O.G. Original Gangster
by Ice-T
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O.G. Original Gangster is ranked as the best album by Ice-T.
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O.G. Original Gangster track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
O.G. Original Gangster rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 39 Music Albums of 1991 | 33/39 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1991 | 4/54 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1991 | 17/50 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0301-0400* | 16/79 | - |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1991 | 70/86 | - |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 37 Music Albums of 1991 | 18/37 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1991 | 29/40 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 82 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 171 | |||
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O.G. Original Gangster ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 12:16 | AledJames | 1,689 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 05:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,685 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 20:13 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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pedro1976 06/18/2026 10:06 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) paladisiac 07/12/2018 13:40 in What album are you listening to right now?O.G. Original Gangster comments
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I like the breakbeats, and the sampled instrumental parts are great - horns, voices and so on. Some cool guitar riffs too, though I can't tell how much of this is original vs sampled. Either way, the music is really interesting on most of the tracks. Ice-T's rapping is convincing too (acting chops) and he paints a vivid picture with his storytelling. And he has substantial and thought provoking things to say about society, politics, war, and his own life. Underappreciated classic gangsta rap album.
Also, no one said they were all upstanding citizens, but America's justice system is obviously very racist against black people. It's the legacy of a history that saw blacks being rounded up on trumped up charges so they could be forced to work for free or worked to death, not so long ago. And more recently saw blacks denied the right to vote in a variety of creative ways, under threat of violence; and speaking of getting creative, guess what, felons can't vote. It's good that this album made some people think about that a bit. (Edited)
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/08/2016 21:58 | #170913 | TOP COMMENT
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Listen properly to what is being said and you may come to the conclusion that this is one of most intelligent rappers you've heard. Yes he enjoys to subvert and play but he does try and put stories over with a moral.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/05/2015 03:01 | #134009
Nice comment, Bork. I agree 100%. (Edited)
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/28/2012 01:59 | #47355 | TOP COMMENT
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Some brilliant moments, but they are too few and too far between with utter junk threw in between. I also have a bit of a problem with the "gangbangers, rapists, drugdealers and other upstanding citizens of society still being in prison is bullshit" attitude. But that's probably just me being racist. (Edited)
brilliant album!
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