Billboard staff combs through the 20 best rap albums of 2024 ranging from Future to Kendrick Lamar to Megan Thee Stallion and more.

Rappers in the home-recording and streaming era are also more prolific than ever, making the long list of rap albums that came out this year nearly impossible to keep up with, but we did our best ...

Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, atmospheric production style influenced by jazz, the album explores past ...

Trending on Billboard Elsewhere, Alligator Bites Never Heal races 20-8 on the Top Rap Albums chart for its first time in the top 10 and powers ... reached a No. 8 best in October 2023.

2024 has been a year of surprises in the rap game, but not all of them were pleasant ... their staying power with two entries in the top 10, demonstrating that collaborative projects still ...

They’re proving that rap in 2024 is more diverse and creative than ever. Sometimes the best albums are the ones that don’t fit neatly into promotional campaigns or viral marketing strategies.

This week, we tackled the very best K-pop songs of 2024, and today we’ve assembled a comprehensive list of, what we believe to be, the strongest rap albums from 2024. Whether it was the surprise ...