2000, 2000 in music
- Afu Ra - Body of the Life Force (41)
- Atmosphere - Lucy Ford (1)
- Blackalicious - NIA (18, 70)
- Big L - The Big Picture (2, 70, 77)
- Common - Like Water for Chocolate (8, 13, 32, 58)
- Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones (7, 12)
- Dead Prez - Let's Get Free (60)
- Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 (33, 70)
- Dilated Peoples - The Platform (5)
- Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (4, 6, 11, 13, 21, 22, 52, 55, 61, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (1, 5, 6, 77, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Jay-Z - Dynasty Roc la Familia (5)
- Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (70)
- The Lox - We Are the Streets (34)
- Nelly - Country Grammar (22)
- OutKast - Stankonia (11, 17, 22, 41, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list )
- Quasimoto - The Unseen (Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Roni Size & Reprazent - In the Møde (41)
- RZA - Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai soundtrack (41)
- Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2 (60)
- Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Reflection Eternal (Train of Thought) (5, 58, 70)
- Ugly Duckling - Journey to Anywhere (20)
- Wu-Tang Clan - The W (6, 7)
- Wyclef Jean - Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book (17)
- Xzibit - Restless (4, 6)
- Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2, 77)
- Akbar - Big Bang Boogie (72)
- Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (4 5)
- DMX - The Great Depression (6)
- Ghostface Killah - Bulletproof Wallets (5)
- Gorillaz - Gorillaz (Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- J-Zone - Pimps Don't Pay Taxes (72, 60)
- Ja Rule - Pain Is Love (7)
- Jay-Z - The Blueprint (3, 5, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- Jay-Z - MTV Unplugged (69)
- LL Cool J - G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time (4, 7)
- Ludacris - Word of Mouf (6)
- Masta Ace - Disposable Arts (72, 74)
- Nas - Stillmatic (4, 5, 72, 74)
- Self-Scientific - Self-Science (60)
- Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag (72)
- Atmosphere - Godlovesugly (1)
- Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (73, 75, Village Voice's best-of for 2002)
- Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green & his Perfect Imperfections (Village Voice's best-of for 2002, Time magazine's #10 Best of the Year)
- Common - Electric Circus (Village Voice's best-of for 2002)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent (75)
- Eminem - The Eminem Show (4, 6, 73, Village Voice's best-of for 2002, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, Time magazine's #7 Best of the Year)
- Jay-Z - The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse (Spin magazine's end-of-year best list)
- J-Live - All of the Above (73, 75)
- Lauryn Hill - MTV Unplugged No. 2 (Time magazine's #2 Best of the Year
- Missy Elliott - Under Construction (Village Voice's best-of for 2002, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, Time magazine's #5 Best of the Year)
- Mr. Lif - I-Phantom (73)
- Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper (4)
- Nas - God's Son (75)
- N.E.R.D - In Search Of (Village Voice's best-of for 2002, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, Time magazine's #3 Best of the Year)
- Ol' Dirty Bastard - The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones (7)
- Onyx - Bacdafucup, Pt. II (4)
- The Roots - Phrenology (Village Voice's best-of for 2002, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, Time magazine's #8 Best of the Year)
- Scarface - The Fix (Village Voice's best-of for 2002, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list
- The Streets - Original Pirate Material (Village Voice's best-of for 2002, Spin magazine's end-of-year best list, Time magazine's #8 Best of the Year)
- Talib Kweli - Quality (73, 75)
