
This was tough. So many things wouldn't fit, and once you get it narrowed to your top 50, it's downright awful, but really, everything on here blew my mind at the time, plus I still love and listen to it all. Gimme another week and the new Death Grips album would probably be on here too, so let's hope the next 20 years are just as rewarding, and that half of these are missing once we get to AllMusic 40. Oh, and I'm totally serious about the Pitchshifter and Fabulon, so try 'em ASAP.
50 Cent -
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Buju Banton -
'Til Shiloh
Daft Punk -
Homework
Dr. Dre -
The Chronic
Dr. Octagon -
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Eminem -
The Slim Shady LP
Fabulon -
All Girls Are Pretty
The Fall -
The Unutterable
Jay-Z -
Black Album
R. Kelly -
12 Play
Lil Wayne -
Tha Carter II
Damian Marley -
Welcome to Jamrock
Derrick May -
Innovator
Nas -
Illmatic
The Notorious B.I.G. –
Ready to Die
Patton Oswalt -
Werewolves and Lollipops
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti -
Before Today
Pitchshifter -
Desensitized
Snoop Dogg -
Doggystyle
UGK –
Underground Kingz