The January 2006 issue is out, and it includes a sidebar with their top 10. They didn't put the top 10 in any order, and it's a fairly predictable list:
The Game - THE DOCUMENTARY
50 Cent - THE MASSACRE
Mariah Carey - THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI
Common - BE
Keyshia Cole - THE WAY IT IS
Mike Jones - WHO IS MIKE JONES?
John Legend - GET LIFTED
Young Jeezy - LET'S GET IT
Kanye West - LATE REGISTRATION
Lil' Kim - THE NAKED TRUTH
LOL! I love that some people here don't know VIBE and look at this list with disdain. It says a lot about tastes around here (which, not surprisingly, run parallel to critics' tastes).