100 Most Underrated Rap, Hip‑Hop Albums
Criteria: These Underrated Rap/Hip‑Hop Albums were chosen for being either grossly ignored commercially or underrappreciated critically.
Underrated Rap/Hip‑Hop Albums
1. '93 Til Infinity
Souls of Mischief
2. Breaking Atoms
Main Source
3. Uptown Saturday Night
Camp Lo
4. No One Can Do It Better
The D.O.C.
5. I Wish My Brother George Was Here
Del the Funkee Homosapien
Souls of Mischief
2. Breaking Atoms
Main Source
3. Uptown Saturday Night
Camp Lo
4. No One Can Do It Better
The D.O.C.
5. I Wish My Brother George Was Here
Del the Funkee Homosapien
6. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
Black Sheep
7. Illadelph Halflife
The Roots
8. The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World
Keith Murray
9. Here Come the Lords
Lords of the Underground
10. Foundation
Brand Nubian
11. Thug Life
Thug Life
12. Tougher than Leather
Run-D.M.C.
13. Capital Punishment
Big Pun
14. Eyes On This
MC Lyte
15. Mecca and the Soul Brother
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
16. Comin' Out Hard
Eightball & MJG
17. Business Never Personal
EPMD
18. ATLiens
Outkast
19. Eazy Duz It
Eazy E
20. The Love Movement
A Tribe Called Quest
21. Da Art of Storytellin'
Slick Rick
22. Liquid Swords
GZA/Genius
23. The Fix
Scarface
24. Watermelon, Chicken, & Grits
Nappy Roots
25. Aziatic
AZ
26. Still Standing
Goodie MOB
27. Quik Is the Name
DJ Quik
28. Enta Da Stage
Black Moon
29. Derelicts of Dialect
3rd Bass
30. Station Identification
Channel Live
31. Done By the Forces of Nature
Jungle Brothers
32. Poverty's Paradise
Naughty By Nature
33. Dere Iz A Dark Side
Redman
34. Sun Rises In the East
Jeru Da Damaja
35. Runaway Slave
Showbiz & A.G.
36. Deltron 3030
Deltron 3030
37. Soul Food
Goodie MOB
38. Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octogon
39. Gorillaz
Gorillaz
40. And the Winner Is...
Chubb Rock
41. Bacdafucup
Onyx
42. 21 and Over
Tha Alkaholiks
43. Ain't A Damn Thing Changed
Nice & Smooth
44. Lost Tapes
Nas
45. Tical
Method Man
46. A Future Without A Past
Leaders of the New School
47. Blue Funk
Heavy D and the Boyz
48. Organized Konfusion
Organized Konfusion
49. The Master
Rakim
50. Kollage
Bahamadia
51. Ridin' Dirty
UGK
52. War Report
Capone-N-Noreaga
53. 613: Ashy to Classy
Field Mob
54. Ironman
Ghostface Killah
55. Trap Muzik
T.I.
56. The Album
Questionmark Asylum
57. Do You Want More?!?
The Roots
58. Scorpion
Eve
59. Same As It Ever Was
House of Pain
60. Ain't No Shame In My Game
Candyman
61. The Natural
Mic Geronimo
62. Stone Cold Rhymin'
Young MC
63. No Mercy
Da Youngstas
64. Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
Guru
65. Internal Affairs
Pharoach Monche
66. Holy Intellect
Poor Righteous Teachers
67. Kwame: The Boy Genius
Featuring A New Beginning-Kwame
68. A Prince Among Theives
Prince Paul
69. Thugs Are Us
Trick Daddy
70. The Ruler's Back
Slick Rick
71. 400 Degreez
Juvenile
72. Death Is Certain
Royce Da 5'9
73. Guerillas In the Mist
Da Lench Mob
74. Sleeping With the Enemy
Paris
75. Steal This Album
The Coup
76. Shock of the Hour
MC Ren
77. The 18th Letter
Rakim
78. Dead Serious
Das EFX
79. Home
Spearhead
80. Sons of the P
Digital Underground
81. Youngest In Charge
Special Ed
82. No Pressure
Erick Sermon
83. Fantastic, Vol. 2
Slum Village
84. Philadelphia Freeway
Freeway
85. First Family 4 Life
M.O.P.
86. Escape
Whodini
87. Attack of the Attacking Things
Jean Grae
88. Industry Shakedown
Bumpy Knuckles (Freddie Foxxx)
89. Blowout Comb
Digable Planets
90. Behind the Front
The Black Eyed Peas
91. Fruits of Nature
U.M.C.s
92. Hello Nasty
the Beastie Boys
93. 2nd II None
2nd II None
94. Gravity
Da Bush Babees
95. Dah Shinin'
Smif-N-Wessun
96. Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine
Cee-Lo
97. Broken Silence
Foxy Brown
98. Jealous One's Envy
Fat Joe
99. The Ecleftic: II Sides to a Book
Wyclef Jean
100. Close To You
Father MC
Black Sheep
7. Illadelph Halflife
The Roots
8. The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World
Keith Murray
9. Here Come the Lords
Lords of the Underground
10. Foundation
Brand Nubian
11. Thug Life
Thug Life
12. Tougher than Leather
Run-D.M.C.
13. Capital Punishment
Big Pun
14. Eyes On This
MC Lyte
15. Mecca and the Soul Brother
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
16. Comin' Out Hard
Eightball & MJG
17. Business Never Personal
EPMD
18. ATLiens
Outkast
19. Eazy Duz It
Eazy E
20. The Love Movement
A Tribe Called Quest
21. Da Art of Storytellin'
Slick Rick
22. Liquid Swords
GZA/Genius
23. The Fix
Scarface
24. Watermelon, Chicken, & Grits
Nappy Roots
25. Aziatic
AZ
26. Still Standing
Goodie MOB
27. Quik Is the Name
DJ Quik
28. Enta Da Stage
Black Moon
29. Derelicts of Dialect
3rd Bass
30. Station Identification
Channel Live
31. Done By the Forces of Nature
Jungle Brothers
32. Poverty's Paradise
Naughty By Nature
33. Dere Iz A Dark Side
Redman
34. Sun Rises In the East
Jeru Da Damaja
35. Runaway Slave
Showbiz & A.G.
36. Deltron 3030
Deltron 3030
37. Soul Food
Goodie MOB
38. Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octogon
39. Gorillaz
Gorillaz
40. And the Winner Is...
Chubb Rock
41. Bacdafucup
Onyx
42. 21 and Over
Tha Alkaholiks
43. Ain't A Damn Thing Changed
Nice & Smooth
44. Lost Tapes
Nas
45. Tical
Method Man
46. A Future Without A Past
Leaders of the New School
47. Blue Funk
Heavy D and the Boyz
48. Organized Konfusion
Organized Konfusion
49. The Master
Rakim
50. Kollage
Bahamadia
51. Ridin' Dirty
UGK
52. War Report
Capone-N-Noreaga
53. 613: Ashy to Classy
Field Mob
54. Ironman
Ghostface Killah
55. Trap Muzik
T.I.
56. The Album
Questionmark Asylum
57. Do You Want More?!?
The Roots
58. Scorpion
Eve
59. Same As It Ever Was
House of Pain
60. Ain't No Shame In My Game
Candyman
61. The Natural
Mic Geronimo
62. Stone Cold Rhymin'
Young MC
63. No Mercy
Da Youngstas
64. Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
Guru
65. Internal Affairs
Pharoach Monche
66. Holy Intellect
Poor Righteous Teachers
67. Kwame: The Boy Genius
Featuring A New Beginning-Kwame
68. A Prince Among Theives
Prince Paul
69. Thugs Are Us
Trick Daddy
70. The Ruler's Back
Slick Rick
71. 400 Degreez
Juvenile
72. Death Is Certain
Royce Da 5'9
73. Guerillas In the Mist
Da Lench Mob
74. Sleeping With the Enemy
Paris
75. Steal This Album
The Coup
76. Shock of the Hour
MC Ren
77. The 18th Letter
Rakim
78. Dead Serious
Das EFX
79. Home
Spearhead
80. Sons of the P
Digital Underground
81. Youngest In Charge
Special Ed
82. No Pressure
Erick Sermon
83. Fantastic, Vol. 2
Slum Village
84. Philadelphia Freeway
Freeway
85. First Family 4 Life
M.O.P.
86. Escape
Whodini
87. Attack of the Attacking Things
Jean Grae
88. Industry Shakedown
Bumpy Knuckles (Freddie Foxxx)
89. Blowout Comb
Digable Planets
90. Behind the Front
The Black Eyed Peas
91. Fruits of Nature
U.M.C.s
92. Hello Nasty
the Beastie Boys
93. 2nd II None
2nd II None
94. Gravity
Da Bush Babees
95. Dah Shinin'
Smif-N-Wessun
96. Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine
Cee-Lo
97. Broken Silence
Foxy Brown
98. Jealous One's Envy
Fat Joe
99. The Ecleftic: II Sides to a Book
Wyclef Jean
100. Close To You
Father MC
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Edited By: Stereo Williams
Last Updated: 2005-01-16Newly added names are in Red