Even in this cream-puff era of rap, the biggest stars aren’t immune from macho posturing & flexing in Nike gloves. Unless you were born after 2005 and if that’s the case, please close the tab and go do your homework.Īs recently as a decade ago (when Kanye showed up), rap fans didn’t really have any time for rappers that didn’t give off some sort of hardness, perhaps as a proxy for the now malleable concept of authenticity. Try to imagine the development of the genre WITHOUT its most anti-social components. If the rappers weren’t doing wild ass shit, they were probably reporting on some wild ass shit. Just take a look at your preferred album from rap’s classic canon. A large chunk of our favorites are rooted in some level of criminality and aggression. Well, I’m not sure I know precisely why either, but I do know that rap is a genre that’s been based on competition since its earliest days. I know you’re probably wondering why anyone cares about anything as niche as the “Hardest Rap Album” ever. Below that you’ll find the writeups for all 35 albums, starting with champion Mobb Deep’s The Infamous in the East region.Īn Introduction to the Hardest Rap Bracket If this is the first time you’re hearing of the tournament, below you’ll find Deen’s introduction to help you understand why we would host such a thing. Thank you for voting in the Hardest Rap Album of All Time bracket.
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