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The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020

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Genre
2020s
2020

1.

Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Critic Score
90
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
May 29, 2020
Critic Score
85
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Jadakiss - Ignatius
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
85
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

J Hus - Big Conspiracy
January 24, 2020
Critic Score
84
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Mac Miller - Circles
January 17, 2020
Critic Score
82
16 reviews
Amazon
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Music
Spotify

6.

Riz Ahmed - The Long Goodbye
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
81
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - UNLOCKED
February 7, 2020
Critic Score
81
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Skepta, Chip & Young Adz - Insomnia
March 27, 2020
Critic Score
80
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Jessie Reyez - Before Love Came To Kill Us
March 27, 2020
Critic Score
79
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Polo G - The GOAT
May 15, 2020
Critic Score
79
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony
March 13, 2020
Critic Score
78
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Mick Jenkins - The Circus
January 10, 2020
Critic Score
77
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

The Streets - None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive
July 10, 2020
Critic Score
77
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris
April 17, 2020
Critic Score
77
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
76
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Royce da 5'9'' - The Allegory
February 21, 2020
Critic Score
76
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

070 Shake - Modus Vivendi
January 17, 2020
Critic Score
75
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Naeem - Startisha
June 12, 2020
Critic Score
75
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Shabazz Palaces - The Don of Diamond Dreams
April 17, 2020
Critic Score
73
15 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Everything Is Recorded - FRIDAY FOREVER
April 3, 2020
Critic Score
72
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Megan Thee Stallion - Suga
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
72
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Pop Smoke - Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
July 3, 2020
Critic Score
70
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Princess Nokia - Everything Sucks
February 26, 2020
Critic Score
69
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Princess Nokia - Everything Is Beautiful
February 26, 2020
Critic Score
68
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Yung Lean - STARZ
May 15, 2020
Critic Score
65
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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