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

But rap had so much more to offer this year besides that history-in-the-making moment, including a ton of great albums, just one of which was made by the victor of that battle. Rappers in the home ...

Kendrick's decisive victory over Drizzy culminated in one of the year's best rap albums, GNX, overshadowed only by Doechii, the latest talent to emerge from Lamar's former label TDE. Still ...

While everyone was busy talking about celebrity beef and courtroom drama, some of the most innovative rap albums of 2024 were quietly making history. These aren’t just good albums – they’re ...

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 ...

Since its release, My Turn has remained a fixture on the Billboard 200, staying in the top 10 for over a year and charting ...

2024 has been a year of surprises in the rap game, but not all of them were ... and short-form content have changed how audiences engage with full albums, affecting traditional sales metrics.

In this episode Billboard Unfiltered, Billboard staffers Trevor Anderson, Kyle Denis, Damien Scott and Carl Lamarre rank the best rap and R&B albums of 2024, go through the biggest scandals of ...