Not included below are tracks from the best hip-hop albums yet made, Doggystyle and The Score.

landmarks

• MC's Act Like They Don't Know (KRS-One and DJ Premier)
• My Downfall (Notorious B.I.G.)
• Nas is Like (Nas)

masterpieces

• Animal in Man (Dead Prez)
• Bad Dreams (Busta Rhymes)
• Hip-Hop (Dead Prez)
• In the Music (The Roots)

excellent

• Beware (Big Pun)
• Distortion to Static (The Roots)
• Don't Feel Right (The Roots)
• 8 Mile (Eminem)
• Elevators (Outkast)
• Hard Knock Life (Jay-Z)
• Hold (KRS-One)
• How Many MC's (KRS-ONE)
• I'm A African (Dead Prez)
• It's A Party (Busta Rhymes feat. Zhane)
• Kick in the Door (Notorious B.I.G.)
• Mathematics (DJ Premier, Mos Def)
• Mind Sex (Dead Prez)
• Miss Jackson (Outkast)
• Micranots? (Micranots)
• Next Movement (The Roots)
• Old School (Tupac)
• Ooh! (De la Soul ft. RedMan)
• Track 15, album: Slum (Slum Village)
• Respiration (Blackstar feat. Common)
• Respond/React (The Roots)
• Section (The Roots)
• Shook Ones Pt. II (Mobb Deep)
• 6th Sense (Common and DJ Premier)
• Still (Dr Dre feat. Snoop Dogg)
• Tell Me Something (Arrested Development)
• Ten Crack Commandments (Notorious B.I.G.)
• They Schools (Dead Prez)
• Thirty Three Threes (Canibus)
• Throw Yo Hands in the Air (Cypress Hill)
• Tradin' War Stories (Tupac)
• Travellin' Man (DJ Honda and Mos Def)
• Way I Am, The (Eminem)
• Woo-Ha (Busta Rhymes)
• Wot They Do (The Roots)
• You Came Up (Big Pun)
• You'll Find A Way (Dead Prez)

special mentions

• Quiet Storm (Mobb Deep feat. Lil' Kim) - chiefly for having a really favorite chorus by the Kim lady
• Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee (Canibus) - me loving the so-alive beat