The Best Part is the debut studio album by American hip hop artist J-Live.

The Best Part was recorded from 1996 to 1999 and featured production by Prince Paul, DJ Premier, and Pete Rock.

By the fall of 2001, after five years of label problems, The Best Part was finally officially released on Triple Threat Productions.

[9] In that year, HipHopDX included it on the "30 Best Underground Hip Hop Albums Since 2000" list.

[10] In 2020, HipHopGoldenAge ranked it 3 on their "Top 150 Hip Hop Albums of The Decade" list.