Best Hardcore Hip Hop Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
11	Illmatic - Nas	1994	90.8	85.4	95	92.6	90.8	94	86	91.8
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
17	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan	1993	90.1	84.4	98	91.3	88.4	93	84	91.8
95	The Infamous - Mobb Deep	1995	87.7	82.4	91	90.4	86.3	95	80	89
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
119	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West	2010	87.3	81.6	91	89.3	89.7	90	85	84.6
184	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... - Raekwon	1995	86.4	78.8	91	87.7	85.7	93.8	80	87.8
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
241	Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown	2016	85.9	82.6	84	89.5	85.8	92	83	84.4
300	Vaudeville Villain - Viktor Vaughn	2003	85.4	80	92	86.8	81.5	92.6	81	84.2
308	Reasonable Doubt - JAŸ-Z	1996	85.4	77.6	96	87.2	82.9	92.2	76	85.8
311	L'école du micro d'argent - IAM	1997	85.4	75.8	90	86.3	86.7	94.2	79	85.6
385	The Chronic - Dr. Dre	1992	84.8	76.6	96	84.5	82	92	79	83.8
390	Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	2014	84.8	81.8	79	90.3	87.3	93	80	82.2
408	The Forever Story - JID	2022	84.7	80	82	89.8	85.7	94	80	81.4
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
488	93 'Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief	1993	84.3	76.4	98	83.8	79.3	92.4	75	85.2
492	LP! (OFFLINE) - JPEGMAFIA	2021	84.3	79.8	82	89.2	85.5	94.2	79	80.2
525	The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox	2001	84.1	77.6	86	84.2	83.4	93.4	79	85.2
583	Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock & CL Smooth	1992	83.8	76.8	88	85.6	80.3	94.2	77	85
587	The Powers That B - Death Grips	2015	83.8	81.2	78	87.6	84.9	91.2	80	84
612	Stress: The Extinction Agenda - Organized Konfusion	1994	83.7	79.4	81	86.3	80.8	94	79	85.6
627	Soul Food - Goodie Mob	1995	83.7	77.4	88	84.1	82.1	92.4	76	85.8
666	Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels	2014	83.5	76	87	84.9	81.6	91.6	82	81.6
682	The Blueprint - JAY-Z	2001	83.5	77.4	85	87.5	84.9	90.2	78	81.2
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
747	Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah	2000	83.2	78	79	85.7	84	91.2	80	84.4
756	Ironman - Ghostface Killah	1996	83.2	78	83	85	83.7	91.6	78	82.8
801	Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse	2025	83	77.2	81	87.1	84.3	94.4	77	79.8
814	Capital Punishment - Big Pun	1998	82.9	76.6	87	86.2	83.2	90.8	72	84.8
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
878	Tana Talk 3 - Benny the Butcher	2018	82.8	75.2	87	84	81.5	94.6	75	82
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
935	Hell on Earth - Mobb Deep	1996	82.6	77	80	85.6	83.1	92.2	77	83
943	Aethiopes - billy woods	2022	82.5	79	82	84.5	81.2	95	76	80
947	Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous - Big L	1995	82.5	78.8	68	86.3	85.3	93	80	86.2
961	RTJ4 - Run The Jewels	2020	82.5	74	89	83.6	79.3	91	79	81.4
974	Whut? Thee Album - Redman	1992	82.4	75	94	81.4	80.7	89.2	75	81.8
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
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
1141	Hard to Earn - Gang Starr	1994	82	76.4	83	82.3	79.5	93	76	84
1186	Death Certificate - Ice Cube	1991	81.9	75.6	89	82	77.3	90.2	76	83.2
1237	The Black Album - JAY-Z	2003	81.8	76.8	80	86.4	84.3	88	77	80
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
1330	CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST - Tyler, The Creator	2021	81.6	75.4	86	84.2	81.7	90	78	75.8
1359	Muddy Waters - Redman	1996	81.5	76	80	82.9	82.8	91.2	76	81.8
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
1394	The Sun Rises in the East - Jeru the Damaja	1994	81.5	75	92	79.8	73.5	92.6	75	82.4
1433	Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim	1988	81.4	75.6	82	80.1	79	90.2	78	84.6
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
1483	Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy	1991	81.2	73.8	96	77.7	73.2	86.6	77	84.4
1539	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II - Raekwon	2009	81.1	73	86	81	80.6	89.8	76	81.6
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
1599	Run The Jewels 3 - Run The Jewels	2016	81	72.2	86	82	77.7	90.6	81	77.6
1604	SATURATION II - BROCKHAMPTON	2017	81	75	80	83.1	80.7	86.8	82	79.4
1640	R.A.P. Music - Killer Mike	2012	80.9	74	84	81.7	78.8	89.6	77	81.4
1681	2001 - Dr. Dre	1999	80.9	74	79	82.8	85	91.2	76	78
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
1763	Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.	1986	80.7	70.8	100	75.6	72.1	88.4	76	82
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
1885	Paraffin - Armand Hammer	2018	80.5	74.6	80	81.6	81.1	93.2	75	77.8
1890	Stakes Is High - De La Soul	1996	80.5	78.6	71	86.1	82.9	91.6	75	78
1939	All Eyez on Me - 2Pac	1996	80.3	74.4	73	84	84.4	92.4	74	80.2
1956	Fishscale - Ghostface Killah	2006	80.3	75.6	83	82.1	79.1	85.2	76	81.2
2008	Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys	1986	80.2	70.4	95	76.4	76.3	88.4	77	78
2055	Enta da Stage - Black Moon	1993	80.1	75.2	75	81.8	77.7	92.6	77	81.6
2088	Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples	2017	80.1	73.4	87	81.9	76.3	87.8	78	76
2120	Rodeo - Travis Scott	2015	80	77.2	64	86.6	85.9	92.2	80	74
2121	Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.	1989	80	73.2	74	81	80.1	90	78	83.6
2179	The Lost Tapes - Nas	2002	79.9	75.4	79	84	76.7	87.2	77	80
2227	CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator	2024	79.8	72.2	83	82.3	79.8	93.4	76	72
2302	Imperial - Denzel Curry	2016	79.7	73.6	79	82.3	78.5	90.6	77	76.8
2306	Floss - Injury Reserve	2016	79.7	75	80	81.9	76.7	89.2	77	78
2320	Sobrevivendo no Inferno - Racionais MC's	1997	79.6	80.2	50	88.7	91	92	75	80.6
2356	NO HANDS - Joey Valence & Brae	2024	79.6	74.8	80	79.5	78.5	93.2	75	76
2412	GNX - Kendrick Lamar	2024	79.5	72.4	87	79.6	76.4	90	77	74
2421	The Plugs I Met - Benny the Butcher	2019	79.5	73.2	78	79.6	77.7	94.4	77	76.4
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
2478	Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan	1997	79.4	71.4	81	80.2	78.4	89	77	78.6
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
2567	Summertime '06 - Vince Staples	2015	79.2	71.6	84	79.3	76	90.4	77	76
2727	Yeezus - Kanye West	2013	78.9	77.2	83	84.4	82	77.6	78	70
2812	The Shining - J Dilla	2006	78.7	70.8	81	80.1	75.1	91.2	75	78
2853	Cancer 4 Cure - El-P	2012	78.7	70.4	82	79.1	75.2	88.2	77	78.8

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