2Pac – All Eyez on Me
DEATH ROW RECORD
Fugees – The Score
RUFFHOUSE RECORDS
Busta Rhymes – The Coming
ELEKTRA RECORDS
Master P – Ice Cream Man
NO LIMIT RECORDS
Heltah Skeltah – Nocturnal
DUCK DOWN RECORDS
Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
ROC-A-FELLA RECORDS
Nas – It Was Written
COLUMBIA RECORDS
De La Soul – Stakes Is High
TOMMY BOY RECORDS
UGK – Ridin’ Dirty
JIVE RECORDS
A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life
JIVE RECORDS
OutKast – ATLiens
LAFACE RECORDS
The Roots – Illadelph Halflife
GEFFEN RECORDS
Rass Kass – Soul On Ice
PRIORITY RECORDS
M.O.P. – Firing Squad
RELATIVITY RECORDS
Ghostface Killah – Ironman
EPIC RECORDS
2Pac – Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
DEATH ROW RECORDS
Eminem – Infinite
WEB ENTERTAINMENT
Mobb Deep – Hell on Earth
LOUD RECORDS
DJ Shadow – Endtroducing…
MO’ WAX
Redman – Muddy Waters
DEF JAM RECORDS
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