Grammy Award al miglior album rap

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