BEA's Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums
by tgarritsen

Since hip-hop albums are hugely underrepresented on this site, I decided to make a list of the highest ranked hip-hop albums as ranked by BEA members. This way it's easier to see what taste BEA members have regarding hip-hop. It also helps me spot my own blind spots when it comes down to this genre. Perhaps it will help other people aswell.

Note: I didn't include albums that lean too much towards other genres, and are only partly hip-hop. For example, albums from Gorillaz
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
Year of Release:
2015
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31,438
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Top rated album (89/100 - 2303 votes)  89 (2,303 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
Year of Release:
2010
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22,664
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Top rated album (85/100 - 2360 votes)  85 (2,360 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
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2012
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22,329
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2020 votes)  88 (2,020 votes)
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4. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
16,331
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1592 votes)  86 (1,592 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
14,291
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1216 votes)  86 (1,216 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
Year of Release:
1993
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Rank Score:
12,511
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Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
9,217
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
Year of Release:
1991
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10,238
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1140 votes)  85 (1,140 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
Year of Release:
2004
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8,433
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Buy album United States
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[First added to this chart: 01/05/2021]
Year of Release:
2013
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Rank Score:
7,494
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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BEA's Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 0 0%
1980s 7 7%
1990s 29 29%
2000s 21 21%
2010s 43 43%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


Kanye West 7 7%
Kendrick Lamar 5 5%
OutKast 4 4%
A Tribe Called Quest 4 4%
Death Grips 4 4%
Beastie Boys 4 4%
Jay-Z 3 3%
Show all
Country Albums %


United States 90 90%
United Kingdom 5 5%
Canada 2 2%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Japan 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

BEA's Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 5 from 23rd to 18th
Igor
by Tyler, The Creator
Climber Up 3 from 30th to 27th
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by Kanye West
Climber Up 2 from 44th to 42nd
Section.80
by Kendrick Lamar
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 3 from 21st to 24th
Stankonia
by OutKast
Faller Down 2 from 13th to 15th
The Marshall Mathers LP
by Eminem
Faller Down 2 from 17th to 19th
Ready To Die
by The Notorious B.I.G.
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From 05/11/2021 16:08 | #269586
Thanks for making this, but boy do I strongly disagree with BEA's top hip hop...
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