Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased in the 2000s, anyone who spent time on that era’s file-sharing networks can verify that the LP was still the most important unit for music obsessives.

Last month, we launched the Pitchfork Rap Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to rank your favorite rap albums of all time. Thousands of you did. Below, find those results, and compare them to our ...