Top 200 Hip-Hop Albums Of All Time?!

Rolling Stone is off a perc if they thought this was about to fly...

[@hudsondavid2235]

The fact that Invasion of Privacy was ranked above MADVILLAINY is criminal.

[@readoptionlee]

the fact that her ass is even on the fucking list at all is criminal lmfao

[@ptrcrispy]

This is how they get yall to click on the link and they make bank

[@traplover6357]

RS knows how much Card B haters click these articles.

[@TCVB491]

I could deal with where MADVILLAINY was ranked. 18 is fair, Invasion Of Privacy? Eh.

[@londoncyr369]

literally criminal

[@squalay3601]

cardi b's album probably wasnt even the best rap album that came out on that DAY, how the fuck is it spose to be better than illmatic

[@Bruhlie]

I looked it up, and Invasion of Privacy (Cardi B's album) came out on April 6th, 2018. Kali Uchis' album Isolation also came out that day, and Saba's album Care for Me came out a day earlier.

[@whotfisjason7870]

@@Bruhlie 💀💀

[@fluhmix6786]

should it be 16? no but its not a bad album.

[@utubeisawsomeify]

It’s just clickbait. People need to just ignore this list lol

[@maxs2480]

I think I can make a better album Than Invasion of Privacy with some dedication

[@DanKale]

There’s no way 16 people gathered around a table and collectively agreed that Invasion of Privacy was a better album than Illmatic. Or literally any other entry below it…

[@youngtundra478]

Facts, and on top of City Girls and Doja Cat better than It Was Written….

[@athenaproductions3569]

This PC shit turning me into a misogynist smh

[@TheSkaOreo]

@@athenaproductions3569 kinda sounds like a you problem if a rap list is making you…hate women?

[@athenaproductions3569]

@@TheSkaOreo nah i already hated women before now I just have an excuse

[@robinvolpi]

@@athenaproductions3569 So having Cardi at 16 is because she's a woman?? 😬💆🏽‍♀️ They could've had several OTHER women in that spot that would've deserved it.... and yet, here you are blaming it on being PC towards a specific gender? Appears that you have more profound issues to work through.

[@yendorsaphura]

Invasion of Privacy is not better than GKMC, It Is Written, Bandana, The Marshall Mathers LP, MOTM, how tf are none of Denzels albums on this list, ILLMATIC WTF?!?!?!?!

[@BKLYN_TZU]

The fact Cardi's album is higher then Nas debut is ridiculous illmatic was a real game changer not only lyrically but as far as assembling all the best producers at the time to work on one perfect album was unheard of.

[@julian3560]

Exactly. Nas made that album at only 20 years old too.

[@R-H-B]

Ok I’ve not seen it yet but WHAT THE FUCK

[@jimgernerea5626]

illmatic is top 5... There's no way Blueprint is better or more relevant.

[@VenomTNT]

@@jimgernerea5626 top 3 minimum

[@napppstar0]

Yeah but I Like It has Bad Bunny. He spends in the club what you have in the bank. Come on bro

[@Hakimw21]

You guys need to realize rolling stone accomplished exactly what they wanted to here. We're giving them tons of publicity and attention and now people are going to check out the list and give them more clicks due to it. Best idea is to never take lists like this serious and just move on. Don't feed the trolls. Their list doesn't matter.

[@roryalexanderm]

yeah but funny video

[@Sza4L]

Well it also gives you attention if they have attention, so it goes both ways. And also, if they just ignored lists then we wouldn’t have these entertaining videos, so honestly it don’t really matter

[@username-ew2jr]

why yall pressed by rolling stones

[@Forgiveiolord]

@@roryalexanderm cardi b sister first song . kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKuUm6qEf9B0q9E

[@Sza4L]

@@username-ew2jr istg

[@EEklipsAtDawn]

I always saw The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as a neo soul album with pieces of hip hop in it

[@televisedpork7993]

Same. It’s not a full-on rap album.

[@clementinelives]

@@televisedpork7993 definitely

[@8bitesquivel349]

The Eminem Show being omitted is insane.

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

Illmatic and MMLP not being in Top 10 scares me more

[@JordanNMusic]

Chance the Rapper’s Acid Rap being on the list is one thing…but the tape being above Raekwon’s OB4CL and Kendrick’s GKMC is another

[@javonestephens7856]

Facts

[@hfjemini5]

Fuck acid rap bro playboi Carti, cardi b etc shouldn’t have an album touching any top list period

[@brianl5668]

acid rap is great but yeah it definitely doesn’t deserve to be that high

[@dabs.47]

I'll take that over cardi b any day .. it's one of the best mixtapes of all time

[@BigOwl51]

Nah acid rap is way better than anything Raekwon did

[@stevehatsu3813]

“From Berserk to Fairytale” Didn’t realize Shawn was so cultured 🤧

[@daniel-ov1vo]

R.i.P Kentaro Miura 😔

[@dominikzajkowski8242]

Becuase the internet is hella good tho it aint deserve to be compared anywhere near fairy tail

[@jo-lg.2458]

ive noticed the desktop background on his computer is guts sitting.

[@ochiai3]

@@dominikzajkowski8242 fairy tail is goated though

[@thalente8074]

@@daniel-ov1vo looks like we might see the ending to his work soon

[@JoshuaHenelyThornhill]

Listening to Shawn breaking down slowly but surely to this insane list is always a treat

[@egwgsdgwegfqweqwrfqwef9877]

I definitely agree with you making more article-related videos. I would like to see your reactions on various aspects of culture as a whole, in addition to your reactions to music and the culture that surrounds it.

[@kc.21k]

I’m not surprised that the same people who got Meghan and Doja’s albums over J Cole, Tyler, and Lil Simz’s album would make such horrible takes. Anyone with Cardi B anywhere close to a top 200 list especially top 20 need to be avoided at all costs

[@deftfkaubgup4669]

You could make the argument that Cardi could be #200-170 based off the albums success sales wise. But #16 is wacky af

[@dantegabriel8856]

facts💯 plus add azailea banks there too to the list. they shouldnt be in the convo whatsoever

[@anijeepa]

@@deftfkaubgup4669 maybe album sales wise but i geniuenly can name 200 rap albums better than hers

[@TheSinatra]

@@renee7271 not beyond Nas, KDOT, Cole, Wayne, Jay Z, and i could continue

[@dantegabriel8856]

@@renee7271 pathetic simp

[@sumo._]

The biggest exclusions from the list I can think of are 808's & Heartbreak, Nothing Was the Same, Rodeo, CLPPNG, Atrocity Exhibition, The Impossible Kid, I think all of those could have totally replaced some of these choices.

[@perplexed1783]

Literally all of these could have been better picks then fuckin invasion of privacy 💀

[@qsings8674]

What about TPAB?

[@sumo._]

@@qsings8674 Its #5 on the list which I honestly dont necessarily disagree with

[@unhelpfulrevelations7989]

The lack of any Aesop projects really proves that they’re just trying to please the highest number of people, we all know Aesop doesn’t have a tremendously huge and vocal fanbase and that’s why they don’t give a shit

[@idkyou8188]

Out of all the Kanye albums they put on they left out 808s

[@huntertaylor5336]

Damn I was happy Because The Internet made the list, I love that album lol

[@toons8744]

I like csmp better but that's just because I relate to it better BTI is probably the better album but God i love camp so much

[@jalenxclay]

Shawn I wanna see your top 50 of all time. I really wanna expand my hip hop/rap collection more.

[@TripleM24]

He'll get destroyed if he ever did something like that regardless of what his list looks like

[@jalenxclay]

@@TripleM24 yeah but I mean I’ll take Shawn’s list over Rolling Stones any day

[@johnathanhansen3741]

I knew Mario Judah’s “Whole Lotta Red” would be number one before the video even started

[@deftfkaubgup4669]

I mean who else could it have gone to?

[@Forgiveiolord]

@@deftfkaubgup4669 cardi b sister first song . kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKuUm6qEf9B0q9E

[@anagh9313]

Wrong comment section my guy

[@_bofu]

this is not Anthony Fantanos unfunny comment section boy

[@Phoenix-qi3eh]

@@_bofu LIterally all of your content is memes that came out years ago

[@kaiiii2718]

This list is a massive disrespect to hip-hop as a whole. Some of these placements just show how any mainstream rappers can become one of the “greats” in the genre without putting in any work and it really has a negative impact of what Hip-Hop is and actually some of the albums have no real impact on the culture. When you’re putting Illmatic before Cardi B then you can’t take this list seriously at all man. Music is subjective but this is actually wrong.

[@no-vk2qe]

Fr bro, and Reasonable Doubt & illmatic being at only 26 & 24 feels like such a spit in the face. Both top are better than TPAB imo

[@perplexed1783]

Also how was 808s not on this? It Literally changed hip-hop forever and it's the reason the modern rap exists

[@perplexed1783]

And The college dropout too, Literally the reason samples got normalized in hip-hop cuz he perfected the use of them

[@BetterCallSaul.]

Fr, can’t believe someone got paid to put wlr in this list

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

There is an argument for aesthetic objectivism actually. It is not completely subjective or objective. If you are seriously trying to say Cardi B is more important than Illmatic and All eyez on me then you are going againts reality

[@ryanshaw7113]

Cardi at 16 was put there strictly to get this list attention...and it's working perfectly

[@truthwooph4083]

Imagine lowering yourself to doing that ? Wow

[@lolno6975]

Fun fact: Little Simz plays as Shelley in Top Boy (imo the 2nd best TV show I've ever watched after Breaking bad obv) and there are several other British rappers in the show aswell including: Kano (plays Sulley) Asher D (plays Dushane) and Dave (plays Modey)

[@ethanthomas-tuiavii9061]

Petition for Shawn to make his own list…?

[@Ebs321]

I'm here for it

[@marvenpraisoody6822]

amen

[@user-fp8pv2jp9u]

Think he already did

[@ethanthomas-tuiavii9061]

@@user-fp8pv2jp9u surely you find it for the boys

[@user-fp8pv2jp9u]

@@ethanthomas-tuiavii9061 nvm, he did top 100 albums of the 2010s

[@goldenage1000]

That Cardi B placement got me rolling on the floor laughing.

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

You took it well. Others must be destroying their living rooms pissed off

[@traplover6357]

Card B haters are going crazy when they are getting milked by clicking the article 💀

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

@@traplover6357 I like Cardi and I think she is better than Nicky. Still putting her up there is something only people on angeldust or DMT should be allowed to do

[@lqayyim]

Me too I’m literally crying 😭🤣

[@distinctlydri2831]

It’s an album you can play from beginning to end and it’s cohesive. As much as I live Nas…..

[@joshuasummers7554]

18:11 *"You put her [Cardi] above ...(!?), DMX JUST DIED!!!?"* I choked at this reaction lmao

[@jayclearmen411]

Fam *the Utter Disrespect!!!*

[@GareBare90]

Nas "Illmatic" should've been in the top 10 as well as MF Doom's "Madvilliany" Fact

[@7er3miah]

Cardi b Invasion of privacy at 16 is insane

[@BonesDMS4life]

All eyes on me by Tupac and a bunch of goat projects . The fact that lil Kim isn’t on the list and Cardi b is higher then the legends is crazy this list holds 0 credibility

[@lafree990]

But people don’t get that every song on Cardi B album is gold or platinum, I don’t believe it’s been done before and also a couple of Diamonds

[@ThatGuyLegend]

The fact that they put it over GKMC, Ill fucking matic, Madvillany and Aquemeni and etc shows that they have brain damage

[@ThatGuyLegend]

@@lafree990 so sales is what makes it better than Illmatic, GKMC, Aquemeni and Madvillany?????

[@Lankzino]

@@ThatGuyLegend They're trying to pander to Twitter users 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@stajj8173]

I really like what you said about letting an album age for 10 years before considering it on a top 200 list

[@Noirlore]

Idk man, tpab was instantly loved and deserves at least a spot. Whether it’s spot #200

[@captainnappyhair]

@@Noirlore I think that’s a rare exception. Most of the time you need at least a decade imo cause longevity is so essential to being on a list like this

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

I think I saw like 5 albums from 2021 and a few others from 2020 (Lil Uzi). It is clear these idiots can´t even wait a few months so expecting them to even wait 5 years is pointless. It seems that if they would have decided to do this list on 2018 they would have included the Lil Pump debut

[@raynjpg]

honestly I think it's valid to consider anything pre-2015 for the top 200 all time.

[@p-funk5562]

I think 5 years would be more appropriate

[@Super-zq3pn]

11:28 he knew, metro was always the superhero

[@abemrofchak]

I say this as someone who hates Eminem and loves Vince, Summertime 06 being higher than Slim Shady EP is insane.

[@JordanNMusic]

Call If You Get Lost just dropped not even a year yet…HOW TF IS IT #46 ON THE GREATEST RAP ALBUMS EVER LIST?

[@sumo._]

Its overrated anyway, Tyler has 3 better albums in his discog

[@bitchimigor7867]

@@sumo._ wolf

[@maxs2480]

Fr

[@theseoldhomes]

@@sumo._ 2*

[@kentekuzan]

they had that over flower boy what are they ON

[@BallKnower]

I don’t know why y’all pay attention to rolling stone, you’re literally doing what they want

[@MaxMax-zo9vq]

They’re like if Pitchfork was as out of touch as everybody says they are.

[@Forgiveiolord]

@@MaxMax-zo9vq cardi b sister first song . kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKuUm6qEf9B0q9E

[@kauswekazilimani3736]

@@MaxMax-zo9vq frfr.

[@SWINDISA]

Really liked the idea @ 6:40 of having of doing regional lists that outlines pioneers. I know nothing about this genre, but I got into Tierra Whack & Dave & I've been trying to use lists like these to help me explore, but they're too big to be useful guides

[@dhaniii_]

Lupe most definitely deserved a spot here

[@p-ruthless9005]

What album by him though?

[@kaylajackson7021]

Lasers

[@amarjotsingh8455]

@@p-ruthless9005 the cool prob

[@swaythekid]

The cool fasho

[@HelpMeHelpMePlease]

Food & Liquor, The Cool, TETSUO & YOUTH, DROGAS WAVE come on man...

[@nickmathis6136]

The fact that Shawn’s mixtape isn’t on here is fucked. I mean.. I know it’s not out yet but we all know.

[@jaydeegreat88]

RS If Shawn's album isnt #1 the list is automatically blasphemous😤

[@ochiai3]

ikr? shawn cee's "Be Safe" mixtape literally changed the game especially when he released that single from the mixtape called "Shawn's Room" LIKE HOW TF IS THIS MIXTAPE NOT INFLUENTIAL?

[@tinktink360]

Actually the worst list list I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen such a poorly constructed list of rap albums. I’m blown away.

[@toons8744]

Guarantee you Jack Harlow gets on the next list above Kenny and Cole

[@TheSkaOreo]

I hate that you’re right.

[@barry4649]

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert was the only album on here from the UK, and that’s disgraceful how Konnichiwa, Boy In The Corner, Made In The Manor and Psychodrama didn’t make it, and I know that she was the only one there just because she is a woman and they had a stupid agenda of getting every female rapper possible on here though I’m not saying her album isn’t a classic and it actually should be much higher in the list. EDIT: I forgot The Streets but I never viewed them as rappers anyway

[@kbreezy1581]

It's not that they brought on every female rapper here. They just really wanted to appeal to a lot of people. They didn't just put every female rapper here, they put EVERYONE here. They put Travis, Future, thugger, 21 savage, lil uzi, playboi carti, juice wrld, rich homie quan, rae sremm, migos, chief keef and just about every other trap nigga. Only 2, maybe three of these artists made an album I say is top 200 all time.

[@thomasnelson5758]

Boy in da Corner is such a good album too, influential AND a classic. That did stand out to me. That being said, I'm super glad SIMBI made the cut, it's easily one of my favorite records of the past 5 years

[@lukeferraro01]

It should actually be higher up on the list? Stop. It isn’t even a week past being 9 months old. The album doesn’t belong on any all time list at this point

[@CritikalJari]

Yoooo seeing someone talk about Made In The Manor as a classic is such validation for me, absolutely incredible record

[@eddythewire3755]

Pshychodrama doesn’t deserve to be on here lmao. It was not even the best UK rap of 2019.

[@sumo._]

They absolutely put Cardi B at #16 because they knew it would get people talking and thus more clicks. That being said, XXX is a top 50 hip hop album and its placement makes me even more angry.

[@Joe-ol5bq]

and where tf was Atrocity Exhibition

[@amanuel221]

invasion of privacy over madvillainy and illmatic is crazy

[@nate_thegreat313]

They need to add more dope female artists such as Princess Nokia w/ 1992 Deluxe, Rapsody w/ Laila's Wisdom, Queen Latifah w/ All Hail The Queen, Replace Room 25 with Telefone by Noname, and maybe Tierra Whack. Replace Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with The Score by Fugees.

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Agree. As god lntended Che noir and Sa-roc daughter sharecroppers

[@nate_thegreat313]

@@maryannappiagyei4277 Sa-Roc most definitely 💯

[@young_raymond47]

@@nate_thegreat313 Jean Grae is literally the best female rapper (imo) and she doesn't show up once. There eagerness to shoehorn women into prominent positions in the list comes off as hollow when they ignore rappers like her.

[@nate_thegreat313]

@@young_raymond47 not only her, a few couple of others besides Jean, there's Foxy, Lady of Rage, etc. A few ones from the old days to name that definitely should be talked about and mentioned.

[@shemajdgantt5732]

Why is nobody mentioning Leikeili47?

[@AjrafC]

Invasion of privacy is like a ticking time bomb in this video, I feel like I'm rewatching once upon a time in hollywood

[@iammatthewdavid03]

When I read that article, I thought to myself, “I wonder what my man Shawn Cee thinks.” This is honestly one of the worst lists I’ve ever seen. It’s basically anyone can be included regardless of the quality and it’s a sin against God that Cardi B’s album is higher than The College Dropout, Illmatic, reasonable doubt, madvilliany, all eyez on me, aquemini, marshall mathers lp, me against the world, 2014 forest hills drive, IYRTITL, the black album, coloring book, the slim shady lp, man on the moon teod, damn., call me if you get lost, yeezus, the Carter iii, late registration, the chronic, GKMC, acid tap, it’s dark and hell is hot, and ds2. and how in god's name is planet her, the juice world, polo g and pop smoke albums got in and rodeo, graduation, Igor, flower boy, any run the jewels album, the last tribe called quest album not included. I want to know what these people were, and what bribes we were given to do that because they don’t need to be near music whatsoever.

[@JordanNMusic]

Cardi B getting #16 would maybe make sense if we’re ranking albums from the past decade (to Rolling Stones standards that is)… but greatest rap albums ever? Such a reach. Edit: I shoulda phrased it like this … if Rolling Stone was making the list I could see why they’d put it at #16 for albums of the decade. Me personally this album’s not seeing any list of mine

[@firstlast9846]

Majorly disagree - Cardi’s albums wouldn’t make it into the discussion of best albums of the last decade.

[@prodbyguap4928]

not even past decade what are you talking about

[@maxs2480]

#16 for worst albums of all time

[@MaxMax-zo9vq]

It’s a pretty good album but I dunno if I’d put it as a contender for the last decade even.

[@djnkg4703]

Not even best albums of 2018 brah

[@joeclevenger9384]

Shawn these are my fav vids dawg I appreciate you

[@3000cbreezy]

Coles 2014 Forrest Hills Drive definitely deserves to be on the list though, you can argue the number, but it’s def up there

[@AlrightParty]

Literally so confused. Like 3 of his albums are missing

[@maazwaseem8313]

It's a decent album at best quality wise, but how has it really impacted hip-hop the way a GKMC or MBDTF or even a TPaB or Take Care did?

[@mucuspatty4649]

@@maazwaseem8313 I mean those albums were also on the list though. You can still put it on there and have it below the other albums, it’s a big list

[@jayyy1677]

@@maazwaseem8313 it’s definitely a great album though

[@kaylajackson7021]

Nigga cardi b is 16 and Cole ain’t get a pitch

[@LoganNagol]

Literally the entire list they had to ask themselves "Is this better than Astroworld" and somehow they said yes. Like how tf is Eternal Atake better than Astroworld

[@szabolcsf.8645]

@Zovim bro u trippin xdd

[@TheNadroj10]

I liked EA on the same level as astroworld. Both albums are 🔥, really on the same level to me

[@R-H-B]

I don’t really get the hype for Astroworld. I’ve heard it twice and both times it was pretty mediocre. There’s some good songs on it but as an overall experience it’s not blowing my mind or anything

[@charlesyoung6692]

This list has to be satire. There is no way a group of individuals came together and unironically brain stormed to come up with this.

[@bigkroner766]

Having Eternal Atake on the list, an album pretty universally considered a disappointment even by big Uzi fans, shows how out of touch they are

[@unhelpfulrevelations7989]

Yeah out of touch is good words for this, at least for the newer shit. It’s like they chose the most marketed stuff rather than what people actually like.

[@devirmledyhi7876]

Idk if it’s "universally considered a disappointment". Some critics liked it, especially RS which explains its inclusion on the list. It’s not even that bad of an album. Uzi is just one of those artists that have a fickle fanbase that suffers from 2015-17 nostalgia. If their recent music doesn’t sound like anything from the good old times then it’s automatically dismissed as trash.

[@devus9793]

I actually like the album but I don’t think it’s top 200

[@mucuspatty4649]

I preferred Luv is Rage 2, but a lot of people really liked the album, especially critics. I know Pitchfork was big on it and Rolling Stone obviously was too. It might be my second favorite Uzi project personally

[@TheNadroj10]

EA was 🔥. One of Uzi’s best imo, should it be on the list. Hell no unless it’s at the very bottom like 190-200 range

[@DayzN649]

My top 10 albums 1. All Eyez On Me- 2pac 2.Ready To Die- Notorious B.I.G 3.Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous- Big L 4.Madvillany- MF DOOM 5.Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)- Wu Tang Clan 6.Illmatic- Nas 7.Eazy Duz It- Eazy E 8.Resurrection- Common 9.The Low End Theory- A Tribe Called Quest 10.93 Til Infinity- Mighty Souls of Mischief

[@zenoevol5991]

Your list is better than that whole TRASH ASS LIST RS put out lmao

[@andymontecinos3411]

Change illmatic to number 1 and the list is perfect

[@DayzN649]

@@andymontecinos3411 I love illmatic but I find myself listening to the albums ahead of it more often

[@ifailatblackops1]

1. Tha carter II 2. Graduation 3. Good kid maad city 4. Tha carter III 5. Doggystyle 6. 2001 7. Mbdtf 8. Mm.. food? 9. Man on the moon 10. The documentary 11. Get rich or die trying

[@hoodiej2884]

Big L at 3🤘🏾, sir you have great taste 🔥

[@ChrisControversial]

They said from run dmc to playboi carti. Not from Big to Cole or something similar. Shouldve known something was going to be off

[@Bugga-Ray-Dudley]

Yeah you right 😂 they didn’t say “from Tupac to Kendrick”

[@enochlevi5504]

I was literally waiting for this all day

[@Nyquwill]

I thought cardi winning that Grammy was bad. This is a different level

[@gerardo1392]

16:39 everyone's reaction. Was criminal against Swimming, ASTROWORLD and Daytona, it still is now.

[@Skillfulshawn]

I’m down for more of this format of content!

[@stevo4844]

The fact that polo g was put 40 spots above Bandana 😭

[@ZoneOutWay2]

Not wrong

[@nostalgiaharvey7213]

@@ZoneOutWay2 bandana is better than polo g’s discography

[@jcmm99]

the fact he was on this list at all lmao

[@swaythekid]

W pfp, love haku

[@thechaineofdeadpool]

These videos gave me a new reason of why I prefer to use the timeline format when I'm making a Spotify playlist and, in a perfect world, it would be the standard format because timelines are a more fitting (and fun) format in order to say "So, here's how this music genre got started and how we got here through the decades". And it's not only because of my chronological order' obsession, I legit am convinced of it. (unrelated but frankly, imo, the "don't feed trolls" argument don't really work because let's not lie to ourselves, whether there were videos or not about how this list is trash, it would still have a shitton of clicks, we're talking about "Rolling Stone", not an unknown blog by a nobody)

[@Mohammedali-yf8pj]

"The only stone they rollin is crack" lmfaooo 💀💀💀💀💀

[@brendanb2982]

I'm always here for this man's list videos.

[@kaezuchi]

first, i really love the soundboard. it's adding so much excitement to your videos. second, reggeaton killed me lmfaooooooo. last, rolling stone takes everyone into a room, has them take 5 shots of anejo tequila, and go "think of a bunch of albums and write them down at random. then they have a sober (white) person edit the list a little, slams it on the desk of the CEO of rolling stone or whatever, and then boom. there you have the "best" hip hop albums of all time. but don't forget to add in vocabulary words that we literally do not use in everyday vernacular.

[@edinse7391]

11:29 he predicted superheroes and villains holy shit

[@vandalg282]

Astroworld, literally pioneered a sound. As did Rodeo, no one sounds like La Flame, definitely belongs on the list.

[@tflame6080]

The fact that the 2 albums right below Cardi B were Yeezus and Madvillainy made me sick to my stomach

[@thewoodchipperr]

That's fuckin wild

[@kbreezy1581]

I wouldn't even put yeezus on this list but it's way better than IOP. And this is coming from someone who thought that IOP was decent

[@zenoevol5991]

The fact Cardi B is even on this list is sickening. Plain and simple 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ifailatblackops1]

Don’t forget da drought 3… Wayne and mf DOOM are my top 2 favorite

[@Braylon1997]

@@ifailatblackops1 it’s ranked higher than Illmatic and It’s dark and hell is hot

[@theyhateandrew8529]

Illmatic not being 1 is whatever but being below Cardi is INSANITY

[@icemotion1925]

mbdtf wipes illmatic anyways

[@purga1563]

@@icemotion1925 Kanye's lyricism keeps mbdtf back. It's literally not in the same plane of reality as Nas's lyricism on Illmatic, which itself already has great (and some legendary) beats.

[@imgonnatellmom3245]

@@purga1563 the production on mbdtf is arguably better than illmatic imo, but i feel like both albums are on the same peak and appeal differently to different people

[@R-H-B]

@@imgonnatellmom3245arguably? The production on Illmatic isn’t really that mindblowing, especially compared to MBDTF

[@Lsd1021]

Would love to see you "fix" this list. Like don't take any records off the but reorder the entire list to what you believe the proper order would by and explain why. I think that could be super interesting

[@trentspitz495]

Invasion of Privacy over Illmatic and Madvilliany is hilarious. Wouldn't have expected that they'd have Ready to Die at 1. I was expecting Die Lit or some shit 😂😂

[@brady9326]

Rodeo not being here is actually a crime.

[@SlothBPU]

Who asked brotha

[@Forgiveiolord]

@@SlothBPU cardi b sister first song . kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKuUm6qEf9B0q9E

[@MarbleClouds]

@@SlothBPU i can ask if you want. Is rodeo's exclusion a crime?

[@maxs2480]

The recency bias is insane in these lists

[@butterschunkmcdonalds5333]

Shawn a real one for showing my man Brotha Lynch some love, Dude really is a west coast legend and you legit never hear anything about him these days. I salute you sir 💯

[@haydencase321]

This is the hardest I’ve laughed in a long time thank you shawn

[@kadovedo]

too early man.. Rolling Stones tripping tho like how is Cardi be ahead of OUTKAST & NAS 😭

[@cx5273]

You should do your own version of the 200 hip-hop albums of all time

[@michaelhansenjr.9661]

I love to seeing ppl react to video like this

[@zerosixzero6699]

Watching shawn stream clips and coming back to his main channel it’s like night and day 😂

[@kxngmuzikig2417]

i dont trust a Rock/Country magazine to make a reasonable top HipHop list

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

As a huge rock fan I will say that Rolling Stone is even out of touch for rock itself. The view that they are stuck in the classic rock format of 70s rock exists since the 80s I think. Even for rock I would suggest going instead with Pitchfork and the british magazine NME

[@kauswekazilimani3736]

@@EclecticoIconoclasta Rolling stones is what people claim pitchfork to be lol.

[@9JozePress6]

We need to see Shawn’s top hip hop albums! 😤

[@philippemolenaar8709]

11:29 this aged well

[@Goatchild90]

Shawn's reactions are so entertaining

[@theboss5823]

I would say that making a 200 ranking is hard but it didn't even seem like they tried to rank the albums more so they named 200 albums and called it a day.

[@iateyursandwiches]

I'll agree with that heavily

[@Hola-tq4pg]

This is pretty much a bunch of people pushing their 30s and 40s not only seeking the approval for a really specific target into the hip hop community (which isn't even really big) but also still being so disconnected of the youth they also need to appeal to them

[@sircumference9691]

You should make your own list of hip hop albums💖

[@duckyh9712]

People forget just how hyped up astroworld is. As a 26 year old. Astroworld was no question the most popular and anticipated album to come out. More than Kendrick new album no question. The first day it came out literally everybody was listening to it

[@LuvsicVI]

How are you 26 and still acting like a zoomer hype beast? 10 years from now people are still going to be talking about Kendrick. Nobody will give a fuck about Astroturd, that bum ass McDonalds meal and those Fortnite dances.

[@AnimeProtag]

Yeah and rodeo is still better

[@isaaceyfish]

@@AnimeProtag factual

[@jaquinrice7923]

​@@isaaceyfishIt's like the kendrick lamar debacle when it comes to his 2 best albums. GKMC and Astroworld are more commercially successful, but TPAB and Rodeo are better albums 😌

[@balmainattitude]

Shawn Cee be spot on and then be spot off in a split second later cause DAMN. and 2014 Forest Hill Drive are definitely top 200 rap albums of all time . edit: 😳while there may be better albums from j.cole & kendrick these two are still their most universally recognized/prominent projects .

[@JuanGarcia-si7dp]

facts lmao

[@MaxMax-zo9vq]

Nah

[@felixibbgames]

Yeah facts

[@felixibbgames]

Wtf is he on about

[@trashman1791]

He said liquid swords didn't deserve to be at 44 lol that's the best wu tang album.

[@conlinwing2022]

Would love to see Shawn Cees top 200 of all time

[@SuperDeepGuy]

No flatbush zombies? Not even at the 200th place?

[@dang7797]

Im a huge mac miller fan, I even have a tattoo based around his swimming album... with that being said divine feminine should be no where near this list

[@jacklujan]

"His last name was Higgins?" 😂😂

[@kush6846]

Planet Her by Doja Cat being better than Slum Village pissed me off. Not to mention 808s and Rodeo not even being included in this list. Also how tf is Cardi B’s debut better than Doggystyle, The Chronic, and two 2Pac albums.

[@sweetreon7916]

Planet her is literally good lmao it shows dojas versatility you just probably haven’t listened to it and are just a biased fan like spilled stop hating on woman

[@MachHommyFan18]

Bro this video was hilarious, you gotta do more videos similar to this 💀

[@frshouthiphop]

Fire video, all factssss! 🔥 new sub, definitely supporting the channel! #salute 🙌

[@jibrilgoodwin3328]

So College dropout wasnt on it , but F**KING MBDTF WAS?!!! WHAT?!! ALSO HOW IS CARDI B'S contribution to hip hop bigger than OutKast , Big Daddy Kane , KRS One , Ice Cube OR Even Kendrick Lamar's have it make sense rolling stone have it make sense

[@kaan4943]

TCD was on 52

[@Forgiveiolord]

@@kaan4943 cardi b sister first song . kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKuUm6qEf9B0q9E

[@generalgrievous3875]

They put Yeezus over every ye album except for mbdtf which is just criminal to me

[@Bro-ns9ti]

@@generalgrievous3875 yeezus is top 5 kanye

[@mike4life0]

This list is bad but this comment doesn't make any sense lol. The College Dropout was on it, and OutKast and Kendrick both outplaced Cardi B.

[@crenshaw_white5888]

The highest selling hiphop album didn’t make the list let that sink in and we’re talking about “albums that defined hip-hop history“

[@bleedkarma]

Love the new profile picture Shawn

[@boejudden9011]

I had a physical subscription to RS from '02-'06. They had already basically died out and were relying on The Most Important lists every other issue. So on one hand I'm glad they're able to name 200 rap albums, but I'm also not surprised to see this list come from the same ppl who told me to listen to The Doors every single day for four years.

[@benmartin7090]

I agree with a lot of the points you made but you seem to be valueing how much it pioneered the culture more than how great the album was, because I’d say without a shadow of a doubt an album like DS2 or IYRTITL deserves some placement on a list like this. Obviously not next to an album like Supreme Clientele or Madvillainy but somewhere in the mid to late 100’s.

[@ninjaboy191]

You like 20 years old, chill. 200 may seem like a big number but oldheads could give you at least 80 entries that pushed shit like DS2 and IYRTITL out the list completely.

[@benmartin7090]

@@ninjaboy191 I have probably listened to over 1,500 rap or rap inspired albums and that’s being conservative. An old head can believe whatever they want but from my eyes those albums stand up to whatever albums they could possibly list. And that’s the beauty of music because neither of us would be right cuz it’s all subjective.

[@makeurowndontbitemine]

To me, if we're talking about the greatest albums of all time, which implies some kind of objectivity going on, pioneering albums are a must have. To me, it shows a grounding in the history of not only hip-hop in its musical sense, but in its cultural sense too. Hip-hop is and always was more than just the music itself. It needed more to crossover and last for 40 years. While I do agree with you that the music itself is very important, in my opinion, that isn't enough given the context. We're talking the greatest albums of *all time* not just a list of hip-hop releases.

[@Dr.Krabs1]

I feel like if they put Planet Her and Montero on here, they have to put something like IGOR on this, a pop-rap album that's 10 times better than those picks.

[@leafroadlounge]

The list is criminal, but I was in it for the pen break. Thank you Shawn.

[@Chris24_]

The Eminem Show not being on the list entirely is just laughable.

[@jahterminatedlmao5473]

it would barely make it tbh. It was a step down from mmlp and sslp

[@Chris24_]

@@jahterminatedlmao5473 I think that’s a bit subjective, a lot of publications regard that as his 2nd best work, or at least his most serious work. Tbh it doesn’t matter if it was lowish on the list, but it does deserve to be there.

[@jahterminatedlmao5473]

@@Chris24_ he had a few misses on there imo. I wouldnt put it above albums that didnt make it, such as Stillmatic and many others. Then again TES is better than most of the bizarre picks they chose for this list

[@Chris24_]

@@jahterminatedlmao5473 that’s what I’m saying, 100% agree there are stuff that didn’t make it that I’d put over TES, but DEFINITELY I’d put TES over some of these ridiculous entries

[@cookupskelly]

Shit was 🤮

[@MARCOXTOP1]

11:30 aged well

[@MightyGzus]

Megan album fever being in this list at all tells everyone how the rest of the list will be, GKMC being 38 and Illmatic 24 is ridiculous and cardis album being in the top 20 all time in 50 years of rap/hip hop history is some i will never understand

[@shavaughnpalmer8613]

Glad to see chance on the list

[@NateAlyn]

I approve of Shawn's use of Deep Boom Sound Effect here