The 30 Best Rap Albums of 1996, Ranked

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  1. 2Pac, All Eyez on Me
  2. OutKast, ATLiens
  3. Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt
  4. The Fugees, The Score
  5. Mobb Deep, Hell on Earth
  6. UGK, Ridin' Dirty
  7. Nas, It Was Written
  8. De La Soul, Stakes Is High
  9. Ghostface Killah, Ironman
  10. Makaveli, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
  11. Redman, Muddy Waters
  12. ​​A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes and Life
  13. The Roots, Illadelph Halflife
  14. Lil' Kim, Hard Core
  15. Lost Boyz, Legal Drug Money
  16. M.O.P., Firing Squad
  17. Ras Kass, Soul on Ice
  18. Busta Rhymes, The Coming
  19. Geto Boys, The Resurrection
  20. Xzibit, At The Speed Of Life
  21. Heltah Skeltah, Nocturnal
  22. Sadat X, Wild Cowboys
  23. Foxy Brown, Ill Na Na
  24. Jeru the Damaja, Wrath of the Math
  25. E-40, Tha Hall of Game
  26. Da Bush Babees, Gravity
  27. Do or Die, Picture This
  28. Dr. Octagon, Dr. Octagonecologyst
  29. Keith Murray, Enigma
  30. Master P, Ice Cream Man

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