Highest-rated albums of the 1990s.

• A Tribe Called Quest – "The Low End Theory" Review: The Most Timeless Album in Rap History — 10/10

• GZA – "Liquid Swords" Review: The Most Lyrically Precise Album in Wu-Tang History — 10/10

• Lauryn Hill – "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" Review: The Record That Proved Hip-Hop and Soul Were Always th — 10/10
• Lauryn Hill – "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" Review: The Record That Proved Hip-Hop and Soul Were Never Opp — 10/10

• Mobb Deep – "The Infamous" Review: The Darkest Album of the Golden Age — 10/10

• Nas – "Illmatic" Review: The Greatest Rap Album Ever Made — 10/10
• Nas – “Illmatic” Review: The Greatest Rap Album Ever Made — 10/10

• OutKast – "Aquemini" Review: The Most Adventurous Rap Album of Its Era — 10/10

• Raekwon – "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" Review: The Greatest Wu-Tang Solo Album Ever Made — 10/10

• The Notorious B.I.G. – “Ready to Die” Review: The Album That Put the East Coast Back on Top — 10/10
• The Notorious B.I.G. – "Ready to Die" Review: The Most Emotionally Complete Debut in East Coast Rap — 10/10

• Wu-Tang Clan – "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" Review: The Most Original Collective Debut in Rap History — 10/10
• Wu-Tang Clan – “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” Review: The Album That Changed Everything — 10/10
• Wu-Tang Clan – “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” Review: The Album That Rebuilt New York Rap — 10/10

• 2Pac – "All Eyez on Me" Review: The Last and Greatest Statement — 9.5/10

• 2Pac – "Me Against the World" Review: The Last and Greatest Statement — 9.5/10
• 2Pac – "Me Against the World" Review: The Last Statement Before the Storm — 9.5/10

• A Tribe Called Quest – "Midnight Marauders" Review: Their Most Melodically Perfect Album — 9.5/10

• Dr. Dre – "2001" Review: The Record That Defined Late-90s West Coast Rap — 9.5/10

• Dr. Dre – “The Chronic” Review: The Album That Invented G-Funk — 9.5/10

• Eminem – "The Slim Shady LP" Review: The Debut That Broke Everything — 9.5/10

• Jay-Z – "Reasonable Doubt" Review: The Most Artistically Uncompromised Album of His Career — 9.5/10
• Jay-Z – “Reasonable Doubt” Review: The Most Honest Album He Ever Made — 9.5/10

• The Notorious B.I.G. – "Life After Death" Review: The Greatest Double Album in Rap History — 9.5/10

• Big L – "Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous" Review: Harlem’s Greatest MC — 9/10

• Big Pun – "Capital Punishment" Review: The South Bronx’s Greatest MC — 9/10

• DMX – "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" Review: The Most Explosive Debut of 1998 — 9/10

• Gang Starr – "Moment of Truth" Review: The Most Complete Statement of the Guru / Premier Partnership — 9/10

• Ice Cube – "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" Review: The Debut That Made His Case — 9/10

Release year corrected against Apple Music; the archive table lists 1996.

• Jay-Z – "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1" Review: The Bridge Between the Underground and the Mainstream — 9/10
• Jay-Z – "In My Lifetime Vol. 1" Review: The Bridge Between the Underground and the Mainstream — 9/10

• Jay-Z – "Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life" Review: The Album That Made Jay-Z a Superstar — 9/10

• Jay-Z – "Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter" Review: Jay-Z Closes Out the Millennium at #1 — 9/10

• Mos Def – "Black on Both Sides" Review: The Most Lyrically Versatile Debut of Its Era — 9/10

• Nas – "It Was Written" Review: The Sophomore Album They Underrated — 9/10

• Pete Rock & CL Smooth – "Mecca and the Soul Brother" Review: The Most Soulful Album of the Golden Age East Coa — 9/10

• Snoop Dogg – "Doggystyle" Review: The Greatest West Coast Debut Album Ever Made — 9/10

• The Roots – "Things Fall Apart" Review: The Most Musically Sophisticated Hip-Hop Album of Its Era — 9/10

• Wu-Tang Clan – "Wu-Tang Forever" Review: The Full Clan at Their Commercial Peak — 9/10

• MC Hammer – "The Funky Headhunter" Review: Great Beats, Terrible Identity Crisis — 3/10

• Nas – "Nastradamus" Review: The GOD's Gray Area Album — 3/10

• Marky Mark – "You Gotta Believe" Review: The Album That Made Mark Wahlberg Become an Actor — 2/10

• Vanilla Ice – "Hard to Swallow" Review: An A+ Idea Destroyed by D- Execution — 2/10

• Vanilla Ice – "To the Extreme" Review: Spectacularly Hollow and Historically Damaging — 2/10

• Young MC – "Return of the 1 Hit Wonder" Review: The Title Was Honest. The Music Was Not. — 2/10

• Silkk the Shocker – "Made Man" Review: A Number One Album That Nobody Needed to Make — 1/10