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This is an ordered list of HipHopDX's highest rated albums of 2012. Check out
HipHopDX's Year End List
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1
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Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
May 15, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Slaughterhouse - Welcome to: Our House
August 28, 2012
Pop Rap
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
The Alchemist - Russian Roulette
July 17, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Ab-Soul - Control System
May 11, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Big K.R.I.T. - Live from the Underground
June 5, 2012
Southern Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Gangrene - Vodka & Ayahuasca
January 24, 2012
Boom Bap
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - KoleXXXion
March 27, 2012
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
9
.
Apollo Brown & O.C. - Trophies
May 1, 2012
Boom Bap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
K'naan - More Beautiful Than Silence
January 31, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
11
.
Curren$y & Harry Fraud - Cigarette Boats
July 10, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
12
.
Strong Arm Steady & Statik Selektah - Stereotype
August 14, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
13
.
Blockhead - Interludes After Midnight
April 30, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Tech N9ne - Klusterfuk
March 13, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
15
.
Freeway - Diamond in the Ruff
November 27, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Murs & 9th Wonder - The Final Adventure
November 13, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Sean Price - Mic Tyson
October 30, 2012
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Vinnie Paz - God of the Serengeti
October 22, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
First Serve - De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present...First Serve
April 2, 2012
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
REKS - REBELutionary
July 23, 2012
Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Statik Selektah & Termanology - 2012
May 22, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
REKS - Straight, No Chaser
April 24, 2012
Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Chamillionaire - Ammunition
March 20, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
24
.
Copywrite - God Save the King
February 28, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Murs & Fashawn - This Generation
September 25, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings HipHopDX awarded albums throughout 2012.
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