XXL's 20 Best Albums of 2015

XXL's 20 Best Albums of 2015

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May 26, 2015
Critic Score
74
30 reviews

On At.Long.Last.A$AP., he takes a creative risk and lets the fans reap the rewards. At long last.

February 24, 2015
Critic Score
75
12 reviews

If Hall Of Fame finally closed the book on his Finally Famous chapter, Dark Sky Paradise marks his biggest step yet in turning that mainstream fame into widespread critical praise.

May 29, 2015
Critic Score
82
18 reviews
The sum of all parts make for a stupefying sonic experience.

February 12, 2015
Critic Score
76
30 reviews

If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late is the sound of a man reaffirming what the world should already know in somber language.

September 20, 2015
Critic Score
70
23 reviews

It’s cutting and honest and self-congratulatory and vindictive. It’s fantastically decadent and brutally real at the same time. It won’t be leaving the playlist any time soon.

March 23, 2015
Critic Score
76
28 reviews

On the deeply atmospheric I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside, Earl Sweatshirt has leveled up and grown into his talents as a rapper and producer. The unnecessary shock value buffer between he and his audience has been cast away leaving an impactful artist in its wake.

July 17, 2015
Critic Score
78
19 reviews
It’s brutally beautiful. It’s unrelentingly hard. It’s his best work in years.

Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons To Die
April 16, 2013
Critic Score
75
24 reviews

12 Reasons to Die is a pitch-perfect pairing of Adrian Younge’s soulful production and Ghostface’s invigorated rhymes. Despite some misguided narratorial instincts, the album is a testament to Ghost and Younge’s passion for stripped down instrumentation and raw talents.

January 20, 2015
Critic Score
71
24 reviews

B4.Da.$$ should be seen as a huge step forward and a platform for Joey to progress even further.

January 20, 2015
Critic Score
75
15 reviews

After a turbulent mix of starts and stops, Tetsuo And Youth ... is an album that both meets fans’ exalted expectations of the Chicago native while surpassing them in the process.

September 18, 2015
Critic Score
71
14 reviews

Mac shows a maturity beyond his years, all while tackling the highs and lows that come with the life of fame and fortune in the music industry.

January 6, 2015
Critic Score
76
12 reviews

October 9, 2015
Critic Score
70
12 reviews
Bloated though it may be, these discs are The Game that was promised by a desperate industry in 2005. And the local pride runs deep: “Think you from L.A. 'cause you listen to some Mustard?”

September 4, 2015
Critic Score
62
16 reviews

Rodeo has plenty of bangers and noteworthy collaborations that help bring out a futuristic trap sound that could bleed into the mainstream of hip-hop in no time.

June 30, 2015
Critic Score
84
23 reviews
It is, simply, one of the best rap debuts of the year. And Vince Staples didn’t have to follow any mold to make it that way.

March 31, 2015
Critic Score
65
10 reviews

Wale's Album About Nothing is presumably the most substantial rap/Seinfeld collaboration the hip-hop community will ever witness.

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