The latest issue of Hip-Hop Connection features a countdown of the top 100 albums of the last decade. Taking the number one slot is Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon's 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx', deemed a perfectly executed album which has influenced a generation of rap artists. Other LPs making it into the top ten include those by Dr Dre, OutKast, Jay-Z, De La Soul and Mobb Deep.
Publisher Andy Cowan told allhiphop.com: "At the very least, it is a fairly comprehensive overview of some of the most essential modern hip-hop. Hopefully it will introduce readers to some gems they may have missed along the way. We're also asking the readers to vote for their top ten in the same issue, and we intend to follow this up with a reader-generated top 100 a little later in 2006. The albums were selected from several meetings between HHC senior staff and writers. Overall, it was a difficult task and we're not saying our list is perfect. Far from it, though, we do hope to inspire some heated debate amongst our readership."
The list appears in the 7 Feb issue. Hip Hop Connection is the world's longest running monthly hip-hop magazine, incidentally, and celebrates its 200th issue in April.