Gang Starr
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Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999) 10
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998) No Order
XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year (2014) No Order
Mixmag (UK) - The 50 Best Dance Albums of All Time (1996) 7
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
The New Nation (UK) - Top 100 Albums by Black Artists 87
Nieuwe Revu (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (1994) 73
RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003) No Order
MUZIQ (France) - 200 Records for a Dream Collection (2007) No Order
Dance de Lux (Spain) - The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records (2001) 19
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000) 88
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 51-100
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 3 Bones
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4.5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 7
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 6
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997) 4 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 50
Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 48