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1. The Heist (2012)
by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
When Macklemore declares his music is "David Bowie meets Kanye sh*t," it's a bit of an oversell on the Bowie side, but then again, Jean-Michel ... More
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2. Party Tyme Karaoke - Super Hits 16 (2011)
by Karaoke
Party Tyme Karaoke: Super Hits, Vol. 16 includes instrumental remakes of charted hits including "E.T.," "Till the World Ends," "Last Friday Night (T ... More
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4. Vessel (2013)
by Twenty One Pilots
Columbus, Ohio-based pop duo Twenty One Pilots spent the few short years leading up to Vessel, their debut recording for Atlantic Records subsidiary ... More
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6. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
by OutKast
To call OutKast's follow-up to their 2000 masterpiece Stankonia the most eagerly awaited hip-hop album of the new millennium may be hyperbole, but ... More
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7. Demon Days (2005)
by Gorillaz
Damon Albarn went to great pains to explain that the first Gorillaz album was a collaboration between him, cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, and producer Dan ... More
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8. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
by Lauryn Hill
Though the Fugees had been wildly successful, and Lauryn Hill had been widely recognized as a key to their popularity, few were prepared for her ... More
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9. The Score (1996)
by Fugees
A breath of fresh air in the gangsta-dominated mid-'90s, the Fugees' breakthrough album, The Score, marked the beginning of a resurgence in ... More
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10. Reanimation (2002)
by Linkin Park
The remix album -- the time-honored tradition of buying time between records. Often, these are inconsequential affairs (Limp Bizkit's New Old Songs ... More
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11. Late Registration (2005)
by Kanye West
And then, in a flash, Kanye was everywhere, transformed from respected producer to big-name producer/MC, throwing a fit at the American Music Awards, ... More
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12. Whitey Ford Sings the Blues (1998)
by Everlast
Saying that Everlast showed a great deal of artistic growth between his first and second solo albums would be a understatement. While 1989/1990's ... More
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13. The College Dropout (2004)
by Kanye West
Producer Kanye West's highlight reels were stacking up exponentially when his solo debut for Roc-a-Fella was released, after numerous delays and a ... More
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14. Graduation (2007)
by Kanye West
Graduation's pre-leak talk wasn't as substantive as it was with Kanye West's first two albums. As with just about any other artist's third album, it ... More
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15. Fight with Tools (2008)
by Flobots
When listening to the Flobots debut album, Fight with Tools, there's a feeling that all the destruction and injustice this politically motivated alt ... More
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16. Food & Liquor (2006)
by Lupe Fiasco
A few years in the making, Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor follows a fruitless association with Epic (as a member of da Pak), an aborted solo deal with ... More
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17. The Low End Theory (1991)
by A Tribe Called Quest
While most of the players in the jazz-rap movement never quite escaped the pasted-on qualities of their vintage samples, with The Low End Theory, A ... More
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18. Midnight Marauders (1993)
by A Tribe Called Quest
Though the abstract rappers finally betrayed a few commercial ambitions for Midnight Marauders, the happy result was a smart, hooky record that may ... More
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19. Black on Both Sides (1999)
by Mos Def
Mos Def's partnership with Talib Kweli produced one of the most important hip-hop albums of the late '90s, 1997's brilliant Black Star. Consciously ... More
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20. Solid Gold Hits (2005)
by Beastie Boys
The Beastie Boys had a good, albeit eccentric, hits compilation in 1999 with the double-disc set The Sounds of Science, so what's the purpose of the ... More
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21. How I Got Over (2010)
by The Roots
The Roots' third album for Def Jam and ninth studio set, How I Got Over, is the group's first release since becoming the house band on Late Night ... More
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22. Radioactive (2011)
by Yelawolf
He's snide, he's scrappy, he's on the Shady imprint, and he's white, but by exploiting the differences between the two, Yelawolf's debut album, ... More
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23. Undun (2011)
by The Roots
The Roots' umpteenth album is titled after a Guess Who song mutilated by countless lounge bands since 1969. It incorporates a Sufjan Stevens ... More
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25. Plastic Beach (2010)
by Gorillaz
Delivered five years after the delicate whimsical melancholy of Demon Days, Gorillaz's Plastic Beach is an explicit sequel to its predecessor, ... More
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