Best Alternative Hip Hop Albums
5 artists on TakeRank are tagged alternative hip hop on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 25 of their albums. To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar leads right now, ahead of good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar and Trench by twenty one pilots. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.
5
Artists
25
Albums voted on
Top Alternative Hip Hop albums
- 1

To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar (2015)
1396273 votes
- 2

good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar (2012)
1297272 votes
- 3

Trench
twenty one pilots (2018)
116436 votes
- 4

Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
110713 votes
- 5

The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
107113 votes
- 6

Vessel
twenty one pilots (2012)
106637 votes
- 7

Breach
twenty one pilots (2025)
104638 votes
- 8

Labcabincalifornia
The Pharcyde (1995)
10463 votes
- 9

Clancy
twenty one pilots (2024)
102533 votes
- 10

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
Kendrick Lamar (2022)
1024250 votes
- 11

Blurryface
twenty one pilots (2015)
102238 votes
- 12

Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
The Pharcyde (1992)
10143 votes
- 13

We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
A Tribe Called Quest (2016)
99812 votes
- 14

Beats, Rhymes and Life
A Tribe Called Quest (1996)
99613 votes
- 15

DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar (2017)
987263 votes
- 16

Humboldt Beginnings
The Pharcyde (2004)
9863 votes
- 17

People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
95512 votes
- 18

Plain Rap
The Pharcyde (2000)
9543 votes
- 19

Scaled and Icy
twenty one pilots (2021)
90831 votes
- 20

Twenty One Pilots
twenty one pilots (2009)
87933 votes
Top Alternative Hip Hop songs
- 1

Wesley’s Theory
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
11195 votes
- 2

Mortal Man
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
11072 votes
- 3

PRIDE.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
10974 votes
- 4

hey now
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
10941 vote
- 5

How Much a Dollar Cost
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10915 votes
- 6

The Blacker the Berry
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10915 votes
- 7

m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
10866 votes
- 8

good kid
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
10763 votes
- 9

Alright
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10633 votes
- 10

Mr. Morale
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
10622 votes
- 11

United in Grief
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
10617 votes
- 12

DUCKWORTH.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
10583 votes
- 13

Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
10517 votes
- 14

These Walls
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10514 votes
- 15

The Recipe
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
10493 votes
- 16

u
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10482 votes
- 17

Swimming Pools (Drank)
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
10483 votes
- 18

You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10462 votes
- 19

Momma
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10353 votes
- 20

King Kunta
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10343 votes
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