PopMatters' Best Hip Hop Albums of 2012

PopMatters' Best Hip Hop Albums of 2012

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8.

Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate
June 5, 2012
Critic Score
69
13 reviews

7.

Brother Ali - Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
76
10 reviews

Ali knows that with this album, he’s supplying something that infighting anarchists never could: a sense of unity, a sense of purpose, a sense that you’ll be putting on this repeat for more than a year.

6.

Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson - Dice Game
November 13, 2012
Critic Score
80
1 review

3.

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012
Critic Score
90
32 reviews

Providing the sort of semi-autobiographical character arc, good kid would be enough for some, but it’s the lush environs surrounding this “short film” that makes good kid not only a compelling story, but also musically interesting.

2.

Nas - Life is Good
July 17, 2012
Critic Score
78
28 reviews

1.

Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
May 15, 2012
Critic Score
83
28 reviews

Biographical shock value aside, R.A.P. Music provides enough jaw drops on its own merits that it’s sure to be a record that comes to define 2010s hip-hop in some way.

Original Source: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/166167-the-best-hip-hop-of-2012/
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