EW NamesThe College Dropout Album Of The Decade

Monday, December 07 2009 12:58 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Newsstand Stan

Entertainment Weekly recently announced their Top 10 Albums of the Decade. And coming in at number one is Kanye West’s debut, The College Dropout. His big brother’s 2001 LP comes in at second with OutKast, Beyonce, and JT rounding out the top ten. Let the great debates begin.

1. The College Dropout, Kanye West (2004)
2. The Blueprint, Jay-Z (2001)
3. Kid A, Radiohead (2000)
4. Stankonia, OutKast (2000)
5. Love And Theft, Bob Dylan (2001)
6. Home, The Dixie Chicks (2002)
7. Funeral, The Arcade Fire (2004)
8. I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé (2008)
9. FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake, (2006)
10. You Are Free, Cat Power (2003)

Spotted: JW

Comments (85)

  1. They should be slapped in the face…College Dropout over The Blueprint?!?! someone blast for me over this blasphemy

  2. BILL THOMPSON says:

    College Dropout is correct… it spearheaded the skinny jean movement in Hip-Hop.

  3. rrahha says:

    Good album, but not the best of the decade. not even better than Graduation. not better than Get Rich’…

  4. POW says:

    Lol this list….. Eminem should have atleast one of his albums on the list, because he had the best selling albums and are all classics.

    Fifty´s Get Rich should be on there too.

  5. The Releast says:

    Great album but list is overly questionable!!!

  6. JihaD says:

    No Get Rich is a travesty… And people wonder why that nigga 50 is always pissed off; Plus, they didn’t drop one Marshall record on there? Are these muthafuckas smoking crack?

    JihaD

  7. mikey says:

    MMLP
    Eminem Show?????

  8. jackmove23 says:

    LIKE THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT…EMINEM AND 50 CENT IS NOT EVEN ON THE LIST….HOW THE FUCK YOU MAKE A TOP TEN WITH THEM NOT TAKING 1 AND 2…

    THE BEST SELLING ALBUMS..THE MOST IMPACT…JUST 2 OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS….AND THESE CLOWNS JUST SAY NOPE LOL….FUCKING FUNNY PEOPLE….THESE SOFT ASS MATERIAL RAPPERS ARE FUCKING LAMES

  9. ok really says:

    This is EW are you guys really trying to debate this? LMAO!!!!

  10. jamie says:

    i think people just have a thing against eminem.
    eminem has the highing selling albums.
    and dont even get one on the list.

  11. yaboitone says:

    list is DEFINATELY questionable, BUT COLLEGE DROPOUT IS 100% UNEQUIVOCABLY THE NUMBER 1 ALBUM OF THE DECADE!!!!

    IF U QUESTION THAT FACT OR DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY, THEN THERE REALLY ISN’T A REASON TO ARGUE THE POINT WITH SOMEONE SO CLUELESS.

    And it was EASILY better than The Blueprint. Your CRAZY if u think Blueprint was better.

  12. So says:

    i just knew eminem & 50 cent stans were gonna be all over this.

    but real talk: KID A is the best album ever. can’t believe *that* album isn’t number 1 this list.

    C.D. was dope. haters can front all they want. i fucking hate all these fucking roid heads who try to hate on anything that is outside of those parameters. they are like the emo/heavy metal fans of rap….just plain dumb and angry.

  13. rrahha says:

    @ok really
    ^^^

    You have a point, they know nothing about hip hop.

  14. young says:

    blueprint 3 suspose to be on that list

  15. Rick Dickulous says:

    uh… the marshall mathers lp?

  16. Toya says:

    I’m not surprised. EW isn’t very hip-hop oriented so of course they would vote Kayne in and not mention anything about Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP”.
    Who’s Cat Power?

  17. llll says:

    Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums Of All Times(MY OPINION!!)

    1-MMLP
    2-Me Against The World
    3-Ready To Die
    4-Illmatic
    5-The Blueprint
    6-Get Rich Or Die Tryin
    7-The Eminem Show
    8-Its Dark And Hell Is Hot
    9-Laugh Now, Cry Later
    10-Paper Trail

    i bet that most of u agree with me that these albums deserve to be on the top 15!!the order is not important…the important thing is that u agree that these are hottest albums…sorry not much of a old school there..i’m 17 and i haven’t the chance to know them..so i try my best!!

  18. JERZZZ says:

    Kanye West has NEVER, in his ENTIRE CARREER MADE A CLASSIC ALBUM, LET-ALONE A #1 ALBUM OF THE DECADE.

    IF YOU QUESTION THAT, THERES 2 POSSIBLE REASONS,

    #1, YOUR NOT HIP HOP,
    #2, YOU WERE BORN AFTER 1986, AND GROWING UP HAD NO REAL IDEA WHAT HIP HOP IS.

    THE LAST ONE YOU CHILDREN CANT CONTROL, BUT DONT COME AROUND TRYNA SELL THE GAME TO THOSE THAT ALREADY TOLD YA.

  19. So says:

    ^case in point.

  20. villyvillz says:

    Yo don’t get me wrong, college dropout was kanye’s best album, but this list needs some help. GRODT should defly be there.

  21. DARKAQUA says:

    HOLD UP…DIDN’T STANKONIA GO DIAMOND???!!!! CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG FOLKS…BUT I DON’T THINK I’M WRONG. BUT AS FAR AS COLLEGE DROPOUT, I AGREE IT SHOULD BE IN THE TOP TEN…NUMBER #1…I QUESTION THAT ONE.

  22. JayJay says:

    No MMLP….that’s bullshit!!!

  23. deeeon says:

    the lists are so ridiculous everytime lol

  24. Young Sha says:

    No Get Rich..? GTFOH.

  25. JC says:

    okay….i know eminem fans come in this site.. itoo love eminem, but Kanye West has cranked out THREE consequetive classics in a row… if you dont believe that then good for you, but obviously the rest of the hip-hop community and critics believe he made 3 classics because he did. he changed hip hop for good in a way…. not saying that eminem doesnt deserve a spot there but maybe his music didnt cross enough genre lines to be considered one of the best of the decade, regardless of sales…. and thats that….

  26. deej says:

    IN the words of ed lover…” come one son!, get the fuck outta here with that bull shit.”

  27. deej says:

    i meant come on son not come one my bad

  28. jackmove23 says:

    what the fuck you mean classics…man shut your gay ass commercial ass up you fucking suburb bitch made nigga….

    what the fuck you mean classics……nigga who the fuck you represent ….fucking uppidy ass fagget

  29. jackmove23 says:

    this fagget said 3 classics…man aint nobodsy but them fucking faggets listening to that skip around type music…cmon son

  30. llll says:

    @ JERZZZ….i was born in 1991 and i listen to old school rap alot!!i don’t like wayne or kanye…yes all of us like club bangers…but on my ipod…i have…..Tupac, Eminem, Biggie, Nas, Jay-z, 50 Cent, R.A.K.I.M, Krs-One, Ice cube, Snoop Dogg, Dre, DMX, Ludacris…ETC!!!they’re alot…but i also have some kanye and wayne…that doesn’t mean i’m soft or any shit like that…its my mind…i ain’t gonna listen to tupac just to make people tell me, i’m listening to real rap!!i listen to different kind of rap music, ya know what i mean?!!

    F.Y.I : Cory is hardcore and he still young!!

  31. JC says:

    @jackmove……. obviously theres millions of faggots then because his music and production style have been copied countless times and his music is always changing up style… hes won countless grammys….. he crosses genre lines…… i know you like eminem but the truth is his music is always getting critical acclaim…. maybe you should open up your mouth and research on all the grammys and nominations theyve won. its a fact.

  32. So says:

    “jackmove23 says:
    Monday, December 07 2009 at 2:03 PM EST
    what the fuck you mean classics…man shut your gay ass commercial ass up you fucking suburb bitch made nigga….

    what the fuck you mean classics……nigga who the fuck you represent ….fucking uppidy ass fagget

    jackmove23 says:
    Monday, December 07 2009 at 2:04 PM EST
    this fagget said 3 classics…man aint nobodsy but them fucking faggets listening to that skip around type music…cmon son”

    ———————————-

    congrats. you’re a coon. niggas like you put black people behind 450 years.

  33. llll says:

    ha? 3 classics!!well, jay-z could have 6 classics!!eminem have 3 classics..1 good and 1 okay album…he sold more than 80 million records…relapse is the mose anticipated album in 2010!!i can just keep going….!!shut ur gay ass…listen to kanye’s verse on “FOREVER”…!!he raps like he’s my sister!!even my sister could do better!!

  34. koa9 says:

    No MM LP?

    That shit old 1.7 mil in a week…gotta be kidding me. No eminem show?

  35. MC says:

    You don’t have to be a fuckin 50 stan to recognize that ‘Get Rich’ should’ve been on this list. You just have to be sane. This shit is blasphemy. Str8 up.

  36. So says:

    niggas just aggy their favorite rapper(s) ain’t on the list. why you muhfuckas taking it in your soul like that. damn. lmao.

  37. t-dub says:

    this list is funny looking.

  38. Some Like It Hot says:

    College Dropout best album of all time IMO.. 2nd for me Marshall Mathers LP, 3rd is a tie Illmatic/2001

  39. Jimbo Slice says:

    I’m not mad. It’s his opinion. Not even coming to grips with the idea that it wasn’t a horrible album. But I’m not even going to get into a top 10 list. http://www.reverbnation.com/blastmusicconcepts I’m 35 years old. Some of Kanye’s best stuff is the stuff he’s done for Hov, and the roc back in the days. “Remi and Kanye have fire joints too. Thanks to Guru.

  40. JaYSoN says:

    This list is as gay as the artist thats number one on it…the fuck outta here with that bullshit

  41. MC says:

    College Dropout best album of all time IMO.. 2nd for me Marshall Mathers LP, 3rd is a tie Illmatic/2001

    ^^^^^

    This is dumbest shit I’ve heard in a while.

    College Droput over Illmatic???…Who raised you nigga?!?!

  42. Cardeezy17 says:

    sooo….you got Kanye on here at #1 but you don’t even have ppl on the list like ANY of Eminems albums, GRODT, Lupe’s albums, or others???? Fuck this list.

  43. Some Like It Hot says:

    @MC Illmatics a classic but I like Kanyes production style on College Dropout…

    I aint hatin on anyones opinion but I can gaurentee you half the people commentin here never heard The College Dropout… this list still B.S. though…

  44. Da Business says:

    first of all this is EW we’re talking about. So at the end of the day it doesn’t matter what they think.

    Yo YN, y’all should do a best of the decade list for both hip hop and r&b.

    IMO “The Eminem Show” was the best hip hop lp of the decade.

    And Usher’s “Confessions” was the best r&b lp.

    As far as pop goes Outkast KILLED it with “Speaker Box/The Love Below”

  45. Da Business says:

    And for the record “College Dropout” is a CLASSIC!!!

  46. So says:

    IMO “The Eminem Show” was the best hip hop lp of the decade.
    —————————–

    nutzo. mmlp>>>>>>>>>everything eminem has or will put out. simple.

  47. ms_daydreamer says:

    Love all of them, but that list is full of mainstream albums… Disrespects a lot of lesser known artists.

  48. Da Business says:

    @ SO

    I hear u but like I said it’s my opinion.

    To me outside of “Stan” and “The Way I Am”, MMLP can’t compete with the Eminem Show song for song. But hey, that’s just me.

  49. B.Dot says:

    ^
    I agree. OVERALL, I think Eminem Show > MMLP

  50. koa29 says:

    Yeah…even tho MM LP blew up with sales, Eminem Show was definitely the more quality actual record with aggressive content that displayed the harsh realities at the time.

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