Rolling Stones Greatest Hip Hop Albums Of All Time
By Anthony Fillippleo
June 9, 2022
Rolling Stone magazine published their ranking of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.
Topping the list is Notorious B.I.G followed by Outkast, Jay-Z, Public Enemy and Kendrick Lamar rounding out the top five. Kanye West is right behind in sixth.
Filtering the list to only the women. Missy Elliott placed the highest at number seven, with Miss E…So Addictive. The critics at Rolling Stone ranked Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy ahead of Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday. Megan Thee Stallion’s 2019 mixtape, Fever, made the top-200 list.
Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums according to Rolling Stone:
1. 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)