Best Experimental Hip Hop Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
27	Madvillainy - Madvillain	2004	89.5	86.4	89	92.2	89.8	94.6	86	88.8
90	Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow	1996	87.8	82.6	92	88.1	84.7	93.2	84	89.8
101	Aquemini - OutKast	1998	87.6	82.6	90	89.9	86.9	92.6	83	88.4
119	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West	2010	87.3	81.6	91	89.3	89.7	90	85	84.6
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
207	Donuts - J Dilla	2006	86.2	82.8	83	89	87.9	94.4	81	85.4
240	Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys	1989	85.9	78.6	95	83.6	82.2	92.4	82	87.6
241	Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown	2016	85.9	82.6	84	89.5	85.8	92	83	84.4
290	IGOR - Tyler, The Creator	2019	85.5	82.2	85	90.4	89	92.4	83	76.8
300	Vaudeville Villain - Viktor Vaughn	2003	85.4	80	92	86.8	81.5	92.6	81	84.2
337	MM..FOOD - MF DOOM	2004	85.1	82.8	80	88.6	86.2	93.2	82	83
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
441	The Money Store - Death Grips	2012	84.5	82.2	83	87.7	83.4	92.4	82	81
449	Exmilitary - Death Grips	2011	84.5	84	80	89.1	88.5	91	81	78
454	Stankonia - OutKast	2000	84.5	78.6	90	87.7	83.7	89.4	80	82
492	LP! (OFFLINE) - JPEGMAFIA	2021	84.3	79.8	82	89.2	85.5	94.2	79	80.2
502	Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030	2000	84.2	78.6	82	87.4	83.7	92.2	79	86.6
525	The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox	2001	84.1	77.6	86	84.2	83.4	93.4	79	85.2
587	The Powers That B - Death Grips	2015	83.8	81.2	78	87.6	84.9	91.2	80	84
635	Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse	2006	83.7	79	85	85.6	82.8	91	80	82.2
666	Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels	2014	83.5	76	87	84.9	81.6	91.6	82	81.6
687	SCARING THE HOES - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown	2023	83.4	78	85	86.6	82.7	93	80	78.8
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
827	MISTA THUG ISOLATION - Lil Ugly Mane	2012	82.9	78.8	82	85.1	81.8	95.2	76	81.4
865	Bottomless Pit - Death Grips	2016	82.8	79.4	81	87.5	83.1	89.6	80	78.8
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
899	6 Feet Deep - Gravediggaz	1994	82.7	78.6	79	86	81.4	92.2	78	83.6
913	KIDS SEE GHOSTS - KIDS SEE GHOSTS	2018	82.6	77.4	84	86.3	81.8	89.6	82	77.4
943	Aethiopes - billy woods	2022	82.5	79	82	84.5	81.2	95	76	80
961	RTJ4 - Run The Jewels	2020	82.5	74	89	83.6	79.3	91	79	81.4
997	Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow	1997	82.4	75.2	87	82.4	78	92.6	77	84.4
1002	DAYTONA - Pusha T	2018	82.3	76.8	84	84.7	82.3	91.6	79	78
1008	The Unseen - Quasimoto	2000	82.3	76	84	82.2	79.7	93.4	77	84
1044	Faces - Mac Miller	2014	82.3	81.2	73	86.6	83.2	94.8	79	78
1089	By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Injury Reserve	2021	82.1	78	81	85.8	81.2	94.6	78	76.4
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
1150	Beauty and the Beat - Edan	2005	82	74.6	85	81.3	80.9	92.6	78	81.6
1201	Odelay - Beck	1996	81.9	73.6	92	81.7	76.2	87.4	80	82.2
1248	All My Heroes Are Cornballs - JPEGMAFIA	2019	81.8	76.2	85	84	81.9	91.8	77	76.4
1274	Game Theory - The Roots	2006	81.7	78.2	81	84.9	81	85.8	79	82
1285	Ill Communication - Beastie Boys	1994	81.7	76.6	84	81.8	79.9	91	78	80.4
1307	GOLLIWOG - billy woods	2025	81.6	77	87	82.7	78.9	94.8	73	78
1329	Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt	2018	81.6	78.2	83	83.5	80.8	91.6	78	76
1331	Honor Killed the Samurai - Ka	2016	81.6	75.4	82	83.7	81	96	77	76
1346	Orpheus vs. the Sirens - Hermit and the Recluse	2018	81.5	74.4	83	84	83	94.6	75	76.8
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
1436	Take Me to Your Leader - King Geedorah	2003	81.3	77.4	83	82.4	79.2	91.4	80	76
1443	cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD	2001	81.3	73.4	85	79.7	78.3	91	80	82
1444	Operation: Doomsday - MF DOOM	1999	81.3	77.6	72	83.9	81.8	92.8	79	82.2
1467	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard	1995	81.3	75.4	89	81.6	77.5	91.2	76	78.2
1476	SCRAPYARD - Quadeca	2024	81.3	74.8	90	83.5	80.3	95.2	73	72
1482	Smiling With No Teeth - Genesis Owusu	2021	81.2	75	84	81.7	80.6	92.2	77	78.2
1513	Visions of Bodies Being Burned - clipping.	2020	81.2	76	80	83.7	81.3	90.8	76	80.4
1566	We Buy Diabetic Test Strips - Armand Hammer	2023	81.1	75.6	87	81.4	77.9	93.8	74	77.8
1599	Run The Jewels 3 - Run The Jewels	2016	81	72.2	86	82	77.7	90.6	81	77.6
1616	The Ecstatic - Mos Def	2009	81	75.4	78	84.1	83.3	93	77	76
1699	Burning Desire - MIKE	2023	80.8	75.6	85	82	80.2	96	73	74
1729	I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU - JPEGMAFIA	2024	80.8	75	80	84.7	82.6	93	76	74
1740	Only Dust Remains - Backxwash	2025	80.7	74	86	81.9	79.5	93.6	73	77.2
1813	I Didn't Mean to Haunt You - Quadeca	2022	80.6	73.4	75	86.5	83.8	96.6	75	74
1829	Veteran - JPEGMAFIA	2018	80.6	75.6	82	82	80	91.4	77	76
1843	I'll Sleep When You're Dead - El-P	2007	80.6	74.2	78	83.9	80.6	87.2	78	82
1845	SATURATION III - BROCKHAMPTON	2017	80.5	75	79	84	79.8	86.8	82	77.2
1880	REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE - Genesis Owusu	2026	80.5	74	83	80.7	78.1	95.2	75	77.4
1885	Paraffin - Armand Hammer	2018	80.5	74.6	80	81.6	81.1	93.2	75	77.8
1983	Black Up - Shabazz Palaces	2011	80.3	73.8	84	81.4	77.1	89.2	77	79.4
1991	You're Dead! - Flying Lotus	2014	80.3	73	85	81.9	77.5	86.2	79	79.2
2088	Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples	2017	80.1	73.4	87	81.9	76.3	87.8	78	76
2089	KicK iii - Arca	2021	80.1	73.6	80	82.5	83.9	92.4	74	74
2106	Little Dominiques Nosebleed - The Koreatown Oddity	2020	80	74.2	82	81	77.8	94.2	75	76
2120	Rodeo - Travis Scott	2015	80	77.2	64	86.6	85.9	92.2	80	74
2165	untitled unmastered. - Kendrick Lamar	2016	79.9	74	84	81.3	76.4	87.8	80	76
2176	Beware of the Monkey - MIKE	2022	79.9	75.6	81	82	79.4	96.4	71	74
2181	#RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach-Hommy	2024	79.9	74.6	83	80.6	77.5	96.6	73	74
2217	Check Your Head - Beastie Boys	1992	79.8	74.2	79	77.6	78.4	91.2	78	80.4
2218	Brick Body Kids Still Daydream - Open Mike Eagle	2017	79.8	73.6	79	79.5	79.1	92.4	78	77.2
2226	BRASS - Moor Mother & billy woods	2020	79.8	74.8	81	79	78.1	94.8	75	76
2227	CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator	2024	79.8	72.2	83	82.3	79.8	93.4	76	72
2263	There Existed an Addiction to Blood - clipping.	2019	79.7	74.2	79	81.1	80.9	90	75	78
2265	The Thief Next to Jesus - Ka	2024	79.7	74.8	84	81.5	76.9	96	71	74
2306	Floss - Injury Reserve	2016	79.7	75	80	81.9	76.7	89.2	77	78
2330	Tetsuo & Youth - Lupe Fiasco	2015	79.6	73.2	77	84.7	82.7	88	73	78.8
2337	Descendants of Cain - Ka	2020	79.6	73.2	80	79.6	79.9	96.6	74	74
2365	HARAM - Armand Hammer & The Alchemist	2021	79.6	73.8	82	80.1	77.2	94.6	72	77.2
2369	None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock	2007	79.6	73	77	80.9	80.8	90.2	79	76
2393	Psyence Fiction - UNKLE	1998	79.5	72.6	78	81.1	83	88	76	78
2398	Pray For Haiti - Mach-Hommy	2021	79.5	72.6	80	80.1	77.9	96.8	74	75.2
2415	Boy in da Corner - Dizzee Rascal	2003	79.5	72.6	89	79.5	75.9	86.4	75	78
2433	I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside - Earl Sweatshirt	2015	79.4	75.2	77	82.2	79.7	90	76	76
2460	My Ghosts Go Ghost - By Storm	2026	79.4	74.8	81	80.6	76.5	95.8	74	73
2487	Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels	2013	79.3	70.2	84	78.6	73.6	91.6	77	80.4
2511	From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots - dälek	2002	79.3	77.8	69	85.6	80.4	86.6	76	79.6
2544	who told you to think??!!?!?!?! - Milo	2017	79.2	71.4	81	78.1	78.1	92.4	76	77.6
2557	MAY GOD BLESS YOUR HUSTLE - MIKE	2017	79.2	74.6	82	81.3	76.7	92.8	73	74
2596	Arular - M.I.A.	2005	79.1	74.6	86	81.8	78	85.4	74	74
2619	Kala - M.I.A.	2007	79.1	73.2	86	80.6	77.4	85.2	75	76

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