Conscious Hip Hop Albums | The Greatest Music

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

#29

1988

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

by Public Enemy

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop +2 more

#58

1994

Illmatic

by Nas

Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Boom Bap +2 more

#117

1990

Fear of a Black Planet

by Public Enemy

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop +2 more

#175

1991

The Low End Theory

by A Tribe Called Quest

Hip Hop Jazz Rap East Coast Hip Hop +2 more

#240

2004

The College Dropout

by Ye

Hip Hop Pop Rap Chipmunk Soul +2 more

#284

2012

good kid, m.A.A.d city

by Kendrick Lamar

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop +2 more

#305

1996

The Score

by Fugees

Hip Hop Contemporary R&b Alternative Hip Hop +2 more

#445

1993

Midnight Marauders

by A Tribe Called Quest

Hip Hop Jazz Rap Boom Bap +2 more

#457

2015

To Pimp a Butterfly

by Kendrick Lamar

Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop Hip Hop +2 more

#622

1991

De La Soul Is Dead

by De La Soul

Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Boom Bap +1 more

#675

2000

Like Water for Chocolate

by Common

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop +2 more

#729

1999

Black on Both Sides

by Yasiin Bey

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

#753

2017

DAMN.

by Kendrick Lamar

Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop +2 more

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

#797

1990

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

by A Tribe Called Quest

Hip Hop Jazz Rap East Coast Hip Hop +2 more

#804

2005

Late Registration

by Ye

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Pop Rap

#1086

1998

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

by Black Star

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop +1 more

#1150

1987

Yo! Bum Rush the Show

by Public Enemy

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop +2 more

#1191

2002

Blazing Arrow

by Blackalicious

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

#1430

2013

Acid Rap

by Chance the Rapper

Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop Hip Hop +2 more

#1642

2001

Labor Days

by Aesop Rock

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop +2 more

#1741

2002

Phrenology

by The Roots

Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Jazz Rap +2 more

#1998

1995

Me Against the World

by 2Pac

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap G-Funk +2 more

#2080

1991

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

by Public Enemy

Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Hip Hop +2 more

3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of…

#2107

1992

3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of…

by Arrested Development

Boom Bap Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop +2 more

#2109

1992

The Predator

by Ice Cube

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Conscious Hip Hop +2 more

#2126

2002

Electric Circus

by Common

Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop +1 more

#2172

2017

ROME

by Armand Hammer

East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop +2 more

#2205

2001

Run Come Save Me

by Roots Manuva

Hip Hop Ragga Trip Hop +1 more

#2397

1989

No One Can Do It Better

by The D.O.C.

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop +2 more

#2496

1996

ATLiens

by OutKast

Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop +2 more

#2512

2006

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

by Lupe Fiasco

Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop +2 more

#2769

2017

Laila's Wisdom

by Rapsody

Hip Hop Boom Bap Chipmunk Soul +2 more

#3100

2016

Coloring Book

by Chance the Rapper

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Pop Rap +2 more

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#3219

2000

Quality Control

by Jurassic 5

Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Turntablism +2 more

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#3265

2002

The Eminem Show

by Eminem

Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop +2 more

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#3321

2004

The Tipping Point

by The Roots

Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop +1 more

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#3400

2007

Finding Forever

by Common

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Neo Soul +1 more