What is the best rap album by a duo or group of all time?

Wu-Tang, Run-DMC, N.W.A, OutKast — some of hip-hop's greatest moments came from collectives. Which duo or group rap album is the best of all time?

1

Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan's 1993 nine-member Staten Island debut, one of the most influential group albums in hip-hop history.

2

N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A's 1988 debut, the West Coast group's bombshell that launched gangsta rap and rattled mainstream America.

3

A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory

ATCQ's 1991 jazz-rap album featuring Q-Tip and Phife Dawg at their most electric, the gold standard of duo rap.

4

Outkast – ATLiens

Andre 3000 and Big Boi's 1996 cosmic breakthrough that established them as hip-hop's most visionary duo.

5

Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full

Eric B. and Rakim's 1987 debut, a duo masterpiece that set new standards for flow, sampling, and MC skill.

6

Run-DMC – Raising Hell

Run-DMC's 1986 third album that crossed hip-hop into rock audiences and featured the era-defining 'Walk This Way'.

7

Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy's 1988 Chuck D and Flavor Flav-led sonic revolution, the most politically charged group rap album ever.

8

Mobb Deep – The Infamous

Prodigy and Havoc's 1995 two-man Queensbridge epic, a moody and violent duo masterpiece.

9

Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Mecca and the Soul Brother

Pete Rock and CL Smooth's 1992 debut, a duo classic blending jazzy samples with smooth introspective rapping.

10

Gang Starr – Step in the Arena

Gang Starr's 1991 album, a landmark pairing of DJ Premier's jazz sampling and Guru's understated wisdom.

11

Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill

Beastie Boys' 1986 debut, the first rap album to reach number one on the Billboard 200.

12

De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul's trio debut in 1989, a playful psychedelic alternative rap classic built around sampling and humor.

13

EPMD – Strictly Business

EPMD's 1988 debut, a duo masterpiece of funk-heavy beats and tag-team rapping that was instantly influential.

14

Clipse – Lord Willin'

Pusha T and Malice's 2002 debut, a Neptunes-produced cocaine-rap classic with icy precision.

15

Run the Jewels – RTJ2

Killer Mike and El-P's 2014 free-release, an aggressive punk-rap duo record hailed as one of the decade's finest.

16

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – E. 1999 Eternal

Bone Thugs' five-member 1995 Cleveland album that blended melodic rap with their signature rapid-fire style.

17

Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded

BDP's 1987 debut that paired KRS-One's street philosophy with DJ Scott La Rock's production to create hardcore hip-hop.