In a decade-end poll of critics and musicians, the album finished number 40 on "Rolling Stone"s list of the 100 Best Albums of the Decade. In his ballot for the magazine's poll, Robert Christgau ranked "Late Registration" as the second best album of the 2000s decade. "Pitchfork" named it the 18th best album of the 2000s. "The Guardian" listed the album as the 19th best of the decade. "PopMatters" ranked "Late Registration" as the 15th best album of the 2000s. "Consequence of Sound" named it the 26th best album of the decade. "La Vanguardia" listed the album as the 36th best of the 2000s decade. "Late Registration" was one of just twelve albums to receive a perfect rating from "Rolling Stone" in the 2000s, and the only Hip-Hop/R&B album to do so.