Kendrick Lamar United States

Aliases: K-Dot.

The best album credited to Kendrick Lamar is To Pimp A Butterfly which is ranked number 19 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 37,409.

Kendrick Lamar is ranked number 10 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 77,310.

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Kendrick Lamar best albums

The following albums by Kendrick Lamar are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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2015
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2012
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25,976
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2017
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2016
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2011
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2022
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2,055
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2010
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97
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2009
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29
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2005
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Total albums: 9. Page 1 of 1

This may not be a complete discography for Kendrick Lamar.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Kendrick Lamar bestography composition

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1980s 0 0%
1990s 0 0%
2000s 2 0%
2010s 6 0%
2020s 1 0%

Kendrick Lamar best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Rating: 93 (773 votes)Comments: 26
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(from the album To Pimp A Butterfly)
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Rating: 92 (754 votes)Comments: 17
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(from the album To Pimp A Butterfly)
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Rating: 91 (637 votes)Comments: 8
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(from the album To Pimp A Butterfly)
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Rating: 91 (634 votes)Comments: 9
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(from the album To Pimp A Butterfly)
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Rating: 90 (589 votes)Comments: 12
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(from the album To Pimp A Butterfly)
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Rating: 90 (247 votes)Comments: 6
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(from the album Section.80)
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Rating: 90 (154 votes)Comments: 1
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Rating: 90 (546 votes)Comments: 8
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(from the album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City)
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Rating: 90 (440 votes)Comments: 4
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(from the album Damn.)
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Rating: 89 (602 votes)Comments: 13
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(from the album To Pimp A Butterfly)
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Rating: 89 (240 votes)Comments: 4
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(from the album Section.80)
N.B. Tracks must have received at least 3 ratings to appear in the above list.

Kendrick Lamar ratings

Average Rating: 
88/100 (from 266 votes)
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This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 88.0/100, a mean average of 85.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.5/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 19.9.

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From 01/13/2023 08:54
greatest rapper of all time, top 10 artists of all time
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From 08/19/2022 22:51
He's made his name with the greats! Kendrick is the best rapper alive today. His musical style is amazing!
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From 05/31/2022 05:34
Not just the finest rapper of his generation, but the greatest artist of the 2010s as well
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From 10/09/2021 11:41
one of the greatest rappers ever
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From 03/30/2021 15:50
Best rap artist oat.
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From 02/21/2021 00:16
If he keeps up dropping all these great albums he’s definitely going to be one of the greatest artists of all time.
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From 02/02/2021 21:05
To Simon Bramhall, I used to be just like you; I thought rap wasn't 'real music' and that it had no musical value. But then I realized how pretentious that was, and realized that hip hop is not only one of the most influential genres of all time, but is an incredibly important one. Hip hop has been used to raise awareness and spread a message about various cultural and societal issues. Artists like NWA, Public Enemy, The Roots, Rage Against The Machine, Immortal Technique, Kendrick Lamar, etc. have used hip hop as a platform to talk about institutionalized racism, police brutality, political corruption, poverty, gang violence, and many other issues. NWA's "Fuck Tha Police" is one of the most important protest songs of all time, and Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" has become an anthem for the BLM movement. Some of the greatest lyricists and songwriters of all time are rappers. The use of sampling in hip hop isn't just taking old songs and "marketing them as your own". A talented producer can take a sample from a nother song and flip it, repurpose it, chop it up and manipulate it into something unique and original. Also, if you're gonna complain about originality then you should probably talk about cover songs. There are so many classic songs from the 60s that are cover songs. Jimi Hendrix's "All Along The Watchtower" is a cover of a Bob Dylan song. "Respect" by Aretha Franklin is a cover of an Otis Redding song. Hell, about half of the songs from The Beatles' first two albums are covers, including "Twist And Shout". Another thing, musicians have been using features since way before hip hop became a thing. The classic Beatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" features Eric Clapton on lead guitar, and in case you didnt know, Eric Clapton is/was not a member of the band. Or how about "The Great Gig In The Sky" by Pink Floyd, which features a vocal performance from Clarre Tory. "The Velvet Underground & Nico" is one of the most revered albums of all time and half of the songs feature vocals from the singer Nico. Tell me, how is that any different? If you don't personally enjoy hip hop then that's fine, it might not be for everyone and I respect your opinion. But saying it has "no musical value" is just ignorant
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From 11/22/2020 14:49
Best rapper in history.
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From 10/21/2020 19:17
One of the best artists of this generation no doubt.
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