Grammy Award for Best Rap Album

Table columns:
Year[I]
Recipients
Work
Nominees
Ref.

Table rows:
cells: 1996
Naughty by Nature
Poverty's Paradise !Poverty's Paradise
2Pac – Me Against the World Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – E. 1999 Eternal Ol' Dirty Bastard – Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version Skee-Lo – I Wish
[6]
cells: 1997
Fugees  · Fugees, producers
The Score !The Score
2Pac – All Eyez On Me A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise LL Cool J – Mr. Smith
[7]
cells: 1998
Puff Daddy and the Family  · Puff Daddy And The Family & Stevie J. producers
No Way Out !No Way Out
Missy Elliott – Supa Dupa Fly Wyclef Jean – Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Forever
[8]
cells: 1999
Jay-Z  · Joe Quinde, engineer/mixer
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life !Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement Big Punisher – Capital Punishment Jermaine Dupri – Life in 1472 Mase – Harlem World
[9]
cells: 2000
Eminem  · Eminem, Jeff Bass & Marky Bass, producers  · Mr. B, engineer/mixer
The Slim Shady LP !The Slim Shady LP
Busta Rhymes – E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Frontsonger/DAE_W30david abdelmohsen Missy Elliott – Da Real World Nas – I Am… The Roots – Things Fall Apart
[10]
cells: 2001
Eminem  · Dr. Dre & Richard Huredia, engineers/mixers
The Marshall Mathers LP !The Marshall Mathers LP
DMX – ...And Then There Was X Dr. Dre – 2001 Jay-Z – Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter Nelly – Country Grammar
[11]
cells: 2002
Outkast  · David Sheats, producer  · John Frye, engineer
Stankonia !Stankonia
Eve – Scorpion Ja Rule – Pain Is Love Jay-Z – The Blueprint Ludacris – Back for the First Time
[12]
cells: 2003
Eminem  · Steve King, engineer/mixer
The Eminem Show !The Eminem Show
Ludacris – Word of Mouf Mystikal – Tarantula Nelly – Nellyville Petey Pablo – Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry
[13]
cells: 2004
Outkast  · John Frye, engineer/mixer
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below !Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin' Missy Elliott – Under Construction Jay-Z – The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse The Roots – Phrenology
[14]
cells: 2005
West, KanyeKanye West  · Manny Marroquin, engineer/mixer
The College Dropout !The College Dropout
Beastie Boys – To the 5 Boroughs Jay-Z – The Black Album LL Cool J – The DEFinition Nelly – Suit
[15]
cells: 2006
West, KanyeKanye West  · Jon Brion, producer  · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Tom Biller, engineers  · Mike Dean, engineer/mixer
Late Registration !Late Registration
50 Cent – The Massacre Common – Be Missy Elliott – The Cookbook Eminem – Encore
[16]
cells: 2007
Ludacris  · Joshua Monroy & Phil Tan, engineers/mixers
Release Therapy !Release Therapy
Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor Pharrell – In My Mind The Roots – Game Theory T.I. – King
[17]
cells: 2008
West, KanyeKanye West  · Kanye West, producer  · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Mike Dean, engineers
Graduation !Graduation
Common – Finding Forever Jay-Z – Kingdom Come Nas – Hip-Hop Is Dead T.I. – T.I. vs. T.I.P.
[18]
cells: 2009
Lil Wayne  · Darius "Deezle" Harrison & Fabian Marasciullo, engineers
Tha Carter III !Tha Carter III
Jay-Z – American Gangster Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco's The Cool Nas – Untitled T.I. – Paper Trail
[19]
cells: 2010
Eminem  · Andre Young, producer  · Andre Young, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri & Michael Strange, engineers/mixers
Relapse !Relapse
Common – Universal Mind Control Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S. Mos Def – The Ecstatic Q-Tip – The Renaissance
[20]
cells: 2011
Eminem  · Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers
Recovery !Recovery
B.o.B – B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray Drake – Thank Me Later Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 The Roots – How I Got Over
[21]
cells: 2012
West, KanyeKanye West  · Kanye West, producer  · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean & Noah Goldstein, engineers/mixers
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy !My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Lupe Fiasco – Lasers Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV
[22]
cells: 2013
Drake  · Noah "40" Shebib, producer  · Noel "Gadget" Campbell & Noah "40" Shebib, engineers/mixers
Take Care
2 Chainz – Based on a T.R.U. Story Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 Nas – Life Is Good Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don't The Roots – Undun
[23]
cells: 2014
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis  · Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, engineers/mixers
The Heist
Drake – Nothing Was the Same Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Kanye West – Yeezus
[24]
cells: 2015
Eminem  · Tony Campana, Joe Strange & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 !The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic Common – Nobody's Smiling Childish Gambino – Because the Internet Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron
[25]
cells: 2016
Kendrick Lamar  · Derek "MixedByAli" Ali & James "The White Black Man" Hunt, engineers/mixers
To Pimp a Butterfly
J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive Dr. Dre – Compton Drake – If You're Reading This It's Too Late Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
[26] [27]
cells: 2017
Chance the Rapper
Coloring Book
De La Soul – And the Anonymous Nobody... DJ Khaled – Major Key Drake – Views ScHoolboy Q – Blank Face LP Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
[28]
cells: 2018
Kendrick Lamar
Damn
Jay-Z – 4:44 Migos – Culture Rapsody – Laila's Wisdom Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy
[29]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the best rapper of the year
answer: answerTexts: Chance the Rapper