Top 10 Hip Hop albums of all time . #10

I battle myself about who the best rapper of all time is. It's between Kool G.Rap and Rakim. Oddly, Kool G. Rap doesn't have an album in my top 10 BUT because of his longevity and the way he STILL, to this day, bodies EVERY joint I hear him on, I give it to Kool G. Rakim unfortunately being the most amazing lyricist of his day , didn't fall into the path that G-Rap did. Fortunately for this top 10 he made the #10 slot with "Let the Rhythm Hit'em" . I remember when the self titled single came out with the video, and that little midget was running wild, I was amazed by The God's lyrics. I couldn't believe how crazy his word play was at that time. It was 1990, no one was as clever and crazy with their content as Rakim. If there was , they weren't spitting a fraction of what Ra was spitting. This album had hits like "In the Ghetto" which as hard as you can get. Then if you go back to review anything off of this album you may not know, look for "No Omega". He completely murdered that shit! Run for Cover, Mahogany, Untouchables, all joints that helped me get through my early stages of lyric formation. It taught me to be clever, be original, and just sound good on a beat. One thing I admired about B.I.G was he became the beat. B.I.G wrote to a beat like he was an instrument, and I feel that came from being in NY , and growing up listening to emcees like Rakim. It was, and is, an art that I feel Rakim created. So, this is #10 and I gotta figure out my #9. My 10 is set, just gotta really put it together correctly. Find out #9 tomorrow and for now, enjoy this video with the crazy midget. "Hit'em from point blank range,and watch'em radiate"