MOBB DEEP – The Infamous (reissue) – Vinyl (2xLP)
As far as 12-month periods go, few have yielded a more definitive array of albums than 1995, which is pretty much ground zero for the East Coast hip-hop renaissance. GZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Smif N Weston, Guru, KRS-One, Erick Sermon, The Roots and more all dropped seminal long players, but the best of them all is this one from Mobb Deep.