On this week's episode, eclectik joins 12Kyle to discuss, critique, and re-rank the 15 original albums that received a 5 Mic Rating in The Source Magazine 

Over the first ten years or so, the heralded five-mic rating only applied to albums that were universally lauded as "CLASSIC" hip hop albums.

the chronological list is below... Albums that originally received five mics: (15) 

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm – A Tribe Called Quest (4-10-90) 

Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em – Eric B. & Rakim (6-19-90) 

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted – Ice Cube (5-16-90) 

One for All – Brand Nubian (12-4-90) 

De La Soul Is Dead – De La Soul (5-14-91) 

The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest (9-24-91) 

Illmatic – Nas (4-19-94) 

Life After Death – The Notorious B.I.G. (3-25-97) 

Aquemini – Outkast (9-29-98) 

The Blueprint – Jay-Z (9-11-01) 

Stillmatic – Nas (2-18-01) 

The Fix – Scarface (8-6-02) 

The Naked Truth – Lil' Kim (9-27-05) 

Trill OG – Bun B (8-3-10) 

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West (11-22-10) 

re-ranking the 5 mic albums with eclectik...

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