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Most Acclaimed Hip Hop Albums of All Time Beta

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#1 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

Public Enemy | 28 lists

#2 To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

Kendrick Lamar | 19 lists

#3 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)

Kanye West | 24 lists

#4 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)

Wu-Tang Clan | 27 lists

#5 Paul's Boutique (1989)

Beastie Boys | 20 lists

#6 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)

Lauryn Hill | 22 lists

#7 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

De La Soul | 20 lists

#8 The Low End Theory (1991)

A Tribe Called Quest | 21 lists

#9 Stankonia (2000)

OutKast | 27 lists

#10 The Blueprint (2001)

Jay-Z | 26 lists

#11 Illmatic (1994)

Nas | 20 lists

#12 The Chronic (1992)

Dr. Dre | 23 lists

#13 Straight Outta Compton (1989)

N.W.A. | 18 lists

#14 Endtroducing..... (1996)

DJ Shadow | 21 lists

#15 Ready to Die (1994)

The Notorious B.I.G. | 19 lists

#16 A Seat at the Table (2016)

Solange | 18 lists

#17 Fear of a Black Planet (1990)

Public Enemy | 16 lists

#18 The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

Eminem | 22 lists

#19 Paid in Full (1987)

Eric B. & Rakim | 15 lists

#20 Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)

Kendrick Lamar | 16 lists

#21 Supa Dupa Fly (1997)

Missy Elliott | 15 lists

#22 Voodoo (2000)

D’Angelo | 18 lists

#23 Beyoncé (2013)

Beyoncé | 14 lists

#24 Kala (2007)

M.I.A. | 18 lists

#25 Raising Hell (1986)

Run-DMC | 13 lists

#26 Liquid Swords (1995)

GZA | 13 lists

#27 Ill Communication (1994)

Beastie Boys | 13 lists

#28 Aquemini (1998)

OutKast | 14 lists

#29 The Score (1996)

Fugees | 13 lists

#30 The College Dropout (2004)

Kanye West | 17 lists

#31 Reasonable Doubt (1996)

Jay-Z | 11 lists

#32 Madvillainy (2004)

Madvillain | 14 lists

#33 Original Pirate Material (2002)

The Streets | 16 lists

#34 Yeezus (2013)

Kanye West | 15 lists

#35 Licensed to Ill (1986)

Beastie Boys | 11 lists

#36 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)

OutKast | 13 lists

#37 Criminal Minded (1987)

Boogie Down Productions | 10 lists

#38 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)

Raekwon | 12 lists

#39 Doggystyle (1993)

Snoop Dogg | 9 lists

#40 The Black Album (2003)

Jay-Z | 12 lists

#41 Take Care (2011)

Drake | 11 lists

#42 All Eyez on Me (1996)

2Pac | 8 lists

#43 Damn (2017)

Kendrick Lamar | 11 lists

#44 Late Registration (2005)

Kanye West | 11 lists

#45 Check Your Head (1992)

Beastie Boys | 9 lists

#46 Donuts (2006)

J Dilla | 9 lists

#47 The Slim Shady LP (1999)

Eminem | 8 lists

#48 Arular (2005)

M.I.A. | 11 lists

#49 My Life (1994)

Mary J. Blige | 7 lists

#50 De La Soul Is Dead (1991)

De La Soul | 9 lists

#51 The Velvet Rope (1997)

Janet Jackson | 6 lists

#52 Tha Carter III (2008)

Lil Wayne | 8 lists

#53 A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004)

The Streets | 10 lists

#54 Boy in da Corner (2003)

Dizzee Rascal | 9 lists

#55 Things Fall Apart (1999)

The Roots | 6 lists

#56 Mama's Gun (2000)

Erykah Badu | 7 lists

#57 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)

Ice Cube | 6 lists

#58 Art Angels (2015)

Grimes | 7 lists

#59 Run–D.M.C. (1984)

Run-DMC | 5 lists

#60 The Grey Album (2004)

Danger Mouse | 8 lists

#61 Supreme Clientele (2000)

Ghostface Killah | 8 lists

#62 Miss E... So Addictive (2001)

Missy Elliott | 8 lists

#63 Some Rap Songs (2018)

Earl Sweatshirt | 6 lists

#64 Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)

The Pharcyde | 6 lists

#65 Acid Rap (2013)

Chance the Rapper | 9 lists

#66 Flower Boy (2017)

Tyler, the Creator | 6 lists

#67 Graduation (2007)

Kanye West | 7 lists

#68 Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)

LL Cool J | 5 lists

#69 Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

Run the Jewels | 8 lists

#70 The Life of Pablo (2016)

Kanye West | 4 lists

#71 Midnight Marauders (1993)

A Tribe Called Quest | 5 lists

#72 People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)

A Tribe Called Quest | 4 lists

#73 Life After Death (1997)

The Notorious B.I.G. | 5 lists

#74 Daytona (2018)

Pusha T | 8 lists

#75 Demon Days (2005)

Gorillaz | 7 lists

#76 Hell Hath No Fury (2006)

Clipse | 6 lists

#77 The ArchAndroid (2010)

Janelle Monáe | 7 lists

#78 Invasion of Privacy (2018)

Cardi B | 7 lists

#79 Cosmogramma (2010)

Flying Lotus | 7 lists

#80 We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)

A Tribe Called Quest | 7 lists

#81 Atrocity Exhibition (2016)

Danny Brown | 3 lists

#82 808s & Heartbreak (2008)

Kanye West | 6 lists

#83 Robyn (2005)

Robyn | 5 lists

#84 One in a Million (1996)

Aaliyah | 4 lists

#85 If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)

Drake | 5 lists

#86 Summertime '06 (2015)

Vince Staples | 6 lists

#87 Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)

50 Cent | 5 lists

#88 Fishscale (2006)

Ghostface Killah | 5 lists

#89 Radio (1985)

LL Cool J | 4 lists

#90 Under Construction (2002)

Missy Elliott | 5 lists

#91 Duck Rock (1983)

Malcolm McLaren | 3 lists

#92 Astroworld (2018)

Travis Scott | 3 lists

#93 All Hail the Queen (1989)

Queen Latifah | 4 lists

#94 Big Fish Theory (2017)

Vince Staples | 3 lists

#95 DS2 / Dirty Sprite 2 (2015)

Future | 5 lists

#96 O.G. Original Gangster (1991)

Ice-T | 3 lists

Public Enemy

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

28 lists

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1988

#24

Kendrick Lamar

Hip Hop / Soul / Conscious Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Jazz Rap / Neo Soul

19 lists

To Pimp a Butterfly 2015

#28

Kanye West

Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Hardcore Hip Hop / Pop Rap

24 lists

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2010

#34

Wu-Tang Clan

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Hardcore Hip Hop

27 lists

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 1993

#46

Beastie Boys

Hip Hop / Alternative Hip Hop

20 lists

Paul's Boutique 1989

#53

Lauryn Hill

Hip Hop / Soul / R&B / Conscious Hip Hop / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul

22 lists

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998

#54

De La Soul

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Jazz Rap

20 lists

3 Feet High and Rising 1989

#59

A Tribe Called Quest

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Jazz Rap

21 lists

The Low End Theory 1991

#66

OutKast

Hip Hop / Electronic / Funk / Conscious Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / P-Funk / Pop Rap / Techno

27 lists

Stankonia 2000

#10

#67

Jay-Z

Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Hardcore Hip Hop

26 lists

The Blueprint 2001

#11

#71

Nas

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop / Jazz Rap

20 lists

Illmatic 1994

#12

#72

Dr. Dre

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

23 lists

The Chronic 1992

#13

#80

N.W.A.

Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

18 lists

Straight Outta Compton 1989

#14

#90

DJ Shadow

Hip Hop / Electronic / Downtempo / Trip Hop / Turntablism

21 lists

Endtroducing..... 1996

#15

#93

The Notorious B.I.G.

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

19 lists

Ready to Die 1994

#16

#117

Solange

Hip Hop / Electronic / Soul / R&B / Funk / Neo Soul / Rhythm & Blues

18 lists

A Seat at the Table 2016

#17

#125

Public Enemy

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

16 lists

Fear of a Black Planet 1990

#18

#126

Eminem

Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

22 lists

The Marshall Mathers LP 2000

#19

#142

Eric B. & Rakim

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop

15 lists

Paid in Full 1987

#20

#144

Kendrick Lamar

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

16 lists

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 2012

#21

#148

Missy Elliott

Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap

15 lists

Supa Dupa Fly 1997

#22

#166

D’Angelo

Hip Hop / Soul / R&B / Funk / Jazz / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul

18 lists

Voodoo 2000

#23

#175

Beyoncé

Pop / Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B

14 lists

Beyoncé 2013

#24

#176

M.I.A.

Pop / Hip Hop / Electronic / Reggae / Grime / Synth-pop

18 lists

Kala 2007

#25

#191

Run-DMC

Hip Hop / Metal / Alternative Metal / Boom Bap / Pop Rap / Turntablism

13 lists

Raising Hell 1986

#26

#192

GZA

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Hardcore Hip Hop

13 lists

Liquid Swords 1995

#27

#194

Beastie Boys

Rock / Hip Hop / Funk / Jazz / Punk / Metal / Alternative Hip Hop / Alternative Metal / Conscious Hip Hop / Hardcore Punk / Jazz-Funk / Turntablism

13 lists

Ill Communication 1994

#28

#205

OutKast

Hip Hop / Soul / Reggae / Conscious Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap

14 lists

Aquemini 1998

#29

#215

Fugees

Hip Hop / Soul / Alternative Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Neo Soul

13 lists

The Score 1996

#30

#225

Kanye West

Hip Hop / R&B / Conscious Hip Hop / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap

17 lists

The College Dropout 2004

#31

#247

Jay-Z

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Jazz Rap

11 lists

Reasonable Doubt 1996

#32

#251

Madvillain

Hip Hop / Electronic / Alternative Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Jazz Rap

14 lists

Madvillainy 2004

#33

#261

The Streets

Hip Hop / Electronic / UK Garage

16 lists

Original Pirate Material 2002

#34

#262

Kanye West

Hip Hop / Electronic / Electro / Hardcore Hip Hop / Industrial / Pop Rap

15 lists

Yeezus 2013

#35

#283

Beastie Boys

Rock / Hip Hop / Metal / Alternative Hip Hop / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

11 lists

Licensed to Ill 1986

#36

#312

OutKast

Pop / Hip Hop / Electronic / R&B / Funk / Conscious Hip Hop / Contemporary R&B / Electro / Gangsta Rap / Pop Rap

13 lists

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 2003

#37

#323

Boogie Down Productions

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

10 lists

Criminal Minded 1987

#38

#327

Raekwon

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

12 lists

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 1995

#39

#337

Snoop Dogg

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

9 lists

Doggystyle 1993

#40

#345

Jay-Z

Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

12 lists

The Black Album 2003

#41

#376

Drake

Pop / Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap

11 lists

Take Care 2011

#42

#402

2Pac

Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap

8 lists

All Eyez on Me 1996

#43

#404

Kendrick Lamar

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop

11 lists

Damn 2017

#44

#405

Kanye West

Hip Hop / R&B / Conscious Hip Hop / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap

11 lists

Late Registration 2005

#45

#408

Beastie Boys

Rock / Hip Hop / Funk / Punk / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock / Hardcore Hip Hop

9 lists

Check Your Head 1992

#46

#416

J Dilla

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Turntablism

9 lists

Donuts 2006

#47

#423

Eminem

Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

8 lists

The Slim Shady LP 1999

#48

#429

M.I.A.

Rock / Hip Hop / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Breakbeat / Electro / Grime

11 lists

Arular 2005

#49

#445

Mary J. Blige

Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B

7 lists

My Life 1994

#50

#451

De La Soul

Hip Hop / Alternative Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop

9 lists

De La Soul Is Dead 1991

#51

#471

Janet Jackson

Pop / Hip Hop / Electronic / R&B / Funk / Art Pop / Contemporary R&B / House

6 lists

The Velvet Rope 1997

#52

#482

Lil Wayne

Hip Hop / Pop Rap

8 lists

Tha Carter III 2008

#53

#492

The Streets

Hip Hop / Electronic / Alternative Hip Hop / Breakbeat / UK Garage

10 lists

A Grand Don't Come for Free 2004

#54

#508

Dizzee Rascal

Hip Hop / Electronic / Grime

9 lists

Boy in da Corner 2003

#55

#520

The Roots

Hip Hop / Soul / Alternative Hip Hop / Neo Soul

6 lists

Things Fall Apart 1999

#56

#539

Erykah Badu

Hip Hop / Soul / R&B / Conscious Hip Hop / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul

7 lists

Mama's Gun 2000

#57

#542

Ice Cube

Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

6 lists

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted 1990

#58

#550

Grimes

Pop / Hip Hop / Electronic / Art Pop / Dance-pop / Electro / Pop Rap / Synth-pop

7 lists

Art Angels 2015

#59

#571

Run-DMC

Hip Hop / Metal / Alternative Metal / Hardcore Hip Hop

5 lists

Run–D.M.C. 1984

#60

#587

Danger Mouse

Hip Hop / Turntablism

8 lists

The Grey Album 2004

#61

#588

Ghostface Killah

Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

8 lists

Supreme Clientele 2000

#62

#605

Missy Elliott

Hip Hop / Electronic / R&B / Contemporary R&B / House / Pop Rap

8 lists

Miss E... So Addictive 2001

#63

#616

Earl Sweatshirt

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop

6 lists

Some Rap Songs 2018

#64

#624

The Pharcyde

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Jazz Rap

6 lists

Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde 1992

#65

#635

Chance the Rapper

Hip Hop / Pop Rap

9 lists

Acid Rap 2013

#66

#639

Tyler, the Creator

Hip Hop / Soul / Alternative Hip Hop / Jazz Rap / Neo Soul / Pop Rap

6 lists

Flower Boy 2017

#67

#648

Kanye West

Hip Hop / R&B / Alternative Hip Hop / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap

7 lists

Graduation 2007

#68

#650

LL Cool J

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Hardcore Hip Hop

5 lists

Mama Said Knock You Out 1990

#69

#666

Run the Jewels

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop

8 lists

Run the Jewels 2 2014

#70

#678

Kanye West

Hip Hop / Soul / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Gospel / Pop Rap / Trap

4 lists

The Life of Pablo 2016

#71

#683

A Tribe Called Quest

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Jazz Rap

5 lists

Midnight Marauders 1993

#72

#691

A Tribe Called Quest

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Jazz Rap

4 lists

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm 1990

#73

#693

The Notorious B.I.G.

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop / Pop Rap

5 lists

Life After Death 1997

#74

#708

Pusha T

Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

8 lists

Daytona 2018

#75

#715

Gorillaz

Rock / Hip Hop / Electronic / Downtempo / Pop Rap / Pop Rock / Trip Hop

7 lists

Demon Days 2005

#76

#723

Clipse

Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap

6 lists

Hell Hath No Fury 2006

#77

#740

Janelle Monáe

Rock / Pop / Hip Hop / Soul / R&B / Funk / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul / New Wave

7 lists

The ArchAndroid 2010

#78

#741

Cardi B

Hip Hop / Trap

7 lists

Invasion of Privacy 2018

#79

#751

Flying Lotus

Hip Hop / Electronic / Jazz / Alternative Hip Hop / Downtempo / IDM

7 lists

Cosmogramma 2010

#80

#766

A Tribe Called Quest

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop

7 lists

We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 2016

#81

#771

Danny Brown

Hip Hop / Alternative Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

3 lists

Atrocity Exhibition 2016

#82

#782

Kanye West

Pop / Hip Hop / Electronic / R&B / Art Pop / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap / Synth-pop

6 lists

808s & Heartbreak 2008

#83

#785

Robyn

Pop / Hip Hop / Electronic / Breakbeat / Dance-pop / Downtempo / Electro / Synth-pop

5 lists

Robyn 2005

#84

#822

Aaliyah

Hip Hop / Soul / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap

4 lists

One in a Million 1996

#85

#826

Drake

Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap / Trap

5 lists

If You're Reading This It's Too Late 2015

#86

#831

Vince Staples

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap

6 lists

Summertime '06 2015

#87

#842

50 Cent

Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Pop Rap

5 lists

Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2003

#88

#845

Ghostface Killah

Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

5 lists

Fishscale 2006

#89

#896

LL Cool J

Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

4 lists

Radio 1985

#90

#898

Missy Elliott

Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Pop Rap

5 lists

Under Construction 2002

#91

#907

Malcolm McLaren

Rock / Hip Hop / Electronic / World / African / Ambient / New Wave

3 lists

Duck Rock 1983

#92

#930

Travis Scott

Rock / Hip Hop / Pop Rap / Psychedelic Rock / Trap

3 lists

Astroworld 2018

#93

#936

Queen Latifah

Hip Hop / Electronic / Conscious Hip Hop / House

4 lists

All Hail the Queen 1989

#94

#957

Vince Staples

Hip Hop / Electronic / Hardcore Hip Hop / House / Techno / UK Garage

3 lists

Big Fish Theory 2017

#95

#961

Future

Hip Hop / Trap

5 lists

DS2 / Dirty Sprite 2 2015

#96

#983

Ice-T

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

3 lists

O.G. Original Gangster 1991

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