The Full List: Rolling Stone's Top 200 Hip Hop Rap Albums of All-Time

Another day another Rolling Stone list. As much as we get triggered by these type of lists or do our best to disregard the validity of the opinions expressed in the numbered list, we can’t stop ourselves from clicking on them This is confirmed by how popular this Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Songs of All-Time post has been since we first published it nine months ago.

If that one article where we posted the full list is so popular, we can only imagine how much traffic, eyeballs and clicks that Rolling Stone’s actual article has yielded. These lists most-definitely generates a lot of emotions and conversations. So Rolling Stone knew what they were doing and getting themselves into when they released The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time a few days ago.

We looked for the full list of all 200 albums in an easy readable table, but couldn’t find one (not even on Reddit), so we decided to do the work so you can see all the albums in one place. You can sort by any of the columns (album, artist, year) — it’s already sorted by descending rank.

List: Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
Rank	Album	Artist	Year
1	Ready to Die	The Notorious B.I.G.	1994
2	Stankonia	Outkast	2000
3	The Blueprint	Jay-Z	2001
4	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	Public Enemy	1988
5	To Pimp a Butterfly	Kendrick Lamar	2015
6	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	2010
7	Miss E… So Addictive	Missy Elliott	2001
8	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	Wu-Tang Clan	1993
9	The Low End Theory	A Tribe Called Quest	1991
10	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill	1998
11	Take Care	Drake	2011
12	Lord Willin	Clipse	2002
13	2001	Dr. Dre	1999
14	Supreme Clientele	Ghostface Killah	2000
15	Paid in Full	Eric B. and Rakim	1987
16	Invasion of Privacy	Cardi B	2018
17	Yeezus	Kanye West	2013
18	Madvillainy	Madvillain	2004
19	Hard Core	Lil Kim	1996
20	DS2	Future	2015
21	Da Drought 3	Lil Wayne	2007
22	It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot	DMX	1998
23	Ridin Dirty	UGK	1996
24	Illmatic	Nas	1994
25	The Marshall Mathers LP	Eminem	2000
26	Reasonable Doubt	Jay-Z	1996
27	Aquemini	Outkast	1998
28	The Infamous	Mobb Deep	1995
29	All Eyez on Me	2Pac	1996
30	Paul’s Boutique	Beastie Boys	1989
31	Pink Friday	Nicki Minaj	2010
32	Finally Rich	Chief Keef	2012
33	3 Feet High and Rising	De La Soul	1989
34	The Sugar Hill Records Story	Various Artists	1997
35	Doggystyle	Snoop Doggy Dogg	1993
36	Acid Rap	Chance the Rapper	2013
37	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…	Raekwon	1995
38	good kid m.A.A.d city	Kendrick Lamar	2012
39	The Carter III	Lil Wayne	2008
40	The Chronic	Dr. Dre	1992
41	Late Registration	Kanye West	2005
42	Long Live the Kane	Big Daddy Kane	1988
43	Run D.M.C.	Run D.M.C.	1984
44	Liquid Swords	Genius/GZA	1995
45	Mama Said Knock You Out	LL Cool J	1990
46	Call Me If You Get Lost	Tyler the Creator	2021
47	Supa Dupa Fly	Missy Elliott	1997
48	Donuts	J Dilla	2006
49	Straight Outta Compton	N.W.A	1988
50	Strictly Business	EPMD	1988
51	Things Fall Apart	The Roots	1999
52	The College Dropout	Kanye West	2004
53	Hot Cool & Vicious	Salt-N-Pepa	1986
54	Culture	Migos	2017
55	Midnight Marauders	A Tribe Called Quest	1993
56	Room 25	Noname	2018
57	Licensed to Ill	Beastie Boys	1986
58	AmeriKKKas Most Wanted	Ice Cube	1990
59	Life After Death	The Notorious B.I.G.	1997
60	Damn.	Kendrick Lamar	2017
61	The Diary	Scarface	1994
62	Operation: Doomsday	MF Doom	1999
63	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star	Black Star	1998
64	Get Rich or Die Tryin	50 Cent	2003
65	Buhloone Mindstate	De La Soul	1993
66	Mystic Stylez	Three 6 Mafia	1995
67	'We Can't Be Stopped'	Geto Boys	1991
68	400 Degreez	Juvenile	1998
69	Ironman	Ghostface Killah	1996
70	The Score	The Fugees	1996
71	All Hail the Queen	Queen Latifah	1989
72	Dr. Octagonecologyst	Dr. Octagon	1996
73	Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde	The Pharcyde	1992
74	Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	1990
75	Fever	Megan Thee Stallion	2019
76	Hard to Earn	Gang Starr	1994
77	Watch the Throne	Jay-Z and Kanye West	2011
78	Broke With Expensive Taste	Azealia Banks	2014
79	Follow the Leader	Eric B. & Rakim	1988
80	Some Rap Songs	Earl Sweatshirt	2018
81	Blowout Comb	Digable Planets	1994
82	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick	Slick Rick	1988
83	Kala	M.I.A.	2007
84	Summertime 06	Vince Staples	2015
85	The Slim Shady LP	Eminem	1999
86	Like Water for Chocolate	Common	2000
87	Critical Beatdown	Ultramagnetic MCs	1988
88	Cypress Hill	Cypress Hill	1991
89	One for All	Brand Nubian	1990
90	Man on the Moon: The End of the Day	Kid Cudi	2009
91	Criminal Minded	Boogie Down Productions	1987
92	Endtroducing…..	DJ Shadow	1996
93	Death Certificate	Ice Cube	1991
94	De La Soul Is Dead	De La Soul	1991
95	Trap Muzik	T.I.	2003
96	Power	Ice-T	1988
97	Hell Hath No Fury	Clipse	2006
98	Funcrusher Plus	Company Flow	1997
99	Tha Carter II	Lil Wayne	2005
100	Raising Hell	Run-D.M.C.	1986
101	Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101	Young Jeezy	2005
102	Birdman	Young Thug	2014
103	Black on Both Sides	Mos Def	1999
104	Scorpion	Eve	2001
105	Coloring Book	Chance the Rapper	2016
106	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version	Ol' Dirty Bastard	1995
107	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Kool G Rap & DJ Polo	1990
108	Daytona	Pusha T	2018
109	Breaking Atoms	Main Source	1991
110	Goin Off	Biz Markie	1988
111	By All Means Necessary	Boogie Down Productions	1988
112	Laila’s Wisdom	Rapsody	2017
113	The Black Album	Jay-Z	2003
114	Sex Packets	Digital Underground	1990
115	Looking for the Perfect Beat 1980-1985	Afrika Bambaataa	2001
116	Straight Out the Jungle	Jungle Brothers	1988
117	Under Construction	Missy Elliott	2002
118	Bastard	Tyler The Creator	2009
119	Party Music	The Coup	2001
120	Barter 6	Young Thug	2015
121	Peoples Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm	A Tribe Called Quest	1990
122	In Search Of…	N.E.R.D.	2002
123	93 til Infinity	Souls of Mischief	1993
124	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below	Outkast	2003
125	If Youre Reading This Its Too Late	Drake	2015
126	Savage Mode	21 Savage and Metro Boomin	2016
127	E. 1999 Eternal	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	1995
128	Capital Punishment	Big Pun	1998
129	Whole Lotta Red	Playboi Carti	2020
130	Mecca and the Soul Brother	Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth	1992
131	Fishscale	Ghostface Killah	2006
132	2014 Forest Hills Drive	J. Cole	2014
133	R.A.P. Music	Killer Mike	2012
134	Me Against the World	2Pac	1995
135	Teflon Don	Rick Ross	2010
136	Planet Her	Doja Cat	2021
137	Fantastic Vol. 2	Slum Village	2000
138	Period	City Girls	2018
139	Original Pirate Material	The Streets	2002
140	It Was Written	Nas	1996
141	Enta da Stage	Black Moon	1993
142	The Listening	Little Brother	2003
143	Eternal Atake	Lil Uzi Vert	2020
144	Reloaded	Roc Marciano	2012
145	Be	Common	2005
146	A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing	Black Sheep	1991
147	Radio	LL Cool J	1985
148	Run the Jewels 2	Run the Jewels	2014
149	3 ’N the Mornin' (Part Two)	DJ Screw	1996
150	How I Got Over	The Roots	2010
151	Montero	Lil Nas X	2021
152	SremmLife	Rae Sremmurd	2015
153	Eazy-Duz-It	Eazy E	1988
154	What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective	Steinski	2008
155	The Sun Rises in the East	Jeru the Damaja	1994
156	Quik Is the Name	DJ Quik	1991
157	XXX	Danny Brown	2011
158	Just Tryin ta Live	Devin the Dude	2002
159	So…Hows Your Girl?	Handsome Boy Modeling School	1999
160	Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous	Big L	1995
161	Die a Legend	Polo G	2019
162	Whack World	Tierra Whack	2018
163	Super Tight…	UGK	1994
164	Blank Face	Schoolboy Q	2016
165	The Cold Vein	Cannibal Ox	2001
166	Because the Internet	Childish Gambino	2013
167	Black Mafia Life	Above the Law	1993
168	Pray for Haiti	Mach-Hommy	2021
169	Soul Food	Goodie Mob	1995
170	Krit Wuz Here	Big K.R.I.T.	2010
171	In Control Volume 1	Marley Marl	1988
172	Ho Why Is You Here?	Flo Milli	2020
173	The Divine Feminine	Mac Miller	2016
174	Purple Haze	Cam'ron	2004
175	Bad Sister	Roxanne Shanté	1989
176	Flygod	Westside Gunn	2016
177	6 Feet Deep	Gravediggaz	1994
178	In a Major Way	E-40	1995
179	To Whom It May Concern…	Freestyle Fellowship	1991
180	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert	Little Simz	2021
181	Soundbombing II	Various Artists	1999
182	Chicken Talk	Gucci Mane	2006
183	Uptown Saturday Night	Camp Lo	1997
184	Care for Me	Saba	2018
185	Lyte as a Rock	MC Lyte	1988
186	Life Is … Too $hort	Too $hort	1988
187	The War Report	Capone-N-Noreaga	1997
188	Wild Style: Original Soundtrack	Various Artists	1983
189	Crenshaw	Nipsey Hussle	2013
190	Cold Devil	Drakeo the Ruler	2018
191	Later That Day	Lyrics Born	2003
192	Meet the Woo	Pop Smoke	2019
193	Live. Love. A$AP	A$AP Rocky	2011
194	The Dusty Foot Philosopher	K'Naan	2005
195	Ephorize	Cupcakke	2018
196	Tear Gas	The Jacka	2009
197	Bandana	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	2019
198	Mr. Hood	KMD	1991
199	Goodbye & Good Riddance	Juice WRLD	2018
200	Astroworld	Travis Scott	2018

Of course when you make a list that is supposed to be comprehensive of every album in a specific genre, you’re going to have a lot of disagreements to put it lightly. Some of the snubbed artists have already spoken up — including The Game and Meek Mill. Not to mention that Nas’ Illmatic was ranked at a relatively low #24 and many took issue that the fact the list left ‘Illmatic’ out of the top ten shows the disconnect.

Well, at least Rolling Stone didn’t have Macklemore in the list. Shows they’re a little more connected to hop hop than the Grammys.

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