Rolling Stone also ranked it one of the top 50 hip hop songs of all time.

Rolling Stone later ranked the album number 12 on its year-end list of 2008's best albums.

Rolling Stone ranked it the 13th best album of all time.

Rolling Stone ranked it the 24th best song of 2010.

In 1989, Rolling Stone ranked it the 19th best album of the 1980s.

Rolling Stone ranked the album as the 7th best of 2011.

Rolling Stone ranked him number 84 on their 2003 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

Rolling Stone ranked it as the 12th-best album of 2011.

Rolling Stone ranked it number eight on their year-end top albums list for 2012.

Rolling Stone ranked "Maps" as the 7th best song of the 2000s.