Standout tracks include “Now or Never” (featuring Phonte and Dice Raw), “Dear God 2.0” (featuring Monsters of Folk), the title track “How I Got Over” (featuring Dice Raw). The featured artists deliver to – it’s especially nice to hear the likes of Blu and Phonte on a Roots album, also good to see an appearance by Dice Raw. Black Thought is good as ever, bringing out his deepest thoughts and observations. At least five of their albums are near-flawless – Illadelph Halflife (1996), Things Fall Apart (1999), Game Theory (2006), Rising Down (2008) and Undun (2011) – and How I Got Over definitely belongs up there with the Roots’ best as well. Their only disappointing effort is their eleventh album And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014), their previous ten albums are all simply excellent. The legendary Roots crew can boast one of the most consistent and most impressive catalogs in Hip Hop, ever. Let us know if you feel we erroneously omitted albums (and also which albums you’d drop from the list if you’d add others). So here you have it, this is our list of what we consider to be the best 250 Hip Hop albums of all time. Don’t get too hung up on the rankings either, this list is intended for nothing more than to have you and others think and talk about the music we all love, to keep the classics alive, and to celebrate those classic as well as the excellent Hip Hop music released in more recent years. So need to get upset if your particular favorites are ranked too low for your tastes – if it’s on this list it’s a ‘4-mic’ album at least. This list is based on personal preferences first, and on factors like hype, cultural impact, and general popularity second – that’s why slept-on gems such as Grip Grand’s Brokelore (2008), Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up (2001), and billy woods’ History Will Absolve Me (2012) can be found higher on the list than classic but generally overrated albums like 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me (1996), Notorious B.I.G.’s Life After Death (1997), and 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Dy Trying (2003).Īnd remember: Hip Hop has given us THOUSANDS of dope albums over the decades, which means the 250 projects listed here are ALL excellent. Also, no mixtapes, compilations, or EP’s were considered. ‘Only’ albums released between 19 were considered for the list, projects released in 2020 need a year or two to marinate – no doubt a couple of 2020 releases will end up on this list a little further down the road. Over the years we compiled ‘best of the year’ lists for each and every year in Hip Hop history, the list you’re about to get into here is based on these lists – a culmination of sorts.

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