15. Jeff Buckley - Grace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIw0ewEsNHs Taken from us far too soon (Buckley died in a strange drowning accident in 1997), Grace was the only full studio album Jeff Buckley ever completed. Buckley brilliantly blended his snake-like guitar playing with his incredibly moving voice, full of range and character. Bouncing from rock-god swagger to heavenly tears, Grace was an extremely beautiful album, no more so than on his powerfully moving cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Led by bubbling guitar, Buckley's voice starts off as a trembling whisper, and slowly rises until he is crying to the heavens, "Hallelujah." 14. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THjpdvcEdhc An extremely rugged and dirty album, Enter The Wu-Tang was truly a grand entrance. An introduction to one of the most dominant rap groups of their time, Enter was filled with basement beats and furious flow. The Clan, including such members as the troublemaker Ol' Dirty Bastard, GZA, the production wizard RZA, and the ever-charming Method Man, dropped angry rhymes about everything from life in the projects to dealing drugs to martial arts. Enter The Wu-Tang captured their chaos and delivered it perfectly. 13. Nas - Illmatic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjj4hk0pV4 One of the most intellectually-enlightened, street smart rappers to ever roll out of the projects, Nas brought a deep, smooth flow to his words. Spreading street gospel, Nas helped revive East Coast rap, particularly in New York. Praised for its lyrical content, Illmatic tells the tales of life in the inner city stories from the eyes of a teenager, depicted in a place filled with drugs, gangs and violence. We are all lucky Nas was able to find the right path into the studio instead of into prison and deliver this hip-hop masterpiece. 12. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsWB0L8bWvM Following his days in N.W.A., Dr. Dre released The Chronic and changed the face of hip-hop forever. The Chronic almost single-handedly created the West Coast gangster rap style, blending Dre's all-too-cool laid back drawl with his George Clinton inspired funk beats. Weaving tales of the ghetto, wrapped in a cloud of marijuana smoke, Dre brought a fresh new style to the game and took the hip-hop world by storm. 11. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzVLD6J_O8E Liz Phair took the indie rock world by force, grabbing ahold of the throne for some time with this brilliant album. Bouncing from one perfect song to another, Exile is filled with Phair's brilliantly dirty sense of humour - all cheap pick-up lines and bad jokes. But buried within the obscenities were intimate confessionals, sung in Phair's distinct mumble, over some brilliant music that alternates from shivering acoustic guitars to murky fuzz to shimmering glam.