<P> The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with rapping at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards . Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". </P> <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 2017, 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 eleven, 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> <Th> </Th> <Td> Naughty by Nature </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 1997 </Th> <Td> Fugees Fugees, producers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 1998 </Th> <Td> Puff Daddy and the Family Puff Daddy And The Family & Stevie J. producers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 1999 </Th> <Td> Jay - Z Joe Quinde, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2000 </Th> <Td> Eminem Eminem, Jeff Bass & Marky Bass, producers Mr. B, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2001 </Th> <Td> Eminem Dr. Dre & Richard Huredia, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2002 </Th> <Td> Outkast David Sheats, producer John Frye, engineer </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2003 </Th> <Td> Eminem Steve King, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> </Th> <Td> Outkast John Frye, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2005 </Th> <Td> Kanye West Manny Marroquin, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2006 </Th> <Td> Kanye West Jon Brion, producer Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Tom Biller, engineers Mike Dean, engineer / mixer </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2007 </Th> <Td> Ludacris Joshua Monroy & Phil Tan, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2008 </Th> <Td> Kanye West Kanye West, producer Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Mike Dean, engineers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2009 </Th> <Td> Lil Wayne Darius "Deezle" Harrison & Fabian Marasciullo, engineers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> </Th> <Td> Eminem Andre Young, producer Andre Young, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri & Michael Strange, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2011 </Th> <Td> Eminem Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2012 </Th> <Td> Kanye West Kanye West, producer Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean & Noah Goldstein, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2013 </Th> <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> <Th> 2014 </Th> <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> <Th> 2015 </Th> <Td> Eminem Tony Campana, Joe Strange & Mike Strange, engineers / mixers </Td> <Td> 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> <Th> 2016 </Th> <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> <Th> 2017 </Th> <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> <Tr> <Th> 2018 </Th> <Td> Kendrick Lamar </Td> <Td> Damn </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Jay - Z--4: 44 </Li> <Li> Migos--Culture </Li> <Li> Rapsody--Laila's Wisdom </Li> <Li> Tyler, the Creator--Flower Boy </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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