GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Rap Album

Hit-boy, producer; Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Hit-boy, David Kim & Gabriel Zardes, engineers/mixers

nominees

Black Habits

D Smoke

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Alfredo

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

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A Written Testimony

Jay Electronica

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The Allegory

Royce 5’9"

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62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2019)

winner

Igor

Tyler, The Creator

Tyler, The Creator, producer; Neal H Pogue, Tyler, The Creator & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers

nominees

I Am > I Was

21 Savage

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The Lost Boy

YBN Cordae

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Revenge Of The Dreamers III

Dreamville

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Championships

Meek Mill

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61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)

winner

Invasion Of Privacy

Cardi B

Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers

nominees

Swimming

Mac Miller

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Victory Lap

Nipsey Hussle

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Daytona

Pusha T

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Astroworld

Travis Scott

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60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)

winner

DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar

Sounwave & Anthony "Topdawg" Tiffith, producers; Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, James "The White Black Man" Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers

nominees

Laila's Wisdom

Rapsody

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Flower Boy

Tyler, The Creator

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4:44

JAY-Z

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Culture

Migos

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59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)

winner

Coloring Book

Chance The Rapper

Jeff Lane, engineer/mixer

nominees

And The Anonymous Nobody

De La Soul

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Label: A.O.I. Records

Major Key

DJ Khaled

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Label: Epic

Views

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Label: OVO Sound/Young Money/Cash Money/Republic

Blank Face LP

ScHoolboy Q

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Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records

The Life Of Pablo

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Label: G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings

58th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2015)

winner

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

nominees

The Pinkprint

Nicki Minaj

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Label: Young Money/Cash Money

2014 Forest Hills Drive

J. Cole

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Label: Roc Nation/Columbia Records

Compton

Dr. Dre

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Label: Aftermath/Interscope

If Youre Reading This Its Too Late

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Label: Cash Money/Young Money

57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2014)

winner

The Marshall Mathers LP2

Tony Campana, Joe Strange & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers

nominees

The New Classic

Iggy Azalea

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Label: Def Jam Recordings

Because The Internet

Childish Gambino

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Label: Glassnote

Nobody's Smiling

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Label: Def Jam Recordings

Oxymoron

Schoolboy Q

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Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records

Blacc Hollywood

Wiz Khalifa

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Label: Rostrum/Atlantic

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2013)

winner

The Heist

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, engineers/mixers

nominees

Yeezus

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Label: Def Jam

Nothing Was The Same

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Label: Young Money/Cash Money

Magna Carta...Holy Grail

Jay Z

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Label: Roc Nation

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

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Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records

55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012)

winner

Take Care

Noah "40" Shebib, producer; Noel "Gadget" Campbell & Noah "40" Shebib, engineers/mixers

nominees

Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1

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Label: Atlantic

Life Is Good

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Label: Def Jam

Undun

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Label: Island Def Jam

God Forgives, I Don't

Rick Ross

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Label: Def Jam

Based On A T.R.U. Story

2 Chainz

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Label: Island Def Jam

54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2011)

winner

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West, producer; Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein & Anthony Kilhoffer, engineers/mixers

nominees

Watch The Throne

Jay-Z & Kanye West

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Label: Def Jam

Tha Carter IV

Lil Wayne

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Label: Cash Money/Young Money/Universal Republic

Lasers

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Label: 1st & 15th/Atlantic

Pink Friday

Nicki Minaj

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Label: Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)

winner

Recovery

Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers

nominees

The Adventures Of Bobby Ray

B.o.B

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Label: Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic

Thank Me Later

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Label: Cash Money/Young Money/Universal Motown

The Blueprint 3

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Label: Roc Nation

How I Got Over

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Label: Def Jam Recordings

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

Relapse

Andre Young, producer; Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Michael Strange & Andre Young, engineers/mixers

nominees

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

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Label: Universal Motown

Universal Mind Control

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Label: Geffen

R.O.O.T.S.

Flo Rida

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Label: Poe Boy/Atlantic

The Ecstatic

Mos Def

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Label: Downtown Records

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

Tha Carter III

Lil Wayne

nominees

American Gangster

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Label: Roc-A-Fella

The Cool

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Label: 1st & 15th/Atlantic

Nas

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Label: Def Jam

Paper Trail

T.I.

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Label: Grand Hustle/Atlantic

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

Graduation

Kanye West, producer

nominees

T.I. vs T.I.P.

T.I.

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Label: Grand Hustle/Atlantic

Finding Forever

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Label: Geffen

Kingdom Come

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Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings

Hip Hop Is Dead

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Label: Def Jam/Columbia/The Jones Experience

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

Release Therapy

Ludacris

Joshua Monroy & Phil Tan, engineers/mixers

nominees

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

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Label: 1st & 15th/Atlantic

In My Mind

Pharrell

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Label: Star Trak/Interscope Records

Game Theory

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King

T.I.

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Label: Grand Hustle/Atlantic

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

winner

Late Registration

Jon Brion & Kanye West, producers; Mike Dean, engineer/mixer

nominees

Encore

Eminem

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Label: Aftermath/Shady/Interscope Records

The Massacre

50 Cent

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Label: Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records

Be

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Label: Geffen

The Cookbook

Missy Elliott

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Label: Goldmind/Atlantic

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

The College Dropout

Kanye West, producer; Manny Marroquin, engineer/mixer

nominees

To The 5 Boroughs

Beastie Boys

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Label: Capitol Records

The Black Album

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Label: Roc-A-Fella Records

The Definition

LL Cool J

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Label: Def Jam

Suit

Nelly

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Label: Universal Records

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

André 3000, producer; John Frye, engineer/mixer

nominees

The Blueprint² - The Gift & The Curse

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Label: Roc-A-Fella Records

Phrenology

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Label: MCA Music

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

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Label: Gold Mind/Elektra Entertainment Group

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

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Label: Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

The Eminem Show

Eminem, producer; Steve King, engineer/mixer

nominees

Word Of Mouf

Ludacris

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Label: Def Jam South

Tarantula

Mystikal

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Label: Jive

Nellyville

Nelly

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Label: Universal

Diary Of A Sinner: 1st Entry

Petey Pablo

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Label: Jive

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

Stankonia

OutKast

André 3000, Big Boi & David Sheats, producers

nominees

Pain Is Love

Ja Rule

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Label: Def Jam Recordings

The Blueprint

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Label: Roc-a-fella

Back For The First Time

Ludacris

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Label: Def Jam South Recordings

Scorpion

Eve

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Label: Ruff Ryders

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem, producer; Dr. Dre & Richard Huredia, engineers/mixers

nominees

...And Then There Was X (Album)

DMX

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Label: Def Jam

Country Grammar (Album)

Nelly

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Label: Universal

Dr. Dre - 2001 (Album)

Dr. Dre

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Label: Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope

Vol. 3...Life And Times Of S. Carter (Album)

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Label: Roc-a-fella/Def Jam

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

The Slim Shady LP

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott

nominees

Da Real World

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Label: Gold Mind/Eastwest/EEG

E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front) (Album)

Busta Rhymes

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Label: Elektra Entertainment Group

I Am (Album)

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Label: Columbia

Things Fall Apart (Album)

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Label: Mca

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life