From MTV.

On Tuesday (February 23), the MTV Newsroom blog asked whether the showcase album from Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment was the finest hip-hop posse album of all time. Based on the comments, it seems as though the concept was a little confusing. The poll was meant to focus on albums from groups who were introduced after the team’s alpha dog had already become famous. So while Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers is far superior to all the albums we mentioned in the poll, it doesn’t count because those MCs made their debuts as part of a group. (However, if Method Man had released Tical before Enter the Wu-Tang had dropped, the it would have easily taken first place.)

With that in mind, the poll ended up being a two horse race. 50 Cent’s G-Unit crew ended up in the top spot, with their 2003 album Beg for Mercy snagging a whopping 43 percent of the vote. Lil Wayne’s Young Money group came in just a few steps behind with 38 percent. After that, the drop off was significant: Ruff Ryders’ Ryde or Die Vol. 1 picked up six percent and Junior M.A.F.I.A.’s Conspiracy only grabbed three percent. Tragically, Flipmode Squad’s The Imperial brought up the rear with only one percent of the vote — a disappointing showing considering the consistency and quality of that record (seriously, listen to “We Got U Opin (Part 2)” and try not to be knocked out).

One commenter brought up a pair of albums that made for excellent suggestions. We totally forgot about Dungeon Family’s Even in Darkness, which is a little big spotty but contains some killer production and excellent outer space rhymes from the members of Outkast and Goodie Mob. That same commenter also brought up the Diggin’ in the Crates Crew, which is something of a strange case because their one great album as a collective (2000′s D.I.T.C.) came out after one of the group’s key members (Big L) died. Plus, star member Fat Joe didn’t have his commercial breakthrough until 2001. D.I.T.C. is a great album regardless, but probably not eligible in this context. (However, Joe’s albums with Terror Squad definitely fall into this category, and we probably unfairly overlooked 2004′s True Story.)

In fact, for the benefit of paying respect to the group albums that are simply great because of the people involved, answer this question: Which is the best hip-hop group album of all time? It’s easy to cite the best solo records in history (Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie and the rest), but what teams stand tall? Let us know in the comments!