Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2015

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2015

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10.

Jazz Cartier - Marauding in Paradise
April 15, 2015
Critic Score
74
3 reviews

9.

Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$
January 20, 2015
Critic Score
71
24 reviews

Despite a few kinks and unnecessary tracks, B4.Da.$$ is a great album that revisits what we've come to know as classic deliveries, bass lines and cadences.

8.

BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul
February 17, 2015
Critic Score
75
25 reviews
Yes, there's much to love here if you're a fan of either Ghost or BBNG, but at 30 minutes, this album hurriedly finishes without giving its concepts enough time to bloom.

6.

Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
March 23, 2015
Critic Score
76
28 reviews

On I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside, Earl forgoes youthful cheap thrills to tell the tale of the kid who'd rather stay inside to hone his craft.

5.

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Surf
May 29, 2015
Critic Score
82
18 reviews

Surf succeeds on multiple levels: as a rap album, as a soul album, as a showcase of musicianship and as proof that the industry ladder can be ascended without a label or sales.

4.

A$AP Rocky - AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
May 26, 2015
Critic Score
74
30 reviews

A.L.L.A makes the best and most natural use of a diverse cast of cameos since Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

3.

Vince Staples - Summertime '06
June 30, 2015
Critic Score
84
23 reviews

Summertime '06's coming of age tale is complemented perfectly by production that finds the nuance in Staples' stories and matches it, couching Staples' rhymes in a way that the streets can understand best

2.

Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
February 12, 2015
Critic Score
76
30 reviews

This is a refined, looser, freer Drake. Between only a couple hiccups, If You're Reading This It's Too Late weaves personal raps, 6-side boosts and absorbing production in cohesive fashion.

1.

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Critic Score
95
45 reviews

Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly ... will likely be one of 2015's most discussed, dissected and debated album releases, regardless of genre.

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