<P> In 1995, the Academy announced the addition of the award category Best Rap Album . The first award was presented to the group Naughty by Nature at the 38th Grammy Awards the following year . According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented for "albums containing at least 51% playing time of tracks with newly recorded rapped performances". Award recipients often include the producers, engineers, and / or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists . </P> <P> As of 2015, Eminem holds the record for the most wins in this category, with six . Lauryn Hill is currently the only female artist to win in this category, when she won in 1997 with the Fugees . Kanye West was presented the award four times, and the duo known as Outkast received the award twice . Jay - Z holds the record for the most nominations, with nine, which resulted in one win . Canadian artist Drake became the first non-American winner in this category when he won in 2013 . The Roots have received the most nominations without a win, with five . In 2016, Drake's If You're Reading This, It's Too Late became the first mixtape to get nominated for the award . In 2017, Chance The Rapper's Coloring Book became the first mixtape to win the award . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Recipients </Th> <Th> Work </Th> <Th> Nominees </Th> <Th> Ref . </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Naughty by Nature </Td> <Td> Poverty's Paradise! Poverty's Paradise </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 2Pac--Me Against the World </Li> <Li> Bone Thugs - n - Harmony--E. 1999 Eternal </Li> <Li> Ol' Dirty Bastard--Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version </Li> <Li> Skee - Lo--I Wish </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Fugees Fugees, producers </Td> <Td> The Score! The Score </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 2Pac--All Eyez On Me </Li> <Li> A Tribe Called Quest--Beats, Rhymes and Life </Li> <Li> Coolio--Gangsta's Paradise </Li> <Li> LL Cool J--Mr. Smith </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Puff Daddy and the Family Puff Daddy And The Family & Stevie J. producers </Td> <Td> No Way Out! No Way Out </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Missy Elliott--Supa Dupa Fly </Li> <Li> Wyclef Jean--Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival </Li> <Li> The Notorious B.I.G.--Life After Death </Li> <Li> Wu - Tang Clan--Wu - Tang Forever </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Jay - Z Joe Quinde, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life! Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> A Tribe Called Quest--The Love Movement </Li> <Li> Big Punisher--Capital Punishment </Li> <Li> Jermaine Dupri--Life in 1472 </Li> <Li> Mase--Harlem World </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Eminem Eminem, Jeff Bass & Marky Bass, producers Mr. B, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> The Slim Shady LP! The Slim Shady LP </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Busta Rhymes--E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front </Li> <Li> Missy Elliott--Da Real World </Li> <Li> Nas--I Am...</Li> <Li> The Roots--Things Fall Apart </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2001 </Td> <Td> Eminem Dr. Dre & Richard Huredia, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> The Marshall Mathers LP! The Marshall Mathers LP </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> DMX--... And Then There Was X </Li> <Li> Dr. Dre--2001 </Li> <Li> Jay - Z--Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter </Li> <Li> Nelly--Country Grammar </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Outkast David Sheats, producer John Frye, engineer </Td> <Td> Stankonia! Stankonia </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Eve--Scorpion </Li> <Li> Ja Rule--Pain Is Love </Li> <Li> Jay - Z--The Blueprint </Li> <Li> Ludacris--Back for the First Time </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> Eminem Steve King, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> The Eminem Show! The Eminem Show </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ludacris--Word of Mouf </Li> <Li> Mystikal--Tarantula </Li> <Li> Nelly--Nellyville </Li> <Li> Petey Pablo--Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Outkast John Frye, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> Speakerboxxx / The Love Below! Speakerboxxx / The Love Below </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 50 Cent--Get Rich or Die Tryin' </Li> <Li> Missy Elliott--Under Construction </Li> <Li> Jay - Z--The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse </Li> <Li> The Roots--Phrenology </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> West, Kanye Kanye West Manny Marroquin, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> The College Dropout! The College Dropout </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Beastie Boys--To the 5 Boroughs </Li> <Li> Jay - Z--The Black Album </Li> <Li> LL Cool J--The DEFinition </Li> <Li> Nelly--Suit </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> West, Kanye Kanye West Jon Brion, producer Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Tom Biller, engineers Mike Dean, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> Late Registration! Late Registration </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 50 Cent--The Massacre </Li> <Li> Common--Be </Li> <Li> Missy Elliott--The Cookbook </Li> <Li> Eminem--Encore </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Ludacris Joshua Monroy & Phil Tan, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> Release Therapy! Release Therapy </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Lupe Fiasco--Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor </Li> <Li> Pharrell--In My Mind </Li> <Li> The Roots--Game Theory </Li> <Li> T.I.--King </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> West, Kanye Kanye West Kanye West, producer Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Mike Dean, engineers </Td> <Td> Graduation! Graduation </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Common--Finding Forever </Li> <Li> Jay - Z--Kingdom Come </Li> <Li> Nas--Hip - Hop Is Dead </Li> <Li> T.I.--T.I. vs. T.I.P. </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Lil Wayne Darius "Deezle" Harrison & Fabian Marasciullo, engineers </Td> <Td> Tha Carter III! Tha Carter III </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Jay - Z--American Gangster </Li> <Li> Lupe Fiasco--Lupe Fiasco's The Cool </Li> <Li> Nas--Untitled </Li> <Li> T.I.--Paper Trail </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eminem Andre Young, producer Andre Young, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri & Michael Strange, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> Relapse! Relapse </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Common--Universal Mind Control </Li> <Li> Flo Rida--R.O.O.T.S. </Li> <Li> Mos Def--The Ecstatic </Li> <Li> Q - Tip--The Renaissance </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Eminem Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> Recovery! Recovery </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> B.o.B--B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray </Li> <Li> Drake--Thank Me Later </Li> <Li> Jay - Z--The Blueprint 3 </Li> <Li> The Roots--How I Got Over </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> West, Kanye Kanye West Kanye West, producer Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean & Noah Goldstein, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy! My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Lupe Fiasco--Lasers </Li> <Li> Jay - Z and Kanye West--Watch the Throne </Li> <Li> Nicki Minaj--Pink Friday </Li> <Li> Lil Wayne--Tha Carter IV </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Drake Noah "40" Shebib, producer Noel "Gadget" Campbell & Noah "40" Shebib, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> Take Care </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 2 Chainz--Based on a T.R.U. Story </Li> <Li> Lupe Fiasco--Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 </Li> <Li> Nas--Life Is Good </Li> <Li> Rick Ross--God Forgives, I Don't </Li> <Li> The Roots--Undun </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> The Heist </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Drake--Nothing Was the Same </Li> <Li> Jay Z--Magna Carta Holy Grail </Li> <Li> Kendrick Lamar--Good Kid, M.A.A.D City </Li> <Li> Kanye West--Yeezus </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Eminem Tony Campana, Joe Strange & Mike Strange, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> The Marshall Mathers LP 2! The Marshall Mathers LP 2 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Iggy Azalea--The New Classic </Li> <Li> Common--Nobody's Smiling </Li> <Li> Childish Gambino--Because the Internet </Li> <Li> Wiz Khalifa--Blacc Hollywood </Li> <Li> ScHoolboy Q--Oxymoron </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Kendrick Lamar Derek "MixedByAli" Ali & James "The White Black Man" Hunt, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> To Pimp a Butterfly </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> J. Cole--2014 Forest Hills Drive </Li> <Li> Dr. Dre--Compton </Li> <Li> Drake--If You're Reading This It's Too Late </Li> <Li> Nicki Minaj--The Pinkprint </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Chance the Rapper </Td> <Td> Coloring Book </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody...</Li> <Li> DJ Khaled - Major Key </Li> <Li> Drake - Views </Li> <Li> ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP </Li> <Li> Kanye West - The Life of Pablo </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Recipients </Th> <Th> Work </Th> <Th> Nominees </Th> <Th> Ref . </Th> </Tr>

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