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The '00s was the decade hip-hop took over, splintered into a thousand offshoots and ideas, and became something wild and utterly unconstrained. No singlenarrative could capture this decade, and this list does not attempt to. Over the past ten years, the genre decentralized completely, with scenes all overAmerica, and indeed the world, as culturally and artistically important as the New York boroughs that birthed it. Novelty bumped up against art, autotune andfinger snaps filtered through chipmunk soul and boom-bap throwback, and the entire culture was declared dead and still kicking too many times to count. Whatour list says about the '00s is that, just as with the decades before it, there is a wealth of great music still being made. While editing this list, Iwould find records that received only a handful of votes vying against albums that nearly all of us agreed were worthy of recognition, and among each of thesewas music worth recognizing, revisiting and relishing. We could have published a Top 100 and still failed to find every disc warranting inclusion, but I haveno doubt that the fifty we count down this week are a worthwhile, if necessarily incomplete summary of the decade. Enjoy.
-Jonathan Bradley, Feature Editor
50. Deltron 303 - Self-titled
49. Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
48. DOOM - Born Like This
47. Cam'ron - Purple Haze
46. Aesop Rock - Labor Days
45. Blu And Exile - Below The Heavens
44. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
43. TI - King
42. Quasimoto - The Unseen
41. De La Soul - The Grind Date
40. Nas - The Lost Tapes
39. UGK - Underground Kings
38. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
37. El-P - Fantastic Damage
36. Little Brother - The Listening
35. Lil Wayne - The Carter III
34. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
33. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
32. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
31. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
30. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
29. Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
28. The Game - The Documentary
27. Edan - Beauty And The Beast
26. Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
25. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
24. MF DOOM - MM..Food
23. The Roots - Game Theory
22. M.O.P. - Warriorz
21. Common - Like Water For Chocolate
20. Common - Be
19. Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
18. Clipse - Lord Willin
17. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
16. Nas - Stillmatic
15. Reflection Eternal - Train Of Thought
14. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
13. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
12. Scarface - The Fix
11. Kanye West - Late Registration
10. 50 Cent - GRODT
9. J Dilla - Donuts
8. Jay-Z - The Black Album
7. Kanye West - Graduation
6. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
5. Outkast - Stankonia
4. Kanye West - College Dropout
3. Madvillain - Madvillainy
2. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
1. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
http://passionweiss.com/2...albums-of-the-00s-50-41/
There's a good explantation of each pick at the site...
I don't necessary agree wit the list but its the first of its kind I seen and a pretty noble attempt...
-Jonathan Bradley, Feature Editor
50. Deltron 303 - Self-titled
49. Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
48. DOOM - Born Like This
47. Cam'ron - Purple Haze
46. Aesop Rock - Labor Days
45. Blu And Exile - Below The Heavens
44. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
43. TI - King
42. Quasimoto - The Unseen
41. De La Soul - The Grind Date
40. Nas - The Lost Tapes
39. UGK - Underground Kings
38. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
37. El-P - Fantastic Damage
36. Little Brother - The Listening
35. Lil Wayne - The Carter III
34. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
33. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
32. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
31. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
30. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
29. Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
28. The Game - The Documentary
27. Edan - Beauty And The Beast
26. Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
25. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
24. MF DOOM - MM..Food
23. The Roots - Game Theory
22. M.O.P. - Warriorz
21. Common - Like Water For Chocolate
20. Common - Be
19. Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
18. Clipse - Lord Willin
17. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
16. Nas - Stillmatic
15. Reflection Eternal - Train Of Thought
14. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
13. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
12. Scarface - The Fix
11. Kanye West - Late Registration
10. 50 Cent - GRODT
9. J Dilla - Donuts
8. Jay-Z - The Black Album
7. Kanye West - Graduation
6. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
5. Outkast - Stankonia
4. Kanye West - College Dropout
3. Madvillain - Madvillainy
2. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
1. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
http://passionweiss.com/2...albums-of-the-00s-50-41/
There's a good explantation of each pick at the site...
I don't necessary agree wit the list but its the first of its kind I seen and a pretty noble attempt...