http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2005/greatest_albums_0505/index12.jhtml

1. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
4. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
5. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
6. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
7. N.W.A. - N---as4Life
8. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
9. Tupac Shakur (As Makaveli) - The Don Killuminati...
10. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...

Honourable mention:
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Black Moon - Enta the Stage
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Leaders of the New School - A Future Without a Past
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Decided by the MTV staff

This list will not be included for the same reasons as the Kerrang punk list.

ah...I think I'm getting it now. It's a little complicated how all this gets put together.