10 Best Rap Album Covers Ever

What are the ten best rap albums covers ever designed? Here is our list of the ten best rap album covers ever made. Ranging from different decades to different rappers this list will have the best rap album covers along with some of the best rap albums ever to be made. Without further ado we present to you the best rap album covers ever made.

1. Common’s "Like Water For Chocolate." With a unique album name like, "Like Water For Chocolate," the album cover for Common’s fourth studio album had to be as unique as the name. The album cover is a picture taken by Gordon Parks and it is a photo of a young black women in Alabama drinking from a color only water fountain.
2. A Tribe Called Quest "Midnight Marauder. "Midnight Marauders" is the third album by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. The album is cover is a man that has streaks of green and red on his body, and in the background you can see the faces of each group member.
3. Ice Cube’s album "Death Certificate.” "Death Certificate" is considered one of the best hip-hop albums of all time, so it is only fitting that it has one of the best album covers of all time.  The cover is a dead man on the gurney with its feet facing you, and behind him is a man. There is a tag on the man’s foot that says Uncle Sam.
4. Nas "Illmatic." "Illmatic" is considered to be one of the greatest albums of all time and has an album cover to match. The album cover has Nas as a child over a backdrop of a New York City block.
5. DMX’s "Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood." "Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood" is the second studio album by rapper DMX. The album cover shows DMX shirtless covered in blood.
6. Ol' Dirty Bastard "Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version." "Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version" album cover shows Ol’ Dirty Bastard on a food coupon ID.
7. Tupac Shakur (2Pac) "All Eyez On Me." "All Eyez on Me" is the final 2pac album released during his lifetime is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. The album cover has 2Pac on it giving throwing up the west coast sign.
8. Little Brother "The Minstrel Show." "The Minstrel Show" has all the group members smiling on a black background.
9. Notorious B.I.G (Biggie Smalls) "Life After Death." "Life After Death," the second and final studio album by Notorious B.I.G, has Notorious on the album cover next to a hearse on a dark and stormy night.
10. N.W.A’s "Niggaz4life"  "Niggaz4life" is the final studio album by N.W.A has all the group members running from the cops on the album cover.

So there you have it our list of the best rap album covers ever to be made or designed.