Best Rap Albums

12 artists on TakeRank are tagged rap on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 84 of their albums. To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar leads right now, ahead of Take Care by Drake and good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.

12

Artists

84

Albums voted on

Top Rap albums

  1. 1
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Kendrick Lamar (2015)

    1396

    273 votes

  2. 2
    Take Care

    Take Care

    Drake (2011)

    1394

    157 votes

  3. 3
    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    Kendrick Lamar (2012)

    1297

    272 votes

  4. 4
    The Eminem Show

    The Eminem Show

    Eminem (2002)

    1279

    44 votes

  5. 5
    The Marshall Mathers LP

    The Marshall Mathers LP

    Eminem (2000)

    1211

    39 votes

  6. 6
    Trench

    Trench

    twenty one pilots (2018)

    1164

    36 votes

  7. 7
    Nothing Was the Same

    Nothing Was the Same

    Drake (2013)

    1164

    161 votes

  8. 8
    Thank Me Later

    Thank Me Later

    Drake (2010)

    1161

    157 votes

  9. 9
    ASTROWORLD

    ASTROWORLD

    Travis Scott (2018)

    1145

    42 votes

  10. 10
    2014 Forest Hills Drive

    2014 Forest Hills Drive

    J. Cole (2014)

    1133

    37 votes

  11. 11
    Rodeo

    Rodeo

    Travis Scott (2015)

    1129

    42 votes

  12. 12
    The Slim Shady LP

    The Slim Shady LP

    Eminem (1999)

    1126

    39 votes

  13. 13
    4 Your Eyez Only

    4 Your Eyez Only

    J. Cole (2016)

    1120

    37 votes

  14. 14
    Recovery

    Recovery

    Eminem (2010)

    1112

    46 votes

  15. 15
    Swan Songs

    Swan Songs

    Hollywood Undead (2008)

    1098

    7 votes

  16. 16
    HOPE

    HOPE

    NF (2023)

    1096

    9 votes

  17. 17
    The Fall‐Off

    The Fall‐Off

    J. Cole (2026)

    1084

    35 votes

  18. 18
    Encore

    Encore

    Eminem (2004)

    1082

    39 votes

  19. 19
    Certified Lover Boy

    Certified Lover Boy

    Drake (2021)

    1079

    141 votes

  20. 20
    Views

    Views

    Drake (2016)

    1078

    111 votes

Top Rap songs

  1. 1
    The Eminem Show

    Till I Collapse

    Eminem - The Eminem Show

    1132

    26 votes

  2. 2
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Wesley’s Theory

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1119

    5 votes

  3. 3
    The Eminem Show

    White America

    Eminem - The Eminem Show

    1118

    27 votes

  4. 4
    The Eminem Show

    Business

    Eminem - The Eminem Show

    1109

    27 votes

  5. 5
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    Mortal Man

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1107

    2 votes

  6. 6
    Take Care

    Look What You’ve Done

    Drake - Take Care

    1107

    2 votes

  7. 7
    Recovery

    25 to Life

    Eminem - Recovery

    1097

    6 votes

  8. 8
    DAMN.

    PRIDE.

    Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

    1097

    4 votes

  9. 9
    For All the Dogs

    Tried Our Best

    Drake - For All the Dogs

    1095

    1 vote

  10. 10
    GNX

    hey now

    Kendrick Lamar - GNX

    1094

    1 vote

  11. 11
    The Eminem Show

    White America

    Eminem - The Eminem Show

    1094

    0 votes

  12. 12
    HABIBTI

    High Fives

    Drake - HABIBTI

    1094

    2 votes

  13. 13
    Recovery

    Space Bound

    Eminem - Recovery

    1093

    6 votes

  14. 14
    Rodeo

    Maria I’m Drunk

    Travis Scott - Rodeo

    1092

    1 vote

  15. 15
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    How Much a Dollar Cost

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1091

    5 votes

  16. 16
    To Pimp a Butterfly

    The Blacker the Berry

    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

    1091

    5 votes

  17. 17
    HOPE

    LET EM PRAY

    NF - HOPE

    1088

    1 vote

  18. 18
    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    m.A.A.d city

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

    1086

    6 votes

  19. 19
    $ome $exy $ongs 4 U

    SOMETHING ABOUT YOU

    Drake - $ome $exy $ongs 4 U

    1080

    1 vote

  20. 20
    Take Care

    Shot for Me

    Drake - Take Care

    1078

    1 vote

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