Best Albums of 1989
Best Albums of 1989
| album | percentage | points | listed |
average
when listed |
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| 1 | De La Soul - "3 Feet High & Rising" | 15.28% | 275 | 18 | 15.28 |
| 2 | The D.O.C. - "No One Can Do it Better" | 11.72% | 211 | 16 | 13.19 |
| 3 | Jungle Brothers - "Done by the Forces of Nature" | 10.44% | 188 | 14 | 13.43 |
| 4 | Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - "Road to the Riches" | 7.22% | 130 | 13 | 10.00 |
| 5 | EPMD - "Unfinished Business" | 6.72% | 121 | 13 | 9.31 |
| 6 | BDK - "It's A Big Daddy Thing" | 6.22% | 112 | 10 | 11.20 |
| 7 | 3rd Bass - "The Cactus Album" | 5.17% | 93 | 12 | 7.75 |
| 8 | BDP - "Ghetto Music: The Blueprint" | 4.89% | 88 | 12 | 7.33 |
| 9 | Beastie Boys - "Paul's Boutique" | 4.61% | 83 | 11 | 7.55 |
| 10 | Tuff Crew - "Back to Wreck Shop" | 3.61% | 65 | 4 | 16.25 |
| 11 | Ice T - "Iceberg" | 2.89% | 52 | 8 | 6.50 |
| 12 | Geto Boys - "Grip it! On that other level" | 2.56% | 46 | 7 | 6.57 |
| 13 | Gang Starr - "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | 2.44% | 44 | 4 | 11.00 |
| 14 | Biz Markie - "The Biz Never Sleeps" | 2.28% | 41 | 4 | 10.25 |
| 15 | Chill Rob G - "Ride the Rhythm" | 2.22% | 40 | 5 | 8.00 |
| 16 | LL Cool J - "Walking With a Panther" | 1.83% | 33 | 5 | 6.60 |
| 17 | Chubb Rock w/ Howie Tee - "And The Winner Is" | 1.44% | 26 | 3 | 8.67 |
| 18 | MC Lyte - "Eyes on This" | 1.33% | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 19 | Nice & Smooth - "Nice & Smooth" | 1.28% | 23 | 4 | 5.75 |
| 20 | Queen Latifah - "All Hail The Queen" | 1.28% | 23 | 3 | 7.67 |
| 21 | DJ Jazzy jeff and The Fresh Prince - "And in this corner" | 1.22% | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 22 | Stezo - "Crazy Noise" | 1.11% | 20 | 1 | 20.00 |
| 23 | Special Ed - "Youngest in Charge" | 0.83% | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 24 | Def Jef - "Just a Poet With Soul" | 0.67% | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
| 25 | Just Ice - "The Desolate One" | 0.44% | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
| 26 | Divine Styler - "Word Power" | 0.28% | 5 | 1 | 5.00 |
| DJ Chuck Chillout & Kool Chip - "Masters of the Rhythm" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| T La Rock - "On a Warpath" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Cool C - "I Gotta Habit" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Three Times Dope - "Original Stylin" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Ice Cream Tee - "I Can't Hold Back" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | |
| Kwame - "The Boy Genius" | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |