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.

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Artists

25

Albums voted on

Top Alternative Hip Hop albums

  1. 1
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Kendrick Lamar (2015)

    1396

    273 votes

  2. 2
    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    Kendrick Lamar (2012)

    1297

    272 votes

  3. 3
    Trench

    Trench

    twenty one pilots (2018)

    1164

    36 votes

  4. 4
    Midnight Marauders

    Midnight Marauders

    A Tribe Called Quest (1993)

    1107

    13 votes

  5. 5
    The Low End Theory

    The Low End Theory

    A Tribe Called Quest (1991)

    1071

    13 votes

  6. 6
    Vessel

    Vessel

    twenty one pilots (2012)

    1066

    37 votes

  7. 7
    Breach

    Breach

    twenty one pilots (2025)

    1046

    38 votes

  8. 8
    Labcabincalifornia

    Labcabincalifornia

    The Pharcyde (1995)

    1046

    3 votes

  9. 9
    Clancy

    Clancy

    twenty one pilots (2024)

    1025

    33 votes

  10. 10
    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

    Kendrick Lamar (2022)

    1024

    250 votes

  11. 11
    Blurryface

    Blurryface

    twenty one pilots (2015)

    1022

    38 votes

  12. 12
    Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

    Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

    The Pharcyde (1992)

    1014

    3 votes

  13. 13
    We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service

    We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service

    A Tribe Called Quest (2016)

    998

    12 votes

  14. 14
    Beats, Rhymes and Life

    Beats, Rhymes and Life

    A Tribe Called Quest (1996)

    996

    13 votes

  15. 15
    DAMN.

    DAMN.

    Kendrick Lamar (2017)

    987

    263 votes

  16. 16
    Humboldt Beginnings

    Humboldt Beginnings

    The Pharcyde (2004)

    986

    3 votes

  17. 17
    People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

    People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

    A Tribe Called Quest (1990)

    955

    12 votes

  18. 18
    Plain Rap

    Plain Rap

    The Pharcyde (2000)

    954

    3 votes

  19. 19
    Scaled and Icy

    Scaled and Icy

    twenty one pilots (2021)

    908

    31 votes

  20. 20
    Twenty One Pilots

    Twenty One Pilots

    twenty one pilots (2009)

    879

    33 votes

Top Alternative Hip Hop songs

  1. 1
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Wesley’s Theory

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1119

    5 votes

  2. 2
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Mortal Man

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1107

    2 votes

  3. 3
    DAMN.

    PRIDE.

    Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

    1097

    4 votes

  4. 4
    GNX

    hey now

    Kendrick Lamar - GNX

    1094

    1 vote

  5. 5
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    How Much a Dollar Cost

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1091

    5 votes

  6. 6
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    The Blacker the Berry

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1091

    5 votes

  7. 7
    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    m.A.A.d city

    Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

    1086

    6 votes

  8. 8
    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    good kid

    Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

    1076

    3 votes

  9. 9
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Alright

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1063

    3 votes

  10. 10
    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

    Mr. Morale

    Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

    1062

    2 votes

  11. 11
    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

    United in Grief

    Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

    1061

    7 votes

  12. 12
    DAMN.

    DUCKWORTH.

    Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

    1058

    3 votes

  13. 13
    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst

    Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

    1051

    7 votes

  14. 14
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    These Walls

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1051

    4 votes

  15. 15
    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    The Recipe

    Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

    1049

    3 votes

  16. 16
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    u

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1048

    2 votes

  17. 17
    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    Swimming Pools (Drank)

    Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

    1048

    3 votes

  18. 18
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1046

    2 votes

  19. 19
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Momma

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1035

    3 votes

  20. 20
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    King Kunta

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1034

    3 votes

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