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Highest Rated Hip Hop Albums of the 2010s

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1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

November 22, 2010

Art Pop, Experimental Hip Hop

Score

100

2. Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

September 25, 2015

Show Tunes, Pop Rap

Contemporary R&B, Political Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop

Score

90

3. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

April 14, 2017

Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop

Trap, Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B, Political Hip Hop

Score

90

4. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

March 15, 2015

Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, West Coast Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop

Funk, Neo-Soul, Poetry, Political Hip Hop

Score

90

5. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

February 14, 2016

Pop Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

Trap, Contemporary R&B, Christian Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

Score

90

6. Kanye West - Yeezus

Kanye West - Yeezus

June 18, 2013

Industrial Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

Electro-Industrial, Hardcore Hip Hop

Score

90

7. 03 Greedo - God Level

03 Greedo - God Level

June 26, 2018

Trap, West Coast Hip Hop

Score

90

8. Rae Sremmurd - SR3MM

Rae Sremmurd - SR3MM

May 4, 2018

Pop Rap, Trap, Southern Hip Hop

Score

80

9. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book

Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book

May 13, 2016

Pop Rap, Conscious Hip Hop

Neo-Soul, Gospel, Christian Hip Hop, Hip House, Alternative R&B

Score

80

10. Beyoncé - Bow Down / I Been On

Beyoncé - Bow Down / I Been On

March 17, 2013

Score

80

11. Eminem - Recovery

Eminem - Recovery

June 18, 2010

Hardcore Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop

Score

80

12. Various Artists - Black Panther: The Album

Various Artists - Black Panther: The Album

February 9, 2018

West Coast Hip Hop, Pop Rap, Trap

Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap, Trap, Hardcore Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop

Score

80

13. The Carters - EVERYTHING IS LOVE

The Carters - EVERYTHING IS LOVE

June 16, 2018

Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B

Score

80

14. Drake - Take Care

Drake - Take Care

November 15, 2011

Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B

Alternative R&B, Cloud Rap

Score

80

15. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late

Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late

February 12, 2015

Alternative R&B, Cloud Rap, Trap Soul

Score

80

16. Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife

Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife

January 6, 2015

Pop Rap, Trap, Southern Hip Hop

Score

80

17. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2

November 5, 2013

Hardcore Hip Hop, Rap Rock

Score

80

18. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap

Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap

April 30, 2013

Neo-Soul, Jazz Rap, Conscious Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

Score

80

19. Urthboy - The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat

Urthboy - The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat

March 4, 2016

Score

80

20. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You

April 19, 2019

Pop Rap, Pop Soul, Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B, Synth Funk

Score

80

21. Rich Gang - Tha Tour Part 1

Rich Gang - Tha Tour Part 1

September 29, 2014

Trap, Southern Hip Hop

Gangsta Rap, Pop Rap

Score

80

22. Kanye West - POWER

Kanye West - POWER

July 1, 2010

Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop

Rap Rock, Pop Rap, Hardcore Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

Score

80

23. Bad Bunny - X 100PRE

Bad Bunny - X 100PRE

December 24, 2018

Trap Latino, Reggaetón

Score

80

24. Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

December 11, 2012

Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop

Contemporary R&B, Electropop, Art Pop

Score

80

25. Future - Honest

Future - Honest

April 22, 2014

Pop Rap, Trap, Southern Hip Hop

Contemporary R&B

Score

80

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