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1
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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
93
43
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
87
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
September 22, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
4
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Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
October 27, 2017
Southern Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
82
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Milo - Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!
August 11, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Critic Score
81
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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JAY-Z - 4:44
June 30, 2017
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
81
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION II
August 25, 2017
Pop Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
81
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
February 24, 2017
Grime
,
UK Hip Hop
Critic Score
81
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone
January 20, 2017
Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
Critic Score
81
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
July 21, 2017
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
80
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Oddisee - The Iceberg
February 24, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
80
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III
December 15, 2017
Pop Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
79
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
September 15, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
79
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Brother Ali - All the Beauty in This Whole Life
May 5, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
79
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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J Hus - Common Sense
May 12, 2017
UK Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
,
Afrobeats
Critic Score
79
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Jonwayne - Rap Album Two
February 17, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
78
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
June 16, 2017
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Critic Score
78
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Young Thug - Beautiful Thugger Girls
June 16, 2017
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap
,
Pop Rap
Critic Score
78
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Talib Kweli - Radio Silence
November 17, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
77
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Raekwon - The Wild
March 24, 2017
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Drake - More Life
March 18, 2017
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop Rap
Critic Score
76
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe
September 8, 2017
Trap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
76
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
July 14, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
76
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Ho99o9 - United States of Horror
May 5, 2017
Industrial Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Critic Score
76
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live 2wice
March 31, 2017
Trap
,
Gangsta Rap
Critic Score
76
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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