RANKED FROM PUBLISHED SCORECARDS
Highest-rated albums of the 2000s.
A leaderboard of the records we've scored. Explore an era, read the reasoning, and see where your own verdict differs.
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Only the 108 albums with an unambiguous, usable published score can enter these rankings. Equal scores share a rank; alphabetical ordering within a tie does not imply a preference. This is the site's reviewed selection, not a complete survey of every release.
| Rank | Album / artist | Year | Score / 10 | Label & sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hell Hath No Fury ↗Clipse | 2006 | 9.5 | Re-Up Gang / Columbia1 scorecard & notes |
| 1 | The Eminem Show ↗EminemListening guide → | 2002 | 9.5 | Aftermath Entertainment / Interscope Records |
| 1 | The Marshall Mathers LP ↗EminemListening guide → | 2000 | 9.5 | Aftermath Entertainment / Interscope / Shady Records |
| 1 | Supreme Clientele ↗Ghostface Killah | 2000 | 9.5 | Epic Records / Razor Sharp Records1 scorecard & notes |
| 1 | The Black Album ↗JAY-ZListening guide → | 2003 | 9.5 | Roc-A-Fella Records / Def Jam |
| 1 | The Blueprint ↗JAY-ZListening guide → | 2001 | 9.5 | Roc-A-Fella Records / Def Jam Recordings |
| 1 | Late Registration ↗Kanye WestListening guide → | 2005 | 9.5 | Roc-A-Fella Records / Def Jam |
| 1 | The College Dropout ↗Kanye WestListening guide → | 2004 | 9.5 | Roc-A-Fella Records / Def Jam Recordings |
| 1 | Stillmatic ↗NasListening guide → | 2001 | 9.5 | Columbia Records / Ill Will Records1 scorecard & notesMusicBrainz — release and track listing ↗ |
| 1 | Speakerboxxx / The Love Below ↗OutKast | 2003 | 9.5 | LaFace / Arista1 scorecard & notes |
| 1 | Stankonia ↗OutKastListening guide → | 2000 | 9.5 | LaFace Records / Arista Records1 scorecard & notesMusicBrainz — release and track listing ↗ |
| 12 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' ↗50 CentListening guide → | 2003 | 9 | Shady / Aftermath / Interscope |
| 12 | Be ↗CommonListening guide → | 2005 | 9 | GOOD Music / Geffen Records1 scorecard & notesMusicBrainz — release and track listing ↗ |
| 12 | American Gangster ↗JAY-Z | 2007 | 9 | Roc-A-Fella Records / Def Jam1 scorecard & notes |
| 12 | The Blueprint 3 ↗JAY-Z | 2009 | 9 | Roc Nation / Atlantic Records1 scorecard & notes |
| 12 | 808s & Heartbreak ↗Kanye West | 2008 | 9 | Def Jam / GOOD Music / Roc-A-Fella1 scorecard & notes |
| 12 | Graduation ↗Kanye WestListening guide → | 2007 | 9 | Roc-A-Fella Records / Def Jam |
| 12 | Man on the Moon: The End of Day ↗Kid Cudi | 2009 | 9 | GOOD Music / Universal Motown |
| 12 | Tha Carter II ↗Lil WayneListening guide → | 2005 | 9 | Cash Money Records / Universal Motown |
| 12 | Tha Carter III ↗Lil WayneListening guide → | 2008 | 9 | Cash Money Records / Universal Motown |
| 12 | Food & Liquor ↗Lupe FiascoListening guide → | 2006 | 9 | Atlantic Records / 1st & 15th Productions |
| 12 | God's Son ↗Nas | 2002 | 9 | Columbia Records / Ill Will Records1 scorecard & notes |
| 23 | The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse ↗JAY-Z | 2002 | 8.5 | Roc-A-Fella Records / Def Jam1 scorecard & notes |
| 24 | New Jack City II ↗Bow Wow | 2009 | 3 | LBW Entertainment / Columbia Records1 scorecard & notes |
| 24 | Hoodstar ↗Chingy | 2006 | 3 | Disturbing Tha Peace / Def Jam1 scorecard & notes |
| 24 | Press Play ↗Diddy | 2006 | 3 | Bad Boy Records / Atlantic Records1 scorecard & notes |
| 27 | C! True Hollywood Stories ↗Canibus | 2001 | 2 | Archives Music (independent)1 scorecard & notes |
| 27 | Souljaboytellem.com ↗Soulja Boy | 2007 | 2 | Collipark Records / Interscope Records1 scorecard & notes |
| 29 | Arch Nemesis ↗Benzino | 2005 | 1 | ZNO Records (independent)1 scorecard & notes |
| 29 | Playing with Fire ↗Kevin Federline | 2006 | 1 | Federline Records / Reincarnate Music |