Nas' 25 Favorite Albums

       

25.Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (1959)

Label: Columbia Records

24.John Coltrane, A Love Supreme (1965)

Label: Impulse!

23.Bob James, One (1974)

Label: CTI Records

22.Stevie Wonder, Songs In The Key of            Life (1976)

Label: Tamla

21.Marvin Gaye, Here, My Dear (1978)

Label: Tamla

20.Michael Jackson, Thriller (1982)

Label: Epic

19.Run-D.M.C., King of Rock (1985)

Label: Elektra

18.Anita Baker, Rapture (1986)

Label: Elektra

17.Boogie Down Productions, Criminal            Minded (1987)

Label: B-Boy Records

16.Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full (1987)

Label: Def Jam

15.MC Shan, Down by Law (1987)

Label: Cold Chillin’/Warner Brothers

14.Big Daddy Kane, Long Live the                    Kane (1988)

Label: Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros. Records

13.Slick Rick, The Great Adventures of            Slick Rick (1988)

Label: Def Jam/Columbia/CBA

12.Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation of              Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

Label: Def Jam

11.Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Wanted: Dead or       Alive (1990)

Label: Cold Chillin’/Warner Brothers

10.Main Source, Breaking Atoms (1991)

Label: Wild Pitch/EMI

9. Ice Cube, Death Certificate (1991)

Label: Priority/EMI

8.A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End            Theory (1991)

Label: Jive Records

7. Scarface, Mr. Scarface is Back (1991)

Label: Rap-a-Lot

6. N.W.A., Niggaz4Life (1991)

Label: Ruthless/Priority

5. Dr. Dre, The Chronic (1992)

Label: Death Row, Interscope, Priority

4. Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle (1993)

Label: Death Row, Interscope, Atlantic

3. Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt (1996)

Label: Roc-A-Fella

2. The Notorious B.I.G., Life After                     Death (1997)

Label: Bad Boy

1. Outkast, Aquemini (1998)

Label: LaFace/Arista