Artfull Dodger
All Star
THE SOURCE MAG
Albums that originally received five mics:
 People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm -- A Tribe Called Quest
 Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em -- Eric B. & Rakim
 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted -- Ice Cube
 One for All -- Brand Nubian
 De La Soul Is Dead -- De La Soul
 The Low End Theory -- A Tribe Called Quest
 Illmatic -- Nas
 Life After Death -- The Notorious B.I.G.
 Aquemini -- Outkast
 The Blueprint -- Jay-Z
 Stillmatic -- Nas
 The Fix -- Scarface
 The Naked Truth -- Lil' Kim
 Trill OG -- Bun B
 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy -- Kanye West
Albums that were not rated upon their releases, but were later rated five mics in 2002:
 Run-D.M.C. -- Run-D.M.C.
 Radio -- LL Cool J
 Licensed to Ill -- Beastie Boys
 Raising Hell -- Run-D.M.C.
 Criminal Minded -- Boogie Down Productions
 Paid in Full -- Eric B. & Rakim
 By All Means Necessary -- Boogie Down Productions
 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -- Public Enemy
 Long Live the Kane -- Big Daddy Kane
 Critical Beatdown -- Ultramagnetic MCs
 Straight Out the Jungle -- Jungle Brothers
 Strictly Business -- EPMD
 The Great Adventures of Slick Rick -- Slick Rick
 Straight Outta Compton -- N.W.A.
 No One Can Do It Better -- The D.O.C.
 All Eyez on Me -- 2Pac
Albums that originally received 4.5 Mics, and were later re-rated to five:
 Breaking Atoms -- Main Source
 Death Certificate -- Ice Cube
 The Chronic -- Dr. Dre
 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) -- Wu-Tang Clan
 Ready to Die -- The Notorious B.I.G.
 The Infamous -- Mobb Deep
 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... -- Raekwon
 2001 -- Dr. Dre
Albums that originally received four mics, and were later re-rated to five:
 Grip It! On That Other Level -- Geto Boys
 Doggystyle -- Snoop Doggy Dogg
 The Diary -- Scarface
 Me Against the World -- 2Pac
 The Score -- The Fugees
 Reasonable Doubt -- Jay-Z
XXL MAG
XXL rates albums from "S" (poor) to "XXL" (classic). Initially, editors awarded XXL status to only eight albums:
 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
 The Blueprint by Jay-Z
 Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent
 Be by Common
 Late Registration by Kanye West
 Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
 Life Is Good by Nas
A later issue in December 2007 re-rated and retroactively rated some albums and gave XXLs to:[9]
 The Chronic by Dr. Dre *
 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan *
 Illmatic by Nas *
 The Diary by Scarface *
 The Infamous by Mobb Deep *
 All Eyez on Me by 2Pac *
 Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z *
 The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory by 2Pac *
 Life After Death by The Notorious B.I.G. *
 2001 by Dr. Dre
 The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
 The Lost Tapes by Nas
 The College Dropout by Kanye West
 Asterisk (*) denotes an album that was released before the existence of XXL magazine, meaning this is their original rating, not a re-rate.
Which Albums do yo think deserve to be rated as XXL and 5Mic? And Which Albums do you think are unrecognized Classics that didnt make these lists??
Albums that originally received five mics:
 People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm -- A Tribe Called Quest
 Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em -- Eric B. & Rakim
 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted -- Ice Cube
 One for All -- Brand Nubian
 De La Soul Is Dead -- De La Soul
 The Low End Theory -- A Tribe Called Quest
 Illmatic -- Nas
 Life After Death -- The Notorious B.I.G.
 Aquemini -- Outkast
 The Blueprint -- Jay-Z
 Stillmatic -- Nas
 The Fix -- Scarface
 The Naked Truth -- Lil' Kim
 Trill OG -- Bun B
 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy -- Kanye West
Albums that were not rated upon their releases, but were later rated five mics in 2002:
 Run-D.M.C. -- Run-D.M.C.
 Radio -- LL Cool J
 Licensed to Ill -- Beastie Boys
 Raising Hell -- Run-D.M.C.
 Criminal Minded -- Boogie Down Productions
 Paid in Full -- Eric B. & Rakim
 By All Means Necessary -- Boogie Down Productions
 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -- Public Enemy
 Long Live the Kane -- Big Daddy Kane
 Critical Beatdown -- Ultramagnetic MCs
 Straight Out the Jungle -- Jungle Brothers
 Strictly Business -- EPMD
 The Great Adventures of Slick Rick -- Slick Rick
 Straight Outta Compton -- N.W.A.
 No One Can Do It Better -- The D.O.C.
 All Eyez on Me -- 2Pac
Albums that originally received 4.5 Mics, and were later re-rated to five:
 Breaking Atoms -- Main Source
 Death Certificate -- Ice Cube
 The Chronic -- Dr. Dre
 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) -- Wu-Tang Clan
 Ready to Die -- The Notorious B.I.G.
 The Infamous -- Mobb Deep
 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... -- Raekwon
 2001 -- Dr. Dre
Albums that originally received four mics, and were later re-rated to five:
 Grip It! On That Other Level -- Geto Boys
 Doggystyle -- Snoop Doggy Dogg
 The Diary -- Scarface
 Me Against the World -- 2Pac
 The Score -- The Fugees
 Reasonable Doubt -- Jay-Z
XXL MAG
XXL rates albums from "S" (poor) to "XXL" (classic). Initially, editors awarded XXL status to only eight albums:
 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
 The Blueprint by Jay-Z
 Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent
 Be by Common
 Late Registration by Kanye West
 Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
 Life Is Good by Nas
A later issue in December 2007 re-rated and retroactively rated some albums and gave XXLs to:[9]
 The Chronic by Dr. Dre *
 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan *
 Illmatic by Nas *
 The Diary by Scarface *
 The Infamous by Mobb Deep *
 All Eyez on Me by 2Pac *
 Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z *
 The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory by 2Pac *
 Life After Death by The Notorious B.I.G. *
 2001 by Dr. Dre
 The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
 The Lost Tapes by Nas
 The College Dropout by Kanye West
 Asterisk (*) denotes an album that was released before the existence of XXL magazine, meaning this is their original rating, not a re-rate.
Which Albums do yo think deserve to be rated as XXL and 5Mic? And Which Albums do you think are unrecognized Classics that didnt make these lists??
I appreciate the freebies but it def killed the initial listening experience.
