MTV Base, MTV Two and VH1 selected 100 albums each they deemed worthy of the title Greatest Album Ever.

Here's what Trevor Nelson and the rest of the MTV Base team chose to be the best urban offerings from across the globe.

• Michael Jackson − Thriller
• The Notorious B.I.G. − Ready To Die
• Lauryn Hill − The Mis-Education Of Lauryn Hill
• Jay-Z − The Blueprint
• Eminem − The Marshall Mathers Lp
• Dizzee Rascal − Boy In Da Corner
• Kanye West − The College Dropout
• Usher − 8701
• Mary J Blige − What's The 411?
• Craig David − Born To Do It
• Nas − Illmatic
• 2 Pac − All Eyez On Me
• 50 Cent − Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
• Dr Dre − The Chronic
• Justin Timberlake − Justified
• Jill Scott − Who Is Jill Scott?
• The Fugees − The Score
• Snoop Dogg − Doggystyle
• D'angelo − Brown Sugar
• Mariah Carey − The Emancipation Of Mimi
• Dmx − It's Dark In Hell And Hot
• The Wu-Tang Clan − Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
• Amy Winehouse − Back To Black
• The Game − The Documentary
• Lil' Wayne − Tha Carter Iii
• Alicia Keys − Songs In A Minor
• Sean Paul − Dutty Rock
• Erykah Badu − Baduizm
• Tlc − Crazysexycool
• Prince − Purple Rain
• Outkast − The Love Below/Speakerboxxx
• Mase − Harlem World
• Ms Dynamite − A Little Deeper
• Aaliyah − One In A Million
• Missy Elliott − Supa Dupa Fly
• Destinys Child − The Writing's On The Wall
• The Notorious B.I.G. − Life After Death
• R Kelly − 12 Play
• Puff Daddy − No Way Out
• Janet Jackson − Control
• Kano − Home Sweet Home
• Nelly − Country Grammar
• John Legend − Get Lifted
• Kanye West − Late Registration
• Nwa − Straight Outta Compton
• Public Enemy − It Takes A Nation Of Millions
• Dead Prez − Let's Get Free
• Mos Def − Black On Both Sides
• R Kelly − Tp-2.Com
• Blackstreet − Another Level
• Outkast − Stankonia
• Common − Be
• Maxwell − Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
• Kelis − Tasty
• Brandy − Never Say Never
• Jodeci − Forever My Lady
• Busta Rhymes − When Disaster Strikes
• Beyonce Knowles − Dangerously In Love
• Bobby Brown − Don't Be Cruel
• Eminem − The Slim Shady Lp
• Usher − Confessions
• Jay-Z − Reasonable Doubt
• Sade − Diamond Life
• Whitney Houston − My Love Is Your Love
• De La Soul − Three Feet High And Rising
• Ll Cool J − Mama Said Knock You Out
• Nas − Stillmatic
• Sade − Promise
• Ne-Yo − In My Own Words
• Run Dmc − Raising Hell
• Rihanna − Good Girl Gone Bad
• Chris Brown − Exclusive
• Public Enemy − Fear Of A Black Planet
• Boyz Ii Men − Cooleyhighharmony
• So Solid Crew − 21 Seconds
• T.I. − Paper Trail
• Eric B & Rakim − Paid In Full
• Timbaland − Presents: Shock Value
• Lemar − Dedicated
• Shaggy − Hotshot
• A Tribe Called Quest − Midnight Marauders
• Arrested Development − 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days …
• India Arie − Acoustic Soul
• The Beastie Boys − Licensed To Ill
• Estelle − Shine
• Sway − This Is My Demo
• Roots Manuva − Run Come Save Me
• The Pharcyde − Labcabincalifornia
• Lucy Pearl − Lucy Pearl
• Toni Braxton − Toni Braxton
• The Roots − Phrenology
• Joe − All That I Am
• Salt 'N' Pepa − Very Neccessary
• Jamiroquai − Emergency On Planet Earth
• Dru Hill − Dru Hill
• Ginuwine − Ginuwine...The Bachelor
• Roni Size − New Forms
• Damien Marley − Welcome To Jamrock
• Buju Banton − Til Shiloh
• Musiq Soulchild − Aijuswanaseing