85)
17. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: The Message (Sugarhill '82)
18. Kurtis Blow: Ego Trip (Mercury '84)
19. Too $hort: Players (75 Girls, '83)
20. Whodini (Jive '83)
21. Sugarhill Gang: 8th Wonder (Sugarhill '81)
22. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde: The Champagne of Rap (Profile '85)
23. Def Mix Volume 1 (Pop Art '85)
24. Kurtis Blow (Mercury '80)
25. Sugarhill Gang (Sugarhill '79)

1986-87
1. Run-D.M.C.: Raising Hell (Profile '86)
2. Boogie Down Productions: Criminal Minded (B-Boy '87)
3. Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (Def Jam '86)
4. Eric B & Rakim: Paid in Full (4th & B'way '87)
5. Public Enemy: Yo! Bum Rush the Show (Def Jam '87)
6. L.L. Cool J: Bigger & Deffer (Def Jam '87)
7. Schoolly D: Saturday Night-the Album (Schoolly D '87)
8. 2 Live Crew: 2 Live Crew is What We Are (Luke Skyywalker '86)
9. Too $hort: Born to Mack (Jive '86)
10. MC Shan: Down by Law (Cold Chillin' 87)
11. Salt-n-Pepa: Hot, Cool & Vicious (Next Plateau '86)
12. Just-Ice: Kool & Deadly (Justicizms) (Fresh '87)
13. Whodini: Back in Black (Jive '86)
14. Dana Dame: Dana Dame with Fame ('87)
15. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: Oh My God! (Reality '86)
16. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: Rock the House (Word Up '87)
17. Just-Ice: Back to the Old School (Fresh '86)
18. Stetsasonic: On Fire (Tommy Boy '86)
19. Masters of Ceremony: Dynamite (4th & B'way '87)
20. Kool Moe Dee: How Ya Like Me Now (Jive '87)
21. Schoolly D (Schoolly D '86)
22. Ice-T: Rhyme Pays (Sire '87)
23. Steady B: What's My Name (Jive '87)
24. Spoonie Gee: The Godfather (Tuff City '87)
25. MC Shy D: Got to Be Tough (Luke Skyywalker '87)

1988
1. Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam)
2. N.W.A: Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless)
3. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Def Jam)
4. EPMD: Strictly Business (Fresh)
5. Boogie Down Productions: By Any Means Necessary (Jive)
6. Big Daddy Kane: Long Live the Kane (Cold Chillin')
7. Ultramagnetic MCs: Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau)
8. Eric B. & Rakim: Follow the Leader (Uni)
9. Biz Markie: Goin' Off (Cold Chillin')
10. Jungle Brothers: Straight Out the Jungle (Idlers)
11. Eazy-E: Eazy-Duz-It (Ruthless)
12. Run-D.M.C.: Tougher Than Leather (Profile)
13. MC Lyte: Lyte as a Rock (First Priority)
14. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (Jive)
15. Marley Marl: In Control Vol. 1 (Cold Chillin')
16. Salt-n-Pepa: A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (Next Plateau)
17. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Road to the Riches (Cold Chillin')
18. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: The World's Greatest Entertainer (Reality)
19. Stetsasonic: In Full Gear (Tommy Boy)
20. 2 Live Crew: Move Somethin' (Luke Skyywalker)
21. Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud: Girls I Got 'em Locked (Elektra)
22. Life is...Too $hort (Jive)
23. King Tee: Act a Fool (Capitol)
24. Kid 'n Play: 2 Hype (Select)
25. Lakim Shabazz: Pure Righteousness (Tuff City)

1989
1. De La Soul: 3 Feet High & Rising (Tommy Boy)
2. Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique (Capitol)
3. Jungle Brothers: Done by the Forces of Nature (Warner Bros)
4. Big Daddy Kane: It's a Big Daddy Thing (Cold Chillin')
5. The D.O.C.: No One Can Do It Better (Ruthless)
6. Geto Boys: Grip It! On That Other Level (Rap-a-Lot)
7. 3rd Bass: The Cactus Album (Def Jam)
8. 2 Live Crew: As Nasty as They Wanna Be (Luke)
9. Nice & Smooth (Fresh)
10. Biz Markie: The Biz Never Sleeps (Cold Chillin')
11. EPMD: Unfinished Business (Fresh)
12. Queen Latifah: All Hail the Queen (Tommy Boy)
13. L.L. Cool J: Walking with a Panther (Def Jam)
14. Special Ed: Youngest in Charge (Profile)
15. Chill Rob G: Ride the Rhythm (Wild Pitch)
16. Low Profile: We're in This Together (Priority)
17. MC Lyte: Eyes on This (First Priority)
18. Three Times Dope: Original Stylin' (Arista)
19. Stezo: Crazy Noize (Fresh)
20. Boogie Down Productions: Ghetto Music: the Blueprint of Hip-Hop(Jive)
21. Ice-T: The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say (Rhyme Syndicate)
22. Willie D: Controversy (Rap-a-Lot)
23. Heavy D & the Boyz: Big Tyme (Uptown)
24. Sir Mix-a-Lot: Swass (Def American)
25. Kwame: The Boy Genius featuring a New Beginning (Atlantic)

1990
1. Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Priority)
2. Brand Nubian: One for All (Elektra)
3. Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam)
4. N.W.A: 100 Miles and Runnin' EP (Ruthless)
5. EPMD: Business as Usual (Def Jam)
6. L.L. Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out (Def Jam)
7. Eric B & Rakim: Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (MCA)
8. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Wanted: Dead or Alive (Cold Chillin')
9. A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm (Jive)
10. Gang Starr: Step in the Arena (Chrysalis)
11. Boogie Down Productions: Edutainment (Jive)
12. Above the Law: Livin' Like Hustlers (Ruthless)
13. X-Clan: To the East, Blackwards (Ruthless)
14. Ice Cube: Kill at Will EP (Priority)
15. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth: Funky Technician (Wild Pitch)
16. Too $hort: $hort Dog's in the House (Jive)
17. Special Ed: Legal (Profile)
18. Digital Underground: Sex Packets (Tommy Boy)
19. King Tee: At Your Own Risk (Capitol)
20. K-Solo: Tell the World My Name (Atlantic)
21. Poor Righteous Teachers: Holy Intellect (Profile)
22. Masta Ace: Take a Look Around (Cold Chillin')
23. Digital Underground: This is an EP Release (Tommy Boy)
24. Compton's Most Wanted: It's a Compton Thang (Orpheus)
25. D-Nice: Call Me D-Nice (Jive)

1991
1. Efi4zaggin - N.W.A (Ruthless)
2. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (Jive)
3. Breaking Atoms - Main Source (Wild Pitch)
4. De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul (Tommy Boy)
5. Death Certificate - Ice Cube (Priority)
6. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse)
7. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing - Black Sheep (Mercury)
8. Quik Is The Name - DJ Quik (Profile)
9. Mr. Scarface Is Back - Mr. Scarface (Rap-A-Lot)
10. Soul Clap EP - Showbiz & AG (Payday)
11. Derelicts Of Dialect - 3rd Bass (Def Jam)
12. Bitch Betta Have My Money - AMG (Select)
13. All Souled Out EP - Pete Rock & CL Smooth (Elektra)
14. A Future Without A Past... - Leaders Of The New School (Elektra)
15. Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (Tommy Boy)
16. Ain't A Damn Thing Changed - Nice & Smooth (RAL)
17. Apocalypse '91... The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy (Def Jam)
18. Fruits Of Nature - UMC's (Wild Pitch)
19. I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Del The Funky Homosapien (Elektra)
20. We Can't Be Sopped - Geto Boys (Rap-A-Lot)
21. Penicillin On Wax - Tim Dog (Ruffhouse)
22. Mr. Hood - KMD (Elektra)
23. Straight Chekn' Em - Compton's Most Wanted (Epic)
24. Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion (Hollywood BASIC)
25. To Whom It May Concern... - Freestyle Fellowship (Sun)

1992
1. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (Deathrow)
2. In God We Trust - Brand Nubian (Elektra)
3. Daily Operationn - Gang Starr (Chrysalis)
4. Whut? Thee Album - Redman (Def Jam)
5. Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop - Diamond D (Chemistry)
6. Bizarred Ride II The Pharcyde - The Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl)
7. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys (Grand Royal)
8. Mecca And The Soul Brother - Pete Rock & CL Smooth (Elektra)
9. Runaway Slave - Showbiz & AG (Payday)
10. Dead Serious - Das EFX (EastWest)
11. Guerillas In The Mist - Da Lench Mob (EastWest)
12. Business Never Personal - EPMD (Def Jam)
13. The Predator - Ice Cube (Priority)
14. Way 2 Fonky - DJ Quik (Profile)
15. Blue Funk - Heavy D & The Boyz (Uptown)
16. Reel To Reel - Grand Puba (Elektra)
17. The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills - Positive K (Island)
18. Shorty The Pimp - Too $hort (Jive)
19. Music To Driveby - Compton's Most Wanted (Epic)
20. Sex And Violence - Boogie Down Productions (Jive)
21. Too Hard To Swallow - U.G.K. (Jive)
22. Spice 1 - Spice 1 (Jive)
23. Can I Borrow A Dollar - Common (Relativity)
24. House Of Pain - House Of Pain (Tommy Boy)
25. Don't Stop 'Til We Major - JT The Bigga Figga (Get Low)

1993
1. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan (Loud)
2. Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest (Jive)
3. Doggy Style - Snoop Doggy Dogg (Deathrow)
4. Buhloone Mind State - De La Soul (Tommy Boy)
5. Enta Da Stage - Black Moon (Nervous)
6. Return Of The Boom Bap - KRS-One (Jive)
7. Intoxicated Demons The EP - The Beatnuts (Relativity)
8. Bacdafucup - Onyx (Def Jam)
9. The Four Horsemen - Ultramagnetic MC's (Wild Pitch)
10. Tha Triflin' Album - King Tee (Capitol)
11. 21 & Over - Tha Alkaholis (Loud)
12. 93 'Til Infinity - Souls Of Mischief (Jive)
13. Slaughtahouse - Masta Ace (Delicious Vinyl)
14. The World Is Yours - Mr. Scarface (Rap-A-Lot)
15. You Better Ask Somebody - Yo Yo (EastWest)
16. No Need For Alarm - Del The Funky Homosapien (Elektra)
17. Tell Death Do Us Part - Geto Boys (Rap-A-Lot)
18. Get In Where You Fit In - Too $hort (Jive)
19. Black Sunday - Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse)
20. Comin' Out Hard - Eightball & MJG (Suave House)
21. Federal - E-40 (Sick Wid It)
22. Vagina Diner - Akinyele (Interscope)
23. Organix - The Roots (Remedy)
24. Here Come The Lords - Lords Of The Underground (Pendulum)
25. Represent - Fat Joe (Relativity)

1994
1. Illmatic - Nas (Colombia)
2. Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy)
3. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast (LaFace)
4. The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja
5. The Beatnuts - The Beatnuts (Relativity)
6. Resurrection - Common (Relativity)
7. 6 Feet Deep - Gravediggaz (Gee Street)
8. Stess : The Extinction Agenda - Organized Konfusion (Hollywood BASIC)
9. Hard To Earn - Gang Starr (Chrysalis)
10. Ill Communication - Beastie Boys (Grand Royal)
11. Somethin' Serious - Big Mike (Rap-A-Lot)
12. Tical - Method Man (Def Jam)
13. Creepin On Ah Come Up EP - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ruthless)
14. Do You Want More!!!??! - The Roots (Geffen)
15. The Diary - Scarface (Rap-A-Lot)
16. IV Life - King Tee (Capitol)
17. The Mailman EP - E-40 (Sick Wid It)
18. Dare Iz A Darkside - Redman (Def Jam)
19. On The Outside Looking In - Eightball & MJG (Suave House)
20. Fadnuf Fa Erybody - Odd Squad (Rap-A-Lot)
21. Super Tight... - U.G.K. (Jive)
22. Explicit Game - Dru Down (C-Note)
23. Playaz N The Game - JT The Bigga Figga (Get Low)
24. We Come Strapped - Compton's Most Wanted (Epic)
25. A Conspitated Monkey - Kurious (Columbia)

1995
1. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... - Raekwon (Loud)
2. The Infamous - Mobb Deep (Loud)
3. Liquid Swords - The Genius / Gza (Geffen)
4. Return To The 36 Chambers : The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard (Elektra)
5. Coast II Coast - Tha Alkaholiks (Loud)
6. Soul Food - Goodie Mob (LaFace)
7. Me Against The World - 2Pac (Interscope)
8. Livin' Proof - Group Home (Payday)
9. Dah Shinin' - Smif-N-Wessun (Nervous)
10. KRS-One - KRS-One (Jive)
11. Dogg Food - Tha Dogg Pound (Deathrow)
12. Safe & Sound - DJ Quik (Profile)
13. 2000 - Grand Puba (Elektra)
14. In A Major Way - E-40 (Sick Wid It)
15. Curb Servin' - WC And The MAAD Circle (Payday)
16. E. 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ruthless)
17. Jealous One's Envy - Fat Joe (Relativity)
18. Mack 10 - Mack 10 (Priority)
19. Operation Stackola - Luniz (Noo Trybe)
20. True - Tru (No Limit)
21. Labcabincalifornia - The Pharcyde (Delicious Viny)
22. On Top Of The World - Eightball & MJG (Suave House)
23. Down And Dirty - The Click (Sick Wid It)
24. Dwellin' In Tha Labb - JT The Bigga Figga (Get Low)
25. Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous - Big L (Columbia)

1996
1. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella)
2. Ironman - Ghostface Killah (Razor Sharp)
3. Hell On Earth - Mobb Deep (Loud)
4. ATLiens - Outkast (LaFace)
5. The Score - Fugees (Ruffhouse)
6. Muddy Waters - Redman (Def Jam)
7. Firing Squad - M.O.P. (Relativity)
8. Stakes Is High - De La Soul (Tommy Boy)
9. Psychoanalysis (What Is It?) - Prince Paul (WordSound)
10. The Don Killuminati : The 7 Day Theory - Makaveli (Deathrow)
11. Enigma - Keith Murray (Jive)
12. Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon (Bulk)
13. The Coming - Busta Rhymes (Elektra)
14. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac (Deathrow)
15. Bow Down - Westside Connection (Priority)
16. Hard Core - Lil' Kim (Big Beat)
17. Illadelph Halflife - The Roots (Geffen)
18. Wrath Of The Math - Jeru The Damaja (Payday)
19. Tha Hall Of Game - E-40 (Sick Wid It)
20. Nocturnal - Heltah Skeltah (Duck Down)
21. Ridin' Dirty - U.G.K. (Jive)
22. The Resurrection - Geto Boys (Rap-A-Lot)
23. At The Speed Of Life - Xzibit (Loud)
24. Ice Cream Man - Master P (No Limit)
25. The Final Tic - Crucial Conflict (Universal)

1997
1. Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy)
2. The War Report - Capone-N-Noreaga (Penalty)
3. Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan (Loud)
4. The Carnical - Wyclef Jean featuring Refugee Allstars (Ruffhouse)
5. Stone Crazy - The Beatnuts (Relativity)
6. Unpredictable - Mystikal (No Limit)
7. No Way Out - Puff Daddy & The Family (Bad Boy)
8. Ghetto D - Master P (No Limit)
9. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott (EastWest)
10. Unlady Like - Mia X (No Limit)
11. In My Lifetime, Vol.1 - Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella)
12. Sex Style - Kool Keith (Funky Ass)
13. Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow (Rawkus)
14. When Disaster Strikes... - Busta Rhymes (Elektra)
15. Harlem World - Ma$e (Bad Boy)
16. The Art Of War - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ruthless)
17. The 18th Letter : The Book Of Life - Rakim (Universal)
18. Back In Business - EPMD (Def Jam)
19. Jurassic 5 EP - Jurassic 5 (Rumble)
20. Tru 2 Da Game - Tru (No Limit)
21. Jewelz - O.C. (Payday)
22. The Untouchable - Scarface (Rap-A-Lot)
23. Based On A True Story - Mack 10 (Priority)
24. Da Dirty 30 - Cru (Def Jam)
25. Accept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album) - No I.D. (Relativity)

1998
1. Moment Of Truth - Gang Starr (Noo Trybe)
2. Aquemini - Outkast (LaFace)
3. Vol.2... Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella)
4. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse)
5. First Family 4 Life - M.O.P. (Relativity)
6. Still Standing - Goodie Mob (LaFace)
7. It's Dark And Hell Is Hot - DMX (Def Jam)
8. Doc's Da Name 2000 - Redman (Def Jam)
9. N.O.R.E. - Noreaga (Penalty)
10. Capital Punishment - Big Punisher (Loud)
11. El Nino - Def Squad (Def Jam)
12. MP Da Last Don - Master P (No Limit)
13. Life In 1472 - Jermain Dupri (So So Def)
14. Charge It 2 Da Game - Silkk The Shocker (No Limit)
15. Da Game Is To be Sold, Not To Be Told - Snoop Doggy Dogg (No Limit)
16. Retaliation, Revenge And Get Back - Daz Dillinger (Deathrow)
17. My Balls And My Word - Young Bleed (No Limit)
18. 400 Degreez - Juvenile (Cash Money)
19. The Shadiest One - WC (Payday)
20. The Element Of Suprise - E-40 (Sick Wid It)
21. ...A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual - Witchdoctor (Interscope)
22. Lost - Eightball (Suave House)
23. Life Or Death - C-Murder (No Limit)
24. Hte Dude - Devin (Rap-A-Lot)
25. Full Scale EP - Show & AG (D.I.T.C.)