| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 (1999) | 17 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (1998) | No Order |
| FACT (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2013) | 56 |
| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) | 4.5 Bones |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | B+ |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) | 3.5 Stars |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) | 2 Stars |
