The 18th Letter (studio album) by Rakim

The 18th Letter by Rakim
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 11,086th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (190th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,814th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,086th)
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 32 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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