The Preface
by Elzhi
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Elzhi bestography
The Preface is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by Elzhi on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elzhi is Elmatic which is ranked number 17043 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 65.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Preface track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Preface rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 37 minutes ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Hyggevinyl | Top 59 Music Albums of 2008 | 21/59 | 3 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | XXL The top 10 rap albums of 2008 | 9/10 | - |
| 2021 | AlienCinema | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2020 |  Lachapelle | Top 10 Music Albums of 2008 | 10/10 | 1 |
| 2019 | NickD89 | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2000s | 45/50 | 2 |
| 2018 |  Skinny | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | 47/99 | 11 |
| 2017 | sonicdiscourse | Top 50 Music Albums of 2008 | 29/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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The Preface ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/09/2026 11:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,117 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2023 03:45 |  zags7000 | 20,565 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2022 08:15 | Hyggevinyl | 4,437 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2021 20:01 | AvriZZle | 25 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2020 20:41 | LosWochos | 47,463 | 75/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 6.0.
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One of the most naturally talented rappers around. A brilliant debut album.
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