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Classic rap albums of the 2000s:
Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
Jay Z, The Blueprint
50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Jay Z, The Black Album
Kanye West, The College Dropout and/or Late Registration
Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
Near-classic rap albums of the 2000s:
OutKast, Stankonia
Reflection Eternal, Train of Thought
Madvillain, Madvillainy
Scarface, The Fix
Eminem, The Eminem Show
OutKast, Speakerboxx/The Love Below
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2
A reasonable argument could be made that all of Kanye's discography is going to be looked back upon like a rap David Bowie.
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this is pretty solid, though I think Stankonia is def a classic - more so than Black Album. Eminem Show is my favorite Em album by far, but I agree it's not quite a classic. One too many throw-away tracks made the final cut. Never listened to a handful of these, gonna check them out.
As for Kanye, I do think he deserves much, if not all the recognition he gets. But I get wary when an artist builds momentum like he has. I honestly didn't think Yeezus was that great, imo it was his worst album since 808s (to be sure, second-worst Kanye is better than 90% of everyone else), but it was hailed as a landmark album from the jump.