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

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and Doechii We try to stick to one guiding principle when making our best rap verses of the year lists: one verse per rapper. This year was different. Two thousand and twenty-four featured the ...

making the long list of rap albums that came out this year nearly impossible to keep up with, but we did our best and then narrowed things down to a list of our 30 favorites. This year brought us ...

The song’s best bar might be when Quanny pokes fun at his own inconsistent release schedule, “N***a I don’t even rap for real, yeah I’m just money talking / I’m the type to cancel my ...

Billboard magazine incited social media mayhem by naming Drake as the best rapper of the 21st Century on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

Eminem shares his thoughts on the competition at the upcoming 2025 Grammy Awards in conversation with DJ Whoo Kid on the ...

In a historic recognition for the hip-hop world, GloRilla’s “TGIF” has been crowned the Best Rap Song of 2024 by TIME magazine. Known for her bold and unapologetic style, GloRilla has carved ...

There are other bests that haven't even been mentioned (best turn-based combat, best political narrative), but there's only ...

With features from the likes of Young Thug, who offers up his first verse since being released from jail late last year, to ...

Then, the Captain of the Hotties, Megan Thee Stallion, flexed her superstar muscles, delivering her best album to date with Megan, brimming with grit, resiliency, and high-powered raps than ever.

But Kendrick wasn’t the only rapper who came through in 2024, even if all his press and outright dominance makes it feel that way. So here they are: the top 10 rap albums of 2024.