1991: My Bloody Valentine-Loveless
1992: Pavement-Slanted & enchanted
1993: Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream/Porcupine Tree-Up The Downstair
1994: Nas-Illmatic/Notorious BIG-Ready to Die
1995: Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cubin Linx
1996: Jay Z-Reasonable Doubt/Nas-It Was Written
1997: Modest Mouse-The Lonesome Crowded West
1998: Gang Starr-Moment of Truth
1999: The Flaming Lips-The Soft Bulletin
2000: At The Drive In-Relationship of Command
2001: Converge-Jane Doe/Interpol-Turn On the Bright Lights
2002: Broken Social Scene-You Forgot it In People
2003: The Mars Volta-De Loused In the Comatorium
2004: Madvillain-Madvillainy
2005: Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
2006: Clipse-Hell Hath No Fury/J Dilla-Donuts
2007: The Fall of Troy-Manipulator/Radiohead-In Rainbows
2008: Wale-The Mixtape About Nothing/Black Mountain-In the Future (would have put Untitled by Nas, but hes been on here too much already)
I had a really hard time deciding on some years so I just threw in two.
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