1979-851. Run-D.M.C., Run-D.M.C. (Profile '84)
2. L.L. Cool J, Radio (Def Jam '85)
3. Wild Style Original Soundtrack (Animal '83)
4. Live Convention '82 (Disco Wax '82)
5. Live Convention '81 (Disco Wax '81)
6. Fat Boys, Fat Boys (Sutra '84)
7. Whodini, Escape (Jive '84)
8. Run-D.M.C., King of Rock (Profile '85)
9. Treacherous Three, The Treacherous Three (Sugarhill '84)
10. Mantronix, The Album (Fresh '85)
11. Malcolm McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team, D'Ya Like Scratchin' EP (Island '82)
12. The Big Break Rapper Party (Sounds of New York '80)
13. Fat Boys, The Fat Boys Are Back (Sutra '85)
14. Too $hort, Don't Stop Rappin' (75 Girls '85)
15. Crash Crew, Crash Crew (Sugarhill '84)
16. Too $hort, Raw, Uncut & X-Rated (75 Girls '85)
17. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, The Message (Sugarhill '82)
18. Kurtis Blow, Ego Trip (Mercury '84)
19. Too $hort, Players (75 Girls '83)
20. Whodini, Whodini (Jive '83)
21. Sugarhill Gang, 8th Wonder (Sugarhill '81)
22. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, The Champagne of Rap (Profile '85)
23. Roxanne Shanté, Def Mix Volume 1 (Pop Art '85)
24. Kurtis Blow, Kurtis Blow (Mercury '80)
25. Sugarhill Gang, Sugarhill Gang (Sugarhill '80) 1986-871. Run-D.M.C., Raising Hell (Profile '86)
2. Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded (B-Boy '87)
3. Beastie Boys, Licensed To III (Def Jam '86)
4. Eric B. & Rakim, Paid In Full (4th & B'way '87)
5. Public Enemy, Yo! Bum Rush The Show (Def Jam '87)
6. LL Cool J, Bigger And Deffer (Def Jam '87)
7. Schoolly D, Saturday Night! - The Album (Schoolly D '87)
8. 2 Live Crew, 2 Live Crew Is What We Are (Luke Skyywalker '86)
9. Too $hort, Born To Mack (Jive '86)
10. MC Shan, Down By Law (Cold Chillin' '87)
11. Salt-N-Pepa, Hot, Cool & Vicious (Next Plateau '86)
12. Just-Ice, Kool & Deadly (Justicizms) (Fresh '87)
13. Whodini, Back In Black (Jive '86)
14. Dana Dane, Dana Dane With Fame (Profile '87)
15. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, Oh My God! (Reality '86)
16. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Rock The House (Word Up '87)
17. Just-Ice, Back To The Old School (Fresh '86)
18. Stetsasonic, On Fire (Tommy Boy '86)
19. Masters Of Ceremony, Dynamite (4th & B'way '87)
20. Kool Moe Dee, How Ya Like Me Now (Jive '87)
21. Schoolly D, Schoolly D (Schoolly D '86)
22. Ice-T, Rhyme Pays (Sire '87)
23. Steady B, What's My Name (Jive '87)
24. Spoonie Gee, The Godfather (Tuff City '87)
25. MC Shy D, Got To Be Tough (Luke Skyywalker '87) 19881. Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam)
2. N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless)
3. Slick Rick, The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick (Def Jam)
4. EPMD, Strictly Business (Fresh)
5. Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary (Jive)
6. Big Daddy Kane, Long Live The Kane (Cold Chillin')
7. Ultramagnetic MC's, Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau)
8. Eric B. & Rakim, Follow The Leader (Uni)
9. Biz Markie, Goin’ Off (Cold Chillin')
10. Jungle Brothers, Straight Out The Jungle (Idlers)
11. Eazy-E, Eazy-Duz-lt (Ruthless)
12. Run-D.M.C., Tougher Than Leather (Profile)
13. MC Lyte, Lyte As A Rock (First Priority)
14. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (Jive)
15. Marley Marl, In Control, Volume 1 (Cold Chillin')
16. Salt-N-Pepa, A Salt With A Deadly Pepa (Next Plateau)
17. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Road To The Riches (Cold Chillin')
18. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, The World's Greatest Entertainer (Reality)
19. Stetsasonic, In Full Gear (Tommy Boy)
20. 2 Live Crew, Move Somthin' (Luke Skyywalker)
21. Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud, Girls I Got ‘Em Locked (Elektra)
22. Too $hort, Life Is … Too $hort (Jive)
23. King Tee, Act A Fool (Capitol)
24. Kid ‘N Play, 2 Hype (Select)
25. Lakim Shabazz, Pure Righteousness (Tuff City) 19891. De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising (Tommy Boy)
2. Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique (Capitol)
3. Jungle Brothers, Done by the Forces of Nature (Warner Bros)
4. Big Daddy Kane, It's a Big Daddy Thing (Cold Chillin')
5. The D.O.C., No One Can Do It Better (Ruthless)
6. Geto Boys, Grip It! On That Other Level (Rap-a-Lot)
7. 3rd Bass, The Cactus Album (Def Jam)
8. 2 Live Crew, As Nasty as They Wanna Be (Luke)
9. Nice & Smooth, Nice & Smooth (Fresh)
10. Biz Markie, The Biz Never Sleeps (Cold Chillin')
11. EPMD, Unfinished Business (Fresh)
12. Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen (Tommy Boy)
13. L.L. Cool J, Walking with a Panther (Def Jam)
14. Special Ed, Youngest in Charge (Profile)
15. Chill Rob G, Ride the Rhythm (Wild Pitch)
16. Low Profile, We're in This Together (Priority)
17. MC Lyte, Eyes on This (First Priority)
18. Three Times Dope, Original Stylin' (Arista)
19. Stezo, Crazy Noise (Fresh)
20. Boogie Down Productions, Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-Hop (Jive)
21. Ice-T, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say (Rhyme Syndicate)
22. Willie D, Controversy (Rap-a-Lot)
23. Heavy D & The Boyz, Big Tyme (Uptown)
24. Sir Mix-a-Lot, Swass (Def American)
25. Kwamé, The Boy Genius featuring a New Beginning (Atlantic) 19901. Ice Cube, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Priority)
2. Brand Nubian, One for All (Elektra)
3. Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam)
4. N.W.A, 100 Miles and Runnin' EP (Ruthless)
5. EPMD, Business as Usual (Def Jam)
6. L.L. Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out (Def Jam)
7. Eric B & Rakim, Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (MCA)
8. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Wanted: Dead or Alive (Cold Chillin')
9. A Tribe Called Quest, People's Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm (Jive)
10. Gang Starr, Step in the Arena (Chrysalis)
11. Boogie Down Productions, Edutainment (Jive)
12. Above the Law, Livin' Like Hustlers (Ruthless)
13. X-Clan, To The East, Blackwards (Ruthless)
14. Ice Cube, Kill at Will EP (Priority)
15. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth, Funky Technician (Wild Pitch)
16. Too $hort, $hort Dog's in the House (Jive)
17. Special Ed, Legal (Profile)
18. Digital Underground, Sex Packets (Tommy Boy)
19. King Tee, At Your Own Risk (Capitol)
20. K-Solo, Tell the World My Name (Atlantic)
21. Poor Righteous Teachers, Holy Intellect (Profile)
22. Masta Ace, Take a Look Around (Cold Chillin')
23. Digital Underground, This is an EP Release (Tommy Boy)
24. Compton's Most Wanted, It's a Compton Thang (Orpheus)
25. D-Nice, Call Me D-Nice (Jive) 19911. N.W.A., Efil4zaggin (Ruthless)
2. A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory (Jive)
3. Main Source, Breaking Atoms (Wild Pitch)
4. De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead (Tommy Boy)
5. Ice Cube, Death Certificate (Priority)
6. Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse)
7. Black Sheep, A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing (Mercury)
8. DJ Quik, Quik Is The Name (Profile)
9. Scarface, Mr. Scarface Is Back (Rap-A-Lot)
10. Showbiz & AG, Soul Clap EP (Payday)
11. 3rd Bass, Derelicts Of Dialect (Def Jam)
12. AMG, Bitch Betta Have My Money (Select)
13. Pete Rock & CL Smooth, All Souled Out EP (Elektra)
14. Leaders Of The New School, A Future Without A Past… (Elektra)
15. Naughty by Nature, Naughty By Nature (Tommy Boy)
16. Nice & Smooth, Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (RAL)
17. Public Enemy, Apocalypse '91... The Enemy Strikes Black (Def Jam)
18. The UMC's, Fruits Of Nature (Wild Pitch)
19. Del The Funky Homosapien, I Wish My Brother George Was Here (Elektra)
20. Geto Boys, We Can't Be Stopped (Rap-A-Lot)
21. Tim Dog, Penicillin On Wax (Ruffhouse)
22. K.M.D., Mr. Hood (Elektra)
23. Compton's Most Wanted, Straight Chekn' Em (Epic)
24. Organized Konfusion, Organized Konfusion (Hollywood BASIC)
25. Freestyle Fellowship, To Whom It May Concern... (Sun) 19921. Dr. Dre, The Chronic (Death Row)
2. Brand Nubian, In God We Trust (Elektra)
3. Gang Starr, Daily Operation (Chrysalis)
4. Redman, Whut? Thee Album (Def Jam)
5. Diamond D & The Psychotic Neurotics, Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop (Chemistry)
6. The Pharcyde, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl)
7. Beastie Boys, Check Your Head (Grand Royal)
8. Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Mecca And The Soul Brother (Elektra)
9. Showbiz & AG, Runaway Slave (Payday)
10. Das EFX, Dead Serious (EastWest)
11. Da Lench Mob, Guerillas in tha Mist (EastWest)
12. EPMD, Business Never Personal (Def Jam)
13. Ice Cube, The Predator (Priority)
14. DJ Quik, Way 2 Fonky (Profile)
15. Heavy D & The Boyz, Blue Funk (Uptown)
16. Grand Puba, Reel To Reel (Elektra)
17. Positive K, The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills (Island)
18. Too $hort, Shorty The Pimp (Jive)
19. Compton's Most Wanted, Music To Driveby (Epic)
20. Boogie Down Productions, Sex And Violence (Jive)
21. UGK, Too Hard To Swallow (Jive)
22. Spice 1, Spice 1 (Jive)
23. Common, Can I Borrow A Dollar? (Relativity)
24. House Of Pain, House Of Pain (Tommy Boy)
25. JT the Bigga Figga, Don't Stop 'Til We Major (Get Low) 19931. Wu-Tang Clan, Enter The Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) (Loud)
2. A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders (Jive)
3. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle (Death Row)
4. De La Soul, Buhloone Mind State (Tommy Boy)
5. Black Moon, Enta Da Stage (Nervous)
6. KRS-One, Return Of The Boom Bap (Jive)
7. The Beatnuts, Intoxicated Demons The EP (Relativity)
8. Onyx, Bacdafucup (Def Jam)
9. Ultramagnetic MC's, The Four Horsemen (Wild Pitch)
10. King Tee, Tha Triflin' Album (Capitol)
11. Tha Alkaholiks, 21 & Over (Loud)
12. Souls Of Mischief, 93 'Til Infinity (Jive)
13. Masta Ace, SlaughtaHouse (Delicious Vinyl)
14. Mr. Scarface, The World Is Yours (Rap-A-Lot)
15. Yo-Yo, You Better Ask Somebody (EastWest)
16. Del The Funky Homosapien, No Need For Alarm (Elektra)
17. Geto Boys, Till Death Do Us Part (Rap-A-Lot)
18. Too $hort, Get In Where You Fit In (Jive)
19. Cypress Hill, Black Sunday (Ruffhouse)
20. Eightball & MJG, Comin' Out Hard (Suave House)
21. E-40, Federal (Sick Wid It)
22. Akinyele, Vagina Diner (Interscope)
23. The Roots, Organix (Remedy)
24. Lords Of The Underground, Here Come The Lords (Pendulum)
25. Fat Joe, Represent (Relativity) 19941. Nas, Illmatic (Columbia)
2. The Notorious B.I.G., Ready To Die (Bad Boy)
3. OutKast, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (LaFace)
4. Jeru The Damaja, The Sun Rises In The East (Payday)
5. The Beatnuts, The Beatnuts: Street Level (Relativity)
6. Common, Resurrection (Relativity)
7. Gravediggaz, 6 Feet Deep (Gee Street)
8. Organized Konfusion, Stress: The Extinction Agenda (Hollywood BASIC)
9. Gang Starr, Hard To Earn (Chrysalis)
10. Beastie Boys, Ill Communication (Grand Royal)
11. Big Mike, Somethin' Serious (Rap-A-Lot)
12. Method Man, Tical (Def Jam)
13. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Creepin On Ah Come Up EP (Ruthless)
14. The Roots, Do You Want More!!!??! (Geffen)
15. Scarface, The Diary (Rap-A-Lot)
16. King Tee, IV Life (Capitol)
17. E-40, The Mailman EP (Sick Wid It)
18. Redman, Dare Iz A Darkside (Def Jam)
19. Eightball & MJG, On The Outside Looking In (Suave House)
20. Odd Squad, Fadanuf Fa Erybody (Rap-A-Lot)
21. UGK, Super Tight... (Jive)
22. Dru Down, Explicit Game (C-Note)
23. JT the Bigga Figga, Playaz N The Game (Get Low)
24. MC Eiht, We Come Strapped (Epic)
25. Kurious, A Constipated Monkey (Columbia) 19951. Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (Loud)
2. Mobb Deep, The Infamous (Loud)
3. The Genius / Gza, Liquid Swords (Geffen)
4. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (Elektra)
5. Tha Alkaholiks, Coast II Coast (Loud)
6. Goodie Mob, Soul Food (LaFace)
7. 2Pac, Me Against The World (Interscope)
8. Group Home, Livin' Proof (Payday)
9. Smif-N-Wessun, Dah Shinin' (Nervous)
10. KRS-One, KRS-One (Jive)
11. Tha Dogg Pound, Dogg Food (Death Row)
12. DJ Quik, Safe & Sound (Profile)
13. Grand Puba, 2000 (Elektra)
14. E-40, In A Major Way (Sick Wid It)
15. WC And The MAAD Circle, Curb Servin' (Payday)
16. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, E. 1999 Eternal (Ruthless)
17. Fat Joe, Jealous One's Envy (Relativity)
18. Mack 10, Mack 10 (Priority)
19. Luniz, Operation Stackola (Noo Trybe)
20. Tru, True (No Limit)
21. The Pharcyde, Labcabincalifornia (Delicious Vinyl)
22. Eightball & MJG, On Top Of The World (Suave House)
23. The Click, Down and Dirty (Sick Wid It)
24. JT the Bigga Figga, Dwellin' In Tha Labb (Get Low)
25. Big L, Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (Columbia) 19961. Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt (Roc-A-Fella)
2. Ghostface Killah, Ironman (Razor Sharp)
3. Mobb Deep, Hell On Earth (Loud)
4. OutKast, ATLiens (LaFace)
5. Fugees, The Score (Ruffhouse)
6. Redman, Muddy Waters (Def Jam)
7. M.O.P., Firing Squad (Relativity)
8. De La Soul, Stakes Is High (Tommy Boy)
9. Prince Paul, Psychoanalysis (What Is It?) (WordSound)
10. Makaveli, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (Death Row)
11. Keith Murray, Enigma (Jive)
12. Dr. Octagon, Dr. Octagonecologyst (Bulk)
13. Busta Rhymes, The Coming (Elektra)
14. 2Pac, All Eyez On Me (Death Row)
15. Westside Connection, Bow Down (Priority)
16. Lil' Kim, Hard Core (Big Beat)
17. The Roots, Illadelph Halflife (Geffen)
18. Jeru The Damaja, Wrath Of The Math (Payday)
19. E-40, Tha Hall Of Game (Sick Wid It)
20. Heltah Skeltah, Nocturnal (Duck Down)
21. UGK, Ridin' Dirty (Jive)
22. Geto Boys, The Resurrection (Rap-A-Lot)
23. Xzibit, At The Speed Of Life (Loud)
24. Master P, Ice Cream Man (No Limit)
25. Crucial Conflict, The Final Tic (Universal) 19971. The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death (Bad Boy)
2. Capone-N-Noreaga, The War Report (Penalty)
3. Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever (Loud)
4. Wyclef Jean featuring Refugee Allstars, The Carnival (Ruffhouse)
5. The Beatnuts, Stone Crazy (Relativity)
6. Mystikal, Unpredictable (No Limit)
7. Puff Daddy & The Family, No Way Out (Bad Boy)
8. Master P, Ghetto D (No Limit)
9. Missy Elliott, Supa Dupa Fly (EastWest)
10. Mia X, Unlady Like (No Limit)
11. Jay-Z, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (Roc-A-Fella)
12. Kool Keith, Sex Style (Funky Ass)
13. Company Flow, Funcrusher Plus (Rawkus)
14. Busta Rhymes, When Disaster Strikes (Elektra)
15. Ma$e, Harlem World (Bad Boy)
16. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The Art Of War (Ruthless)
17. Rakim, The 18th Letter: The Book Of Life (Universal)
18. EPMD, Back In Business (Def Jam)
19. Jurassic 5, Jurassic 5 EP (Rumble)
20. Tru, Tru 2 Da Game (No Limit)
21. O.C., Jewelz (Payday)
22. Scarface, The Untouchable (Rap-A-Lot)
23. Mack 10, Based On A True Story (Priority)
24. Cru, Da Dirty 30 (Def Jam)
25. No I.D., Accept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album) (Relativity) 19981. Gang Starr, Moment Of Truth (Noo Trybe)
2. OutKast, Aquemini (LaFace)
3. Jay-Z, Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (Roc-A-Fella)
4. Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse)
5. M.O.P., First Family 4 Life (Relativity)
6. Goodie Mob, Still Standing (LaFace)
7. DMX, It's Dark And Hell Is Hot (Def Jam)
8. Redman, Doc's Da Name 2000 (Def Jam)
9. Noreaga, N.O.R.E. (Penalty)
10. Big Pun, Capital Punishment (Loud)
11. Def Squad, El Niño (Def Jam)
12. Master P, MP Da Last Don (No Limit)
13. Jermaine Dupri, Life In 1472 (So So Def)
14. Silkk the Shocker, Charge It 2 Da Game (No Limit)
15. Snoop Dogg, Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told (No Limit)
16. Daz Dillinger, Retaliation, Revenge And Get Back (Death Row)
17. Young Bleed, My Balls and My Word (No Limit)
18. Juvenile, 400 Degreez (Cash Money)
19. WC, The Shadiest One (Payday)
20. E-40, The Element Of Surprise (Sick Wid It)
21. Witchdoctor, ...A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual (Interscope)
22. Eightball, Lost (Suave House)
23. C-Murder, Life Or Death (No Limit)
24. Devin, The Dude (Rap-A-Lot)
25. Showbiz & A.G., Full Scale EP (D.I.T.C.)