Il Grammy Award al miglior album rap (Grammy Award for Best Rap Album) è un premio dei Grammy Awards assegnato al solista o gruppo che ha prodotto il miglior album discografico rap dell'anno.
Vincitori e candidati
Anni 1990
1996 Poverty's Paradise - Naughty by Nature Me Against the World - 2Pac E. 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard I Wish - Skee-Lo 1997 The Score - Fugees All Eyez On Me - 2Pac Beats, Rhymes and Life - A Tribe Called Quest Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio Mr. Smith - LL Cool J 1998 No Way Out - Puff Daddy & the Family Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival - Wyclef Jean Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G. Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan 1999 Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z The Love Movement - A Tribe Called Quest Capital Punishment - Big Punisher Life in 1472 - Jermaine Dupri Harlem World - Ma$e
Anni 2000
2000 The Slim Shady LP - Eminem E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front - Busta Rhymes Da Real World - Missy Elliott I Am... - Nas Things Fall Apart - The Roots 2001 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem ...And Then There Was X - DMX 2001 - Dr. Dre Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter - Jay-Z Country Grammar - Nelly 2002 Stankonia - OutKast Scorpion - Eve Pain Is Love - Ja Rule The Blueprint - Jay-Z Back for the First Time - Ludacris 2003 The Eminem Show - Eminem Word of Mouf - Ludacris Tarantula - Mystikal Nellyville - Nelly Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry - Petey Pablo 2004 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent Under Construction - Missy Elliott The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse - Jay-Z Phrenology - The Roots 2005 The College Dropout - Kanye West To the 5 Boroughs - Beastie Boys The Black Album - Jay-Z The DEFinition - LL Cool J Suit - Nelly 2006 Late Registration - Kanye West The Massacre - 50 Cent Be - Common The Cookbook - Missy Elliott Encore - Eminem 2007 Release Therapy - Ludacris Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco In My Mind - Pharrell Game Theory - The Roots King - T.I. 2008 Graduation - Kanye West Finding Forever - Common Kingdom Come - Jay-Z Hip Hop Is Dead - Nas T.I. vs T.I.P. - T.I. 2009 Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne American Gangster - Jay-Z The Cool - Lupe Fiasco Untitled - Nas Paper Trail - T.I.
Anni 2010
2010 Relapse - Eminem Universal Mind Control - Common R.O.O.T.S. - Flo Rida The Ecstatic - Mos Def The Renaissance - Q-Tip 2011 Recovery - Eminem B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray - B.o.B Thank Me Later - Drake The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z How I Got Over - The Roots 2012 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West Lasers - Lupe Fiasco Watch the Throne - Jay-Z e Kanye West Pink Friday - Nicki Minaj Tha Carter IV - Lil Wayne 2013 Take Care - Drake Based on a T.R.U. Story - 2 Chainz Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 - Lupe Fiasco Life Is Good - Nas God Forgives, I Don't - Rick Ross Undun - The Roots 2014 The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Nothing Was the Same - Drake Magna Carta... Holy Grail - Jay-Z Good Kid, M.A.A.D City - Kendrick Lamar Yeezus - Kanye West 2015 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem The New Classic - Iggy Azalea Nobody's Smiling - Common Because the Internet - Childish Gambino Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa Oxymoron - Schoolboy Q 2016 To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole Compton - Dr. Dre If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj 2017 Coloring Book - Chance the Rapper And the Anonymous Nobody... - De La Soul Major Key - DJ Khaled Views - Drake Blank Face LP - Schoolboy Q The Life of Pablo - Kanye West 2018 DAMN - Kendrick Lamar 4:44 - Jay-Z Culture - Migos Laila's Wisdom - Rapsody Flower Boy - Tyler, the Creator 2019 Invasion of Privacy - Cardi B Swimming - Mac Miller Victory Lap - Nipsey Hussle Daytona - Pusha T Astroworld - Travis Scott
Anni 2020
2020 Igor - Tyler, the Creator Revenge of the Dreamers III - Dreamville Championships - Meek Mill I Am > I Was - 21 Savage The Lost Boy - Cordae
2021 King's Disease - Nas Alfredo - Freddie Gibbs e The Alchemist The Allegory - Royce da 5'9" A Written Testimony - Jay Electronica Black Habits - D Smoke
2022 Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, the Creator The Off-Season - J. Cole Certified Lover Boy - Drake (ritirato) King's Disease II - Nas Donda - Kanye West
2023 Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar God Did - DJ Khaled I Never Liked You - Future Come Home the Kids Miss You - Jack Harlow It's Almost Dry - Pusha T
2024 Michael – Killer Mike Her Loss – Drake e 21 Savage Heroes e Villains – Metro Boomin King's Disease III – Nas UTOPIA – Travis Scott
2025 Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii Might Delete Later – J. Cole The Auditorium, Vol. 1 – Common e Pete Rock The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) – Eminem We Don't Trust You – Future e Metro Boomin 2026 GNX – Kendrick Lamar Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse Glorious – GloRilla God Does Like Ugly – JID Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator Statistiche e record L'artista che ha ricevuto più volte il premio è Eminem, con 6 premiazioni. Seguono Kanye West, con 4 premiazioni, Kendrick Lamar con 3 premiazioni e gli OutKast e Tyler, the Creator con 2 premiazioni. Eminem e Kanye West sono gli unici due artisti premiati due volte di seguito.
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Collegamenti esterni
Album rap