Hip-Hop · Albums
Top hip-hop albums
The top-rated hip-hop album on Riffiter is good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar, rated 5.0/5 by 5 listeners.
4,218 hip-hop albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 202 of 4,218 hip-hop albums, averaging 3.8/5, spanning 1979 to 2026.
02 MM..FOOD
MF DOOM · 2004
★ 4.7 · 9
03 Ready to Die
The Notorious B.I.G. · 1994
★ 5.0 · 4
04 Madvillainy
MF DOOM · 2004
★ 4.9 · 4
05 Aquemini
OutKast · 1998
★ 4.9 · 4
06 The Chronic
Dr. Dre · 1992
★ 4.9 · 4
07 The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem · 2000
★ 4.9 · 4
08 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy · 1988
★ 4.9 · 4
09 Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
Wu-Tang Clan · 1993
★ 4.9 · 4
10 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West · 2010
★ 4.7 · 6
11 Late Registration
Kanye West · 2005
★ 4.7 · 5
12 The Infamous
Mobb Deep · 1995
★ 4.5 · 6
13 Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar · 2024
★ 5.0 · 2
14 Illmatic
Nas · 1994
★ 4.5 · 5
15 Operation: Doomsday
MF DOOM · 1999
★ 4.4 · 6
16 The Slim Shady LP
Eminem · 1999
★ 4.5 · 4
17 The College Dropout
Kanye West · 2003
★ 4.5 · 4
18 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Raekwon · 1995
★ 4.5 · 4
19 Swimming
Mac Miller · 2018
★ 4.4 · 5
20 To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar · 2015
★ 4.3 · 9
21 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube · 1990
★ 4.8 · 2
22 Things Fall Apart
The Roots · 1999
★ 4.8 · 2
23 4:44
Jay-Z · 2017
★ 4.5 · 3
24 Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg · 1993
★ 4.5 · 3
25 Death Certificate
Ice Cube · 1991
★ 4.5 · 3
26 Müptezhel
Ezhel · 2017
★ 5.0 · 1
27 Greatest Hits
2Pac · 1998
★ 5.0 · 1
28 The Ecstatic
Mos Def · 2009
★ 5.0 · 1
29 The Blueprint
Jay-Z · 2001
★ 5.0 · 1
30 All Eyez on Me
2Pac · 1996
★ 4.5 · 2
31 Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Kid Cudi · 2009
★ 4.5 · 2
32 Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A · 1988
★ 4.5 · 2
33 Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne · 2008
★ 4.5 · 2
34 Stankonia
OutKast · 2000
★ 4.5 · 2
35 Invasion of Privacy
Cardi B · 2018
★ 4.3 · 4
36 Nothing Was The Same
Drake · 2013
★ 4.2 · 5
37 Take Care
Drake · 2011
★ 4.2 · 5
38 DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar · 2017
★ 4.1 · 7
39 2001
Dr. Dre · 2001
★ 4.1 · 4
40 The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest · 1991
★ 4.1 · 4
41 King's Disease II
Nas · 2021
★ 4.1 · 4
42 It Was Written
Nas · 1996
★ 4.2 · 3
43 Graduation
Kanye West · 2007
★ 4.2 · 3
44 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
50 Cent · 2003
★ 4.2 · 3
45 Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
Kid Cudi · 2010
★ 4.3 · 2
46 Check Your Head
Beastie Boys · 1992
★ 4.3 · 2
47 Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z · 1996
★ 4.3 · 2
48 Da Drought 3
Lil Wayne · 2007
★ 4.3 · 2
49 Temps mort
Booba · 2002
★ 4.5 · 1
50 Me Against the World
2Pac · 1995
★ 4.5 · 1
51 Circles
Mac Miller · 2020
★ 4.5 · 1
52 Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest · 1993
★ 4.5 · 1
53 Pink Tape
Lil Uzi Vert · 2023
★ 4.5 · 1
54 Paper Trail
T.I. · 2008
★ 4.5 · 1
55 Hell on Earth
Mobb Deep · 1996
★ 4.5 · 1
56 3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul · 1989
★ 4.5 · 1
57 “Awaken, My Love!”
Childish Gambino · 2016
★ 4.5 · 1
58 Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill · 1991
★ 4.5 · 1
59 Trap Muzik
T.I. · 2003
★ 4.5 · 1
60 Aşk Her Şeyi Affeder Mi
Şam · 2024
★ 4.5 · 1
61 Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys · 1989
★ 4.5 · 1
62 Yeezus
Kanye West · 2013
★ 4.0 · 5
63 The Life of Pablo
Kanye West · 2016
★ 4.0 · 5
64 Ready to Die (The Remaster)
The Notorious B.I.G. · 1994
★ 4.0 · 4
65 808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West · 2008
★ 4.0 · 4
66 More Life
Drake · 2017
★ 4.0 · 3
67 Barter 6
Young Thug · 2015
★ 4.0 · 3
68 The Eminem Show
Eminem · 2002
★ 4.0 · 3
69 untitled unmastered.
Kendrick Lamar · 2016
★ 4.0 · 2
70 DS2
Future · 2015
★ 4.0 · 2
71 The Off‐Season
J. Cole · 2021
★ 4.0 · 2
72 DAYTONA
Pusha T · 2018
★ 4.0 · 2
73 Faces
Mac Miller · 2014
★ 4.0 · 2
74 Miss E ...So Addictive
Missy Elliott · 2001
★ 4.0 · 2
75 Some Rap Songs
Earl Sweatshirt · 2018
★ 4.0 · 2
76 The Coming
Busta Rhymes · 1996
★ 4.0 · 2
77 Coloring Book
Chance the Rapper · 2016
★ 4.0 · 1
78 This Unruly Mess I've Made
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis · 2016
★ 4.0 · 1
79 Eternal Atake
Lil Uzi Vert · 2020
★ 4.0 · 1
80 ?
XXXTENTACION · 2018
★ 4.0 · 1
81 Alligator Bites Never Heal
Doechii · 2024
★ 4.0 · 1
82 Wake Up!
The Roots · 2010
★ 4.0 · 1
83 Mr. Wonderful
Action Bronson · 2015
★ 4.0 · 1
84 I Am Not a Human Being
Lil Wayne · 2010
★ 4.0 · 1
85 Only One Flo, Part 1
Flo Rida · 2010
★ 4.0 · 1
86 Distant Relatives
Nas · 2010
★ 4.0 · 1
87 Tical
Method Man · 1994
★ 4.0 · 1
88 Oxymoron
ScHoolboy Q · 2014
★ 4.0 · 1
89 MICHAEL
Killer Mike · 2023
★ 4.0 · 1
90 P.O.P Mixtape, pt. 1
Şam · 2018
★ 4.0 · 1
91 3.15.20
Childish Gambino · 2020
★ 4.0 · 1
92 Views
Drake · 2016
★ 3.8 · 3
93 Championships
Meek Mill · 2018
★ 3.8 · 2
94 Man on the Moon III: The Chosen
Kid Cudi · 2020
★ 3.8 · 2
95 The Black Album
Jay-Z · 2003
★ 3.8 · 2
96 Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott · 1997
★ 3.8 · 2
97 Because the Internet
Childish Gambino · 2013
★ 3.8 · 2
98 Kamikaze
Eminem · 2018
★ 3.8 · 4
99 Scorpion
Drake · 2018
★ 3.8 · 4
100 4 Your Eyez Only
J. Cole · 2016
★ 3.5 · 1
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