Sep 30, 2025

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rap-albums-all-time/
Crazy a--- list in my opinion

For accessibility, this is the top 25:
25. Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt
24. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
23. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick
22. Soul Food - Goodie Mob
21. Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
20. Buhloone Mindstate - De La Soul
19. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
18. Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim
17. Operation: Doomsday - MF DOOM
16. DS2 - Future
15. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... - Raekwon
14. It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
13. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
12. good kid, m.A.A.d. city - Kendrick Lamar
11. Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G.
10. Madvillainy - Madvillain
9. Aquemini - OutKast
8. h--- Hath No Fury - Clipse
7. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
6. Rich g---: Tha Tour Pt.1 - Rich g---
5. Illmatic - Nas
4. Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah
3. 400 Degreez - Juvenile
2. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac
1. The Infamous - Mobb Deep

Notable Placements:
100. Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
93. Moment of Truth - g--- Starr
62. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
60. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (only Em album on the list)
47. Take Care - Drake
44. To p---- A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
27. Yeezus - Kanye West (Only Ye album on the list)


Thoughts?