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All Saba Albums Ranked Best to Worst (2026)

Saba has released three solo studio albums, and this page ranks all three, from Bucket List Project (2016) to Few Good Things (2022). His 2025 collaborative album with No I.D., From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D., is not ranked, and neither are his mixtapes ComfortZone and C0FFEE or Pivot Gang's group album You Can't Sit with Us (2019).

Saba3 albums6 min readUpdated October 2026Hip-Hop

Quick Take

Consensus PeakCare for MeA grief record with a 93 MetacriticBest Entry PointFew Good ThingsWarmer songs and Black Thought on the closerThe DebutBucket List ProjectWest Side stories with Noname and Twista

Why it ranks here

Care for Me is a concept album built around the death of Saba's cousin and Pivot Gang member John Walt, who was killed in Chicago in 2017. Produced entirely by daedaePIVOT, Daoud and Saba, its sparse jazz-inflected beats leave room for his most detailed writing, peaking on the seven-minute "Prom / King". Metacritic averaged 93 and Pitchfork gave it 8.7; AllMusic called it a masterful artistic statement.

Context

Released independently on April 5, 2018 through Saba Pivot, LLC, with guest spots from Chance the Rapper, Kaina and theMIND.

Highlights

  • Busy / Sirens
  • Broken Girls
  • Logout
  • Grey
  • Prom / King

Weak Spots

  • Unrelentingly heavy
  • Too short for some listeners at ten tracks

Production

daedaePIVOT · Daoud · Saba

Influence

Appeared on many 2018 year-end lists and later on Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time.

Replay Value

Very high, though it is not light listening.

Why it ranks here

Few Good Things trades the grief of Care for Me for gratitude and reflection on money, family and survival. The guest list is bigger, with G Herbo on "Survivor's Guilt", Krayzie Bone on "Come My Way", 6lack and Smino on "Still" and Black Thought on the title track, but the album keeps a soulful, cohesive sound. NME gave it five stars and Metacritic averaged 83.

Context

Released February 4, 2022 through Pivot Gang, LLC alongside a short film of the same name; it peaked at No. 44 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart.

Highlights

  • Survivor's Guilt
  • Come My Way
  • Still
  • Stop That
  • Few Good Things

Weak Spots

  • Less focused than Care for Me
  • Pitchfork's 7.5 was its coolest notice

Production

Daoud · daedaePIVOT · Saba · Cheflee · Monte Booker

Read our full Few Good Things review →

Influence

Confirmed Saba as one of the most consistent independent rappers of his generation.

Replay Value

High — easy to return to.

Why it ranks here

Produced mainly by Saba and Phoelix, Bucket List Project already shows the storytelling Pitchfork praised as superbly written and performed. Noname on "Church (Liquor Store)", Twista on "GPS" and Smino on "World in My Hands" fit the hazy, live-band textures. Rolling Stone placed it twelfth among the best rap albums of 2016.

Context

Released October 27, 2016 by Saba Pivot, LLC, with guests including Noname, Twista, Smino, Ravyn Lenae and Jean Deaux.

Highlights

  • GPS
  • Church (Liquor Store)
  • Westside Bound 3
  • Photosynthesis
  • World in My Hands

Weak Spots

  • Less distinctive than what followed
  • Long at almost fifty minutes

Production

Saba · Phoelix · Cam O'bi · daedaePIVOT · Monte Booker

Influence

Introduced Saba beyond Chicago and drew comparisons to early Kendrick Lamar.

Replay Value

Good — best in selected tracks.

Essay

The Complete Picture

Care for Me is Saba's masterpiece and one of the essential rap albums of its decade: ten songs, forty-one minutes, no wasted moments. Few Good Things is a generous, well-made follow-up, and Bucket List Project shows how fully formed his storytelling already was.

Start with Care for Me. If you want something lighter afterward, Few Good Things is the natural next step.

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Saba Albums in Order

  1. 2016Bucket List ProjectRanked #3
  2. 2018Care for MeRanked #1
  3. 2022Few Good ThingsRanked #2

Saba Albums: Common Questions

What is the best Saba album?
We rank Care for Me (2018) as the best Saba album, with a score of 9.0/10: A devastating, beautifully minimal album about grief.
How many Saba albums are ranked here?
This ranking covers 3 Saba projects, released between 2016 and 2022.
What is the earliest Saba album in this ranking?
Bucket List Project (2016) is the earliest release in this list. We rank it #3.
What is the most recent Saba album in this ranking?
Few Good Things (2022) is the most recent release in this list. We rank it #2.
Which Saba album is ranked lowest?
Bucket List Project (2016) sits at #3 with a score of 7.8/10.