Outside of maybe Illmatic, Doggystyle is the GOAT Hip Hop debut album from an emcee

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Only thing coming close is AMW from Cube. Documentary is the shyt but it's not close to this, in about 10-15 years I think Kdot might be a contender though.

Speaking on Illmatic though, I could name a LOT of debut albums I would rather listen to