Best East Coast Hip Hop Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
11	Illmatic - Nas	1994	90.8	85.4	95	92.6	90.8	94	86	91.8
17	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan	1993	90.1	84.4	98	91.3	88.4	93	84	91.8
55	The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest	1991	88.7	83.4	93	90.3	87.5	93.6	85	88.2
95	The Infamous - Mobb Deep	1995	87.7	82.4	91	90.4	86.3	95	80	89
97	Liquid Swords - Genius/GZA	1995	87.7	82	87	89.1	86.8	94	84	91
117	Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G.	1994	87.4	80.6	92	88.6	86	93.2	82	89.4
171	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill	1998	86.5	81	88	90.9	90.7	92	78	85.2
184	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... - Raekwon	1995	86.4	78.8	91	87.7	85.7	93.8	80	87.8
194	Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest	1993	86.3	82.6	83	88.9	86.1	93.2	83	87.6
202	Black on Both Sides - Mos Def	1999	86.3	81.6	89	89.9	86.1	92.2	80	85.2
204	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy	1988	86.3	79	99	86.4	81.1	90.6	80	87.8
240	Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys	1989	85.9	78.6	95	83.6	82.2	92.4	82	87.6
300	Vaudeville Villain - Viktor Vaughn	2003	85.4	80	92	86.8	81.5	92.6	81	84.2
308	Reasonable Doubt - JAŸ-Z	1996	85.4	77.6	96	87.2	82.9	92.2	76	85.8
337	MM..FOOD - MF DOOM	2004	85.1	82.8	80	88.6	86.2	93.2	82	83
373	We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service - A Tribe Called Quest	2016	84.9	81	87	89	85.4	90.2	82	79.6
391	Moment of Truth - Gang Starr	1998	84.8	80.8	78	88.6	86.4	94.4	78	87.4
419	Things Fall Apart - The Roots	1999	84.6	80	84	88.3	84.5	89.8	80	85.8
420	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star	1998	84.6	78.8	86	87	84.2	91.2	78	87.2
515	3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul	1989	84.2	76.6	95	85.1	79	91.6	78	83.8
525	The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox	2001	84.1	77.6	86	84.2	83.4	93.4	79	85.2
583	Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock & CL Smooth	1992	83.8	76.8	88	85.6	80.3	94.2	77	85
612	Stress: The Extinction Agenda - Organized Konfusion	1994	83.7	79.4	81	86.3	80.8	94	79	85.6
614	The Main Ingredient - Pete Rock & CL Smooth	1994	83.7	77.8	85	85.4	82.5	94.4	76	85
641	Cheat Codes - Black Thought & Danger Mouse	2022	83.6	79	84	86.2	83.9	92.4	80	80
682	The Blueprint - JAY-Z	2001	83.5	77.4	85	87.5	84.9	90.2	78	81.2
702	undun - The Roots	2011	83.4	76.4	82	88	86.1	89.4	80	81.8
723	Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) - Digable Planets	1993	83.3	76.8	86	83.6	83.2	93.4	78	82
726	Blowout Comb - Digable Planets	1994	83.3	78.2	83	85	82.4	92	79	83.2
732	Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy	1990	83.2	76.8	92	83.1	77.4	89.4	78	86
739	Fantastic Damage - El-P	2002	83.2	75.8	89	84.5	79.1	91.2	78	85
747	Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah	2000	83.2	78	79	85.7	84	91.2	80	84.4
756	Ironman - Ghostface Killah	1996	83.2	78	83	85	83.7	91.6	78	82.8
814	Capital Punishment - Big Pun	1998	82.9	76.6	87	86.2	83.2	90.8	72	84.8
838	The Score - Fugees (Refugee Camp)	1996	82.9	76	86	84.3	83.7	90.8	77	82.4
866	Hiding Places - billy woods & Kenny Segal	2019	82.8	78.6	82	85.3	83.3	95	75	80.2
878	Tana Talk 3 - Benny the Butcher	2018	82.8	75.2	87	84	81.5	94.6	75	82
895	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest	1990	82.7	76.4	85	83.2	81.3	91.8	79	82.2
899	6 Feet Deep - Gravediggaz	1994	82.7	78.6	79	86	81.4	92.2	78	83.6
906	Illadelph Halflife - The Roots	1996	82.7	77.6	78	85.1	84.1	91.6	78	84.2
932	Buhloone Mindstate - De La Soul	1993	82.6	78.2	89	83.8	80.2	90.6	77	79.2
935	Hell on Earth - Mobb Deep	1996	82.6	77	80	85.6	83.1	92.2	77	83
943	Aethiopes - billy woods	2022	82.5	79	82	84.5	81.2	95	76	80
947	Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous - Big L	1995	82.5	78.8	68	86.3	85.3	93	80	86.2
974	Whut? Thee Album - Redman	1992	82.4	75	94	81.4	80.7	89.2	75	81.8
997	Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow	1997	82.4	75.2	87	82.4	78	92.6	77	84.4
1029	Jazzmatazz Volume 1 - Guru	1993	82.3	74.2	90	84.3	82.7	91.8	77	76
1043	Strictly Business - EPMD	1988	82.3	74.2	97	78.3	74.9	91.4	78	82
1120	Maps - billy woods & Kenny Segal	2023	82.1	77.6	86	82.7	78.7	94.2	76	79.2
1141	Hard to Earn - Gang Starr	1994	82	76.4	83	82.3	79.5	93	76	84
1150	Beauty and the Beat - Edan	2005	82	74.6	85	81.3	80.9	92.6	78	81.6
1172	Labor Days - Aesop Rock	2001	81.9	75	81	84.1	79.5	91.4	80	82.6
1178	Uptown Saturday Night - Camp Lo	1997	81.9	75.8	83	81.4	80.8	91.6	77	83.8
1198	The Impossible Kid - Aesop Rock	2016	81.9	74.8	81	83.7	81.8	93.4	78	80.4
1227	Breaking Atoms - Main Source	1991	81.8	75.2	91	80	73.9	93.2	78	81.4
1237	The Black Album - JAY-Z	2003	81.8	76.8	80	86.4	84.3	88	77	80
1262	Daily Operation - Gang Starr	1992	81.7	74.8	92	79.6	74.3	91.6	78	81.8
1274	Game Theory - The Roots	2006	81.7	78.2	81	84.9	81	85.8	79	82
1285	Ill Communication - Beastie Boys	1994	81.7	76.6	84	81.8	79.9	91	78	80.4
1307	GOLLIWOG - billy woods	2025	81.6	77	87	82.7	78.9	94.8	73	78
1331	Honor Killed the Samurai - Ka	2016	81.6	75.4	82	83.7	81	96	77	76
1344	Train of Thought - Reflection Eternal	2000	81.5	75.6	83	82.9	80.7	90.4	77	81.2
1346	Orpheus vs. the Sirens - Hermit and the Recluse	2018	81.5	74.4	83	84	83	94.6	75	76.8
1359	Muddy Waters - Redman	1996	81.5	76	80	82.9	82.8	91.2	76	81.8
1379	History Will Absolve Me - billy woods	2012	81.5	77.2	80	83.2	82.2	92.2	76	79.6
1394	The Sun Rises in the East - Jeru the Damaja	1994	81.5	75	92	79.8	73.5	92.6	75	82.4
1433	Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim	1988	81.4	75.6	82	80.1	79	90.2	78	84.6
1436	Take Me to Your Leader - King Geedorah	2003	81.3	77.4	83	82.4	79.2	91.4	80	76
1444	Operation: Doomsday - MF DOOM	1999	81.3	77.6	72	83.9	81.8	92.8	79	82.2
1467	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard	1995	81.3	75.4	89	81.6	77.5	91.2	76	78.2
1483	Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy	1991	81.2	73.8	96	77.7	73.2	86.6	77	84.4
1539	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II - Raekwon	2009	81.1	73	86	81	80.6	89.8	76	81.6
1566	We Buy Diabetic Test Strips - Armand Hammer	2023	81.1	75.6	87	81.4	77.9	93.8	74	77.8
1571	King's Disease III - Nas	2022	81.1	75.2	84	82.6	77.8	92.4	76	79.4
1616	The Ecstatic - Mos Def	2009	81	75.4	78	84.1	83.3	93	77	76
1699	Burning Desire - MIKE	2023	80.8	75.6	85	82	80.2	96	73	74
1763	Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.	1986	80.7	70.8	100	75.6	72.1	88.4	76	82
1843	I'll Sleep When You're Dead - El-P	2007	80.6	74.2	78	83.9	80.6	87.2	78	82
1885	Paraffin - Armand Hammer	2018	80.5	74.6	80	81.6	81.1	93.2	75	77.8
1890	Stakes Is High - De La Soul	1996	80.5	78.6	71	86.1	82.9	91.6	75	78
1892	Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G.	1997	80.5	74.8	73	83.8	83.2	91	77	80.4
1956	Fishscale - Ghostface Killah	2006	80.3	75.6	83	82.1	79.1	85.2	76	81.2
2005	Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions	1987	80.2	70.8	97	75.3	67.1	91.4	78	82
2008	Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys	1986	80.2	70.4	95	76.4	76.3	88.4	77	78
2053	Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots	1995	80.1	73.4	82	78.6	77.8	90	78	81.2
2055	Enta da Stage - Black Moon	1993	80.1	75.2	75	81.8	77.7	92.6	77	81.6
2123	How I Got Over - The Roots	2010	80	73.4	81	81	79.1	88.4	79	78
2124	Step in the Arena - Gang Starr	1991	80	73	88	76.3	73.2	90.6	78	80.8
2137	It Was Written - Nas	1996	80	75.4	70	85.4	84.1	89.8	77	78
2176	Beware of the Monkey - MIKE	2022	79.9	75.6	81	82	79.4	96.4	71	74
2179	The Lost Tapes - Nas	2002	79.9	75.4	79	84	76.7	87.2	77	80
2181	#RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach-Hommy	2024	79.9	74.6	83	80.6	77.5	96.6	73	74
2207	Song of Sage: Post Panic! - Navy Blue	2020	79.8	74	76	83.7	81.4	97.8	72	74
2208	KISS THE RING - Rome Streetz	2022	79.8	73.6	76	83.1	79.6	95.6	72	79
2217	Check Your Head - Beastie Boys	1992	79.8	74.2	79	77.6	78.4	91.2	78	80.4
2226	BRASS - Moor Mother & billy woods	2020	79.8	74.8	81	79	78.1	94.8	75	76
2265	The Thief Next to Jesus - Ka	2024	79.7	74.8	84	81.5	76.9	96	71	74
2293	The Renaissance - Q-Tip	2008	79.7	73	80	82.1	78.4	88.4	78	78
2337	Descendants of Cain - Ka	2020	79.6	73.2	80	79.6	79.9	96.6	74	74
2356	NO HANDS - Joey Valence & Brae	2024	79.6	74.8	80	79.5	78.5	93.2	75	76

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