The 100 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time


The following is an aggregate list based off of 51 different "Greatest Rap/Hip Hop Albums of All Time" lists (updated as of 2/17/26)

  1. Nas - Illmatic (1994)
  2. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
  3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)
  4. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
  5. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
  6. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
  7. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
  8. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
  9. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
  10. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
  11. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
  12. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
  13. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
  14. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
  15. OutKast - Aquemini (1998)
  16. Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
  17. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
  18. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
  19. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (1995)
  20. Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)
  21. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
  22. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
  23. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
  24. Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
  25. OutKast - Stankonia (2000)
  26. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
  27. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (1986)
  28. Fugees - The Score (1996)
  29. GZA - Liquid Swords (1995)
  30. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
  31. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997)
  32. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides (1999)
  33. Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
  34. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (1986)
  35. Kendrick Lamar - Damn. (2017)
  36. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
  37. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
  38. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
  39. Drake - Take Care (2011)
  40. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
  41. OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
  42. Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
  43. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
  44. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
  45. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (1984)
  46. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992)
  47. Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
  48. LL Cool J - Radio (1985)
  49. Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)
  50. Missy Elliott - Miss E… So Addictive (2001)
  51. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
  52. EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
  53. Kanye West - Graduation (2007)
  54. UGK - Ridin' Dirty (1996)
  55. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
  56. DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
  57. The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
  58. 2Pac - Me Against The World (1995)
  59. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
  60. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown (1988)
  61. J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
  62. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (1996)
  63. Future - DS2 (2015)
  64. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (1999)
  65. Juvenile - 400 Degreez (1998)
  66. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (2018)
  67. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
  68. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane (1988)
  69. Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)
  70. OutKast - Speakerboxx / The Love Below (2003)
  71. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
  72. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
  73. MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday (1999)
  74. Gang Starr - Hard to Earn (1994)
  75. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
  76. Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
  77. Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
  78. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
  79. Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
  80. Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991)
  81. Main Source - Breaking Atoms (1991)
  82. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995)
  83. Clipse - Lord Willin (2002)
  84. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better (1989)
  85. Goodie Mob - Soul Food (1995)
  86. Pusha T - Daytona (2018)
  87. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
  88. Scarface - The Diary (1994)
  89. MC Lyte - Lyte As A Rock (1988)
  90. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
  91. Nas - It Was Written (1996)
  92. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
  93. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (2018)
  94. Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing (1989)
  95. Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)
  96. Common - Be (2005)
  97. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena (1991)
  98. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne (2011)
  99. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017)
  100. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)

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