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Best Rap Albums Of The 2000s

People say rap is in such a bad place these days. What with all the Chief Keefs and French Montanas running around. But the truth is we’ve had tons of classics since 2000. So maybe we should stop pointing at what sucks and focus on some of the great albums of our day. Isn’t it?

So take a look at these 10 classics of the millennium. [bossip_ad_a]

Young Jeezy – Thug Motivation 101 – Jeezy gave us trap rap in ways people didn’t quite get at first. They thought he was just ad-libs and yayo raps. But he’s much more. [bossip_ad_a]

Common – Be – We’d thought Common fell off after that Erykah Badu fiasco. But this brought him back for good.

Nas – Stillmatic – Just when we’d thought Jay-Z had ended Nas’ career he comes back with his second-best album at that point. Way to rally back. [bossip_ad_a]