1997 - Ego Trip’s Top 25 Rap Albums
A snapshot of 1997’s most popular 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. The Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death
2. Capone N Noreaga - The War Report
3. Wu Tang Clan - Wu Tang Forever
4. Wyclef Jean feat Refugee Allstars - The Carnival
5. The Beatnuts - Stone Crazy
6. Mystikal - Unpredictable
7. Puff Daddy & The Family - No Way Out
8. Master P - Ghetto D
9. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
10. Mia X - Unlady Like
11. Jay-Z - In My Lifetime Vol. 1
12. Kool Keith - Sex Style
13. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
14. Bust Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes…
15. Ma$e - Harlem World
16. Bone Thugs & Harmony - The Art of War
17. Rakim - The 18th Letter, The Book of Life
18. EPMD - Back In Business
19. Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 EP
20. TRU - Tru 2 Da Game
21. O.C. - Jewelz
22. Scarface - The Untouchable
23. Mack 10 - Based On A True Story
24. Cru - Da Dirty 30
25. No I.D. - Accept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album)