Best Albums: 1995 Hip-Hop

By Sammy Lowdermilk

Next up in our Best Album series is 1995 Hip-Hop! This was the hardest list to make yet. I expanded the list to 20 and added several honorable mentions! Let us know what we might have left off the list or who should have been higher or lower!

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20. Dayton Family - What's On My Mind?

Highlights:
"What's On My Mind?"

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19. Master P- 99 Ways to Die

Highlights:
"99 Ways to Die"
​"Hoe Games"​

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18. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom

Highlights:
"Boom Biddy Bye Bye"
"Illusions"
​"Throw Your Set in the Air"

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17.  Three-6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez

Highlights:
​"Break Da Law (95)"
"Tear Da Club Up (Da Real)"
​"Live By Yo Rep"

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16. Smif N Wessun - Dah Shinin

Highlights:
"Let's Get It On"
"Bucktown"
"Wrekonize"

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15. Big L - Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

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14. The Roots - Do You Want More?

Highlights:
"Distortion to Static"
"Mellow My Man"
​"Proceed"

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13. Eazy E - Eternal E (Greatest Hits)

Highlights:
​"Boyz-n-the-Hood"
"We Want Eazy"

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12. Mystikal - Mind of Mystikal

Highlights:
"Out That Boot Camp Clicc"
"Not That Ni**a"
"Here I Go"

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11. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia

Highlights:
"Runnin"
​"She Said"

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10. Bone Thugs in Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal

Highlights:
"1st of tha Month"
​"East 1999"​

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9. LL Cool J - Mr. Smith

Highlights:
"Hey Lover"
"Doin It"
"I Shot Ya"

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8. ODB - Return to the 36 Chambers

Highlights:
"Shimmy Shimmy Ya"
​"Brooklyn Zoo"

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7. Mobb Deep - The Infamous

Highlights:
"Give Up The Goods"
"Survival of the Fittest"
"Temperature's Rising"

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6. GZA - Liquid Swords

Highlights:
"Liquid Swords"
"Cold World"
​"Shadowboxin"

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5. 8Ball & MJG - On Top of the World

Highlights:
"Space Age Pimpin"
"Pimp In My Own Rhyme"
"Friend or Foe"

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4. Goodie Mob - Soul Food (I'd like to denote that this is my favorite on this list)

Highlights: 
"Soul Food"
"Thought Process"
​"Cell Therapy"

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3. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Lix

Highlights:
"Criminology"
"Heaven & Hell"
"Ice Cream"
​"Can It All Be So Simple (Remix)"

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2. 2Pac - Me Against The World

Highlights:
​"Dear Mama"
"Me Against the World"
"So Many Tears"
"Temptations"

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1. Friday Soundtrack

*Note: I'm gonna get a lot of hate for this one, but paired with the movie, this was historically significant for the hip-hop culture.
Highlights:
"Keep Their Heads Ringin"
"Mary Jane"
"I Wanna Get Next To You"
"Roll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up"

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Honorable Mentions (in no order):

Spice 1 - 1990-Sick
​Too Short - Cocktails
WC and the Maad Circle - Curb Servin
Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food
Junior Mafia - Conspiracy
Mack 10 - Mack 10
KRS One - KRS One
E-40 - In a Major Way
DJ Quik - Safe + Sound
Group Home - Livin Proof
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Luniz - Operation Stackola
Tha Alkoholiks - Coast II Coast
Kool G Rap - 4, 5, 6.
Fat Joe - Jealous One's Envy
Show & AG - Goodfellas
AZ - Do or Die
Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce