my pick was quinn when it came out for the longest, but the two albums put together from Mac dre goes to him on GP, so my vote is Ronald Dregan-Dreganomics and Genie of The Lamp 2cds released at the same time.
That Greedy is tight. From track 1 with Luni Coleone I knew that album was going to be fire and oh boy - FIRE. The solos are tight and the features are perfectly done IMO. The track with Keak is too nice and Greedy, young Droop and T-Nutty is the slump. That would be one of my favourites for the year but no one else here talks about it. Haven't heard it mentioned since it first dropped.
That Quinn is up there too and that Bullies With Fullies 2 would be in the mix as best album of 2004. Thuglords would be 2nd place to those 3 and T-Nutty a close 3rd. 2004 isn't over yet and anything can happen in a month...