“Rolling Stone” Names Biggie’s “Ready To Die” The #1 Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time.
They dropped off their Top 200 list and “Ready to Die” takes the lead with Outkast and Jay-Z rounding out the Top 3.
We’re back once again with another list of Hip Hop albums and this time, it arrives courtesy of Rolling Stone. The longstanding publication delivers these lists quite frequently and with each release comes an onslaught of backlash as music lovers express their displeasure. Recently, Rolling Stone gave us their picks for the 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time, and its a selection that has waged wars on social media as Rap fans engage in fiery debates.
We’re not going to share all 200 choices, obviously, but we will shed light on the Top 10 picks and you can decide if the outlet was spot on or missed the target altogether.
This is the Top 10, in order:
1. The Notorious B.I.G., ‘Ready to Die’ (1994)
2. Outkast, ‘Stankonia’ (2000)
3. Jay-Z, ‘The Blueprint’ (2001)
4. Public Enemy, ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ (1988)
5. Kendrick Lamar, ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ (2015)
6. Kanye West, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ (2010)
7. Missy Elliott, ‘Miss E… So Addictive’ (2001)
8. Wu-Tang Clan, ‘Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ (1993)
9. A Tribe Called Quest, ‘The Low End Theory’ (1991)
10. Lauryn Hill, ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ (1998)
Other appearances include Dr. Dre, Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, Cardi B, Lil Wayne, J Dilla, Clipse, Ice-T, De La Soul, Vince Staples, Kid Cudi, Cypress Hill, Azealia Banks, Eric B & Rakim, Megan Thee Stallion, The Pharcyde, Digable Planets, Lil Uzi Vert, and LL Cool J. This one spans decades and reactions have been visceral, as expected, as not only inclusions are discussed, but their placements on this list, as well.
Below, you can read through a few reactions and let us know what you think.
#RollingStone really put Kendrick Lamar, 'good kid, m.A.A.d city’ at 38 of the best Hip Hop Albums of all time but put Cardi B, ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ at 16 💀
Rolling stone don’t deserve to have music opinions
— Knights Reviews (@ReviewsKnights) June 8, 2022
Hip hop best album of all the time list from Rolling stone is the proof that sniffing cocaine is more dangerous than going to Hell. This list is really trash and it shows that Rolling stone needs to stick to Rock and Pop. Let our culture handle hip hop. #HushpuppiFC
— Taah Kela (@zonguiati) June 8, 2022
🚨Top 4 Greatest Female Rap Albums of all time (according to @RollingStone ) :
#7 @MissyElliott, 'Miss E… So Addictive' (2001)
#10 @MsLaurynHill, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' (1998)
#16 @iamcardib, ‘Invasion of Privacy' (2018)
#19 @LilKim, ‘Hard Core' (1996) pic.twitter.com/qMbJYWf13U
— Dragon | Fan Account (@DragonEmp_I) June 7, 2022
the rolling stone says that invasion of privacy by cardi b is the 16th greatest hip hop album of all time… this is actually insane man LMAO pic.twitter.com/RCSXgxBmQs
— SK⚡️ (@raptalksk) June 7, 2022
