Penghargaan Grammy untuk Album Rap Terbaik
Penerima

| Tahun | Penerima | Karya | Nominee | Ref>  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| 1997 | Fugees  · Fugees, produser | 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 |  |
| 1998 | Puff Daddy and the Family  · Puff Daddy And The Family & Stevie J. produser  | 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 |  |
| 1999 | Jay-Z  · Joe Quinde, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |  |
| 2000 | Eminem  · Eminem, Jeff Bass & Marky Bass, produser   ·  Mr. B, teknisi/penata suara | The Slim Shady LP The Slim Shady LP |  Busta Rhymes – E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front  Missy Elliott – Da Real World  Nas – I Am…  The Roots – Things Fall Apart |  |
| 2001 | Eminem  · Dr. Dre & Richard Huredia, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |  |
| 2002 | Outkast  · David Sheats, produser  · John Frye, teknisi | Stankonia Stankonia |  Eve – Scorpion  Ja Rule – Pain Is Love  Jay-Z – The Blueprint  Ludacris – Back for the First Time |  |
| 2003 | Eminem  · Steve King, teknisi/penata suara | The Eminem Show The Eminem Show |  Ludacris – Word of Mouf  Mystikal – Tarantula  Nelly – Nellyville  Petey Pablo – Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry |  |
| 2004 | Outkast  · John Frye, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |  |
| 2005 | West, KanyeKanye West  · Manny Marroquin, teknisi/penata suara | The College Dropout The College Dropout |  Beastie Boys – To the 5 Boroughs  Jay-Z – The Black Album  LL Cool J – The DEFinition  Nelly – Suit |  |
| 2006 | West, KanyeKanye West  · Jon Brion, produser  · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Tom Biller, teknisi  · Mike Dean, teknisi/penata suara | Late Registration Late Registration |  50 Cent – The Massacre  Common – Be  Missy Elliott – The Cookbook  Eminem – Encore |  |
| 2007 | Ludacris  · Joshua Monroy & Phil Tan, teknisi/penata suara | Release Therapy Release Therapy |  Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor  Pharrell – In My Mind  The Roots – Game Theory  T.I. – King |  |
| 2008 | West, KanyeKanye West  · Kanye West, produser  · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Mike Dean, teknisi | Graduation Graduation |  Common – Finding Forever  Jay-Z – Kingdom Come  Nas – Hip-Hop Is Dead  T.I. – T.I. vs. T.I.P. |  |
| 2009 | Lil Wayne  · Darius "Deezle" Harrison & Fabian Marasciullo, teknisi | Tha Carter III Tha Carter III |  Jay-Z – American Gangster  Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco's The Cool  Nas – Tak berjudul  T.I. – Paper Trail |  |
| 2010 | Eminem  · Andre Young, produser  · Andre Young, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri & Michael Strange, teknisi/penata suara | Relapse Relapse |  Common – Universal Mind Control  Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.  Mos Def – The Ecstatic  Q-Tip – The Renaissance |  |
| 2011 | Eminem  · Eminem & Mike Strange, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |  |
| 2012 | West, KanyeKanye West  · Kanye West, produser  · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean & Noah Goldstein, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |  |
| 2013 | Drake  · Noah "40" Shebib, produser  · Noel "Gadget" Campbell & Noah "40" Shebib, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |  |
| 2014 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis  · Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |  |
| 2015 | Eminem  · Tony Campana, Joe Strange & Mike Strange, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |  |
| 2016 | Kendrick Lamar  · Derek "MixedByAli" Ali & James "The White Black Man" Hunt, teknisi/penata suara | 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 |   |
| 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 |  |
| 2018 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. |  Jay-Z – 4:44  Migos – Culture  Rapsody – Laila's Wisdom  Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy |  |

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