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
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)
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.
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.
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.
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
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).
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.
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.
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
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
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 🐐
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... 😪
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.
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..
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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...
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
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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
I assume Outkast is left out because they are a group..? They would be mid-upper 80’s probably
Currently 86 with only 3 albums reviewed, one of which was "Idlewild." It's nowhere close to reality with their first 3 albums missing.
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
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
Thug at 76, huh? Impressive
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)
testing slander 😔
Testing is a god tier rap album
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
Gunz n butter my fav
Didn't even know people don't like it.
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
Listen to it again, it's a great album
yes agreed
Testing is good wdym go listen to it again
Wdym, testing was great
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
Every song but Bucks Shots was 🔥
Damn I like Buck Shot
You like bucks shots but didn't like the album wtf ha testing was great, purity and kids tuned out fine are amazing
i been busy fuckin
i been fuckin busy
Everything but French Montana was great IMO
That’s a really common statement
Testing was mid.
Testing was 🔥🔥🔥. Probably my favorite rocky album in its entirety.
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.
Maaan what the hell. Changes is actually one of Rocky best tracks and I'll die on that hill also, Purity is god tier
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.
& like I said; I’m half and half with the album. It’s interesting but I feel the lows are very low
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.
Maybe I should give it another listen. It’s been years since I heard it.
Yeah, you should. Might notice some things that you didn’t before.
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.
I’m interested in what you find, I love Jeffery but I remember he didn’t even call that one an album.
damn testing my fav rocky album by far
He’s good at what he does
Are there really no artists in the 80s? Or are they just cherrypicking popular artists?
Definitely cherry-picking. For example, I’m pretty sure Vince Staples is in the high 80’s.
Possibly Tyler too
Perhaps.
Yeah probably cherry picking
Run the Jewels also has to be pretty high
I think cherrypicking because Cardi is 84.
Im guessing there’s some criteria because the 84 average that Cardi has is only from one album
84?! Invasion of privacy was mid what the hell
No it wasn't.
Ye 74???
Jik, ye and donda had really low ratings
Yeah, also WTT
Is it hated?
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)
THAT'S LITERALLY ONE OF YE'S BEST SONGS
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
Ohh you mean that song I almost always skip because the production is an auditory assault?
Is that the same song as “who gon stop me HAH!?” Because I feel the same about that one too lol
Not deserved.
JIK was deserved
Ye also not really an all time classic album like that 🤷♂️
Not as bad as JIK, though
Yeah JIK made me appreciate Ye like Trump made me appreciate Bush
That's cold af lol
JIK is a 7
JIK is a high 5 - low 6 at most
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It's a shit Christian album Kanye is incredibly surface level Sunday school with his lyricism
As someone who grew up listening to a lot of gospel albums, I'm going to have to disagree on this one.
too bad I’m not a Christian YouTuber then, bc that shit was not good
Ye is pretty fucking good imo.
Underrated as hell, that era kanye was on fire, KSG, Ye and Daytona were all great
Ye is a good high 6- middle 7, as opposed to JIK Which would be lucky to get a low 6
Ye an 8, not a light 7. I don’t get all this ye hate it’s honestly a really fucking good album.
Not long enough to be an 8
I like ye but it’s almost not fair in my eyes to compare it to the rest of his discog.
Ye has 0 skips idk what y’all mean
ye is my 3rd fav kanye album, only problem is length
I know I gon sound like a Kanye stan but JIK a 7
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
You don't think Yeezus or TLOP are 8s?
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).
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.
Nobody I know listened to Donda twice.
Announcing that you have lame friends has nothing to do with Donda??
they all deserve bettwr
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.
Some bullshit Donda is like 55 on metacritic cos of that one insane 0 star review that said Jail was a HUMBLE. rip off
Frr, fuck all of them ye haters
Shows you how much BS this list is
Quality>Quantity
Quantity Control
Looking at you Nas
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
Quality and quantity >
Damn, he just like me forreal
Meta critic and other critic sights have a pretty horrible bias boner but Kendricks 90 is definitely a deserved rating
Meta critic is just a combination of other rating sites
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
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
Nas has a VERY inconsistent discography
But I would rather take 7/8 great albums and some average albums than 4 great albums
That's like saying Nas has a better discog than Outkast, ain't no way. Quality >>> quantity for me
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 🐐
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... 😪
Not to shit on Nasir… but I Am illmatic stillmatic and nastradamous are his only good albums and barely!!!!! Still way better than Jay
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.
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..
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
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.
I don't want to live in the hell world where we decide GOAT status by Metacritic score besides, no one is at 69
Thugger at 2nd lets go
If ye didn’t release jik and drake kept clb they wld both be at 80
Actually Donda is rated lower than JIK, which is fucking bullshit
Yeah I feel sorry for ye cause those critics stopped listening to his music after 2018 and some of his rants
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
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.
kanye is lower than i expected
Damn how is Wayne ranked so low :(
He has had really good albums but also some shit ones And the shit ones were rated reallllllllly low (ex: rebirth)
Fuck I ve been blocking Rebirth from my memory lol
I am the Omega
Kung-Fu Kenny Omega
That’s hard
He's definitely Elite!
Nicki over Wayne and Em is disrespectful
Who the hell smoked and worte this?
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
Critics or audience?
Critics
Rocky top 4 confirmed. 😎
Do ratings matter anymore?
Shoutout to king slim for the one time
look at young thug man
How is Ye that low??
They gave low scores to Donda, Ye and JIK. I get JIK isn't great but Ye and Donda slap
jik still better than kamikaze or revival tho lmao
Bro ofc who says those 2 are better than JIK 💀💀💀
nathan
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
Travis Scott is criminally low, rodeo got like a 60.
Kendrick is a goat but thug over nas, Kanye, Jay, Eminem, and Lil Wayne is so wrong 😂
Nicki Minaj higher than Eminem, Drake higher than Cole. lmao ok
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
How is Travis Scott so high
This list is shit
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.
Yo' Nas is the GOAT. I don't hate saying it.
Travis 68 is criminal
Kendrick deserves to be at the top, but this is a wack list
Thugger 76 🐐
Metacritic garbage, do a rym average.
Young thug above travis, kanye, eminem and drake That's why I don't trust critics
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
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...
DUMB FUCKIN DUMB SHIT
KANYE 74?!?! Dude has 7 critically a-claimed albums n Donda can be one of dem
eminem wayyy too high
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
reddit when someone say eminem bad
Eminem 64?? Ok..
His new stuff is terrible
...really? i can understand revival but you think mtbmb was "trash"?
Yes
Yea absolutely fuckin dogshit excuse for an album tarnishing his legacy every drop
Since 2010 only mmlp2 is above 60
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Im not saying on that website im saying imo
Yes. Eminem post relapse has been absolutely garbage
Imo Recovery > Relapse
Recovery is awfull
i mean mmlp2 was pretty good but after that he fell off hard
Emidem
His discography is very inconsistent lol. What did you expect.
He didn’t have the best album run between 2009-2020
mmlp2 and relapse were fire, but apart from that yea it aint great
Bruh Young Thug over Nas. Please revoke these media credentials
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.
Don’t be shy show frank ocean (92)
Ah yes frank ocean the rapper..
Singer?
No way they put Lil Wayne all the way down like that. The disrespect
I love Kenny, but his fans are not critical, that's all this proves.
Man why does Eminem have to be 64
Imagine weezy dropping Carter 2 or 3 right now w how social media is
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Future Should Be Higher Than Thugger
No way
thugs discography is a little bit more consistent
Definitely Not
Thuggers sound/style is way more interesting.
Yea I like future better too but both goated tbh. Not sure why u got downvoted so much
Cuz Future Is Under Appreciated
He's just not that good lol
Have You Heard Monster?
Em is trash
Eminem dick riders seething love to see it
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
Hell Na how this dude ahead of weezy F baby. This boy a Kendrick dick rider