1. Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
2. Talib Kweli - Eardrum
3. UGK - Underground Kingz
4. Pharoahe Monch - Desire
5. M.I.A. - Kala
6. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
7. Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
8. Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
9. Black Milk - Popular Demand
10. El-P - I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
11. Jay-Z - American Gangster
12. Prodigy - Return of the Mac
13. Talib Kweli - Liberation
14. Common - Finding Forever
15. Blue Scholars - Bayani
16. Kanye West - Graduation
17. Joell Ortiz - The Brick: Bodega Chronicles
18. Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
19. Freeway - Free At Last
20. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass