Best Rap Albums of the 21st Century

Say what you will about Eminem in more recent times but in 2000 he was epic. - DarkBoi-X

Definitely the best rap album of the whole century, and there wont be a better hip hop album than this one.

Best Eminem album listening to it right now

Simply the best

This album is amazing. The beats and lyrics are incredible and themes on this album are varied and interesting.

This album was inspired by illmatic

Best album I know since dre chronicles

Kills every other album on this list - ap1570626

An absolute masterpiece you can hear Kanye evolve from trying to be the good guy rapper who raps on soft soulful beats to accepting the fact that he has become villain everyone hates and begins to rap on more moody beats talking about money and his ego

An understated masterpiece. People fail to realize the effect this album has has on hip hop culture, and even more so the homage it pays to the MUSIC community through its intricate production/samples and pop culture references.

This album was music at its recent finest. The title track was perfect! The album was like a rap version of Prince purple rain album

Why is Recovery here? That was a terrible album, it was pop music. This is the greatest rap album of the 21st century by far.

So it was terrible BECAUSE it was pop music? Yeah, your credibility ends there. - WonkeyDude98

This album allows you to have the ability to have one solid run-through and have every track be amazing.

Til I Collapse, without me its really an incredible album

Eminem in his prime

Great

Songs in this album were just AMAZING

No just no kys

I'm a stan...and I know this is list is way too messed up..like..recovery? Better be in your trash can

To me, better than MMLP, Straight Outta Compton, and Ready to die. This breathed life back into hip hop

Greatest Rap album ever. One of the best albums in any genre of music. Should be first.

The best Hip-Hop album of the 21st century, by some margin too.

Should Be number 1

Jay-Z is generally overrated but this album is amazing nonetheless, not the best of the century though, Kendrick is better

It's very simple.. This is the blueprint. Of rap music. This is how it should be done. This is HOV at his very best. The best rap album by the best rapper ever, is it even a question?

Are you kidding me, this is his worst album ever. It might be better if he hadn't used his Arab voice but cause if that it sucks

Amazing

It was epic like my JUUL vape

It was epic like my vape #betterthanmmlp #betterthanillmatic

Best Kanye West album I've listened to

godly

Develops into the best of the West Coast in 21st century thanks to great beats and influential rapping

He's the Game Changer - Subhojit_roy50

It's a disgrace that GKMC and Kanye's overrated trash is higher than this. - DaWyteNight

Best lil wayne album by far, and this was when wayne was ruled the game.

This album sucks, the carter 2 was his best album not this. - DaWyteNight

Blueprint 3 was trash. - DaWyteNight

Honestly one of the greatest pieces of hip-hop legend. Shows J Cole as an individual artist who can tell a story so well in an album that flows from start to finish with not a single rhyme out of place.

Better than most of these easily

This the goat

Perfect album 0 skips

This is a grammy nominated album from one of the most underrated rappers in the world. The combination of rapping and singing work out amazingly on the tracks. There are also 3 top 10 singles on this one album along with features from T.I, Bruno Mars and Eminem.

MF DOOM is a great rapper and Madvillain is a great producer. Them collaborating obviously resulted in this masterpiece. - DarkBoi-X

This album IS the most creative rap album of all time. I did not see the genius, coming fromonths a lot of great albums (Illmatic, 36 chambers, ME against the world, To pimp a butterfly)
I had seen a lot of complex rhymes, which I love. Then I listen to the songs and realized in about 8 of them, he isn't being abstract. I learn something every time I listen to it,really fun album

How the hell is mbdtf higher than Kanye's actual good albums like this? - DaWyteNight

Recovery is top 5 and this is number 16? Bye guys

Where are the Eminem albums
Marshall mathers lp the rap álbum most sold in history - Yc07

Lol who put this on here