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

#59

1988

Straight Outta Compton

by N.W.A

Gangsta Rap Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

#79

1992

The Chronic

by Dr. Dre

G-Funk Gangsta Rap Hip Hop +1 more

#83

1989

Paul's Boutique

by Beastie Boys

Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop +1 more

#93

1998

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

by Lauryn Hill

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

#97

1993

Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)

by Wu‐Tang Clan

Hip Hop Boom Bap East Coast Hip Hop +1 more

#108

2000

The Marshall Mathers LP

by Eminem

Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Pop Rap +1 more

#112

1994

Ready to Die

by The Notorious B.I.G.

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap East Coast Hip Hop +2 more

#117

1990

Fear of a Black Planet

by Public Enemy

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

#130

1996

Endtroducing.....

by DJ Shadow

Trip Hop Instrumental Hip Hop +2 more

#140

1989

3 Feet High and Rising

by De La Soul

Hip Hop Jazz Rap

#146

2001

The Blueprint

by JAY‐Z

Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop +2 more

#161

1987

Paid in Full

by Eric B. & Rakim

Hip Hop Hardcore 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

#177

1995

Liquid Swords

by GZA/Genius

East Coast Hip Hop Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop +2 more

#179

2000

Stankonia

by OutKast

Hip Hop Dirty South Electronic +2 more

#192

1993

Doggystyle

by Snoop Dogg

Hip Hop G-Funk Gangsta Rap +1 more

#213

2002

Madvillainy

by Madvillain

Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop +2 more

#230

2000

Voodoo

by D'Angelo

Neo Soul Hip Hop Jazz +1 more

#240

2004

The College Dropout

by Ye

Hip Hop Pop Rap Chipmunk Soul +2 more

#248

1984

Run‐D.M.C.

by Run‐D.M.C.

Hip Hop Rap Rock East Coast Hip Hop +1 more

#267

1996

All Eyez on Me

by 2Pac

Gangsta Rap Hip Hop G-Funk +2 more

#269

2003

Boy in da Corner

by Dizzee Rascal

Grime Hip Hop Electronic

#273

1986

Raising Hell

by Run‐D.M.C.

Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop +2 more

#276

2002

Original Pirate Material

by The Streets

Hip Hop Electronic Garage House +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

#286

1986

Licensed to Ill

by Beastie Boys

Hip Hop Rap Rock East Coast Hip Hop +1 more

#294

1997

Baduizm

by Erykah Badu

Neo Soul Jazz Soul +2 more

#296

1997

Supa Dupa Fly

by Missy Elliott

Hip Hop Contemporary R&b Pop Rap

#301

2010

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

by Ye

Hip Hop Pop Rap British Rhythm & Blues +2 more

#304

1995

The Infamous

by Mobb Deep

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Boom Bap +2 more

#305

1996

The Score

by Fugees

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

#316

1998

Aquemini

by OutKast

Hip Hop Dirty South Alternative Hip Hop

#317

2003

The Black Album

by JAY‐Z

Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop +1 more

#318

1986

Control

by Janet Jackson

Pop Contemporary R&b Synth-Pop +2 more

#324

1995

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

by Raekwon

Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

#329

1992

Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

by The Pharcyde

Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop +1 more

#337

2000

Supreme Clientele

by Ghostface Killah

Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop +2 more

#346

2006

Donuts

by J Dilla

Instrumental Instrumental Hip Hop Hip Hop

#350

1994

CrazySexyCool

by TLC

Contemporary R&b Electronic Hip Hop +2 more

#351

1997

Life After Death

by The Notorious B.I.G.

Gangsta Rap Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop +1 more

#356

2011

Take Care

by Drake

Contemporary R&b Pop Rap Hip Hop +2 more

#386

1999

The Slim Shady LP

by Eminem

Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Horrorcore +1 more

#398

1987

Strictly Business

by EPMD

Hip Hop

#404

1996

Reasonable Doubt

by JAY‐Z

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Boom Bap +2 more

#412

1990

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

by Ice Cube

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Hardcore Hip Hop +1 more

#413

2003

Speakerboxxx / The Love Below

by OutKast

Hip Hop Pop Rap Contemporary R&b +2 more

#417

1998

400 Degreez

by Juvenile

Hip Hop Blues Bounce +1 more

#424

1989

Rhythm Nation 1814

by Janet Jackson

Contemporary R&b New Jack Swing Hip Hop +2 more

#425

2003

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

by 50 Cent

Gangsta Rap Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop +2 more

#435

1999

Things Fall Apart

by The Roots

Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Jazz Rap +1 more

#437

1994

My Life

by Mary J. Blige

Contemporary R&b Hip Hop R&b +1 more

#441

2000

Mama's Gun

by Erykah Badu

Jazz Downtempo Neo Soul +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

#473

2005

Demon Days

by Gorillaz

Electronic Trip Hop Art Pop +6 more

#478

2013

Yeezus

by Ye

Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Electro-Industrial +2 more

#502

1983

Duck Rock

by Malcolm McLaren

Downtempo Hip Hop New Wave +1 more

#517

2006

Hell Hath No Fury

by Clipse

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Experimental Hip Hop +1 more

#539

2004

Confessions

by Usher

Hip Hop R&b Contemporary R&b

#542

2001

The Cold Vein

by Cannibal Ox

Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Electronic +1 more

#557

1992

Check Your Head

by Beastie Boys

East Coast Hip Hop Funk Rap Rock +2 more

#559

1999

Kaleidoscope

by Kelis

Contemporary R&b R&b Hip Hop +1 more

#566

2001

Miss E …So Addictive

by Missy Elliott

Hip Hop Contemporary R&b Hip House +1 more

#570

2007

Kala

by M.I.A.

Hip Hop Dancehall Electronic +2 more

#581

2007

Graduation

by Ye

Hip Hop Pop Rap Electropop +2 more

#595

2016

A Seat at the Table

by Solange

Neo Soul Electronic Funk +2 more

#603

1990

Mama Said Knock You Out

by LL Cool J

Hip Hop Pop Rap

#605

1994

Ill Communication

by Beastie Boys

Hip Hop Hardcore Punk Jazz-Funk +2 more

#609

2005

Arular

by M.I.A.

Electronic Hip Hop Alternative Dance +2 more

#621

2004

Cee‐Lo Green… Is the Soul Machine

by CeeLo Green

Downtempo Electronic Hip Hop +1 more

#622

1991

De La Soul Is Dead

by De La Soul

Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Boom Bap +1 more

#652

1996

One in a Million

by Aaliyah

Contemporary R&b Pop Hip Hop +2 more

#655

1994

II

by Boyz II Men

Contemporary R&b Hip Hop New Jack Swing +2 more

#675

2000

Like Water for Chocolate

by Common

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop +2 more

#701

2004

Barrio fino

by Daddy Yankee

Reggaeton Hip Hop Latin

#729

1999

Black on Both Sides

by Yasiin Bey

Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

#743

2015

If You're Reading This It's Too Late

by Drake

Pop Rap Hip Hop Alternative R&b +2 more

#750

2008

Tha Carter III

by Lil Wayne

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Pop Rap +2 more

#753

2017

DAMN.

by Kendrick Lamar

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

#766

2007

Da Drought 3

by Lil Wayne

Hip Hop

#781

2008

808s & Heartbreak

by Ye

Hip Hop Electronic Pop Rap +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

#805

1991

O.G. Original Gangster

by Ice‐T

Gangsta Rap Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop +1 more

#806

2004

A Grand Don't Come for Free

by The Streets

Electronic Hip Hop Uk Garage +1 more

#813

2014

Tha Tour, Part 1

by Rich Gang

Hip Hop

#818

1988

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

by Slick Rick

Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

#830

1995

E. 1999 Eternal

by Bone Thugs‐n‐Harmony

Gangsta Rap Hip Hop G-Funk +2 more

#872

1996

Ridin' Dirty

by UGK

Gangsta Rap Dirty South Hip Hop +2 more

#873

1988

Straight Out the Jungle

by Jungle Brothers

Hip Hop

#874

2005

Tha Carter II

by Lil Wayne

Hip Hop Dirty South Southern Hip Hop

#879

1994

The Diary

by Scarface

Gangsta Rap Hip Hop

#880

1984

Escape

by Whodini

Hip Hop Electro Electronic +1 more

#885

1988

Life Is… Too $hort

by Too $hort

Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Old School Hip Hop +1 more

#888

1996

Hard Core

by Lil' Kim

Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Pop Rap +2 more

#891

1992

Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury

by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Hip Hop Electronic

#895

1995

3 'n the Mornin', Part Two

by DJ Screw

Hip Hop

#897

2002

Justified

by Justin Timberlake

Pop Contemporary R&b Dance-Pop +2 more