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The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020

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2020

1. Run the Jewels - RTJ4

Run the Jewels - RTJ4

June 3, 2020

Critic Score

90

32 reviews

2. Jadakiss - Ignatius

Jadakiss - Ignatius

March 6, 2020

Critic Score

85

5 reviews

3. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo

May 29, 2020

Critic Score

85

10 reviews

4. J Hus - Big Conspiracy

J Hus - Big Conspiracy

January 24, 2020

Critic Score

84

10 reviews

5. Mac Miller - Circles

Mac Miller - Circles

January 17, 2020

Critic Score

82

16 reviews

6. Headie One - EDNA

Headie One - EDNA

October 9, 2020

Critic Score

82

8 reviews

7. Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2

Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2

August 7, 2020

Critic Score

81

7 reviews

8. Riz Ahmed - The Long Goodbye

Riz Ahmed - The Long Goodbye

March 6, 2020

Critic Score

81

7 reviews

9. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - UNLOCKED

Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - UNLOCKED

February 7, 2020

Critic Score

81

8 reviews

10. Open Mike Eagle - Anime, Trauma and Divorce

Open Mike Eagle - Anime, Trauma and Divorce

October 16, 2020

Critic Score

81

7 reviews

11. Skepta, Chip & Young Adz - Insomnia

Skepta, Chip & Young Adz - Insomnia

March 27, 2020

Critic Score

80

5 reviews

12. Conway the Machine - From King To A GOD

Conway the Machine - From King To A GOD

September 11, 2020

Critic Score

80

8 reviews

13. Jessie Reyez - Before Love Came To Kill Us

Jessie Reyez - Before Love Came To Kill Us

March 27, 2020

Critic Score

79

9 reviews

14. Polo G - The GOAT

Polo G - The GOAT

May 15, 2020

Critic Score

79

6 reviews

15. clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned

clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned

October 23, 2020

Critic Score

79

11 reviews

16. Black Thought - Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane And Abel

Black Thought - Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane And Abel

October 16, 2020

Critic Score

78

5 reviews

17. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode II

21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode II

October 2, 2020

Critic Score

78

11 reviews

18. Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony

Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony

March 13, 2020

Critic Score

78

11 reviews

19. Mick Jenkins - The Circus

Mick Jenkins - The Circus

January 10, 2020

Critic Score

77

5 reviews

20. Benny The Butcher - Burden of Proof

Benny The Butcher - Burden of Proof

October 16, 2020

Critic Score

77

5 reviews

21. Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris

Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris

April 17, 2020

Critic Score

77

6 reviews

22. Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake

Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake

March 6, 2020

Critic Score

76

8 reviews

23. 070 Shake - Modus Vivendi

070 Shake - Modus Vivendi

January 17, 2020

Critic Score

76

13 reviews

24. Royce da 5'9'' - The Allegory

Royce da 5'9'' - The Allegory

February 21, 2020

Critic Score

76

8 reviews

25. Public Enemy - What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?

Public Enemy - What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?

September 25, 2020

Critic Score

75

16 reviews

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