Wikipedia - List of hip hop albums considered to be influential lyrics
Breakbeats Super Disco Brakes (Winley) Ultimate Breaks And Beats Vols. 1–25 (Street Beat, 1985–1990) Kurtis Blow Presents The History Of Hip Hop Vol. 1 (Rhino, 1997) Old school hip hop Live Convention '82 (Disco Wax, 1982) Wild Style (Animal, 1983) Go-Go Crankin' (4th & B'way, 1985) The Best of Enjoy Records (Hot Productions, 1989) The Sugar Hill Story - Old School Rap To The Beat Y'all (Sequel, 1992) Street Jams: Electric Funk Vols. 1–4 (Rhino, 1992) Cold Crush Brothers: All The Way Live in '82 (Tuff City, 1994) Pumpkin: The Tuff City Sessions (Old School Flava, 1995) Spoonie Gee: The Godfather of Hip Hop (Tuff City, 1997) Afrika Bambaataa: Looking for the Perfect Beat: 1980-1985 (Tommy Boy, 2001) Harlem World: The Sound Of The Big Apple Rappin' (Heroes & Villains, 2001) Mantronix: That's My Beat (Soul Jazz, 2002) The Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip Hop 1979-1983 (Stones Throw, 2004) List of important albums 1984 Run-D.M.C.: Run-D.M.C. (Profile, 1984) 1985 LL Cool J: Radio (Def Jam, 1985) Run-D.M.C.: Raising Hell (Profile, 1986) Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (Def Jam, 1986) 1987 Boogie Down Productions: Criminal Minded (B-Boy, 1987) Eric B & Rakim: Paid in Full (4th & B'way, 1987) 1988 Biz Markie: Goin' Off (Cold Chillin', 1988) Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Def Jam, 1988) EPMD: Strictly Business (Fresh, 1988) Big Daddy Kane: Long Live the Kane (Cold Chillin', 1988) Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam, 1988) N.W.A: Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless, 1988) MC Lyte: Lyte as a Rock (First Priority, 1988) Ultramagnetic MC's: Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau, 1988) Jungle Brothers: Straight out the Jungle (Idlers, 1988) 1989 De La Soul: 3 Feet High & Rising (Tommy Boy, 1989) Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique (Capitol, 1989) Queen Latifah: All Hail the Queen (Tommy Boy, 1989) Jungle Brothers: Done by the Forces of Nature (Warner Bros., 1989) 1990 Public Enemy (group): Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam, 1990) A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (Jive, 1990) X-Clan: To the East, Blackwards (4th & B'Way, 1990) Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Priority, 1990) Poor Righteous Teachers: Holy Intellect (Profile, 1990) Brand Nubian: One for All (Elektra, 1990) 1991 Gang Starr: Step in the Arena De La Soul: De La Soul Is Dead (Tommy Boy, 1991) Main Source: Breaking Atoms (Wild Pitch, 1991) Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia, 1991) A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991) Scarface: Mr. Scarface Is Back (Rap-A-Lot, 1991) 1992 Redman: Whut? Thee Album (Def Jam, 1992) The Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl, 1992) Dr. Dre: The Chronic (d**h Row, 1992) 1993 Souls of Mischief: 93 'til Infinity (Jive, 1993) Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Loud, 1993) Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle (d**h Row, 1993) 1994 Nas: Illmatic (Columbia, 1994) Organized Konfusion: Stress: The Extinction Agenda (Hollywood BASIC, 1994) 1 Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die (Bad Boy, 1994) Common Sense: Resurrection (Relativity, 1994) 1995 Mobb Deep: The Infamous (Loud, 1995) = Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (Loud, 1995) 1996 The Fugees: The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia, 1996) Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt (Roc-A-Fella, 1996) 1998 Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia, 1998) Outkast: Aquemini (LaFace, 1998) 1999 Eminem: The Slim Shady LP (Aftermath/Interscope, 1999) 2001 Jay-Z: The Blueprint (Roc-A-Fella, 2001)