Le magazine XXL a effectué une liste reprenant 50 des meilleurs albums Hip-Hop sortis depuis l’année 2000.
On y trouve des classiques connus de tout le monde tels que Get Rich or Die Tryin’ de 50 Cent, The Blueprint et The Black Album de Jay-Z, The Marshall Mathers LP et The Eminem Show d’Eminem ou encore les trois albums du old Kanye, mais également des albums moins médiatisés ayant atteints le statut de classique comme Below The Heavens, Be, The Lost Tapes, Game Theory et Train Of Tought pour ne citer qu’eux.
4:44, Jay-Z
 Be, Common
 Below the Heavens, Blu & Exile
 Boy Meets World, Fashawn
 Damn., Kendrick Lamar
 Daytona, Pusha-T
 Disposable Arts, Masta Ace
 Donuts, J Dilla
 DS2, Future
 Fantastic, Vol. 2; Slum Village
 Fishscale, Ghostface Killah
 Flower Boy; Tyler, The Creator
 Game Theory, The Roots
 Get Rich or Die Tryin’, 50 Cent
 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
 Graduation, Kanye West
 Hell Hath No Fury, Clipse
 Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B
 King, T.I.
 Late Registration, Kanye West
 Let’s Get Free, dead prez
 Madvillainy, Madvillain
 Miss E… So Addictive, Missy Elliott
 Monkey Barz, Sean Price
 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
 My Krazy Life, YG
 Nothing Was the Same, Drake
 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, Raekwon
 Phrenology, The Roots
 Run the Jewels 2, Run the Jewels
 Speakerboxxx: The Love Below, OutKast
 Stankonia, OutKast
 Summertime ’06, Vince Staples
 Supreme Clientele, Ghostface Killah
 Take Care, Drake
 Tha Carter II, Lil Wayne
 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
 The Black Album, Jay-Z
 The Blueprint, Jay-Z
 The College Dropout, Kanye West
 The Cool, Lupe Fiasco
 The Documentary, The Game
 The Eminem Show, Eminem
 The Fix, Scarface
 The Lost Tapes, Nas
 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem
 The Renaissance, Q-Tip
 To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar
 Train of Thought, Reflection Eternal
 Watch the Throne, Jay-Z & Kanye West