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The Best Experimental Hip Hop Albums of All Time

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1.

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
November 19, 1996
Critic Score
96
8 reviews
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2.

El-P - Fantastic Damage
May 14, 2002
Critic Score
92
7 reviews
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3.

Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
May 6, 2003
Critic Score
89
6 reviews
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4.

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
July 28, 1997
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
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5.

Edan - Beauty and the Beat
March 29, 2005
Critic Score
88
8 reviews
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6.

cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD
May 1, 2001
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
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7.

Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Critic Score
86
27 reviews
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8.

Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
May 17, 2019
Critic Score
85
21 reviews
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9.

JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
September 13, 2019
Critic Score
85
17 reviews
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10.

Kids See Ghosts - KIDS SEE GHOSTS
June 8, 2018
Critic Score
84
22 reviews
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11.

Quasimoto - The Unseen
June 13, 2000
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
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12.

Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21, 2012
Critic Score
84
23 reviews
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13.

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27, 2016
Critic Score
84
34 reviews
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14.

Kanye West - Yeezus
June 18, 2013
Critic Score
83
43 reviews
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15.

Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
November 30, 2018
Critic Score
83
20 reviews
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16.

Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
August 3, 2018
Critic Score
83
20 reviews
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17.

Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
July 29, 2014
Critic Score
82
32 reviews
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18.

BROCKHAMPTON - iridescence
September 21, 2018
Critic Score
82
15 reviews
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19.

Milo - Who Told You To Think​?​?​!​!​?​!​?​!​?​!
August 11, 2017
Critic Score
81
7 reviews
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20.

Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
April 7, 2015
Critic Score
81
26 reviews
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21.

Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
July 21, 2017
Critic Score
80
21 reviews
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22.

Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
May 6, 2016
Critic Score
80
12 reviews
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23.

Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
October 3, 2006
Critic Score
80
6 reviews
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24.

Young Fathers - Dead
February 3, 2014
Critic Score
80
17 reviews
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25.

clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
October 23, 2020
Critic Score
80
18 reviews
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