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One record per artist

Best of each artist

Every artist appears only once – with their best record. The list is ranked by the editors’ Still holds up score, then First listen and the readers’ ratings.

All 91Rock 14Pop 8Soul, funk and R&B 7Jazz 4Hip hop 4Electronic 5Folk, country and song 5Reggae and world 2Hard rock and metal 42
  1. 1 Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1988 · Hip hop Timeless classic
  2. 2 Nas Illmatic 1994 · Hip hop Timeless classic
  3. 3 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998 · Hip hop Timeless classic
  4. 4 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly 2015 · Hip hop Modern classic

91 artists in the collection.