Best Conscious Hip Hop Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
3	To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar	2015	91.9	87.6	95	94.6	93.5	94.6	89	89.2
11	Illmatic - Nas	1994	90.8	85.4	95	92.6	90.8	94	86	91.8
14	Luv(sic) Hexalogy - Nujabes	2015	90.4	86	100	93	89.6	97.2	77	90
15	good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar	2012	90.4	86.6	90	93.7	91.6	94.2	88	88.4
55	The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest	1991	88.7	83.4	93	90.3	87.5	93.6	85	88.2
97	Liquid Swords - Genius/GZA	1995	87.7	82	87	89.1	86.8	94	84	91
101	Aquemini - OutKast	1998	87.6	82.6	90	89.9	86.9	92.6	83	88.4
117	Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G.	1994	87.4	80.6	92	88.6	86	93.2	82	89.4
145	Metaphorical Music - Nujabes	2003	86.8	78.6	90	89.5	86.6	96	81	86.2
148	ATLiens - OutKast	1996	86.8	81.2	92	87.6	84.9	93	82	87
171	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill	1998	86.5	81	88	90.9	90.7	92	78	85.2
194	Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest	1993	86.3	82.6	83	88.9	86.1	93.2	83	87.6
202	Black on Both Sides - Mos Def	1999	86.3	81.6	89	89.9	86.1	92.2	80	85.2
204	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy	1988	86.3	79	99	86.4	81.1	90.6	80	87.8
234	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz	2021	85.9	79.6	91	88.6	86.2	93	83	80.2
264	The College Dropout - Kanye West	2004	85.7	83	81	91.2	89.3	91.2	83	81.2
311	L'école du micro d'argent - IAM	1997	85.4	75.8	90	86.3	86.7	94.2	79	85.6
327	Ridin' Dirty - UGK	1996	85.2	78.4	95	83.9	82.6	92.4	77	87
373	We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service - A Tribe Called Quest	2016	84.9	81	87	89	85.4	90.2	82	79.6
390	Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	2014	84.8	81.8	79	90.3	87.3	93	80	82.2
391	Moment of Truth - Gang Starr	1998	84.8	80.8	78	88.6	86.4	94.4	78	87.4
408	The Forever Story - JID	2022	84.7	80	82	89.8	85.7	94	80	81.4
419	Things Fall Apart - The Roots	1999	84.6	80	84	88.3	84.5	89.8	80	85.8
420	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star	1998	84.6	78.8	86	87	84.2	91.2	78	87.2
427	Late Registration - Kanye West	2005	84.6	81.4	84	90	86.3	88.8	82	79.6
454	Stankonia - OutKast	2000	84.5	78.6	90	87.7	83.7	89.4	80	82
488	93 'Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief	1993	84.3	76.4	98	83.8	79.3	92.4	75	85.2
502	Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030	2000	84.2	78.6	82	87.4	83.7	92.2	79	86.6
515	3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul	1989	84.2	76.6	95	85.1	79	91.6	78	83.8
517	A Piece of Strange - CunninLynguists	2006	84.2	76.2	80	87.2	86.9	94.4	79	85.4
525	The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox	2001	84.1	77.6	86	84.2	83.4	93.4	79	85.2
545	Me Against The World - 2Pac	1995	84	75.6	86	86	84.1	92.2	79	85
583	Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock & CL Smooth	1992	83.8	76.8	88	85.6	80.3	94.2	77	85
612	Stress: The Extinction Agenda - Organized Konfusion	1994	83.7	79.4	81	86.3	80.8	94	79	85.6
614	The Main Ingredient - Pete Rock & CL Smooth	1994	83.7	77.8	85	85.4	82.5	94.4	76	85
627	Soul Food - Goodie Mob	1995	83.7	77.4	88	84.1	82.1	92.4	76	85.8
641	Cheat Codes - Black Thought & Danger Mouse	2022	83.6	79	84	86.2	83.9	92.4	80	80
642	Be - Common	2005	83.6	79	82	89	85.7	90.2	80	79.6
702	undun - The Roots	2011	83.4	76.4	82	88	86.1	89.4	80	81.8
723	Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) - Digable Planets	1993	83.3	76.8	86	83.6	83.2	93.4	78	82
726	Blowout Comb - Digable Planets	1994	83.3	78.2	83	85	82.4	92	79	83.2
732	Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy	1990	83.2	76.8	92	83.1	77.4	89.4	78	86
739	Fantastic Damage - El-P	2002	83.2	75.8	89	84.5	79.1	91.2	78	85
750	DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar	2017	83.2	73.4	93	84.9	84.7	92.2	80	74
763	Magic, Alive! - McKinley Dixon	2025	83.1	77.6	88	86.3	82.4	92.6	76	78.8
783	4eva Is a Mighty Long Time - Big K.R.I.T.	2017	83	76.6	83	86.8	83	92	80	79.8
838	The Score - Fugees (Refugee Camp)	1996	82.9	76	86	84.3	83.7	90.8	77	82.4
856	Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia - Racionais MC's	2002	82.8	79.4	70	87.7	91.3	92.8	75	83.4
866	Hiding Places - billy woods & Kenny Segal	2019	82.8	78.6	82	85.3	83.3	95	75	80.2
870	Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar	2022	82.8	75.6	88	86.7	83	91	81	74
878	Tana Talk 3 - Benny the Butcher	2018	82.8	75.2	87	84	81.5	94.6	75	82
895	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest	1990	82.7	76.4	85	83.2	81.3	91.8	79	82.2
900	The Minstrel Show - Little Brother	2005	82.7	78.2	79	87.7	85.3	92.6	75	81
902	GREY Area - Little Simz	2019	82.7	76.2	88	84.2	82.3	92.2	78	77.8
906	Illadelph Halflife - The Roots	1996	82.7	77.6	78	85.1	84.1	91.6	78	84.2
913	KIDS SEE GHOSTS - KIDS SEE GHOSTS	2018	82.6	77.4	84	86.3	81.8	89.6	82	77.4
932	Buhloone Mindstate - De La Soul	1993	82.6	78.2	89	83.8	80.2	90.6	77	79.2
943	Aethiopes - billy woods	2022	82.5	79	82	84.5	81.2	95	76	80
951	Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco	2006	82.5	75.2	85	87.9	84.8	88.8	76	79.8
964	Melt My Eyez See Your Future - Denzel Curry	2022	82.5	76.8	84	86.5	82.1	91.4	78	78.4
997	Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow	1997	82.4	75.2	87	82.4	78	92.6	77	84.4
1007	Below the Heavens - Blu & Exile	2007	82.3	77	74	86	85.9	94.2	77	82.2
1029	Jazzmatazz Volume 1 - Guru	1993	82.3	74.2	90	84.3	82.7	91.8	77	76
1044	Faces - Mac Miller	2014	82.3	81.2	73	86.6	83.2	94.8	79	78
1052	Bandana - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	2019	82.2	76.6	84	85.1	83.1	91.4	79	76.4
1060	TA13OO - Denzel Curry	2018	82.2	75.2	83	85.5	81.8	90.8	80	79.2
1106	XXX - Danny Brown	2011	82.1	77.2	84	83	80.1	89.2	79	82.2
1120	Maps - billy woods & Kenny Segal	2023	82.1	77.6	86	82.7	78.7	94.2	76	79.2
1172	Labor Days - Aesop Rock	2001	81.9	75	81	84.1	79.5	91.4	80	82.6
1186	Death Certificate - Ice Cube	1991	81.9	75.6	89	82	77.3	90.2	76	83.2
1188	CARE FOR ME - Saba	2018	81.9	73.2	85	84.5	84	94	76	76.6
1194	Oneirology - CunninLynguists	2011	81.9	73.4	83	82.1	84.3	91.4	76	83
1198	The Impossible Kid - Aesop Rock	2016	81.9	74.8	81	83.7	81.8	93.4	78	80.4
1199	Resurrection - Common Sense	1994	81.9	75.4	86	83	77.7	90.6	77	83.4
1227	Breaking Atoms - Main Source	1991	81.8	75.2	91	80	73.9	93.2	78	81.4
1262	Daily Operation - Gang Starr	1992	81.7	74.8	92	79.6	74.3	91.6	78	81.8
1274	Game Theory - The Roots	2006	81.7	78.2	81	84.9	81	85.8	79	82
1307	GOLLIWOG - billy woods	2025	81.6	77	87	82.7	78.9	94.8	73	78
1331	Honor Killed the Samurai - Ka	2016	81.6	75.4	82	83.7	81	96	77	76
1344	Train of Thought - Reflection Eternal	2000	81.5	75.6	83	82.9	80.7	90.4	77	81.2
1346	Orpheus vs. the Sirens - Hermit and the Recluse	2018	81.5	74.4	83	84	83	94.6	75	76.8
1360	Like Water for Chocolate - Common	2000	81.5	75.6	80	84.3	82	91	77	80.8
1379	History Will Absolve Me - billy woods	2012	81.5	77.2	80	83.2	82.2	92.2	76	79.6
1389	Absence - dälek	2005	81.5	76.6	78	84.7	83	90.2	76	81.8
1391	NO THANK YOU - Little Simz	2022	81.5	75	88	81.8	80.9	91.4	76	77.2
1394	The Sun Rises in the East - Jeru the Damaja	1994	81.5	75	92	79.8	73.5	92.6	75	82.4
1428	Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad	2014	81.4	74.8	79	83	81.2	93.4	79	79.2
1455	Original Pirate Material - The Streets	2002	81.3	73	88	78.7	81.9	90.2	77	80.4
1482	Smiling With No Teeth - Genesis Owusu	2021	81.2	75	84	81.7	80.6	92.2	77	78.2
1483	Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy	1991	81.2	73.8	96	77.7	73.2	86.6	77	84.4
1566	We Buy Diabetic Test Strips - Armand Hammer	2023	81.1	75.6	87	81.4	77.9	93.8	74	77.8
1571	King's Disease III - Nas	2022	81.1	75.2	84	82.6	77.8	92.4	76	79.4
1588	The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem	2000	81	73.6	73	83.4	83.6	89.4	78	86.2
1593	Telefone - Noname	2016	81	75	80	81.5	82.7	94	78	76
1616	The Ecstatic - Mos Def	2009	81	75.4	78	84.1	83.3	93	77	76
1640	R.A.P. Music - Killer Mike	2012	80.9	74	84	81.7	78.8	89.6	77	81.4
1699	Burning Desire - MIKE	2023	80.8	75.6	85	82	80.2	96	73	74
1740	Only Dust Remains - Backxwash	2025	80.7	74	86	81.9	79.5	93.6	73	77.2
1797	Labcabincalifornia - The Pharcyde	1995	80.6	77.8	69	85.9	81.6	92.8	78	79.4
1885	Paraffin - Armand Hammer	2018	80.5	74.6	80	81.6	81.1	93.2	75	77.8

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