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Paper Trail Our pick of T.I.'s Paper Trail as the year's best hip-hop album may not surprise you, but some of our others might. See more picks:

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Public Enemy wasn't the first hip-hop group to get political, nor the first to make the music overpowering. But nobody has ever done it better. Public Enemy's Essentials

Tupac Shakur might have been hip-hop's greatest actor, not only in his films, but also in the way he delivered the soliloquies on his powerful, singular, and thought-provoking albums. HIs legacy lives on. Tupac Shakur's Essentials

As hip-hop hit its mainstream stride in the mid-'90s, Outkast focused on melodic hooks, thickly complex instrumental arrangements, and good-time lyrical candor to the tune of major success. Outkast's Essentials

Brooklyn-born Shawn Carter rose from rapping and dreaming in his own neighborhood, through a string of cosmically wise collaborations, and on to the top of the charts. At his peak, he declared his retirement as a musician, but it didn't last. Jay-Z's Essentials

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