Top 50 Instrumental Hip Hop Songs | RYM Charts

This ranking is not my opinion. It's from RateYourMusic and was chosen by the users of the site. The only subjective part is the personal favourites. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uZ... Chart retrieved from September 16th, 2026. According to RYM, Instrumental Hip Hop is a subgenre of Hip Hop that "can take the form of instrumental versions of songs that normally feature rapping, or hip hop originally released and always intended to be instrumental.." Better known artists of the genre include DJ Shadow, Nujabes, Madlib, J Dilla and Metal Fingers. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/... Here is a list of the artists that made it in the list from most to least appearences: DJ Shadow: 10 J Dilla: 10 Nujabes: 9 Three 6 Mafia: 4 Clams Casino: 3 (technically 2) The Avalanches: 3 The Rockwood Escape Plan: 3 Amon Tobin: 1 Boards of Canada: 1 Chris Travis: 1 Force of Nature: 1 Friendzone: 1 The Go! Team: 1 Madlib: 1