| 1 | 1995 | The Infamous | Mobb Deep | Album | 4.4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1996 | All Eyez on Me | 2Pac | Album | 4.55 | 19 |
| 3 | 1998 | 400 Degreez | Juvenile | Album | 2.5 | 3 |
| 4 | 2000 | Supreme Clientele | Ghostface Killah | Album | 4.35 | 7 |
| 5 | 1994 | Illmatic | Nas | Album | 4.2 | 21 |
| 6 | 2014 | Tha Tour, Part 1 | Rich Gang | Album + Mixtape/Street | | 2 |
| 7 | 1998 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | 2006 | Hell Hath No Fury | Clipse | Album | 3.5 | 3 |
| 9 | 1998 | Aquemini | OutKast | Album | 4.2 | 14 |
| 10 | 2002 | Madvillainy | Madvillain | Album | 4.25 | 17 |
| 11 | 1997 | Life After Death | The Notorious B.I.G. | Album | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | 2012 | good kid, m.A.A.d city | Kendrick Lamar | Album | 4.4 | 35 |
| 13 | 1991 | The Low End Theory | A Tribe Called Quest | Album | 3.85 | 19 |
| 14 | 1988 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | Public Enemy | Album | 3.65 | 28 |
| 15 | 1995 | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… | Raekwon | Album | 3.65 | 6 |
| 16 | 2015 | DS2 | Future | Album | 3.35 | 9 |
| 17 | 1999 | Operation: Doomsday | MF DOOM | Album | 4.15 | 11 |
| 18 | 1987 | Paid in Full | Eric B. & Rakim | Album | 3.7 | 10 |
| 19 | 1993 | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album | 4.6 | 17 |
| 20 | 1993 | Buhlo͞one Mind State | De La Soul | Album | 4.65 | 13 |
| 21 | 1994 | Ready to Die | The Notorious B.I.G. | Album | 4.1 | 14 |
| 22 | 1995 | Soul Food | Goodie Mob | Album | | 5 |
| 23 | 1988 | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Slick Rick | Album | | 7 |
| 24 | 1988 | Straight Outta Compton | N.W.A | Album | 4 | 18 |
| 25 | 2018 | Some Rap Songs | Earl Sweatshirt | Album | 3.4 | 3 |
| 26 | 1999 | Black on Both Sides | Mos Def | Album | 4.45 | 6 |
| 27 | 2013 | Yeezus | Kanye West | Album | 3.8 | 9 |
| 28 | 2001 | The Blueprint | Jay‐Z | Album | 3.65 | 8 |
| 29 | 2001 | Mista Don’t Play: Everythangs Workin | Project Pat | Album | | 3 |
| 30 | 1996 | Ridin’ Dirty | UGK | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 31 | 2020 | Descendants of Cain | Ka | Album | | 1 |
| 32 | 1997 | The War Report | Capone‐N‐Noreaga | Album | 5 | 6 |
| 33 | 1988 | Strictly Business | EPMD | Album | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 1998 | Rhythm‐al‐ism | DJ Quik | Album | | 3 |
| 35 | 1998 | It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot | DMX | Album | 3 | 9 |
| 36 | 1995 | In a Major Way | E‐40 | Album | 5 | 2 |
| 37 | 1995 | Liquid Swords | Genius/GZA | Album | 3.85 | 8 |
| 38 | 1989 | Paul’s Boutique | Beastie Boys | Album | 4.25 | 22 |
| 39 | 1995 | E. 1999 Eternal | Bone Thugs‐n‐Harmony | Album | 4.35 | 12 |
| 40 | 2007 | Da Drought 3 | Lil Wayne | Album + Mixtape/Street | 4 | 2 |
| 41 | 1984 | Run‐D.M.C. | Run‐D.M.C. | Album | 3.4 | 17 |
| 42 | 1999 | Da Real World | Missy Misdemeanor Elliott | Album | 3 | 5 |
| 43 | 2018 | Die Lit | Playboi Carti | Album | 4.65 | 6 |
| 44 | 2015 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | Album | 4.45 | 15 |
| 45 | 2011 | XXX | Danny Brown | Album | 4 | 4 |
| 46 | 2002 | 50 Cent Is the Future | G‐Unit | Album + DJ-mix + Mixtape/Street | | 2 |
| 47 | 2011 | Take Care | Drake | Album | 4.2 | 11 |
| 48 | 2014 | Broke With Expensive Taste | Azealia Banks | Album | 3 | 4 |
| 49 | 2006 | Donuts | J Dilla | Album | 4.65 | 10 |
| 50 | 2013 | Almighty So | Chief Keef | Album + Mixtape/Street | 4 | 2 |
| 51 | 1987 | Criminal Minded | Boogie Down Productions | Album | 3 | 10 |
| 52 | 1996 | Hard Core | Lil’ Kim | Album | 4.65 | 3 |
| 53 | 1999 | Underground, Vol. 1: 1991–1994 | Triple Six Mafia | Album + Compilation | 4.5 | 2 |
| 54 | 2019 | Meet the Woo | Pop Smoke | Album + Mixtape/Street | | 6 |
| 55 | 1999 | Chopper City in the Ghetto | B.G. | Album | | 1 |
| 56 | 2006 | Chicken Talk | DJ Burn One & Gucci Mane | Album + Mixtape/Street | 5 | 2 |
| 57 | 1990 | Fear of a Black Planet | Public Enemy | Album | 3.6 | 16 |
| 58 | 2001 | Labor Days | Aesop Rock | Album | 4.5 | 3 |
| 59 | 1995 | 3 ‘n the Mornin’, Part Two | DJ Screw | Album + Compilation | 4 | 2 |
| 60 | 2000 | The Marshall Mathers LP | Eminem | Album | 4.15 | 25 |
| 61 | 2017 | Cold Devil | Drakeo the Ruler | Album + Mixtape/Street | | 1 |
| 62 | 1992 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre | Album | 4 | 30 |
| 63 | 1995 | On Top of the World | 8Ball & MJG | Album | | 4 |
| 64 | 2010 | Marcberg | Roc Marciano | Album | | 3 |
| 65 | 1994 | The Diary | Scarface | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 66 | 1984 | Escape | Whodini | Album | | 5 |
| 67 | 2020 | YHLQMDLG | Bad Bunny | Album | 4.35 | 1 |
| 68 | 1995 | 4, 5, 6 | Kool G Rap | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 69 | 2002 | Just Tryin' ta Live | Devin the Dude | Album | | 1 |
| 70 | 2005 | Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 | Young Jeezy | Album | | 7 |
| 71 | 1988 | Straight Out the Jungle | Jungle Brothers | Album | | 7 |
| 72 | 1993 | Illegal Business? | Mac Mall | Album | 5 | 2 |
| 73 | 2017 | ROME | Armand Hammer | Album | | 2 |
| 74 | 1991 | We Can’t Be Stopped | Geto Boys | Album | | 4 |
| 75 | 1988 | Supersonic | J.J. Fad | Album | | 5 |
| 76 | 2011 | Black Up | Shabazz Palaces | Album | 3.9 | 4 |
| 77 | 1992 | Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde | The Pharcyde | Album | 3.85 | 11 |
| 78 | 1994 | Dare Iz a Darkside | Redman | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 79 | 2003 | Diplomatic Immunity | The Diplomats | Album | | 1 |
| 80 | 1999 | A Prince Among Thieves | Prince Paul | Album | | 4 |
| 81 | 1988 | Life Is… Too $hort | Too $hort | Album | | 4 |
| 82 | 2011 | 808s & Dark Grapes II | Main Attrakionz | Album | | 1 |
| 83 | 2023 | Ganger | Veeze | Album | 3 | 2 |
| 84 | 1997 | Street Gospel | Suga Free | Album | 4 | 1 |
| 85 | 1998 | Shell Shocked | Mac | Album | | 2 |
| 86 | 1985 | The Album | Mantronix | Album | 3 | 6 |
| 87 | 2009 | Beam Me Up Scotty | Nicki Minaj | Album + Mixtape/Street | 3 | 13 |
| 88 | 2005 | The Jack Artist | The Jacka | Album | | 1 |
| 89 | 2009 | 6 Kiss | Lil B | Album + Mixtape/Street | 3.5 | 3 |
| 90 | 2006 | Bad Azz | Lil Boosie | Album | 5 | 3 |
| 91 | 2001 | The Cold Vein | Cannibal Ox | Album | 4.5 | 4 |
| 92 | 2010 | Flockaveli | Waka Flocka Flame | Album | 4 | 5 |
| 93 | 1998 | Moment of Truth | Gang Starr | Album | 4.65 | 4 |
| 94 | 2009 | Bastard | Tyler, The Creator | Album | 4.35 | 2 |
| 95 | 2023 | Hood Hottest Princess | Sexyy Red | Album | 3 | 2 |
| 96 | 2006 | Fahrenheit 1/15, Part 2: Revenge of the Nerds | Lupe Fiasco | Album + Mixtape/Street | | 2 |
| 97 | 1986 | Major Malfunction | Keith LeBlanc | Album | | 4 |
| 98 | 2001 | Broken Silence | Foxy Brown | Album | | 3 |
| 99 | 2018 | Underdog | Duwap Kaine | Album | | 2 |
| 100 | 1993 | Doggystyle | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Album | 3.55 | 28 |
