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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) 6
Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999) 11
Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1990s (2012) 70
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s (2010) 56
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) 246
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential Recordings of the 90s (1999) No Order
Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015) 102
Spin (USA) - Top 90 Albums of the 90s (1999) 47
The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998) No Order
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Next stop
XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year (2014) No Order
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
The New Nation (UK) - Top 100 Albums by Black Artists 97
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 4 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 9
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
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) 3 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
End of Year Lists
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 10
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 9
Face (UK) - Albums of the Year 15
Select (UK) - Albums of the Year 30