The 50 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time


The following is an aggregate list based off of 46 different "Greatest Rap/Hip Hop Albums of All Time" lists (updated as of 2/8/25)

  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. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
  5. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
  6. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
  7. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
  8. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
  9. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
  10. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
  11. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
  12. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
  13. OutKast - Aquemini (1998)
  14. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
  15. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
  16. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
  17. Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
  18. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
  19. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
  20. Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)
  21. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
  22. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
  23. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
  24. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (1995)
  25. OutKast - Stankonia (2000)
  26. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (1986)
  27. Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
  28. GZA - Liquid Swords (1995)
  29. The Fugees - The Score (1996)
  30. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
  31. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (1986)
  32. Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
  33. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (1999)
  34. Kendrick Lamar - Damn. (2017)
  35. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
  36. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992)
  37. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997)
  38. OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
  39. Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)
  40. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
  41. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
  42. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
  43. Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
  44. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (1984)
  45. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
  46. 2Pac - Me Against The World (1995)
  47. The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
  48. LL Cool J - Radio (1985)
  49. Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
  50. Drake - Take Care (2011)

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