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 7. Stankonia
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More than anything, 1999's Immobilarity made Supreme a revelation. We had Wu-Forever in 1997, then Meth's T2 Judgement Day in ‘98. Wu was still bangin’. Then ‘99 passed and nothing came out besides Raekwon’s Immobilarity. Up to that point, all we knew from Rae was the Purple Tape, so we all expected Immobilarity to be another crazy classic. But it wasn’t. Ultimately, it was just good -- no more, no less.
So after a full year of Wu-disappointment and Wu-absence, we started thinking the worse. Then, Ghost and the Rza drop this gem.
“Nutmeg” sets it off so gangsta. It’s a classic track, with Ghost dumbin’ out lyrically and Rza turning in, what could have been, the dopest verse of the year. The Hero also pointed out the great tone-shift the album took when he said, “I also like how the album takes that ill introspective turn after the Woodrow skit. I mean he was all braggadocio up until Mighty Healthy and then he just flips it on you with tracks like "Malcolm", "We Made It" and "Childs Play". I mean the album's got everything.” Brolic added: “Ghost and Bobby (Rza) are like Brando and Scorsese. It’s perfection on top of perfection. No flaws.
It's landmark and place in history is that it is the last hardcore-hop classic. Hop is not made like this anymore. Most artists coming out of NYC are apologists and end up pandering to southern tastes or have fallen victim to New York's gay march toward superficiality and mindless-materialism. Artists don't come out and ROCK IT anymore. That makes Supreme a bit of an heirloom, like it should be put in a time box as the last of the great.
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 4. Mama's Gun
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 2. Voodoo
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 1. Madvillainy
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