People react to Rolling Stone’s updated list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, disagree with the Rap choices
Rolling Stone magazine has once again updated its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The list originally came out in 2003 and was updated in 2012.
The Top 5 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time list includes,
(1.) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill- Lauryn Hill
(2.) It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back- Public Enemy
(3.) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West
(4.) To Pimp A Butterfly- Kendrick Lamar
(5.) Ready to Die- The Notorious BIG
Social media reacted to the list saying Lauryn Hill’s album was mostly her singing. One twitter user posted “No. She sings 65% or this album. She was a vocalist and lyricist…talented af but this is not the greatest Rap Album of all time. Come on now…”
As far as the actual top 500 (all genres) the updated 2020 is much more diverse. Marvin Gaye’s What’s Goin On, which was No. 6 on the 2003 list, now reigns supreme as No. 1. Joni Mitchell’s Blue has moved all the way up from No. 30 to No. 3, Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life sits at No. 4, and Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill closes out the Top 10. Michael Jackson’s Thriller slots in at No. 12, followed next by Aretha Frankin’s I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You. Closing out the top 20 are a trio of hip-hop albums: Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly.
