Here is part one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time. They are not in any order. If you haven't heard any of these, and your a real hip hop fan, do yourself a favor and check them out. Feel free to leave feedback. Enjoy!

1. BIG PUNISHER - CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
(APRIL 1998)
Features the hits "Still Not A Player" & "Twins '98"
Sleeper tracks "Tres Leches", "Dream Shatterer"

2. WU-TANG CLAN - ENTER THE 36 CHAMBERS
(NOVEMBER 1993)
Features the hits "C.R.E.A.M.", "Can It Be So Simple",
"Method Man", & "Protect Ya Neck"
Sleeper tracks "Shame On A..", "Nuthing Ta F' Wit"

3. NAS - ILLMATIC
(APRIL 1994)
Features the hits "The World Is Yours", "One Love",
"It Ain't Hard To Tell"
Sleeper tracks "N.Y. State Of Mind", "Life's A Bitch"

4. JAY-Z - REASONABLE DOUBT
(JUNE 1996)
Features the hits "Dead Presidents", "Ain't No",
"Can't Knock The Hustle"
Sleeper tracks "Politics As Usual" "D'Evils"

5. 2PAC - ME AGAINST THE WORLD
(MARCH 1995)
Features the hits "Dear Mama", "So Many Tears", &
"Temptations"
Sleeper tracks "Death Around The Corner", "Old School"

6. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - LIFE AFTER DEATH
(MARCH 1997)
Features the hits "Hypnotise", "Mo Money Mo Problems"
Sleeper tracks "What's Beef", "Kick In The Door"

7. DR. DRE - 2001
(NOVEMBER 1999)
Features the hits "Still D.R.E.", "The Next Episode", &
"Forgot About Dre"
Sleeper tracks "XXXplosive", "Bitch Niggaz"

8. 50 CENT - GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
(FEBRUARY 2003)
Features the hits "In Da Club", "21 Questions", "Wanksta", & "P.I.M.P."
Sleeper tracks "Heat", "Many Men"

9. DMX - IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT
(MAY 1998)
Features the hits "Get At Me Dog", "Ruff Ryders Anthem",
"How's It Goin' Down"
Sleeper tracks "Niggaz Done Started Somethin", "Intro"

10. GOODIE MOB - SOUL FOOD
(NOVEMBER 1995)
Features the hits "Cell Therapy" & "Soul Food"
Sleeper tracks "Thought Process", "Dirty South"

11. OUTKAST - SOUTHERNPLAYALISTICADILLACMUZIK
(APRIL 1994)
Features the hits "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik",
"Player's Ball", & "Git Up, Git Out"
Sleeper tracks "Hootie Hoo", "Crumblin' Erb"

12. NAS - IT WAS WRITTEN
(JULY 2)
Features the hits "If I Ruled The World" & "Street Dreams"
Sleeper tracks "I Gave You Power", "Shootouts"

13. MOBB DEEP - THE INFAMOUS
(APRIL 1995)
Features the hits "Shook Ones", "Give Up The Goods", &
"Survival Of The Fittest"
Sleeper tracks "Eye For An Eye", "Temperature's Risin'"

14. RAEKWON - ONLY BUILT FOR CUBAN LYNX
(AUGUST 1995)
Features the hits "Ice Cream" & "Incarcerated Scarfaces"
Sleeper tracks "Rainy Dayz", "Verbal Intercourse"

15. A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - THE LOW END THEORY
(SEPTEMBER 1991)
Features the hits "Check The Rhyme", "Scenario", &
"We Got The Jazz"
Sleeper tracks "Butter", "Buggin' Out"

16. PUBLIC ENEMY - IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS
(APRIL 1988)
Features the hits "Bring The Noize", "Don't Believe The Hype",
& "Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos"
Sleeper tracks "Night Of The Baseheads", "Rebel Without A Pause"

17. N.W.A. - STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
(OCTOBER 1989)
Features the hits "Fuck The Police" & "Straight Outta Compton"
Sleeper tracks "Gangsta, Gangsta", "Dopeman"

18. DR. DRE - THE CHRONIC
(DECEMBER 1992)
Features the hits "Dre Day", "Nothin' But A 'G' Thang",
& "Let Me Ride"
Sleeper tracks "Deez Nuuuts", "Bitches Ain't Shit"

19. SNOOP DOGG - DOGGYSTYLE
(NOVEMBER 1993)
Features the hits "What's My Name", "Doggy Dogg World",
& "Gin & Juice"
Sleeper tracks "Ain't No Fun", "Shiznit", "Gz & Hustlaz"

20. 2PAC - ALL EYES ON ME
(FEBRUARY 1996)
Features the hits "California Love", "I Ain't Mad At Ya",
"2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted" & "How Do You Want It"
Sleeper tracks "Ambitonz Az A Ridah", "Picture Me Rollin"

21. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - READY TO DIE
(SEPTEMBER 1994)
Features the hits "Big Poppa", "Juicy", & "One More Chance"
Sleeper tracks "Gimmie The Loot", "Unbelievable"

22. FUGEES - THE SCORE
(FEBRUARY 1996)
Features the hits "Killin Me Softly", "Ready Or Not",
& "Fu-Gee-La"
Sleeper tracks "Zealots", "Cowboys", "How Many Mics"

23. OUTKAST - AQUEMINI
(SEPTEMBER 1998)
Features the hits "Rosa Parks", "Skew It On The Bar-B",
& "Da Art Of Storytellin'"
Sleeper tracks "Return Of The 'G'", "Aquemini"

24. GZA/GENIUS - LIQUID SWORDS
(NOVEMBER 1995)
Features the hits "Liquid Swords" & "Cold World"
Sleeper tracks "Labels", "4th Chamber", "Shadowboxing"

25. OL' DIRTY BASTARD - RETURN TO THE 36 CHAMBERS
(MARCH 1995)
Features the hits "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" & "Brooklyn Zoo"
Sleeper tracks "Rawhide", "Snakes", "Baby C'Mon"

26. GHOSTFACE KILLAH - IRONMAN
(OCTOBER 1996)
Features the hits "Motherless Child", "All That I Got",
"Daytona 500", & "Camay"
Sleeper tracks "Winter Warz", "Black Jesus"

27. GHOSTFACE KILLAH - SUPREME CLIENTELE
(FEBRUARY 2000)
Features the hits "Cherchez Le Ghost" & "Apollo Kids"
Sleeper tracks "One", "We Made It", "Child's Play"

28. JAY-Z - THE BLUEPRINT
(SEPTEMBER 2001)
Features the hits "Izzo" & "Girls, Girls, Girls"
Sleeper tracks "Takeover", "Heart Of The City", "U Don't Know"

29. OUTKAST - ATLIENS
(AUGUST 1996)
Features the hits "ATLiens", "Jazzy Belle", & "Elevators"
Sleeper tracks "Babylon", "13th Floor/Growing Old"

30. LOST BOYZ - LEGAL DRUG MONEY
(JUNE 1996)
Features the hits "Music Makes Me High", "Rich & Shameless",
"Renee", & "Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz, & Benz"
Sleeper tracks "Is This Da Part", "Straight From Da Ghetto"

31. SMIF-N-WESSUN - DAH SHININ'
(JANUARY 1995)
Features the hits "Sound Bwoy Bureill" & "Bucktown"
Sleeper tracks "Cession At Da Doghillee", "P.N.C."

32. BRAND NUBIAN - ONE FOR ALL
(DECEMBER 1990)
Features the hits "All For One" & "Slow Down"
Sleeper tracks "Wake Up", "Who Can Get Busy"

33. EPMD - STRICTLY BUSINESS
(JULY 1988)
Features the hits "You Gots To Chill" & "Strictly Business"
Sleeper tracks "It's My Thing", "You're A Customer"

34. ERIC B & RAKIM - PAID IN FULL
(OCTOBER 1987)
Features the hits "Eric B Is President", "I Ain't No Joke",
"Paid In Full", & "I Know You Got Soul"
Sleeper tracks "My Melody", "Move The Crowd"

35. SLICK RICK - GREAT ADVENTURES OF SLICK RICK
(MAY 1988)
Features the hits "Children's Story", "Mona Lisa",
"Hey Young World", & "Teenage Love"
Sleeper tracks "Lick The Balls", "Treat Her Like A Prostitute"

36. BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS - CRIMINAL MINDED
(NOVEMBER 1987)
Features the hits "South Bronx", "Bridge Is Over", &
"Criminal Minded"
Sleeper tracks "Super-Hoe", "9mm Goes Bang"

37. 8BALL & MJG - COMIN' OUT HARD
(JUNE 1993)
Features the hits "Comin' Out Hard" & "Mr. Big"
Sleeper tracks "Pimps", "Armed Robbery"

38. SCARFACE - THE DIARY
(NOVEMBER 1994)
Features the hits "I Seen A Man Die" & "Hand Of The Dead Body"
Sleeper tracks "Goin' Down", "The White Sheet"

39. A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS
(NOVEMBER 1993)
Features the hits "Award Tour", "Electric Relaxation", &
"Oh My God"
Sleeper tracks "8 Million Stories", "Midnight"

40. MAKAVELI - THE DON KILLUMINATI: 7 DAY THEORY
(NOVEMBER 1996)
Features the hits "Hail Mary", "Toss It Up" & "Live & Die in L.A."
Sleeper tracks "Against All Odds", "Bomb First"

41. DE LA SOUL - DE LA SOUL IS DEAD
(MAY 1991)
Features the hits "Saturdays" and "Ring, Ring, Ring"
Sleeper tracks "Oodles of O's", "Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa"

42. BLACK MOON - ENTA DA STAGE
(OCTOBER 1993)
Features the hits "Who Got The Props", "I Gotcha Opin", &
"How Many Emcees"
Sleeper tracks "Buck Em Down", "Make Munne"

43. REDMAN - WHUT? THEE ALBUM
(SEPTEMBER 1992)
Features the hits "Time 4 Sum Aksion", "Blow Your Mind", &
"Tonight's Da Night"
Sleeper tracks "How To Roll A Blunt", "Rated R"

44. ICE CUBE - AMERIKKKA'S MOST WANTED
(MAY 1990)
Features the hits "Who's The Mack" & "The Nigga Ya Love To Hate"
Sleeper tracks "Once Upon A Time", "You Can't Fade Me"

45. ICE CUBE - DEATH CERTIFICATE
(NOVEMBER 1991)
Features the hits "Steady Mobbin'" & "True To The Game"
Sleeper tracks "No Vaseline", "Alive On Arrival"

46. N.W.A. - NIGGAZ4LIFE
(MAY 1991)
Features the hits "Always Into Somethin'" & "Appetite For Destruction"
Sleeper tracks "I'd Rather Fuck You", "She Swallowed It"

47. THE D.O.C. - NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER
(JUNE 1989)
Features the hits "It's Funky Enough" & "The Formula"
Sleeper tracks "Mind Blowin'", "The D.O.C. & The Doctor"

48. JAY-Z - AMERICAN GANGSTER
(NOVEMBER 2007)
Features the hits "Roc Boys", "I Know", & "Blue Magic"
Sleeper tracks "No Hook", "Say Hello", "Party Life"

49. GETO BOYS - TILL DEATH DO US PART
(MARCH 1993)
Features the hits "Crooked Officer" & "Six Feet Deep"
Sleeper tracks "Straight Gangstaism", "Street Life"

50. LL COOL J - BIGGER AND DEFFER
(MARCH 1987)
Features the hits "I'm Bad" & "I Need Love"
Sleeper tracks "Kanday", "My Rhyme Ain't Done"