Billboard‘s 50 Greatest Rap Albums Of All Time
The rap canon, straight from Billboard. Albums that raised whole generations, rewrote language, and turned street poetry into global scripture. From block parties to stadiums, this list is where rap’s heartbeat lives.
Items in this hypelist
Ranking from 1 to 50 (highest to lowest)
Teflon Don
Album · Rick Ross
Hard Core
Album · Lil' Kim
Capital Punishment
Album · Big Pun
Lord Willin'
Album · Clipse
Criminal Minded (Deluxe)
Album · Boogie Down Productions
Paul's Boutique (20th Anniversary Edition / Remastered)
Album · Beastie Boys
400 Degreez
Album · JUVENILE
Supreme Clientele 2
Album · Ghostface Killah
The Black Album
Album · JAY-Z
good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe)
Album · Kendrick Lamar
E. 1999 Eternal
Album · Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
DS2 (Deluxe)
Album · Future
Hard To Earn
Album · Gang Starr
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Album · Makaveli
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
Album · Jeezy
Radio
Album · LL COOL J
It's A Big Daddy Thing
Album · Big Daddy Kane
The Fix
Album · Scarface
Reasonable Doubt
Album · JAY-Z
Take Care (Deluxe)
Album · Drake
The Marshall Mathers LP
Album · Eminem
Invasion of Privacy
Album · Cardi B
The Infamous
Album · Mobb Deep
The College Dropout
Album · Kanye West
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) [Expanded Edition]
Album · Wu-Tang Clan
The Score
Album · Fugees, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean
Ready to Die (The Remaster)
Album · The Notorious B.I.G.
Graduation
Album · Kanye West
2001
Album · Dr. Dre
It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
Album · DMX
Supa Dupa Fly
Album · Missy Elliott
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Deluxe Edition)
Album · Public Enemy
Straight Outta Compton
Album · N.W.A.
3 Feet High and Rising
Album · De La Soul
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Album · Ice Cube
DAMN.
Album · Kendrick Lamar
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Album · Kanye West
The Low End Theory
Album · A Tribe Called Quest
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Album · Raekwon
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
Album · 50 Cent
The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick (Deluxe Edition)
Album · Slick Rick
The Blueprint (Explicit Version)
Album · JAY-Z
Paid In Full
Album · Eric B. & Rakim
Doggystyle
Album · Snoop Dogg
All Eyez On Me
Album · 2Pac
Life After Death (2014 Remastered Edition)
Album · The Notorious B.I.G.
Aquemini
Album · Outkast
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Album · Ms. Lauryn Hill
The Chronic
Album · Dr. Dre
Illmatic
Album · Nas
