# The best rap albums of 2025

Clipse's comeback, Tyler's dance turn and the underground: the rap albums critics rated highest in 2025 (Paste, BrooklynVegan, REVOLT).

- 80 votes · 11 items
- Aug 19, 2026 · harshkolkata
- https://even.best/en/l/1938/the-best-rap-albums-of-2025

## Top 11

1. **Earl Sweatshirt – Live Laugh Love** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — One of the most emotionally precise rap albums of the year.
2. **Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Pusha T and Malice reunite, with Pharrell on production.
3. **Playboi Carti – MUSIC** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 30 tracks after a four-year wait.
4. **Tyler, The Creator – DON'T TAP THE GLASS** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A short, danceable album flirting with house and techno.
5. **Saba & No ID – From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D.** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Two generations of Chicago rap over soul and jazz samples.
6. **Little Simz – Lotus** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The London rapper's sixth album.
7. **Pink Siifu – BLACK!ANTIQUE** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — From club rap to noise punk in one restless album.
8. **Cardi B – AM I THE DRAMA?** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Her long-awaited second album.
9. **Danny Brown – Stardust** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — The Detroit rapper goes full hyperpop.
10. **billy woods – GOLLIWOG** (2 · ▲5 ▼3) — The New York underground poet goes into horror.
11. **Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Laid-back luxury raps over Alchemist beats.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.