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Highest Rated Hip Hop Albums of 2016
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Hip Hop
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Alternative R&B
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Contemporary R&B
Country
Dance
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Folk Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Rock
Metal
Pop
Pop Rap
Pop Rock
Psychedelia
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
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Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
February 14, 2016
Pop Rap
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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2
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Urthboy - The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat
March 4, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
80
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3
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A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
November 11, 2016
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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4
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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 24, 2016
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
80
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5
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Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27, 2016
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
80
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6
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Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
May 13, 2016
Pop Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
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7
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Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
May 6, 2016
Industrial Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
80
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8
.
Young Thug - JEFFERY
August 26, 2016
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
Score
80
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Music
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9
.
Joey Purp - iiiDrops
May 27, 2016
Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
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Music
Spotify
10
.
Noname - Telefone
July 31, 2016
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
Score
70
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Music
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11
.
De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody...
August 26, 2016
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
70
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12
.
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
March 4, 2016
Jazz Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
70
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13
.
Vince Staples - Prima Donna
August 25, 2016
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
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Music
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14
.
ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
July 8, 2016
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
70
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15
.
Gucci Mane - Everybody Looking
July 22, 2016
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
Score
70
Source →
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Music
Spotify
16
.
D.R.A.M. - Big Baby D.R.A.M.
October 21, 2016
Alternative R&B
,
Trap
,
Pop Rap
Score
70
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17
.
A$AP Ferg - Always Strive and Prosper
April 22, 2016
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
,
Trap
Score
70
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Music
Spotify
18
.
Drake - Views
April 29, 2016
Pop Rap
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Kevin Gates - Islah
January 29, 2016
Pop Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Koi Child - Koi Child
March 18, 2016
Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
Score
70
Source →
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Music
Spotify
21
.
Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine
September 16, 2016
Jazz Rap
,
Neo-Soul
,
Pop Rap
Score
60
Source →
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Music
Spotify
22
.
DJ Khaled - Major Key
July 29, 2016
Pop Rap
Score
60
Source →
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Music
Spotify
23
.
Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2
August 12, 2016
Pop Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap
Score
60
Source →
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Music
Spotify
24
.
Gwen Stefani - This Is What The Truth Feels Like
March 18, 2016
Electropop
,
Pop
,
Pop Rap
Score
60
Source →
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Music
Spotify
25
.
2 Chainz - COLLEGROVE
March 4, 2016
Southern Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2016.
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