YOUR top 10 albums of the decade (2000-2009)

To go along with N3RO's tournament threads i thought it would be interesting to see everyones top 10 f the decade. 2009 is basically over as far as releases so what do ya got?

This is tough, but here I go....

1) Nas- Stillmatic
2) Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
3) Jay Z- The Blueprint
4) Nas- The Lost Tapes
5) Scarface- The Fix
6) Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele
7) Jurassic 5- Quality Control
One Be Lo- SONOGRAM
9) De La Soul- The Grind Date
10) Little Brother- The Minstrel Show

In no order:

K-Rino - Blood Doctrine
K-Rino - Solitary Confinement
Jacka - The Jack Artist
David Banner - Mississippi The Album
Jay-Z - Blueprint
Scarface - The Fix
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
Kamikaze - 2 Broke 2 Ball
Shad - The Old Prince
Cormega - The Realness


but this can and will change...

here are mine no order:












VERY Honorable Mentions:
Tech N9ne - Anghellic
M.O.P. - Warriorz
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
Del - Deltron 3030

You choose The W and you don't expect us to consider you a wu fan boy?

I personally like 8 Diagrams more than The W

Bunny Man wrote:

You choose The W and you don't expect us to consider you a wu fan boy?

The W is a personal classic to me, i can see why some people dont like it, but most of the beats were stripped down and gritty, took it back to the 36 Chamber days in a way, its also the album that solidified Ghost amongst my favorites, if not my favorite MC. People hate on Gravel Pit, but that song was and always will be dope.

Megalon-Penny For Your Thoughts
MIC-Escape From Monsta Island
Rodan-Theology:Book of Elevations
Blue Sky/Black Death presents The Holocaust
Klashenkoff-Tussle With the Beast
Count Bass D-Dwight Spits
Subterriania-WaterWorld Too
One B Lo-S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M
Apathy-Hell's Lost & Found
Ghost Face Killah-More Fish

^ good lookin on the Dwight Spits, that would make my top 10 on another day lol, i actually didnt hear it til earlier this year but its clearly one of the best from the decade

A top 10 of the decade is that even possibile?

Here are ten that could be my ten easily

Jay-Z- Blueprint
Face- The Fix
Nas- HHID
Eminem- Marshall Mathers
Ghostface- SC
Geto Boys- Foundation
dead prez- Lets Get Free
Nas- Stillmatic
Jay-Z- Black Album
Kanye West- College Dropout

Here's ten more

Blu & Exile- Below The Heavens
Masta Killa- No Said Date
Game- Documentary
Talib Kweli- Eardrum
Cee Lo Green- Is The Soul Machine
Scarface- LOADB
K-Rino- Time Traveler
Slaughterhouse- SH
Killer Mike- Monster
Wu-Tang- 8 Diagrams

T. Myers wrote:

I personally like 8 Diagrams more than The W

Co-Sign, although neither is among the best of the decade IMO.

hmm my top ten of the weakest decade in the entire HISTORY of hip-hop music...well in no particular order:



De La Soul-The Grind Date
Nas-Stillmatic
Ludacris-Back For The First Time
Little Brother-The Chittlin Circuit 1.5
Nas-The Lost Tapes
Buckshot And 9th-The Formula
Common-Finding Forever
Jay-Z-American Gangster
Ghostface Killah-Supreme Clientele
Blu And Exile-Below The Heavens

^^^^ancient dinosaur

Blue Scholars' self-titled
Blue Scholars- Long March EP
Blue Scholars- Bayani
Common Market's self-titled
Blu & Exile- Below the Heavens
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor
Grip Grand- Brokelore
Bizzy Bone- A Song 4 U
Lushlife- Cassette City
Nas- God's Son

Flyte Tyme wrote:

Blue Scholars' self-titled
Blue Scholars- Long March EP
Blue Scholars- Bayani
Common Market's self-titled
Blu & Exile- Below the Heavens
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor
Grip Grand- Brokelore
Bizzy Bone- A Song 4 U
Lushlife- Cassette City
Nas- God's Son

LMAOOOO!...very nice mr.transvestite...lol

D.Powell wrote:

Flyte Tyme wrote:

Blue Scholars' self-titled
Blue Scholars- Long March EP
Blue Scholars- Bayani
Common Market's self-titled
Blu & Exile- Below the Heavens
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor
Grip Grand- Brokelore
Bizzy Bone- A Song 4 U
Lushlife- Cassette City
Nas- God's Son

LMAOOOO!...very nice mr.transvestite...lol

co sign Powell lol

and Cory i dont know how i forgot about Ace but both those definitely deserve top 10 consideration or top 20 at least

REVOLUTIONARY VOLUME 2
Deltron 3030
Lost Tapes
Let's Get Free
PUTS - Fun DMC
PUTS - O.S.T.
Food & Liquor
Late Registration
Sonogram
Pete Philly & Perquisite - Mindstate

Hon Mentions...

CYNE - Water For Mars
PUTS - Carried Away
The Minstrel Show
Below The Heavens
Escape From Monsta Island

Didn't want to do 10, here's 20

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Mr. Lif - I Phantom
Nas - The Lost Tapes
Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun
K-Os - Joyful Rebellion
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Cee-Lo - The Soul Machine
CunninLynguists - A Pieace of Strange
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Cage - Hell's Winter

This is hard:

1. Scarface-The Fix
2. Blu & Exile-Below the Heavens
3. Ghostface-Supreme Clientele
4. Common-Be
5. Nas-Stillmatic
6. Talib Kweli-Reflection Eternal
7. GZA-Grandmasters
8. Cunninlynguists-A Piece of Strange
9. Little Brother-The Listening
10. Jay-Z-Black Album

These are my favorite albums of the decade. Each one has gotten a ridiculous amount of playtime in every one of my stereos. These are my favorites of each year strictly for repeat listening value. I don't give a fuck if some of them were not received well or considered "hits" or some shit. I'm gonna be buried with these CDs...lol/jk.

2000: Deltron 3030 "Deltron 3030"
2002: Mr. Lif "I Phantom"
2003: Brother Ali "Shadows On The Sun"
2004: Crown City Rockers "Earthtones"
2005: Big Jess "Good Clean Fun 2: The Super Jump-Off"
2005: Perceptionists "Black Dialogue"
2006: Unknown Prophets "The Road Less Traveled"
2007: Shad "The Old Prince"
2008: Knonam "Length of the Blade"
2009: Bicasso & DJ Fresh "Rebel Musiq"

Bunny man, how's that "Jack Artist". I just got "Tear Gas" last month and it's really started to grow on me. As for my list:

Ghostface "Supreme Clientele"
Blu & Exile "Below the Heavens"
Jay Z "The Blueprint"
Nas "Stillmatic"
Talib Kweli "Reflection Eternal"
Scarface "The Fix"
"Deltron 3030"
Royce da 5'9 "Death Is Certain"
Kanye West "College Dropout"
Cormega "The Realness"

Dark Horse: "Madvilliany"

There are probably 10-20 albums i could interchange with this list.

This is a tough on indeed. Here are 10 off the top:

In no order:

1) Eminem - MMLP
2) eMC - The Show
3) KRS One - The Sneak Attack
4) Kanye West - College Dropout
5) Reks - Grey Hairs
6) Jay Z - The Blueprint
7) Masta Ace - Disposible Arts
Immortal Technique - 3rd World
9) Eminem - The Eminem Show
10) DJ Jazzy Jeff - Return of the Magnificent

Best I heard so far in no order

1. One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
2. Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
3. K-Rino - Blood Doctrine (haven't heard SC yet)
4. The Roots - Game Theory
5. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain (Madvillainy is Overrated IMO)
6. Cormega - The Realness or True Meaning
7. Quasimoto - The Unseen
8. Deltron - 3030
9. Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
10. Common - Like Water for chocolate

Jay-Z-The Blueprint
Eminem-MMLP
Scarface-The Fix
Ghostface-Supreme Clientele
GZA-Grandmasters
Planet Asia-Pain Language
Talib Kweli-Quality
Reflection Eternal-Train of Thought
Outkast-Stankonia
Nas-Stillmatic

That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure that could change though.

T. Myers wrote:

Jay-Z-The Blueprint
Eminem-MMLP
Scarface-The Fix
Ghostface-Supreme Clientele
GZA-Grandmasters
Planet Asia-Pain Language
Talib Kweli-Quality
Reflection Eternal-Train of ThoughtOutkast-Stankonia
Nas-StillmaticThat's just off the top of my head. I'm sure that could change though.

Man, Terry's east coast boring rap bias shines through here, even his non east coast albums got that east coast boring rap feel to them.

I'm sorry Aquemini, ATLiens, Mystic Stylez, Ridin Dirty, Super Tight, Comin Out hard, etc............ weren't released this decade.

I thought about including Pastor Troy's Face Off, but it's basically a collection of songs from an album released before 2000.

Don't make excuses...

T. Myers wrote:

Jay-Z-The Blueprint
Eminem-MMLP
Scarface-The Fix
Ghostface-Supreme Clientele
GZA-Grandmasters
Planet Asia-Pain Language
Talib Kweli-Quality
Reflection Eternal-Train of Thought
Outkast-Stankonia
Nas-Stillmatic

That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure that could change though.

Don't listen to SRP, that's a dope list. Other than Stankonia all of those albums are classics to me.

I also co-sign what you said about the south, most of the classic Southern albums were released in the 90's.

In no order,

Zion I - Mind Over Matter
Common - Like Water For Chocolate
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
People Under The Stairs - "O.S.T."
People Under The Stairs - Stepfather
Gang Starr - The Ownerz
Vakill - The Darkest Cloud
De La Soul - The Grind Date
MF Doom - MM Food

2000: Andre Nickatina - Daiquiri Factory
2001: Mr. Cheeks - John P. Kelly
2002: Tech N9ne - Absolute Power
2003: Mac Dre - Al Boo Boo
2004: Cypress Hill - Till Death Do Us Part
2005: Cutthoat Committee - Money Iz Motive
2006: Traxamillion - The Slapp Addict
2007: Little Bruce - The Liquid Assets Deal
2008: J-Hype - About My Thizzness
2009: Taj-He-Spitz - Live Fast Die Young

How's that Taj-He, Romped?

It's awesome. He's by far my favorite Newjack.

Not in any order:

Madvillain - Madvillainy
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Outkast - Stankonia
Dalek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Vakill - The Darkest Cloud
Eminem - MMLP
Deltron 3030
Shad - The Old Prince