Classic/great albums of the 2000's

[AztecWanker]

I own the last two and yes they deserve recognition. The first two I've never heard.

Listen to them if you can. They can sound VERY dense and difficult the first few times around but they are indeed classics.

[Vasyl’s dad]

The word "classic" gets thrown around too much these days.

[-EX-]

I don't know I jus wasn't feeling Lupe's The Cool. I prefer more political Lupe and his mixtapes. The Cool felt too mainstream to me at least. Dumb it Down was nice tho and a few other tracks.

[Kobe Bryant]

Kweli dropped a gem of an album with Ear Drum.

[MegStarr*]

Kweli dropped a gem of an album with Ear Drum.

not a classic though...

and El Gallo Negro
i agree. the word classic is thrown around too much. just because an album was really really good it doesn't make it a classic. i feel like a lot of people are kind of just naming off their favorite albums. just because you really enjoyed it that doesn't make it a classic.

come on people!

[Killa Cam]

not a classic though...

and El Gallo Negro
i agree. the word classic is thrown around too much. just because an album was really really good it doesn't make it a classic. i feel like a lot of people are kind of just naming off their favorite albums. just because you really enjoyed it that doesn't make it a classic.

come on people!

I only posted classics, Meg

EDIT: I'm gonna go ahead and add this to my list aswell.

[Kobe Bryant]

The title is great/classic. And all of it is subjective so you can't tell someone what is and what's not a classic. You can only state your opinion. My suggestions are all opinion based. Ear Drum was great overall. There are plenty of heart conscious songs and great lyrics with meaning.

[oldgringo]

Classic Albums:

J Dilla - The Shining
AZ - AWOL
People Under The Stairs - O.S.T.
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal: Train of Thought
All Natural - Second Nature
Vakill - Worst Fears Confirmed
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2

Great Albums:

Cee-Lo - ...Is the Soul Machine
Devin The Dude - Waiting to Inhale
Black Milk - Popular Demand
UGK - Underground Kingz
Tech N9ne - Everready (The Religion)
De La Soul - AOI: Mosaic Thump
The Roots - Game Theory
Murs - 3:16 (The 9th Edition)
Twista - Kamikaze
Madvillain - Madvillainy

Those are two tiers of albums in my opinion.

[black.ink]

Some of My favourite releases (not necessary classics) from 2000 include:

Stankonia - OutKast
Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah
Masters of the Universe - Binary Star
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Quality Control - Jurassic 5
Let's Get Free - Dead Prez
Stillmatic - Nas
The Realness - Cormega
Disposable Arts - Masta Ace
Iron Flag/W - Wu-Tang Clan
Will Rap for Food - CunninLynguists
Expansion Team - Dilated Peoples
Phrenology - The Roots
God's Son - Nas
Blazing Arrow - Blackalicious
Quality - Talib Kweli
The Fix - Scarface
Power in Numbers - Jurassic 5
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below - OutKast
Southernunderground - CunninLynguists
Boy in da Corner - Dizzee Rascal
Maths + English - Dizzee Rascal
Madvillainy - Madvillain
No Said Date - Masta Killa
Made In Brooklyn - Masta Killa
A Long Hot Summer - Masta Ace
Connected - The Foreign Exchange
Late Registration - Kanye West
Be - Common
S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. - One Be Lo
The Mouse and the Mask - DANGERDOOM
A.W.O.L. - AZ
Reloaded - Smif-N-Wessun
Fishscale - Ghostface Killah
Game Theory - The Roots
Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse
A Piece of Strange - CunninLynguist
A Heap of Broken Images - Blue Sky Black Death
Desire - Pharoahe Monch
Dirty Acres - CunninLynguists
The Offering - Killah Priest
Original Pirate Material - Streets
Ear Drum - Talib Kweli


I've probably missed some obvious ones off, but flicking through my collection, these ones i remember coming out since 2000.

[oldgringo]

not a classic though...

and El Gallo Negro
i agree. the word classic is thrown around too much. just because an album was really really good it doesn't make it a classic. i feel like a lot of people are kind of just naming off their favorite albums. just because you really enjoyed it that doesn't make it a classic.

come on people!

Yeah, but like Lefty said, there really isn't an objective way to go about naming classic albums. Some are so great that everybody pretty much agrees on them.

I'd argue that Speakerboxx/Love Below, Tipping Point and Minstrel Show aren't classics from your list alone. Yeah they are great albums, but you wouldn't go to those albums immediately to represent the artist's best work. A lot of people think The Listening was Little Brother's best work. I actually tend to prefer MS, but I know some people well versed in hip hop who will take it to the grave that 'Listening' was better. Stankonia was more representative of Outkast IMO. Speakerboxx/Love Below was too few and far between with the quality tracks. Certainly not a better double album than Underground Kingz. The Tipping Point was a nice release, but no greater or more influential than Game Theory or Rising Down.