1996 - Ego Trip’s Top 25 Rap Albums
A snapshot of 1996’s best loved hip hop album releases, borrowing the top 25 list from the rap nerd’s bible that is Ego Trip‘s Book of Rap Lists:
1. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
2. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
3. Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
4. Outkast - ATLiens
5. Fugees - The Score
6. Redman - Muddy Waters
7. M.O.P - Firing Squad
8. De La Soul - Stakes Is High
9. Prince Paul - Psycoanalysis (What Is It?)
10. Makaveli - The Don KIlluminati: The 7 Day Theory
11. Keith Murray - Enigma
12. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
13. Busta Rhymes - The Coming
14. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
15. Westside Connection - Bow Down
16. Lil Kim - Hardcore
17. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
18. Jeru The Damaja - Wrath of the Math
19. E-40 - The Hall of Game
20. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
21. U.G.K - Ridin’ Dirty
22. Geto Boys - The Resurrection
23. Xzibit - At The Speed Of Life
24. Master P - Ice Cream Man
25. Crucial Conflict - The Final Tic