COMPLEX's 25 Rap Albums From the Past Decade That Deserve Classic Status

[Dettol]

i see the word "classic" is still being thrown around so loosely.

 

[Mr. Negative]

The Eminem Show
The Fix
The Lost Tapes
GRODT
Diplomatic Immunity
Trap Muzik
Speakerboxxx/Love Below
The Black Album
College Dropout
Madvillainy
Documentary
Be
TM 101
Food and Liquor
Hell Hath No Fury (i have no idea why but fukk it)
Jesus Price Supastar
Graduation
Carter 3
Teflon Don
Flockaveli
Man on the Moon 2
MBDTF
Watch the Throne
Take Care
GKMC

I thought the bolded were already universally lauded as classic albums.......

 

[Mastamimd]

I REALLY don't get this Flockaveli being a classic album shyt....maybe that's just me

I mean shyt

Below the Heavens tho

 

[The_Third_Man]

The Eminem Show 4/5
The Fix 4.5/5
The Lost Tapes 5/5
GRODT 4/5
Diplomatic Immunity 4/5
Trap Muzik 4.5/5
Speakerboxxx/Love Below 3.5/5 / 4.5/5
The Black Album 4/5
College Dropout 5/5
Madvillainy 5/5
Documentary 4/5
Be 5/5
TM 101 4/5
Food and Liquor 5/5
Hell Hath No Fury 4/5
Jesus Price Supastar only heard few tracks
Graduation 4.5/5
Carter 3 3.5/5
Teflon Don 3.5/5
Flockaveli never heard it
Man on the Moon 2 4.5/5
MBDTF 5/5
Watch the Throne 4/5
Take Care 4/5
GKMC 5/5

 

[Ashtrey]

The Fix

College Dropout

Be


MBDTF

GKMC

Those are the only albums I consider classic from that list.

 

[CDoty]

25 Rap Albums From The Past Decade That Deserve Classic Status | Complex



not a bad list

take GKMC off there replace it with TM102, speakerboxxx (cuz its not rap IMO) with The Recession

 

[904Lurker]

seriously this needs .....

UGK - Underground Kings
BIG KRIT - KRIT wuz Here
Jeezy - Recession

 

[Yoda]

um..... BELOW THE FUKKIN HEAVENS ANYONE?

 

[King Biko]

No American Gangster
Teflon Don is not even better than Deeper Than Rap (somebody got a link for DTR?)
Carter 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Carter 3
Late Registration>>>>>>>Graduation (which is dope in its own right)

American gangster is the most overrated album ever on this site. shyt was good but a long way from classic. I personally like Teflon don better than all Ross album but I can see somebody saying otherwise and I agree with the rest

 

[Funcrusher]

I refuse to believe anybody called Wacka Flacka Flame is able to make anything more than your regular ignorant wild friday night warm up album.

 

[Digga38]

what a week

EM replaces NAS as one of THE GOATS

50 debuts @ #27 on Billboard ... #2 on hip-hop/rap charts

COmplex calls THE EMINEM SHOW a classic




the haters gon be working overtime

What song 50 chart?

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

Nas, The Lost Tapes (2002)
50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
The Diplomats, Diplomatic Immunity (2003)
Jay-Z, The Black Album (2003)
Kanye West, The College Dropout (2004)
Madvillain, Madvillainy (2004)
Common, Be (2005)
Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury (2006)



Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III (2008)
Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
Kanye West, Graduation (2007) Late Registration was better
Rick Ross, Teflon Don (2010) ????
Waka Flocka Flame, Flockaveli (2010)
Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010)
Drake, Take Care (2011) So Far Gone >>>


Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010)
T.I., Trap Muzik (2003)
OutKast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
The Game, The Documentary (2005)
Lupe Fiasco, Food & Liquor (2006)


Sean Price, Jesus Price Supastar (2007)
Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch The Throne (2011)
Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)

The Listening
The Minstrel Show
Late Registration
Tha Carter 2



This list is stupid as fukk.

Your smiley placement and bolding game needs work. I dont think anyone understood what the fukk you were trying to say.

 

[Da King]

The Eminem Show
The Fix
The Lost Tapes
GRODT
Diplomatic Immunity
Trap Muzik
Speakerboxxx/Love Below
The Black Album
College Dropout
Madvillainy
Documentary
Be
TM 101
Food and Liquor
Hell Hath No Fury
Jesus Price Supastar
Graduation
Carter 3
Teflon Don
Flockaveli
Man on the Moon 2
MBDTF
Watch the Throne
Take Care
GKMC

Bolded are classics, rest are 4.5 or lower mics

 

[Digga38]

glad sean price getting some love

 

[CDoty]

The Eminem Show
The Fix
The Lost Tapes
GRODT
Diplomatic Immunity
Trap Muzik
Speakerboxxx/Love Below
The Black Album
College Dropout
Madvillainy
Documentary
Be
TM 101
Food and Liquor
Hell Hath No Fury
Jesus Price Supastar
Graduation
Carter 3
Teflon Don
Flockaveli
Man on the Moon 2
MBDTF
Watch the Throne
Take Care
GKMC
Bolded are classics, rest are 4.5 or lower mics

TM101 is a classic don't trip b