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Highest Rated Hip Hop Albums of 1996
Decade
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NME
Genre
Hip Hop
All
Alternative Rock
Britpop
Chillout
Contemporary Folk
Country
East Coast Hip Hop
Electronic
Folk
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Rock
Power Pop
Psychedelia
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Trip Hop
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1
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2Pac - All Eyez on Me
February 13, 1996
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
G-Funk
Score
90
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2
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DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
September 16, 1996
Instrumental Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Ice-T - VI: Return of the Real
June 4, 1996
Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
4
.
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
May 7, 1996
Horrorcore
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life
July 30, 1996
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Nas - It Was Written
July 2, 1996
Boom Bap
,
Gangsta Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
June 18, 1996
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
8
.
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
September 24, 1996
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
40
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 1996.
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Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Rock
Power Pop
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Punk
R&B
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