TierMarks

Best Albums of 1998

Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.

  1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill1998Rapping, singing, writing and producing at the highest level available, on one record, once.Read the review
  2. Aquemini1998Live instruments, science fiction, harmonicas and the best writing either of them ever did. A genuine masterpiece.
  3. Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life1998The one that made him a superstar, built on a show tune sample and a batch of very efficient hits.
  4. Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told1998A great West Coast voice swallowed whole by a Southern label's assembly line.