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1
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Pacewon & Mr. Green - The Only Color That Matters Is Green
June 20, 2008
Score
90
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2
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Immortal Technique & DJ Green Lantern - The 3rd World
June 24, 2008
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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3
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Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
April 22, 2008
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
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4
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Q-Tip - The Renaissance
November 4, 2008
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
March 18, 2008
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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The Roots - Rising Down
April 28, 2008
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Nas - Untitled
July 1, 2008
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
8
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Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
September 16, 2008
Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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88-Keys - The Death of Adam
November 11, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
10
.
John Robinson - Who Is This Man?
November 14, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
11
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Jedi Mind Tricks - A History Of Violence
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
12
.
Nappy Roots - The Humdinger
August 5, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Blue Sky Black Death & Jean Grae - The Evil Jeanius
September 30, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Snowgoons - Black Snow
June 24, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Z-Ro - Crack
September 16, 2008
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Sadat X - Generation X
October 31, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
17
.
Torae - Daily Conversation
January 29, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Large Professor - Main Source
September 15, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Johnson&Jonson - Johnson&Jonson
September 23, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
20
.
Presto - State of the Art
June 17, 2008
Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
21
.
J-Live - Then What Happened?
March 27, 2008
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
22
.
Akrobatik - Absolute Value
February 19, 2008
Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Jake One - White Van Music
October 7, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto
March 25, 2008
Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
9th Wonder & Buckshot - The Formula
April 29, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings HipHopDX awarded albums throughout 2008.
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