The album appeared on Tom Moon's list of the "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List" (2008). The "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" included "Amor Prohibido" on its list of the best-produced albums of 1994, while the "Houston Press" placed it on its list of the best Texas albums of the past 30 years. "Amor Prohibido" was ranked ninth out of ten on Latin music critic Mario Tarradell's list of the best Latin music albums of the 1990s. BuzzFeed ranked "Amor Prohibido" number 22 on its list of the "35 Old-School Latino Albums You Probably Forgot About". "Billboard" magazine ranked "Amor Prohibido" among the most essential Latin recordings of the past 50 years, and included it on its list of the top 100 albums of all-time. In 2017, NPR ranked "Amor Prohibido" at number 19 on their list of the 150 greatest albums made by women, the highest-ranking album by a female Latin artist, and ninth highest-ranking recording by a woman of color. Music and media outlets, BuzzFeed, "Billboard", and Apple Music, commemorated the album's 25th anniversary in March 2019. Other media outlets, such as Entertainment Tonight and the "Houston Chrionicle", interviewed Jennifer Lopez, Ally Brooke, Cierra Ramirez, Natti Natasha, Anitta, Farina, Angela Aguilar, Becky G, and Kam Franklin on their take of "Amor Prohibido" and the singer's impact on their careers. In an interview with "Billboard", Mexican singer Danna Paola spoke about how "Amor Prohibido" was the first album she ever bought. American soul singer Kam Franklin called the record as "one of the greatest albums of all time". In the updated edition of "Rolling Stone" magazine's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the album ranked at number 479.