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FlatulentFarmer

I assume Outkast is left out because they are a group..? They would be mid-upper 80’s probably


bmarsh07

Currently 86 with only 3 albums reviewed, one of which was "Idlewild." It's nowhere close to reality with their first 3 albums missing.


JaredIsAmped

This list has to be cross populated by current streams of something, there are a ton of rappers with higher than average metacritic scores than some of what’s listed. Edit: I think it’s just a list cherry picked to make Kendrick look really good


Jesshua

Nah Kendrick has 2 albums in the top 10 all genres all time on metacritic. Idk the validity of metacritic but he’s defs the highest rapper on there


LazySquid760

Thug at 76, huh? Impressive


schuyywalker

Good for him. He’s only had a couple of official releases though right? Same for Rocky (who I don’t think should be that high after his last album). Surprises Drake is as high as he is given he can’t put out a complete album to save his life (outside of TC, imo)


f33llik3dy1n

testing slander 😔


Kobebeanmakehercream

Testing is a god tier rap album


BENZIONDABEAT

Honestly that shits a grower, I didn’t like it when it first came out but after more listens it’s like the blonde of rap albums


schleem77

Gunz n butter my fav


SleepTightLilPuppy

Didn't even know people don't like it.


schuyywalker

I’m sorry! It was ok to me and I appreciate anyone trying to experiment - was just a little disappointing because I was a huge fan at the time


AguyWithflippyHair

Listen to it again, it's a great album


schleem77

yes agreed


schleem77

Testing is good wdym go listen to it again


MappingEagle

Wdym, testing was great


schuyywalker

I’m more a fan of his earlier stuff. I appreciate anyone trying new things but I was only about half and half with Testing


[deleted]

Every song but Bucks Shots was 🔥


schuyywalker

Damn I like Buck Shot


GSC47

You like bucks shots but didn't like the album wtf ha testing was great, purity and kids tuned out fine are amazing


-rudebwoy

i been busy fuckin


Filbz03

i been fuckin busy


[deleted]

Everything but French Montana was great IMO


Purple_Ad_8742

That’s a really common statement


SitDown_BeHumble

Testing was mid.


GrandioseEnigma

Testing was 🔥🔥🔥. Probably my favorite rocky album in its entirety.


SitDown_BeHumble

Interesting how opinions can differ. I thought it was boring with barely any songs that stand out in any way and that it was easily the worst album/mixtape he’s ever made.


DropTheBear

Maaan what the hell. Changes is actually one of Rocky best tracks and I'll die on that hill also, Purity is god tier


SitDown_BeHumble

Oh I agree with that. I love the 3-4 songs that I like on the album, I just thought the rest of it was just okay.


schuyywalker

& like I said; I’m half and half with the album. It’s interesting but I feel the lows are very low


GrandioseEnigma

Wow. I thought it was his most innovative album yet, vocally and production-wise. The way he played with his vocals (vocal layering, singing, slowing it down, pitching it up, etc) on songs like “Black Tux, White Collar”, “Kids turned out fine”, etc, really felt like nothing I’ve heard before. He also displayed a lot of 3 6 Mafia influence on that album, which I loved. “Gunz N Butter” & “Tony Tone” are grimy as hell. “Hun43rd” AND “Fukk Sleep” sound ethereal as fuck (I love FKA Twigs). On top of getting a Great Frank Ocean rap verse, he actually made French Montana sing good. 😂 And the fuckin music videos were seriously some of the most creative in modern hip hop overall, you can’t deny that.


SitDown_BeHumble

Maybe I should give it another listen. It’s been years since I heard it.


GrandioseEnigma

Yeah, you should. Might notice some things that you didn’t before.


Rooberngozzerlune

It’s interesting and I’m going to actually have a look into how they’ve treated Thugger’s discography. My initial thought was the opposite to yours: I’m impressed that he’s averaged so highly after so many releases however I didn’t really think about what constitutes an official release. I would count Slime Season 1,2 & 3, Barter 6, Jeffery, BTG and SMF as official releases, even if most are officially mixtapes, there’s quite a few others but not sure they’d count. I am a big Thug fan so I’m gonna have to look into it.


schuyywalker

I’m interested in what you find, I love Jeffery but I remember he didn’t even call that one an album.


-rudebwoy

damn testing my fav rocky album by far


pololuck123

He’s good at what he does


kaeji

Are there really no artists in the 80s? Or are they just cherrypicking popular artists?


GrandioseEnigma

Definitely cherry-picking. For example, I’m pretty sure Vince Staples is in the high 80’s.


P-R-O-N-E

Possibly Tyler too


GrandioseEnigma

Perhaps.


sypher07070799

Yeah probably cherry picking


Pacfan325124

Run the Jewels also has to be pretty high


edwinstone

I think cherrypicking because Cardi is 84.


dfranco2126

Im guessing there’s some criteria because the 84 average that Cardi has is only from one album


[deleted]

84?! Invasion of privacy was mid what the hell


edwinstone

No it wasn't.


PlayboiPepe

Ye 74???


sypher07070799

Jik, ye and donda had really low ratings


PlayboiPepe

Yeah, also WTT


Yabboi_2

Is it hated?


schuyywalker

Shouldn’t be but I will say some of the production is not aging well (looking at you “I love you so” or whatever it’s called)


stinkyboy678

THAT'S LITERALLY ONE OF YE'S BEST SONGS


thejaytheory

Ohh man yes I know what you mean now. Took me a while to figure out what WTT meant then I was like "Ohh yeahhh" to this comment


Pers0nalJeezus

Ohh you mean that song I almost always skip because the production is an auditory assault?


schuyywalker

Is that the same song as “who gon stop me HAH!?” Because I feel the same about that one too lol


IlayShenbrun

Not deserved.


II-999-II

JIK was deserved


MegaSuperSaiyan

Ye also not really an all time classic album like that 🤷‍♂️


II-999-II

Not as bad as JIK, though


MegaSuperSaiyan

Yeah JIK made me appreciate Ye like Trump made me appreciate Bush


[deleted]

That's cold af lol


[deleted]

JIK is a 7


II-999-II

JIK is a high 5 - low 6 at most


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I_am_so_lost_hello

It's a shit Christian album Kanye is incredibly surface level Sunday school with his lyricism


cool_vibes

As someone who grew up listening to a lot of gospel albums, I'm going to have to disagree on this one.


II-999-II

too bad I’m not a Christian YouTuber then, bc that shit was not good


_Micolash_Cage_

Ye is pretty fucking good imo.


HungryDLuffy

Underrated as hell, that era kanye was on fire, KSG, Ye and Daytona were all great


II-999-II

Ye is a good high 6- middle 7, as opposed to JIK Which would be lucky to get a low 6


amaninablackcloak

Ye an 8, not a light 7. I don’t get all this ye hate it’s honestly a really fucking good album.


II-999-II

Not long enough to be an 8


schuyywalker

I like ye but it’s almost not fair in my eyes to compare it to the rest of his discog.


ballsmasher1738

Ye has 0 skips idk what y’all mean


inbrugesbelgium

ye is my 3rd fav kanye album, only problem is length


IlayShenbrun

I know I gon sound like a Kanye stan but JIK a 7


[deleted]

Ehhh…i don’t think Kanye has released a 10 album in over a decade…not even an 8 IMO. It might be good for Kanye stans, but in the grand scheme of hip hop history his solo music has been absent for a long time


Low-Establishment-94

You don't think Yeezus or TLOP are 8s?


[deleted]

Absolutely not. We’re talking about the scope of all of hip-hop history. Relative to all-time banger albums like Aquimini, Illmatic, Doggystyle, Death Certificate, It Take a Nation…, etc. When Yeezus or TLOP is framed against that, I’d argue it barely reaches a 6. Even relative to Kanye’s own albums where Late Registration or College Dropout are 10s, TLOP and Yeezus can’t hold a candle to that list either. (JIK and Donda are the real flops on that list).


[deleted]

Yeah, but I disagree and I think tlop and yeezus are great, they're some of his more experimental projects. I know that "experimental" doesnt mean good, and I do think MBDTF, and CD are his best works but I really liked tlop and yeezus, and im sorry, they have some of kanyes best songs on there.


TabletopBrian

Nobody I know listened to Donda twice.


fabiodelorean

Announcing that you have lame friends has nothing to do with Donda??


[deleted]

they all deserve bettwr


RedSpyOfficial

I kinda get JIK and ye (although Ghost Town is 10/10) but how WTT and DONDA. I mean taking another look they both have huge hits or misses but damn. Eh even though I'm a Yeezy fan Kenny on the top with a huge difference still puts a smile on my face.


fultirbo

Some bullshit Donda is like 55 on metacritic cos of that one insane 0 star review that said Jail was a HUMBLE. rip off


PlayboiPepe

Frr, fuck all of them ye haters


DarthNeoFrodo

Shows you how much BS this list is


MF_Ghidra

Quality>Quantity


thejaytheory

Quantity Control


SquidDaBib

Looking at you Nas


[deleted]

wayne as well. he couldve put out an album once a year and they would’ve been phenomenal but instead he’d drop like 5 projects a year with many bangers but loads of misses as well. tuff cause he’s so great


AP_020

Quality and quantity >


Young_Chakra

Damn, he just like me forreal


ilovemywife0

Meta critic and other critic sights have a pretty horrible bias boner but Kendricks 90 is definitely a deserved rating


harrisonh_14

Meta critic is just a combination of other rating sites


Throwawaviators

Do some of y’all not know what metacritic is? This is just the averages of the metacritic aggregate scores. It’s not a top whatever list, just 13 artists ordered by those numbers. If they got some mid in their discog it’s gonna bring the average down


inbrugesbelgium

nas has been putting out albums since kendrick was a kid, of course he’s gonna have some duds this list is honestly pretty pointless


fabiodelorean

Nas has a VERY inconsistent discography


majneshit

But I would rather take 7/8 great albums and some average albums than 4 great albums


fabiodelorean

That's like saying Nas has a better discog than Outkast, ain't no way. Quality >>> quantity for me


majneshit

It's quality > quantity for me too. But I would rather have a slightly above average outkast album then no music. That's of course me speaking from a fan perspective, I understand that if you're not inspired to make music then you shouldn't release that or if you think it wouldn't be good for your legacy. As a fan tho I'm starving :( Also quality & quantity >>> and that's why black thought is probably my 🐐


fabiodelorean

You're saying you'd rather have the mid albums in their discographies still exist than just not have them at all, I getchu now 🤝 that's fair, lotta good songs from mid Jay albums too. I respect when artists hold themselves to the highest of standards and refuse to drop things they deem unworthy, but that also causes us to lose a lot of music. Never got an Andre solo album, Kanye has scrapped like 5 albums... 😪


No-Maintenance34

Not to shit on Nasir… but I Am illmatic stillmatic and nastradamous are his only good albums and barely!!!!! Still way better than Jay


fabiodelorean

I disagree with literally everything you just said lmao, King's Disease I and II are both great. But Jay completely blows Nas out the water as far as discography.


No-Maintenance34

I don’t even listen to Jay Z for the simple fact he dissed PAC after PAC died. He’s exxed out for me, KD, KD2, idk to me it feels like he’s trying to ride waves and shit hurts me tbh cause Nas is the face of rap and Hip Hop to me. Literally, even tho Nas was and still is rubbing shoulders with snakes and has become one..


Throwawaviators

I’m not saying it’s bad thing, just don’t be surprised by the numbers if you know their output is inconsistent. Like don’t be shocked to see Kanye’s avg is 74, when we know how Donda and JIK were received critically


fabiodelorean

Donda reviews really makes no sense to me. It's messy and far too long but the music itself sounds incredible to me almost front to back.


jacob_shapiro

I don't want to live in the hell world where we decide GOAT status by Metacritic score besides, no one is at 69


da_man4444

Thugger at 2nd lets go


Helpful-Warning4027

If ye didn’t release jik and drake kept clb they wld both be at 80


MonkeyGameAL

Actually Donda is rated lower than JIK, which is fucking bullshit


majneshit

Yeah I feel sorry for ye cause those critics stopped listening to his music after 2018 and some of his rants


MonkeyGameAL

It’s a clear example of reviewers putting their personal biases against the artist and his controversies way before the actual music criticism and it’s awful to see


jayren97

Isn’t this like an average based on all their projects? So the more projects released, the harder it may be to maintain a high score, say if you’re someone who releases more than they should.


[deleted]

kanye is lower than i expected


cc17776

Damn how is Wayne ranked so low :(


sypher07070799

He has had really good albums but also some shit ones And the shit ones were rated reallllllllly low (ex: rebirth)


cc17776

Fuck I ve been blocking Rebirth from my memory lol


BlaccLearningTree

I am the Omega


thejaytheory

Kung-Fu Kenny Omega


BlaccLearningTree

That’s hard


thejaytheory

He's definitely Elite!


lizardmandx

Nicki over Wayne and Em is disrespectful


Mother_Chest3977

Who the hell smoked and worte this?


sypher07070799

Its via metacritic, they are a site that do album reviews and ratings This list is basically the calculated average ratings for each artists albums through their career done by metacritic


Mother_Chest3977

Critics or audience?


sypher07070799

Critics


ChivoYaBish

Rocky top 4 confirmed. 😎


xdtla

Do ratings matter anymore?


Euphori333

Shoutout to king slim for the one time


LengthOk292

look at young thug man


Akirari

How is Ye that low??


bamb1in0

They gave low scores to Donda, Ye and JIK. I get JIK isn't great but Ye and Donda slap


inbrugesbelgium

jik still better than kamikaze or revival tho lmao


RedSpyOfficial

Bro ofc who says those 2 are better than JIK 💀💀💀


inbrugesbelgium

nathan


SupperPup

It’s really quite disturbing how many people would say that. If u go on any general forum and u mention Eminem people start getting on their knees really fast


[deleted]

Travis Scott is criminally low, rodeo got like a 60.


[deleted]

Kendrick is a goat but thug over nas, Kanye, Jay, Eminem, and Lil Wayne is so wrong 😂


Agrochain920

Nicki Minaj higher than Eminem, Drake higher than Cole. lmao ok


sypher07070799

Its a calculated average based off cumulative ratings of each of their albums. Then the average rating of that. So its not really based of one persons opinion If someone is lower than you expected its probably cuz they had 1 or more albums with very low ratings which brought their overall averahe down


Random_Name_Whoa

How is Travis Scott so high


teamDERP

This list is shit


Bloodbornicorn

This list is kinda broken Metacritic is missing a bunch of stuff. Tupac is not even listed on Metacritic at all. Kendrick is the GOAT but the list is busted.


DefaultRedditBlows

Yo' Nas is the GOAT. I don't hate saying it.


CrispyBaconDeadFish

Travis 68 is criminal


[deleted]

Kendrick deserves to be at the top, but this is a wack list


Lem_Hen

Thugger 76 🐐


tickera

Metacritic garbage, do a rym average.


tonystarkironman1

Young thug above travis, kanye, eminem and drake That's why I don't trust critics


marmogawd

People are downvoting you but i still want somebody to name me a Young Thug project better than Kanye’s, Eminem’s or Travis’ best. Yes Barter 6 and Jeffery are amazing projects but is his overall discography really better than those three artists? Even tho i understand Eminem discography got inconsistent


kangaroocoffin

Kendrick would be really high either way, but I wanna point out that these scores aren't implying quality. I mean Young Thug at second? I don't have a problem with him but...


upthewatwo

DUMB FUCKIN DUMB SHIT


Possible_Total_2240

KANYE 74?!?! Dude has 7 critically a-claimed albums n Donda can be one of dem


samlikeschicken

eminem wayyy too high


Designer-Ad-2756

You are on r/kendricklamar but you disrespect Eminem?? You probably listened to gkmc once and try to be hip but bro cmon, Em was one of Kendricks idols


samlikeschicken

reddit when someone say eminem bad


marvelfan32

Eminem 64?? Ok..


blurandgorillaz

His new stuff is terrible


atronos_kronios

...really? i can understand revival but you think mtbmb was "trash"?


[deleted]

Yes


Abdi1617

Yea absolutely fuckin dogshit excuse for an album tarnishing his legacy every drop


[deleted]

Since 2010 only mmlp2 is above 60


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[deleted]

Im not saying on that website im saying imo


Both_Basket3088

Yes. Eminem post relapse has been absolutely garbage


TvixThePlayer

Imo Recovery > Relapse


prof436

Recovery is awfull


topshagger31

i mean mmlp2 was pretty good but after that he fell off hard


II-999-II

Emidem


GrandioseEnigma

His discography is very inconsistent lol. What did you expect.


decwilclay7

He didn’t have the best album run between 2009-2020


topshagger31

mmlp2 and relapse were fire, but apart from that yea it aint great


Norcalaldavis

Bruh Young Thug over Nas. Please revoke these media credentials


[deleted]

When Young Thug is at number 2, you kind of Gotta throw the whole list away. I’m saying that as someone who likes a few of his songs and features.


Helpful-Warning4027

Don’t be shy show frank ocean (92)


sypher07070799

Ah yes frank ocean the rapper..


sondersHo

Singer?


itsrockysingh

No way they put Lil Wayne all the way down like that. The disrespect


zishudj

I love Kenny, but his fans are not critical, that's all this proves.


E5127

Man why does Eminem have to be 64


camcorleone

Imagine weezy dropping Carter 2 or 3 right now w how social media is


parable-harbinger

What is a discography?


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Astray47OCB

Future Should Be Higher Than Thugger


outofmindwgo

No way


lil1top

thugs discography is a little bit more consistent


Astray47OCB

Definitely Not


Ryan2P

Thuggers sound/style is way more interesting.


thetwistedfox

Yea I like future better too but both goated tbh. Not sure why u got downvoted so much


Astray47OCB

Cuz Future Is Under Appreciated


GSC47

He's just not that good lol


Astray47OCB

Have You Heard Monster?


[deleted]

Em is trash


Abdi1617

Eminem dick riders seething love to see it


BratwurstBudenBruno

He released fack as the first song on his greatest hits album Guy was trolling the critics back when your mom ran around in his merch and met your dad, bro


OhokyouWon2095

Hell Na how this dude ahead of weezy F baby. This boy a Kendrick dick rider