BLACK TRUTH NEWS PICKS THE BEST 25 HIP HOP GROUPS OF ALL TIME [Full List]

17. Bone Thugs N Harmony

• Faces of Death(1993)
• Creepin on ah Come Up(1994)
• 1999 Eternal(1995)
• The Art of War(1997)
• BTNHResurrection(2000)
• Thug World Order(2002)
• Thug Stories(2006)
• Strength & Loyalty(2007)
• Uni5: The World’s Enemy(2010)
• The Art of War: World War III(2013)
• New Waves(2017)

Legendary group whose style has yet to be duplicated in Hip Hop. They have huge following and a lot of their fans would consider them the best group of all time. They are Grammy winners and have sold millions of records. They have the distinction of being the only group to be featured on a song with 2Pac and Biggie

16. The Roots

• Organix(1993)
• Do You Want More?!!!??!(1995)
• Illadelph Halflife(1996)
• Things Fall Apart(1999)
• Phrenology(2002)
• The Tipping Point(2004)
• Game Theory(2006)
• Rising Down(2008)
• How I Got Over(2010)
• Undun(2011)
• …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin(2014)
• End Game(2018)^[83]

I feel guilty putting the Roots so low on my list. They are one of my favorite Hip Hop groups and in my opinion have two classic albums with Illadelph Halflife and Things Fall Apart. I wasn’t feeling their 2002 album Phrenology, but I thought The Tipping Point was dope. I haven’t really listened to the last few albums that they dropped but it still goes on their resume for longevity. The reason I didn’t put them higher is because I felt other groups were more commercially successful than them at their peak. Although their success wasn’t strictly based on commercial success, I still had to consider it when making my selection. In the end, my personal taste lost to impact and album sales.

15. Cypress Hill

• Cypress Hill(1991)
• Black Sunday(1993)
• Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom(1995)
• Cypress Hill IV(1998)
• Skull & Bones(2000)
• Stoned Raiders(2001)
• Till Death Do Us Part(2004)
• Rise Up(2010)
• Elephants on Acid(2018)^[14]

Cypress Hill’s first album went double platinum. Their second album went triple platinum. Their third album went platinum and their fourth album went gold. They don’t get enough credit in Hip Hop circles because by  time their fifth album came out, they drifted into Hip Hop/metal music. I also think there is a slight prejudice towards them being Latin and being labeled a stoner group. Despite sometimes being overlooked, they have dope music and are one of the most successful groups of all time.