The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 1993

1. Wu-Tang Clan — "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" ★★★★★

2. A Tribe Called Quest — "Midnight Marauders" ★★★★★

3. KRS-One — "Return of the Boom Bap" ★★★★☆

4. Black Moon — "Enta da Stage" ★★★★☆

5. Mac Mall — "Illegal Business?" ★★★★☆

6. Digable Planets — "Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)" ★★★★☆

7. Lords of the Underground — "Here Comes the Lords" ★★★★☆

8. Snoop Doggy Dogg — "Doggystyle" ★★★★☆

9. Queen Latifah — "Black Reign" ★★★★

10. Racionais MC's — "Raio X Brasil" ★★★★

11. Souls of Mischief — "93 'Til Infinity" ★★★★

12. Spice 1 — "187 He Wrote" ★★★★

13. Criminal — "It's the Criminal Manne" ★★★★

14. Eazy-E — "It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa" ★★★★

15. The Coup — "Kill My Landlord" ★★★★

16. Intelligent Hoodlum — "Tragedy: Saga of a Hoodlum" ★★★★

17. Onyx — "Bacdafucup" ★★★★

18. Eightball & MJG — "Comin' Out Hard" ★★★★

19. Tha Alkaholiks — "21 Over" ★★★★

20. Masta Ace Incorporated — "SlaughtaHouse" ★★★★

21. DJ Shadow and The Groove Robbers — "In / Flux" single ★★★★

22. Lady Bee (Skinny Pimp) — "Something for the Streets 2" ★★★★

23. Esham — "KKKill the Fetus" ★★★★

24. Fat Joe — "Represent" ★★★★

25. Guru — "Jazzmatazz Volume: 1" ★★★★

26. DMG — "Rigormortiz" ★★★☆

27. Naughty by Nature — "19 Naughty III" ★★★☆

28. 2Pac — "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z." ★★★☆

29. Scarface — "The World Is Yours" ★★★☆

30. Mac Dre — "Young Black Brotha: The Album" ★★★☆

31. E-40 — "Federal" ★★★☆

32. Mad Kap — "Look Ma Duke, No Hands" ★★★☆

33. Kam — "Neva Again" ★★★☆

34. DJ Paul & Lord Infamous — "Come W/ Me 2 Hell" mixtape ★★★☆

35. Geto Boys — "Till Death Do Us Part" ★★★☆

36. Pudgee tha Phat Bastard — "Give 'Em the Finger" ★★★☆

37. DJ Gruff — "La rapadopa" ★★★☆

38. Del the Funky Homosapien — "No Need for Alarm" ★★★☆

39. Lil Fly — "From da Darkness of da Kut" EP ★★★☆

40. Dre Dog — "The New Jim Jones" ★★★☆

41. The Beatnuts — "Intoxicated Demons the EP" EP ★★★☆

42. Cold World Hustlers — "Cold Streets" ★★★☆

43. Rumpletilskinz — "What Is a Rumpletilskin?" ★★★☆

44. JT the Bigga Figga — "Playaz n the Game" ★★★☆

45. K-Rino — "Stories From the Black Book" ★★★☆

46. Above the Law — "Black Mafia Life" ★★★☆

47. C-Bo — "Gas Chamber" ★★★☆

48. Poor Righteous Teachers — "Black Business" ★★★☆

49. AAVV — "Menace II Society" ★★★☆

50. Ice Cube — "Lethal Injection" ★★★☆

51. Da Youngsta's — "The Aftermath" ★★★☆

52. Das EFX — "Straight Up Sewaside" ★★★☆

53. Cypress Hill — "Black Sunday" ★★★☆

54. Da King & I — "Contemporary Jeep Music" ★★★☆

55. The Conscious Daughters — "Ear to the Street" ★★★☆

56. The Click — "Down & Dirty" ★★★☆

57. MC Breed — "The New Breed" ★★★☆

58. Havoc & Prodeje — "Livin' in a Crime Wave" ★★★☆

59. The Roots — "Organix" ★★★☆

60. King Tee — "Tha Triflin' Album" ★★★☆

61. Run-DMC — "Down With the King" ★★★☆

62. Threat — "Sickinnahead" ★★★☆

63. Heavy D & The Boyz — "Blue Funk" ★★★☆

64. MC Ren — "Shock of the Hour" ★★★☆

65. Kuncklehedz — "Stricktly Savage" ★★★☆

66. PSK-13 — "No Ordinary Aggin" EP ★★★☆

67. Mobb Deep — "Juvenile Hell" ★★★

68. De La Soul — "Buhloone Mindstate" ★★★

69. Original Flavor — "Beyond Flavor" ★★★

70. Erick Sermon — "No Pressure" ★★★

71. Big Daddy Kane — "Looks Like a Job For..." ★★★

72. Klondike Kat — "The Lyrical Lion" EP ★★★

73. Brotha Lynch Hung — "24 Deep" EP ★★★

74. YG'z — "Street Nigga" EP ★★★

75. MC Lyte — "Ain't No Other" ★★★

76. Seagram — "The Dark Roads" ★★★

77. Illegal — "The Untold Truth" ★★★

78. Mixmasta "D" — "Turnstable Scientist" EP ★★★

79. Mysterme & DJ 2020 — "Let Me Explain" ★★★

80. Prime Minister Pete Nice & Daddy Rich — "Dust to Dust" ★★★

81. Blood of Abraham — "Future Profits" ★★★

82. Lady B (Skinny Pimp) — "Something for the Streets" ★★★

83. Yo-Yo — "You Better Ask Somebody" ★★★

84. Freestyle Fellowship — "Innercity Griots" ★★★

85. Leaders of the New School — "T.I.M.E.: The Inner Mind's Eye - The Endless Dispute With Reality" ★★★

86. Dru Down — "Fools From the Street" ★★★

87. Ant Banks — "Sittin' on Somethin' Phat" ★★★

88. Justin Warfield — "My Field Trip to Planet 9" ★★★

89. Skinny Pimp — "Vol. 1" EP ★★★

90. Ultramagnetic MC's — "The Four Horsemen" ★★★

91. Digital Underground — "The Body-Hat Syndrome" ★★★

92. Frankie Hi-Nrg Mc — "Verba manent" ★★★

93. Bloods & Crips — "Bangin on Wax" ★★★

94. Sean T — "Straight From the Streets" ★★★

95. The Flavor Unit — "Roll Wit tha Flava" ★★★

96. Ice-T — "Home Invasion" ★★★

97. Brokin English Klik — "Brokin English Klik" ★★★

98. Ganksta Nip — "Psychic Thoughts (Are What I Conceive?)" ★★★

99. Apache — "Apache Ain't Shit" ★★★

100. Bo$$ — "Born Gangstaz" ★★★

101. Capital Tax — "The Swoll Package" ★★★

102. Private Investigators — "Re-Act Like Ya Knew" ★★★

103. Rascalz — "Really Livin'" ★★★

104. IMP — "Back in the Days" ★★★

105. Too $hort — "Get In Where You Fit In" ★★★

106. 5th Ward Boyz — "Ghetto Dope" ★★★

107. Gelo — "Havin' It My Way" ★★★

108. Jungle Brothers — "J. Beez Wit the Remedy" ★★★

109. Hoodrats — "Sneeke Muthafukaz" ★★★

110. Akinyele — "Vagina Diner" ★★★

111. Yall So Stupid — "Van Full of Pakistans" ★★★

112. Parental Advisory — "Ghetto Street Funk" ★★★

113. Raw Breed — "Lune Tunz" ★★★

114. LL Cool J — "14 Shots to the Dome" ★★☆

115. New Kingdom — "Heavy Load" ★★☆

116. Tim Dog — "Do or Die" ★★☆

117. Funkdoobiest — "Which Doobie U B?" ★★☆

118. Salt 'n' Pepa — "Very Necessary" ★★☆

119. Brand Nubian — "In God We Trust" ★★☆

120. Hi-C — "Swing'n" ★★☆

121. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince — "Code Red" ★★

122. Us3 — "Hand on the Torch" ★★

123. Totally Insane — "Goin' Insane" ★★

124. Total Devastation — "Total Devastation" ★★

125. Daddy-O — "You Can Be a Daddy, But Never Daddy-O" ★★

126. BONE Enterpri$e — "Faces of Death" ★★

127. Paperboy — "The Nine Yards" ★★

128. Just-Ice — "Gun Talk" ★★

129. TRU — "Who's da Killer" ★★

130. Articolo 31 — "Strade di città" ★★

131. Kris Kross — "Da Bomb" ★★

132. Biz Markie — "All Samples Cleared" ★★

133. Shaquille O'Neal — "Shaq Diesel" ★☆

134. The Last Poets — "Holy Terror" ★☆

135. 99 Posse — "Curre curre guagliò" ★☆

136. PM Dawn — "The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence)" ★☆

137. Rodney O & Joe Cooley — "Fuck New York" ★☆

138. Sonya C — "Married to the Mob" ★☆