Best Rap Albums of the 2010s

The Top Ten

1 To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Who is gonna top this album out of drake and j cole they haven't even made a better album than GKMC, seriously will they ever? Time is ticking. Most classic hip hop albums happen early in a rappers career think about it look up all the greats. They really need to make a classic album quick because they have hits but no classic albums and Kendrick has both that's why he's known as the leader of the new school. TPAB is too creative and thought provoking. There is more creativity in song Mortal Man than any J Cole album and Blacker the Berry goes harder than any drake song. Can drake make a better song about sex than These Walls? Kendrick is a genius. This album will go down has the best hip hip album of the decade. He might even make a better album next time but I doubt it. It's way too important and innovative. You can't be in the talks of the greats like Jay z, snoop, Tupac, biggie with no classic album it wouldn't make sense. If Drake or J Cole don't make a classic album it not good ...more

Yes this was the perfect album of the 2010's decade this album was better than all of the other hip-hop albums hell even all music genre albums of the 2010's decade. Kendrick ruled 100% no doubt about it.

This album transcends the mainstream, transcends hip-hop, transcends music, and finds its way into the world of unadulterated art that DKMC didn't. Definitely deserves that top spot.

Kendrick's great lyricism and exploration of Jazz and Funk make this a highly enjoyable album and a masterpiece.

2 Good Kid: M.A.A.D City - Kendrick Lamar

He manages to find numerous topics of life in compton to talk about and how they affect him as a person. Another great part about it is he is able to take trips to his childhood, beliefs, and ambitions. Honestly all the songs are great. Surprised section 8.0 wasn't in the top ten. You can see the impact the black hippy crew have had this decade with there elaborate and amazing storytelling.

My number 1 album of all of them. Kendrick came in and dominated, Kendrick is a hard second but these two are keeping the lyrics going for true Hip Hop fans.

Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst is one of the greatest rap/hip-hop tracks of all time! Phenomenal Album

MBDTF was sick, but this and TPAB are both just a little better in my opinion and as long as they're 1 and 2, I'm fine with that.

3 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

1. Dark Fantasy...classic intro and opener to an album and ye spits bars

2. Gorgeous...kanye's best verse and a dope beat and song in all (what's a black beatle anyway, a roach)

3. Power...straight up so hype, amazing song, just straight euphoria

4. All of the Lights (Prelude)

5. All of the Lights... Rap record of the year at Grammys

6. Monster...Nicki Minaj has one of the best verses of all time, also, ye ross and jay are on point

7. So Appalled...this is a real rap song, also a much needed commentary on rap and the way it's going

8. Devil in a New Dress...Personally my favorite song on the album, the guitar just vibes and takes Kanye's brilliance on producing to a whole new level, also Ross spits mad bars

9. Runaway...Emblematic of Kanye's career and work not only as a rapper but as an artist, one of his bigger pieces of legacy and beautiful pieces of work

10. Hell of a Life...More of a Yeezus vibe but somehow fits ...more

I'd call this Kanye's most ambitious project to date. Not his best but it's still really good. 8/10

There isn't a single bad track... Why is "Recovery" even on here?

Kanye is just a legend. the instrumentation in this album is incredibly, plus kanye was still at his rawwest on this album lyrically

4 Recovery - Eminem

This album gets more hate than its fair share, considering the depth of lyrical and production fidelity. It is a great album with a great theme of never give up and push on.

Every song is amazing, it can get slightly repetitive but the album has no peers except for other Eminem albums.

Is this even an argument? This album WON the best rap album of 2010.

Please he is the rap god

5 Run the Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels

6 Under Pressure - Logic

On point the whole album, no skippable tracks at all.
Top 5 albums of all time.

One of the best albums of all time, should be top 5 at least.

Logics best album, amazing flows, beautiful production, purely timeless and still criminally underrated

13!? It needs top 5 at least

7 Yeezus - Kanye West

This is Kanye's most ambitious project. This album was literally worked on for years, up until the week it was released. Kanye recorded enough songs for this album to fill up 2 full length albums. Kanye recorded and re-recorded verses for this album over and over until the week before it was releases. The list of collaborators on this album is very lengthy and quite impressive. Kanye worked his ass off, and he cut and rearranged so much. Kanye poured HIS SOUL into this album and it boggles my mind how more people don't like it.

8 Born Sinner - J Cole

Listen to crooked smile, forbidden fruit and rich ni66az and you wont even vote for any other album
Only kanye's MBDTF and Kendrick's GKMC are comparable to this album!
What are tinie timpah and Eminem's albums are doing here!

Best Album of 2010's j. Cole is the truth

9 Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels

10 Section.80 - Kendrick Lamar

Very very underrated album. Definitely top 5

Higher up please.

His first album

Possible one of the most underrated albums ever just because his other work is so good

The Contenders

11 Take Care - Drake

Don't really count this as a rap album, it's a perfect mixture of rap and R&B but I think it's top 5 albums of all time. Drake was ahead of his time with this one.

Probably one of the best rap albums of this decade.

12 Long.Live.A$AP - A$AP Rocky

Top Songs: F***** Problems, 1Train, Peso

A$AP Rocky put together a great project with this album. F***** Problems was one of the best songs of the year. 1Train featured great rappers including Kendrick Lamar and Danny Brown.

Ghetto Symphony and angels two of my favorite songs on this masterpiece

13 Control System - Ab-Soul