Best Conscious Hip Hop Albums
6 artists on TakeRank are tagged conscious hip hop on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 60 of their albums. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West leads right now, ahead of Graduation by Kanye West and To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.
6
Artists
60
Albums voted on
Top Conscious Hip Hop albums
- 1
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West (2010)
1480478 votes
- 2
Graduation
Kanye West (2007)
1414468 votes
- 3
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar (2015)
1396273 votes
- 4
The College Dropout
Kanye West (2004)
1387486 votes
- 5
Late Registration
Kanye West (2005)
1366335 votes
- 6
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar (2012)
1297272 votes
- 7
The Life of Pablo
Kanye West (2016)
1286335 votes
- 8
The Eminem Show
Eminem (2002)
127944 votes
- 9
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem (2000)
121139 votes
- 10
Yeezus
Kanye West (2013)
1198333 votes
- 11
808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West (2008)
1146342 votes
- 12
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem (1999)
112639 votes
- 13
BULLY
Kanye West (2025)
1120281 votes
- 14
Recovery
Eminem (2010)
111246 votes
- 15
Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
110713 votes
- 16
Watch the Throne
Kanye West (2011)
1102182 votes
- 17
ye
Kanye West (2018)
1101172 votes
- 18
Encore
Eminem (2004)
108239 votes
- 19
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
107113 votes
- 20
Aquemini
OutKast (1998)
10604 votes
Top Conscious Hip Hop songs
- 1
Devil in a New Dress
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
11617 votes
- 2
Homecoming
Kanye West - Graduation
116010 votes
- 3
Till I Collapse
Eminem - The Eminem Show
113226 votes
- 4
Wesley’s Theory
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
11195 votes
- 5
White America
Eminem - The Eminem Show
111827 votes
- 6
Through the Wire
Kanye West - The College Dropout
11157 votes
- 7
Business
Eminem - The Eminem Show
110927 votes
- 8
Mortal Man
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
11072 votes
- 9
Hey Mama
Kanye West - Late Registration
11052 votes
- 10
Can’t Tell Me Nothing
Kanye West - Graduation
109811 votes
- 11
25 to Life
Eminem - Recovery
10976 votes
- 12
PRIDE.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
10974 votes
- 13
hey now
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
10941 vote
- 14
White America
Eminem - The Eminem Show
10940 votes
- 15
Stronger
Kanye West - Graduation
10946 votes
- 16
Good Life
Kanye West - Graduation
10938 votes
- 17
Space Bound
Eminem - Recovery
10936 votes
- 18
Jesus Walks
Kanye West - The College Dropout
10937 votes
- 19
How Much a Dollar Cost
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10915 votes
- 20
The Blacker the Berry
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
10915 votes
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