Accolades
The information regarding accolades attributed to Illmatic is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net.
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| About.com | United States | 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums | 2008 | 1 | ||
| Best Rap Albums of 1994 | 2008 | 1 | ||||
| 10 Essential Hip-Hop Albums | 2008 | 1 | ||||
| Blender | 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die | 2003 | * | |||
| ego trip | Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 | 1999 | 1 | |||
| Ink Blot | Albums of the 90s | 2002 | 11 | |||
| MTV | The Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time | 2005 | 2 | |||
| Music Underwater | Top 100 Albums 1990-2003 | 2004 | 45 | |||
| Pitchfork Media | Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s | 2003 | 33 | |||
| Robert Dimery | 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die | 2006 | * | |||
| Rolling Stone | The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time | 2003 | 400 | |||
| 100 Best Albums of the 90s | 2010 | 26 | ||||
| The Essential Recordings of the 90s | 1999 | * | ||||
| The Source | 100 Best Rap Albums | 1998 | * | |||
| The Critics Top 100 Black Music Albums of All Time | 2006 | 5 | ||||
| Spin | Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years | 2005 | 17 | |||
| Stylus | Top 101-200 Albums of All time | 2004 | 143 | |||
| Tom Moon | 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die | 2008 | * | |||
| Vibe | 51 Albums representing a Generation, a Sound and a Movement | 2004 | * | |||
| Top 10 Rap Albums | 2002 | 4 | ||||
| Village Voice | Albums of the Year | 2000 | 33 | |||
| Hip Hop Connection | United Kingdom | Top 100 Readers Poll | 2003 | 3 | ||
| Mojo | Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide | 2001 | * | |||
| NME | Albums of the Year | 1994 | 33 | |||
| The New Nation | Top 100 Albums by Black Artists | 2004 | 5 | |||
| Select | Albums of the Year | 1994 | 18 | |||
| The 100 Best Albums of the 90s | 1996 | 99 | ||||
| Juice | Australia | The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s | 1999 | 101 | ||
| Exclaim! | Canada | 100 Records That Rocked 100 Issues | 2000 | * | ||
| Les Inrockuptibles | France | 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll | 2004 | * | ||
| Spex | Germany | Albums of the Year | 1994 | 9 | ||
| Juice | The Hundred Most Influential Rap Albums Ever | 2002 | 4 | |||
| OOR | Netherlands | Albums of the Year | 1994 | 42 | ||
| VPRO | 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time | 2006 | * | |||
| The Movement | New Zealand | The 101 Best Albums of the 90s | 2004 | 51 | ||
| Dance de Lux | Spain | The 25 Best Hip-Hop Records | 2001 | 25 | ||
| Rock de Lux | The 150 Best Albums from the 90s | 2000 | 134 | |||
| Pop | Sweden | Albums of the Year | 1994 | 9 | ||
| (*) designates lists that are unordered. | ||||||
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“When I get all these accolades for being true to myself, I say, “Who else can I be? I can’t be Chris Evert.””
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