Best Hip Hop Albums

49 artists on TakeRank are tagged hip hop on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 318 of their albums. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West leads right now, ahead of Graduation by Kanye West and IGOR by Tyler, The Creator. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.

49

Artists

318

Albums voted on

Top Hip Hop albums

  1. 1
    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    Kanye West (2010)

    1480

    478 votes

  2. 2
    Graduation

    Graduation

    Kanye West (2007)

    1414

    468 votes

  3. 3
    IGOR

    IGOR

    Tyler, The Creator (2019)

    1413

    114 votes

  4. 4
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Kendrick Lamar (2015)

    1396

    273 votes

  5. 5
    Take Care

    Take Care

    Drake (2011)

    1394

    157 votes

  6. 6
    The College Dropout

    The College Dropout

    Kanye West (2004)

    1387

    486 votes

  7. 7
    Late Registration

    Late Registration

    Kanye West (2005)

    1366

    335 votes

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

    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    Kendrick Lamar (2012)

    1297

    272 votes

  9. 9
    The Life of Pablo

    The Life of Pablo

    Kanye West (2016)

    1286

    335 votes

  10. 10
    The Eminem Show

    The Eminem Show

    Eminem (2002)

    1279

    44 votes

  11. 11
    Thriller

    Thriller

    Michael Jackson (1982)

    1264

    42 votes

  12. 12
    The Black Album

    The Black Album

    JAY‐Z (2003)

    1262

    24 votes

  13. 13
    DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

    DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

    Bad Bunny (2025)

    1245

    34 votes

  14. 14
    Demon Days

    Demon Days

    Gorillaz (2005)

    1234

    65 votes

  15. 15
    Plastic Beach

    Plastic Beach

    Gorillaz (2010)

    1220

    67 votes

  16. 16
    The Marshall Mathers LP

    The Marshall Mathers LP

    Eminem (2000)

    1211

    39 votes

  17. 17
    Bad

    Bad

    Michael Jackson (1987)

    1210

    41 votes

  18. 18
    Yeezus

    Yeezus

    Kanye West (2013)

    1198

    333 votes

  19. 19
    Wolf

    Wolf

    Tyler, The Creator (2013)

    1187

    113 votes

  20. 20
    A Great Chaos

    A Great Chaos

    Ken Carson (2023)

    1179

    34 votes

Top Hip Hop songs

  1. 1
    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    Devil in a New Dress

    Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    1161

    7 votes

  2. 2
    Graduation

    Homecoming

    Kanye West - Graduation

    1160

    10 votes

  3. 3
    Alter Ego

    New Woman

    LISA - Alter Ego

    1132

    4 votes

  4. 4
    The Eminem Show

    Till I Collapse

    Eminem - The Eminem Show

    1132

    26 votes

  5. 5
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Wesley’s Theory

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1119

    5 votes

  6. 6
    The Eminem Show

    White America

    Eminem - The Eminem Show

    1118

    27 votes

  7. 7
    The College Dropout

    Through the Wire

    Kanye West - The College Dropout

    1115

    7 votes

  8. 8
    The Eminem Show

    Business

    Eminem - The Eminem Show

    1109

    27 votes

  9. 9
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Mortal Man

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1107

    2 votes

  10. 10
    Take Care

    Look What You’ve Done

    Drake - Take Care

    1107

    2 votes

  11. 11
    Plastic Beach

    To Binge

    Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

    1106

    1 vote

  12. 12
    Loud

    S&M

    Rihanna - Loud

    1106

    2 votes

  13. 13
    Late Registration

    Hey Mama

    Kanye West - Late Registration

    1105

    2 votes

  14. 14
    Graduation

    Can’t Tell Me Nothing

    Kanye West - Graduation

    1098

    11 votes

  15. 15
    Recovery

    25 to Life

    Eminem - Recovery

    1097

    6 votes

  16. 16
    DAMN.

    PRIDE.

    Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

    1097

    4 votes

  17. 17
    For All the Dogs

    Tried Our Best

    Drake - For All the Dogs

    1095

    1 vote

  18. 18
    GNX

    hey now

    Kendrick Lamar - GNX

    1094

    1 vote

  19. 19
    The Eminem Show

    White America

    Eminem - The Eminem Show

    1094

    0 votes

  20. 20
    Graduation

    Stronger

    Kanye West - Graduation

    1094

    6 votes

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