Facts

My bad. i shouldnt have said "released" i should have said " the music they listen as adolescent"

The 2000s had way more classics than 2010s

I'd stretch that back to 1990 but I feel you

Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Wu-Tang Clan were really really big moments for the culture

2000s > 90s

Entirely depends on which part of the decade you're looking at

Early 2000s was stacked but it began to slow down in the mid-2000s and it was a ghost town outside of Graduation, Kala, The Cool, C3, State vs. Radric Davis, and MOTM between 2007-2009 in the mainstream. Arguably American Gangster as well (I actually consider this a classic)

50 overrated

Tired of hearing about that nigga man

I mean it’s either 90s or 00s by default.

1973-1989 was like a beta/trial period. 2010-present is automatically too recent to be called the peak by most people.

Coughing from all the dust

90s though:

1990:

• People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
• Amerikkka's Most Wanted
• Fear of a Black Planet
• Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
• Mama Said Knock You Out
• Edutainment

1991:

• Death Certificate
• O.G. Original Gangster
• Mr. Scarface Is Back
• Quik Is the Name
• The Low End Theory
• We Can't Be Stopped
• De La Soul Is Dead
• Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Back
• A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
• efile4zaggiN
• Cypress Hill
• Naughty By Nature

1992:

• The Chronic
• Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
• Check Your Head
• Whut? Thee Album
• Dead Serious
• The Predator
• S***and Violence
• Way 2 Fonky
• Spice 1
• Music to Driveby

1993:

• Strictly 4 My N...
• Midnight Marauders
• Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
• Bacdafucup
• Reachin'
• Return of the Boom Bap
• Black Sunday
• 187 He Wrote
• Doggystyle
• 93 Til Infinity
• Get In Where You Fit In

1994:

• Regulate...G Funk Era
• Illmatic
• Ready to Die
• The Diary
• Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
• Resurrection
• Ill Communication
• 6 Feet Deep
• Dare Iz A Darkside
• We Come Strapped
• Amerikkka's Nightmare

1995:

• Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
• The Infamous
• Soul Food
• Liquid Swords
• In A Major Way
• E. 1999 Eternal
• Me Against the World
• Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
• Safe + Sound
• On Top of the World
• Doe or Die
• All We Got Iz Us
• Cypress Hill III
• Dogg Food
• KRS-One

1996:

• Reasonable Doubt
• Ridin' Dirty
• The Score
• It Was Written
• All Eyez on Me
• Muddy Waters
• The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
• ATLiens
• Hell on Earth
• Firing Squad
• Illadelph Halflife
• Ironman
• At the Speed of Life
• The Coming

1997:

• Wu-Tang Forever
• One Day It'll All Make Sense
• Life After Death
• Supa Dupa Fly
• Uptown Saturday Night
• Street Gospel
• The 18th Letter
• Chapter 2: World Domination
• Harlem World

1998:

• Aquemini
• Capital Punishment
• 400 Degreez
• Hello Nasty
• Moment of Truth
• First Family 4 Life
• Still Standing
• The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
• Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
• It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

1999:

• 2001
• Black on Both Sides
• Things Fall Apart
• Blackout!
• The Slim Shady LP
• Guerrilla Warfare
• ...And Then There Was X
• Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha
• Chopper City in the Ghetto

Untouchable

Wayne's run alone makes the 2000s legendary.

Let's alone Em n 50s run

Kanye's rise, The Genesis of ATL's musical domination, Mixtape era NY etc. etc.

definitely a top 5 decade for hip hop

00's isn't notable to me from a cumulative standpoint. I only listen to the really obvious classic stuff- Jay, Wayne, Ye, Clipse, 50. Lotta s*** from that period I have no interest.
How old are you? I was in high school 2013-17, and not coincidentally, my favorite s*** is first half of 10's Atlanta trap, 2013-15 Drake, TPAB Kendrick, etc. Hip hop was in clear decline for me by 2019 and now I'm barely interested. Think our favorite eras have more to do with how old we were to experience the great moments.

80s was tight too

1983:

• Wild Style (First classic hip hop album to ever go Gold or higher, second album overall. Kurtis and Flash didn't go Gold on their albums unfortunately)

1984:

• Run-DMC

1985:

• Radio
• King of Rock

1986:

• Licensed to Ill
• Raising Hell

1987:

• Bigger and Deffer
• Paid in Full

1988:

• Strictly Business
• The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
• By All Means Necessary
• Long Live the Kane
• Straight Outta Compton
• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
• Follow the Leader
• Goin Off
• Eazy-Duz-It
• Life Is...Too Short

1989:

• 3 Feet High and Rising
• Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
• The Cactus Album
• Unfinished Business
• Paul's Boutique
• It's a Big Daddy Thing
• Grip It! On That Other Level
• All Hail the Queen
• The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
• Eyes on This
• No One Can Do It Better
• Bad Sister

Great era but I’d 2008-2013 is probably the best 5 year period outside of the golden era

G unit era might be the most memorable era for me

It’s funny cause back in the day 06-2010 were considered dry times for hip hop lol.

For whatever reason when discussing 2000s hip hop, the end of the decade is like forgotten lol.

Critical Beatdown in 88 and Road to the Riches in 89 too

Oh I didn’t know you were going by that