Dart Adams presents My Personal Favorite Top 100 Hip Hop Projects Of The 00’s

This list is a continuation of my Top 50 Hip Hop LP’s of the decade list that I submitted to my boy Jeff Weiss this past Summer including my honorable mentions from said list plus my favorites from the past few years (2005-2009) added in. These 100 selected projects represent many but nowhere near all of my favorite albums of the past decade as well as the ones I feel were the most influential. These albums all represent classic material to me.

A lot of you may be wondering where certain other albums are, to that I say look at the album covers displayed on my blog as well as my Top 50 favorite instrumental projects which should better or more accurately round out my personal favorite releases of the past decade. The 00’s weren’t the 90’s but I’ll be damned if anyone tell me that they were devoid of any influential or classic Hip Hop. Damn that! © Martin Lawrence

Without any further ado (and no alphabetical order or year of release for each selection because, let’s face it, transcribing sucks balls & I’m not getting paid for this. LOL), here is my list. Any comments, praise, disappointment or grievances please feel free to voice them all in the comments sections. Enjoy (or don’t):


M.O.P.-Warriorz
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
J Dilla – Donuts
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Reflection Eternal – Train of Thought
Slum Village – The Fantastic Vol. 2
Common – Like Water for Chocolate
Outkast – Stankonia
Madvillain – Madvillainy
Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
Nas – Stillmatic
Jay-Z-The Blueprint
Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
Kanye West – The College Dropout
The Game – The Documentary
Big L – The Big Picture
The Streets – Original Pirate Material
Cage – Hell’s Winter
Kanye West – Late Registration
Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
Edan – Beauty and the Beat
Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
MF Doom – Operation: Doomsday
Little Brother – The Listening
El-P – Fantastic Damage
De La Soul – The Grind Date
Quasimoto – The Unseen
Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens
Aesop Rock – Labor Days
Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
Sean Price – Monkey Bars
Nas – God’s Son
Elzhi – The Preface/Europass
DJ Muggs vs GZA – Grandmasters
Jaylib – Champion Sound
Binary Star – Masters of the Universe
Pete Rock – Petestrumentals
Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent by Design
Black Milk – Tronic
Scarface-The Fix
Non Phixion – The Future is Now
Jay Dee AKA J Dilla-Welcome 2 Detroit
Aesop Rock – Float
J-Live – The Best Part
Tanya Morgan-Moonlighting
Y Society – Travel At Your Own Pace
Invincible – Shapeshifters
Scaramanga – 7 Eyes, 7 Horns (Special Edition)
Godfather Don – Diabolique
Kano – Home Sweet Home
The U.N. – U.N. or U Out?
Dizzee Rascal-Showtime
Klashnekoff-The Sagas Of…
Little Brother-The Minstrel Show
CunninLynguists-A Piece Of Strange
El-P-I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
Blue Scholars-Bayani
Nicolay & Kay-Time: Line
Murs – 3:16 The 9th Edition
MF Mood-MM…Food
Emanon-The Waiting Room
Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
People Under the Stairs – OST
Jay-Z – The Black Album
Dead Prez – Lets Get Free
Q-Tip – The Renaissance
Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
Johnson & Jonson (Blu & Mainframe)-Johnson & Jonson
Talib Kweli-Quality
Jean Grae-Jeanius
Viktor Vaughn (MF Doom)-Vaudeville Villain
9th Wonder & Buckshot-Chemistry
Atmosphere-When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
Immortal Technique-Revolutionary Vol. 1
AZ-A.W.O.L.
Pete Rock-Petestrumentals
Slum Village-Detroit Deli
The Roots-Phrenology
Mos Def-The New Danger
Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP
Ghostface Killah-Fishscale
Clipse & The Re-Up Gang-We Got It For Cheap
Joe Budden-Mood Music 2
Wu Tang Clan-The W
Black Milk-Popular Demand
Evidence-The Weatherman LP
Common-Be
Sean Price-Jesus Price Superstar
Pharoahe Monch-Desire
Quasimoto-The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas
Kanye West-Graduation
Finale-A Pipe Dream & A Promise
Diamond District-In The Ruff
Asamov-And Now…
Tanya Morgan-Brooklynati
Marco Polo-Port Authority
Lupe Fiasco-Fahrenheit 1: 15 Part II: Revenge Of The Nerds
Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2

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