Audi Award for Best Rap Album
From NSWiki
The Audi Award for Best Rap Album is presented by the National Recording Academy in Neo Kingston to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position." In 1995, the Academy announced the addition of the award category Best Rap Album.
Recipients
| Year | Winner(s) | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | E-40 | In a Major Way |
| 1997 | Coolio | Gangsta's Paradise |
| 1998 | Puffy Daddy and The Family | No Way Out |
| 1999 | Hoota | The Messenger |
| 2000 | Eminem | The Slim Shady LP |
| 2001 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP |
| 2002 | Hoota | Lose My Mind part 2 |
| 2003 | Eminem | The Eminem Show |
| 2004 | Hoota | Joke Cracker |
| 2005 | Rad Jay | Tiny Footsteps |
| 2006 | 50 Cent | The Massacre |
| 2007 | Rad Jay | Black Tricks |
| 2008 | Kanye West | Graduation |
| 2009 | Hoota | Hootnation |
| 2010 | Eminem | Relapse |
| 2011 | Eminem | Recovery |
| 2012 | Lupe Fiasco | Lasers |
| 2013 | Marsette | Stone Cold Dead |
| 2014 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | The Heist |
| 2015 | Childish Gambino | Because the Internet |
