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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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Conscious Hip Hop
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Country
Country Pop
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East Coast Hip Hop
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Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Nu-Disco
Pop
Pop Rap
R&B
Rock
Southern Hip Hop
Synthpop
Trap
West Coast Hip Hop
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This is an ordered list of Highsnobiety's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Highsnobiety's Year End List
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1
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JAY-Z - 4:44
June 30, 2017
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
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Music
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2
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Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Yung Lean - Stranger
November 10, 2017
Cloud Rap
,
Alternative R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Gucci Mane - Mr. Davis
October 13, 2017
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Miguel - War & Leisure
December 1, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Ty Dolla $ign - Beach House 3
October 27, 2017
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2
August 25, 2017
Trap
,
Pop Rap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Kesha - Rainbow
August 11, 2017
Country Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Pop Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
A$AP Twelvyy - 12
August 4, 2017
Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
July 21, 2017
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
July 21, 2017
Alt-Pop
,
Trip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Young Thug - Beautiful Thugger Girls
June 16, 2017
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap
,
Pop Rap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
June 16, 2017
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Phoenix - Ti Amo
June 9, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
A$AP Ferg - Still Striving
August 18, 2017
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Trap
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Kacy Hill - Like a Woman
June 30, 2017
Alternative R&B
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Miley Cyrus - Younger Now
September 29, 2017
Country Pop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Macklemore - GEMINI
September 22, 2017
Pop Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
A$AP Mob - Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy
August 25, 2017
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
21 Savage - Issa Album
July 7, 2017
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
50
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
June 30, 2017
Nu-Disco
,
Dance-Pop
Score
50
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Taylor Swift - reputation
November 10, 2017
Electropop
Score
40
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Highsnobiety awarded albums throughout 2017.
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