Most Overrated Hip-hop Albums of All Time

Those piece of junk albums that 13 year old mtv watching wiggers refer to as "da greatest" or "da realest shizznit" time to get your chance to mock them and there terrible albums.
The Top Ten
1 Souljaboytellem.com - Soulja Boy

Why the hell is all eyez on me, the chronic, doggy style, get rich or die tryin and marshal matters LP on the list. That's just messed up! Their great albums! Souljaboytellem is the worst album ever along with Lil Wayne.

This went platnum? I swear anyone can make up some stupid dance and throw together some overproduced beats together and call it a album. This is the worst thing ever made.

this isnt even hip hop, the songs r annoying, but i feel abit sorry for soulja boy lol, so many ppl hate him, including me lol, but dont worry ppl, hip hop is not dead

This list makes no sense if a rap album is a bestseller it's instantly overrated lol, but this how is this overrated this didn't even go platinum

2 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

This should not be on this list, this is one of the few albums of all time that doesn't have a single bad or mediocre song, all the songs on this album are AT LEAST good, most are amazing and all time classics, the album has everything from dark and gritty, clever comedy, insane lyrical talent and some of the best beats ever.

I choose this as the most overrated of a rapper, the others from shoulja boy and 50 cent E.G. shouldn't even be here, cause in these kind of lists complete whack new school rap albums shouldn't even be taken into account...

Generally Eminem has rap skills but is very overrated

People call Eminem overrated, because they are mad, that their favorite rapper isn't getting any attention. It's because they suck compared to Eminem, get over it.

Em is pure wasted talent. Rather than use all that talent to create a masterpiece he decides to sellout to mtv with this piece of crap shock rap album

3 Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne

I still can't believe this album got 4/5 stars on AllMusic while The Offspring's Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, a punk rock album released at about the same time, only got 2/5 stars there. Now I'm not hating on rap, I definitely disagree with Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP and 2pac's All Eyez on Me being on this list as they are both amazing albums that define the rap genre. However, I have no clue how a mumbling hyena with a hoarse throat gets critically praised, especially when compared to The Offspring, who worked years on RAFRAG, only to have some critics bash them just because they wanted another Smash. This is one of those times when critics do not have a lick of sense whatsoever.

How the hell do people love this so much? Wayne's only really good album was the Carter II and he was using ghostwriters at that time. This is just trash and half of it isn't even hip hop music. One of the best songs on here "Comfortable" isn't even good for Wayne himself, in fact it would be a better song without Wayne in it. A Milli is very overrated, Dr. Carter wasn't that great, and Mr. Carter was only good for the beat, but if you really listen to the lyrics you'll realize Wayne is just spitting nonsense as always for people who try to find depth where there isn't any.

Lil wayne is a horrible rapper, mtv praises him and calls him a great rapper so 12-yearolds will think so, but any REAL rap fan will tell you lil waynes rapping is horrible in this album. I've heard from lil wayne fans that he used to be good before this album, but I don't care to find out because I will always dislike him.

The most played album by 12 year old mtv watching wiggers since get rich or die tryin.
And by the way jay-z embaresses this guy lyrically on Mr. Carter
Plus this idiot tries to copy nas and biggys album covers from actual classics illmatic and ready to die. Those are good hip-hop albums, this is not. People need to get some taste.

4 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

Its music part is really pinnacle of masterpiece 10/10, although Ye's flow was pretty bad but he did it so admirable

Way too poppy to be considered one of the best hip hop albums of all time.

I'm not voting for this, but always thought Graduation was much better

This is one of my favorite albums but it's extremely overrated

5 Life After Death - Notorious BIG

This album wasn't overrated. It's kinda sick to say that this album only sold so much because he was dead. Where do I start? Notorious Thugs, Kick in the Door, Ten Crack Commandments, Going Back to Cali, Somebody's Gotta Die, Long Kiss Goodnight, What's Beef. They're all amazing on this album.

This album was okay but I like his ready to die album better.

This doesn't live up to the hype at all.

6 The Chronic - Dr. Dre

wack ass Filipino tries to hide his true roots we know you're a flip who likes plowing Feminem while he plows

had some of the worst songs ever made, but 2001 by Dre was great and better

This is one of the best albums I don't about what anyone says

Dre shouldve called this the blueprint to all crappy pop-rap in the future.

7 To Pimp a Butterfly

It's his best album and I do really enjoy songs like Alright, These Walls, and i. But it definitely isn't the BEST album of all time. People constantly kiss this album's booty and talk about how it is perfect which is annoying because you know a lot of them are saying this because critics said it was the best album of all time. It really isn't, some of the songs could've been better and Kendrick's voice is honestly quite annoying, although not as annoying as in "DAMN." where in the song "Love." he constantly says in between Zacari's amazing vocals "I wanna be with you, ay". Anyway, this album is great and all but there are more enjoyable albums out there.

I really don't get why this is one here. This is one of the most relevant and important albums that's been released in a very long time. Kendrick makes songs that can change peoples views on life and inspires his community to also make a change. He's the Chuck D or Nas of our generation.

No son. This album brings life to everything going on today. Kendrick is my favorite so ima defend this all day. This dude helps find themselves and shows Jewelry and flexing ain't nothing. This album speaks volumes bruh.

This album explores the themes of racism, depression, fame and tackles them all with near-perfection. The only song I didn't think was amazing was These Walls, but that song was still great.

8 Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg

I just can't enjoy this album. I've never been a big Snoop Dogg fan, but this is just decent. Also, can I just point out how inconsistent Snoop Dogg is? Like 4 years ago he was Muslim and released a reggae album, and now he's released a Christian album.

Man this list is not a list of the most overrated albums it's just a list of awesome albums! Doggystyle, the chronic, Illmatic, All Eyes On Me, Life After Death, MMLP1 and so on... (didn't listen to the carter 3 & The Massacre so I can't say).

Snoop is one of the most overrated rappers to ever live. He just talks about how cool and gangsta he is over some hit-and-miss overrated Dre production

I absolutely loved this album, but it does seem to get a bit more praise than it actually deserves. It's good, but a tad overrated.

9 Illmatic - Nas

This album is overrated. Everyone seems to think this is the best album ever. Honestly, Reasonable Doubt (Jay-Z's debut album) was WAY better. I just don't quite understand the appeal. I like Nas, and I like this album, but this album is overrated.

Nas is so overrated, he doesn't rhyme, just uses similar sounding words, big difference "rap Anastasia" doesn't rhyme with "black power man of Asia", get it together!

How can this be overrated? It's the legitimate greatest rap album of all time that no one talks about anymore.

What is wrong with this guy? Illmatic? This is the greatest hip hop album ever! It has N. Y State Of Mind on it! No one can top this album, ever

10 All Eyez On Me - 2pac

2nd best rap album? There were a few good tracks but only suburban white boys tryna act gangster would call this the greatest. I'm no big Pac fan but Me Against the world was way better than this

The Culture II of its time. Only thing it had that puts it over Culture II was Pac's prominence, and even then it can get repetitive in that factor as well. Me Against the Word was so much better than this.

This album is what every wigger thinks is "da greatest" when its not even the greatest 2pac album. Me Against The World is 100x better than this half-hearted gangsta rap album.

It was a good album but it was pretty overly praised. There is a lot of filler here and its nowhere near as great as Me Against The World

The Contenders
11 Good Kid M.A.A.D City - Kendrick Lamar

Not better than TPAB, but definitely miles better than DAMN. This is the album (along with the Control verse) that made Kendrick one of the most overrated rappers ever. It's not a modern day classic like some will have you believe.

No, this is a masterpiece

trash

what

12 The Massacre - 50 Cent

50 cent is a talent-less hack who just got lucky, produced some decent bangers, and grabbed the masses by the balls in doing so. -MiddleClassDisciple/Marko1596

I liked Get Rich Or Die Trying but anything 50 put out after that has been absolute trash.

The only legitimately overrated album on here

In my opinion get Rich or die tryin is better

13 Damn. - Kendrick Lamar

This album was trash

14 Get Rich or Die Tryin - 50 Cent

50 cent is an uninspired dumb artist. This was his best effort and not a good one. Amazing how this has sold 8million copies. This is going to be diamond eventually and that is just disappointing with all the albums better then this peace of crap that go unnoticed.

By the way I'm so glad no one cares about soulja boy anymore.

Amazing Album, remember 50 cent is no lyricist - he is a master of hooks, crooning and club beats. Hip Hop is not just a universal sound - there are many forms and aspects that constituent and fun and great album! FFS.

If you listened to The Massacre and Curtis than you will know that those are his true achievements

Just stop this album was a mediocre project made for parties
It has no place in hip-hop discussion about actual quality

15 Recovery - Eminem

He used to be good, now he is the sellout Tinie Tempah of America.

Seriously, who made this list? One of Eminem's top 5 albums...

Pretty rubbish album... He sings on all of the tracks

Slimshady died with proof in 2006 but without slim there's a noticable change in marshall and eminem

16 Views - Drake

I Still Don't Know Why There Was So Much Hype For This Piece Of Abysmal Trash

17 The Diary - Scarface

People call this the best southern rap album...seriously? Scarface is not an amazing rapper, Z-Ro is 10 times better than him and his album Look What You Did to Me is miles better than this overrated southern rap album.

18 Nothing Was the Same - Drake
19 Atliens - Outkast

It's funny that some people call this the best album of the 90's, when it's not even OutKast's best album.

20 Watch the Throne - Jay-Z & Kanye West
21 Death Certificate - Ice Cube
22 808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West

It would've been better if kanye had never even released this album... He actually made a fool out of himself... He could have just put out 'love lockdown' and 'heartless' rather than putting out an entire album... I know kanye put out this album while he was still grieving on his mother's death... The reason for the album's poor quality

Overall not his best work but the album had its moments

This is simply not good. Lyrics on certain songs are nice and would be great to give someone with a better sound than this autotune bs that goes on the whole record. Not a fan.

What a terrible album this is just so disappointing. It sounds like a horrible t-pain album.

23 Relapse - Eminem

This album is generally thought of as a poor album, so it can't be overrated. Also, and this isn't me calling it underrated, but some people absolutely tear this album apart. It isn't horrific, that award would go to encore. It actually has some good tracks that actually have some clever lyricism. I honestly think if he didn't have the stupid accent the entire album (save a few tracks), this would be thought of as a much better album, probably not good, but not abominable as some people make it

I disagree. Relapse is actually a good album, with interesting songs, great production and good lyrics. But... Accents.

Don't no how this got a best rap album award

Even em himself said he didn't like it

24 Marshall Mathers LP 2

Now this is overrated, unlike relapse. Relapse is hated, while this album gets undeserved credit. Poor production, and em dosen't seem comfortable and confident. He dosen't flow freely across each track, he stiffly navigates. Some lazy rhyme schemes as well. Would take relapse over this, if you can look past the annoying accents it's not too bad

The beats sucks and the only good song on the album is So Far. Everything else is medicore example : ass, so much better or OVERRATED like Rap God, Bad Guy

In my opinion Rap God is overrated but that doesn't make it a bad song. It's six minutes straight of Shady. That's good.

Save the lyrics it's good. The beats sucks!

25 Speakerboxxx/the Love Below - Outkast

Just not good

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