Many thanks to everyone who recently voted for the greatest second/sophomore albums in hip-hop history as part of Albumism’s readers’ poll series! Check out the consensus results & rankings below, and stay tuned for our next readers’ poll coming soon.
Albumism Readers’ Poll Results (23,496 Total Votes):
#1 | Public Enemy | It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back | 1988 | 1,238 votes | Read More
#2 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Low End Theory | 1991 | 1,179 votes | Read More
#3 | Beastie Boys | Paul’s Boutique | 1989 | 1,103 votes | Read More
#4 | OutKast | ATLiens | 1996 | 1,041 votes | Read More
#5 | Ice Cube | Death Certificate | 1991 | 998 votes | Read More
#6 | GZA | Liquid Swords | 1995 | 936 votes
#7 | De La Soul | De La Soul Is Dead | 1991 | 902 votes | Read More
#8 | Ghostface Killah | Supreme Clientele | 2000 | 833 votes
#9 | Dr. Dre | The Chronic 2001 | 1999 | 815 votes
#10 | Mobb Deep | The Infamous | 1995 | 809 votes
#11 | Fugees | The Score | 1996 | 774 votes | Read More
#12 | Kendrick Lamar | good kid, m.A.A.d city | 2012 | 740 votes
#13 | Kanye West | Late Registration | 2005 | 656 votes
#14 | The Notorious B.I.G. | Life After Death | 1997 | 607 votes | Read More
#15 | Eminem | The Slim Shady LP | 1999 | 594 votes | Read More
#16 | Wu-Tang Clan | Wu-Tang Forever | 1997 | 582 votes | Read More
#17 | Cypress Hill | Black Sunday | 1993 | 555 votes | Read More
#18 | Eric B. & Rakim | Follow The Leader | 1988 | 513 votes | Read More
#19 | LL Cool J | Bigger and Deffer | 1987 | 487 votes | Read More
#20 | Nas | It Was Written | 1996 | 442 votes
#21 | Run-DMC | King of Rock | 1985 | 406 votes
#22 | Boogie Down Productions | By All Means Necessary | 1988 | 376 votes | Read More
#23 | Common | Resurrection | 1994 | 347 votes
#24 | Ice-T | Power | 1988 | 303 votes | Read More
#25 | Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth | The Main Ingredient | 1994 | 285 votes
#26 | Gang Starr | Step In The Arena | 1991 | 269 votes | Read More
#27 | 2Pac | Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. | 1993 | 240 votes | Read More
#28 | Digable Planets | Blowout Comb | 1994 | 237 votes
#29 | EPMD | Unfinished Business | 1989 | 226 votes
#30 | N.W.A | Efil4zaggin | 1991 | 211 votes
#31 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper | 1988 | 205 votes
#32 | Redman | Dare Iz A Darkside | 1994 | 196 votes
#33 | The Roots | Do You Want More?!!!??! | 1995 | 182 votes
#34 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | E. 1999 Eternal | 1995 | 180 votes
#35 | The Pharcyde | Labcabincalifornia | 1995 | 173 votes
#36 | Clipse | Hell Hath No Fury | 2006 | 167 votes
#37 | Busta Rhymes | When Disaster Strikes… | 1997 | 154 votes | Read More
#38 | Too $hort | Life Is…Too Short (second major-label album) | 1987 | 150 votes | Read More
#39 | Big Daddy Kane | It’s A Big Daddy Thing | 1989 | 141 votes
#40(T) | Del The Funky Homosapien | No Need For Alarm | 1993 | 135 votes | Read More
#40(T) | Q-Tip | The Renaissance | 2008 | 135 votes | Read More
#42 | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Tha Doggfather | 1996 | 128 votes
#43 | Heavy D & The Boyz | Big Tyme | 1989 | 122 votes
#44 | Organized Konfusion | Stress: The Extinction Agenda | 1994 | 118 votes
#45 | Blackalicious | Blazing Arrow | 2002 | 109 votes
#46 | Queen Latifah | Nature Of A Sista | 1991 | 102 votes
#47 | Run The Jewels | Run The Jewels 2 | 2014 | 94 votes
#48 | Slum Village | Fantastic Vol. 2 | 2000 | 91 votes
#49 | Jay-Z | In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 | 1997 | 89 votes | Read More
#50 | Jungle Brothers | Done By The Forces Of Nature | 1989 | 88 votes
The Next 50:
#51 | Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five | On The Strength | 1988 | 80 votes
#52 | MC Lyte | Eyes On This | 1989 | 77 votes
#53 | Missy Elliott | Da Real World | 1999 | 75 votes
#54 | Spice 1 | 187 He Wrote | 1993 | 71 votes
#55 | Whodini | Escape | 1984 | 64 votes
#56(T) | Salt-N-Pepa | A Salt With A Deadly Pepa | 1988 | 60 votes
#56(T) | Digital Underground | Sons Of The P | 1991 | 60 votes
#58 | KRS-One | KRS-One | 1995 | 54 votes
#59 | MF DOOM (as King Geedorah) | Take Me To Your Leader | 2003 | 53 votes | Read More
#60 | O.C. | Jewelz | 1997 | 48 votes | Read More
#61 | Talib Kweli | The Beautiful Struggle | 2004 | 45 votes
#62 | The Fat Boys | The Fat Boys Are Back | 1985 | 43 votes
#63 | DMX | Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood | 1998 | 39 votes
#64 | Geto Boys | Grip It! On That Other Level | 1989 | 38 votes | Read More
#65(T) | King Tee | At Your Own Risk | 1990 | 34 votes
#65(T) | Little Brother | The Minstrel Show | 2005 | 34 votes
#67 | Masta Ace | Disposable Arts | 2001 | 32 votes | Read More
#68(T) | Scarface | The World Is Yours | 1993 | 30 votes
#68(T) | Drake | Take Care | 2011 | 30 votes
#70 | Stetsasonic | In Full Gear | 1988 | 29 votes | Read More
#71 | Tha Alkaholiks | Coast II Coast | 1995 | 27 votes
#72 | 50 Cent | The Massacre | 2005 | 26 votes
#73(T) | Chubb Rock | And The Winner Is… | 1989 | 25 votes
#73(T) | DJ Quik | Way 2 Fonky | 1992 | 25 votes
#75 | Masta Ace Incorporated | Sittin’ On Chrome | 1995 | 24 votes
#76 | E-40 | In A Major Way | 1995 | 23 votes
#77 | Kid Cudi | Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager | 2010 | 21 votes
#78 | Lil’ Kim | The Notorious K.I.M. | 2000 | 20 votes
#79(T) | Naughty By Nature | Naughty By Nature | 1991 | 19 votes
#79(T) | Jeru The Damaja | Wrath Of The Math | 1996 | 19 votes | Read More
#79(T) | Ol’ Dirty Bastard | N***a Please | 1999 | 19 votes
#79(T) | Mos Def | The New Danger | 2004 | 19 votes
#83 | Rakim | The Master | 1999 | 18 votes
#84 | Sean Price | Jesus Price Supastar | 2007 | 17 votes | Read More
#85(T) | Nice & Smooth | Ain’t A Damn Thing Changed | 1991 | 15 votes | Read More
#85(T) | The Game | Doctor’s Advocate | 2006 | 15 votes
#87 | 3rd Bass | Derelicts Of Dialect | 1991 | 14 votes
#88 | Above The Law | Black Mafia Life | 1993 | 12 votes | Read More
#89(T) | Artifacts | That’s Them | 1997 | 11 votes
#89(T) | AZ | Pieces Of A Man | 1998 | 11 votes | Read More
#89(T) | Beanie Sigel | The Reason | 2001 | 11 votes
#92 | Brand Nubian | In God We Trust | 1993 | 10 votes | Read More
#93 | Compton’s Most Wanted | Straight Checkn ‘Em | 1991 | 9 votes
#94(T) | Eightball & MJG | On The Outside Looking In | 1994 | 8 votes
#94(T) | UGK | Super Tight… | 1994 | 8 votes
#94(T) | The Coup | Genocide & Juice | 1994 | 8 votes
#97 | Freestyle Fellowship | Innercity Griots | 1993 | 7 votes | Read More
#98 | Guru | Jazzmatazz Vol. 2: The New Reality | 1995 | 6 votes
#99 | House Of Pain | Sames As It Ever Was | 1994 | 5 votes
#100 | Kool G Rap & DJ Polo | Wanted: Dead Or Alive | 1990 | 4 votes
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