Top 5 &/or Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of the 2000's

[Wreck]

01. Eminem- Marshall Mathers (even though TES is my personal favorite Em album)
02. Eminem- TES
03. Nas- God's Son
04. Jay-Z- The Blueprint 1
05. Raekwon- Only Built For Cuban Linx II
06. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
07. Kanye West- The College Dropout
08. Outkast- Stankonia
09. 50 Cent- Get Rich
10. The Fix- Scarface

Notable Mentions/Albums on the cusp of being on the list:

01. Power In Numbers- Jurassic Five
02. The Game- The Documentary
03. Common- Like Water For Chocolate
04. The Game- The Documentary
05. Lupe Fiasco- Lupe Fiasco Presents........Food & Liquor
06. Little Brother- The Minstrel Show
07. Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III
08. T.I.- Paper Trail
09. Fabolous- Real Talk (so underrated/lyrical)
10. Kanye West- Graduation

So basically I did a Top 20. What do you think of my list? And feel free to make a list of your own- a Top 5/Top 10 one, and notable mentions as well if you want.

-Sidebar: It was so hard narrowing down which were the best, lyrically, sonically, the meanings in each songs, etc. but I feel this is pretty good.

[Wreck]

Oh yeah, how the fuck could I forget The Black Album by Jay? Excellent crafted album. Could of been a 5 mic rating by the Source imo. My fav. Jay album too.

[SliK]

So this is 2000-Present? If so:

1.MMLP
2.MBDTF
3.Blueprint
4.TES
5.Lupe Fiasco's The Cool

Honorable Mentions:

Stillmatic - Nas
Running On Air - Bliss N Eso
Tha Carter II - Lil Wayne
Relapse - Eminem
The Black Album + American Gangster - Jay-Z
Colledge Dropout - Kanye

[KillahBee]

I like both of those lists

If it's 2000-2011 then MBDTF would be on here, if it's 2000-2009 then I'll go with, in random order;

Eminem - MMLP
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientelle
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Outkast - Stankonia
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Kanye West - Graduation (Though I think College Dropout is better, I prefer Grad)
Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange
Jay-Z - The Bluenprint

The top 6 on there are set in stone, the rest could be rotated with 20 or so other releases, but those are what I'm feeling at the moment

[Cube23]

Just the decade of 2000-2009 or 2000-2011? If we're talking through 2011...

1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
2. Clin d'oeil - Jazz Liberatorz
3. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
4. College Dropout - Kanye West
5. The Tipping Point - The Roots
6. The Eminem Show - Eminem
7. Stillmatic - Nas
8. Phrenology - The Roots
9. God's Son - Nas
10. Section.80 - Kendrick Lamar

[LIL_B]

Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem Show
God's son
Blueprint
Stillmatic
Black album
Relapse
Madvillainy
Supreme Clientele
The cool

[EminemBase]

Top 5 mainstream:

1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
2. Eminem - The Eminem Show
3. Kanye West - Graduation
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Eminem - Relapse

[Wreck]

I like both of those lists

If it's 2000-2011 then MBDTF would be on here, if it's 2000-2009 then I'll go with, in random order;

Eminem - MMLP
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientelle
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Outkast - Stankonia
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Kanye West - Graduation (Though I think College Dropout is better, I prefer Grad)
Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange
Jay-Z - The Bluenprint

The top 6 on there are set in stone, the rest could be rotated with 20 or so other releases, but those are what I'm feeling at the moment

I counted all the way to 2010, but 2011 albums are fine as well. I guess I count 2010 as being 10 years from 2000 onward.

Btw, I forgot to mention, but note, Canibus has had some great albums in this time period, but he doesn't make it cause his voice is awful, he has the same types of songs on every album imo, he doesn't branch out to even 1-2 club songs, which wouldn't even label him a club artist, it would just be changing his style really. lol @ the Cunninlynguists; I like them too.

I was thinking of Big Boi & Dre Presents...........Outkast too.

[Wreck]

Top 5 mainstream:

1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
2. Eminem - The Eminem Show
3. Kanye West - Graduation
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Eminem - Relapse

I didn't say mainstream though. A great album is a great album, lyrically, or sonically speaking, whatever the case may be, doesn't have to be mainstream, but I agree with your list regardless.

[EminemBase]

Top 5 mainstream:

1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
2. Eminem - The Eminem Show
3. Kanye West - Graduation
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. Eminem - Relapse

I didn't say mainstream though. A great album is a great album, lyrically, or sonically speaking, whatever the case may be, doesn't have to be mainstream, but I agree with your list regardless.

Fair enough... it'd probably remain the same anyway lmao. So, pointless of me to highlight it.

[I'mShady]

1. The Marshall Mathers LP
2. The Blueprint
3. Late Registration
4. The Eminem Show
5. God's Son
6. The Black Album
7. Food and Liquor
8. Hell Hath No Fury
9. Get Rich or Die Tryin
10. Hip Hop Is Dead
11. The Ecstatic
Top 11 boyzzzz...

[Wreck]

1. The Marshall Mathers LP
2. The Blueprint
3. Late Registration
4. The Eminem Show
5. God's Son
6. The Black Album
7. Food and Liquor
8. Hell Hath No Fury
9. Get Rich or Die Tryin
10. Hip Hop Is Dead
11. The Ecstatic
Top 11 boyzzzz...

[Wreck]

I put Game's The Documentary twice; silly me.

Replace the repeat w/ Stillmatic .

[Mathers]

Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - Eminem Show
Jay Z - Blueprint
Jay Z - Black Album
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin
Kanye West - Late Registration
Game - Documentary
Nas - Stillmatic
Nas - Gods Son
50 Cent - Massacre (Don't hate)

[Wreck]

Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - Eminem Show
Jay Z - Blueprint
Jay Z - Black Album
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin
Kanye West - Late Registration
Game - Documentary
Nas - Stillmatic
Nas - Gods Son
50 Cent - Massacre (Don't hate)

First 9 I totally agreed with, then I said WTF. No disrespect to your opinion, but seriously bro? The Massacre album is possibly one of the worst albums, and follow-up albums, after such a success with GRODT, ever in hip hop. i'm just sayin, Gatman and Robin was nothing special, it was an album with an overhaul of club songs, & fake gangster rap songs. Plus Yayo was horrible on My Toy Soldier. I'll take ya to the candy shop!