Best Rap Albums

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist, DJ Muggs & Flee Lord, YUNGMORPHEUS & ewonee, Nappy Nina & JWords, KOTA The Friend & Statik Selektah, and more of this month's best rap albums...

MAVI, Pooh Shiesty, slowthai, Duke Deuce, Conway The Machine & Big Ghost Ltd, and more of February's best rap albums...

The rap world of 2021 is off to a great start, with new albums from Maassai, Tha God Fahim/Your Old Droog, R.A.P. Ferreira, BRS Kash, and more...

The best rap albums of the final month of 2020, from Che Noir, 38 Spesh, Sheff G, Boldy James, and more...

From Griselda to Freddie Gibbs to Megan Thee Stallion to Run The Jewels to Flo Milli to Pop Smoke to Armand Hammer to J Hus, there's been so much great rap music this year. Here are our picks for the 50 best albums...

November birthed great albums by Megan Thee Stallion, Pa Salieu, Bad Bunny, Salaam Remi, Roc Marciano, and more...

Benny the Butcher, Black Thought, Westside Gunn, Open Mike Eagle, Junglepussy, and more...

Conway the Machine, Spillage Village, Armani Caesar, and more of the best rap albums of September...

Mach-Hommy, Boldy James, Bbymutha, Mulatto, Young Dolph, and more of the best rap albums of August...

Music nostalgia tends to move in 20-year cycles, so early 2000s rap is unsurprisingly leaving a mark on today's new rap music. Here are 25 albums from that era that hold up especially well today...