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The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2021 by User Score

Decade
Genre
2020s
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2021
2022

1.

JPEGMAFIA - LP! (Offline Version)
October 22nd, 2021
USER SCORE
88
1,723 ratings

2.

Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3rd, 2021
USER SCORE
88
4,098 ratings

3.

Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
September 15th, 2021
USER SCORE
84
2,584 ratings

4.

Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
83
5,874 ratings

5.

JPEGMAFIA - LP!
October 22nd, 2021
USER SCORE
83
2,034 ratings

6.

Don L - Roteiro Pra Aïnouz, Vol. 2
November 26th, 2021
USER SCORE
82
153 ratings

7.

Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
March 5th, 2021
USER SCORE
81
2,230 ratings

8.

Arca - KicK iii
December 1st, 2021
USER SCORE
81
1,205 ratings

9.

leroy - dariacore
May 14th, 2021
USER SCORE
79
128 ratings

10.

FBC & VHOOR - BAILE
November 12th, 2021
USER SCORE
79
130 ratings

11.

McKinley Dixon - For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her
May 7th, 2021
USER SCORE
79
305 ratings

12.

Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B
September 24th, 2021
USER SCORE
79
693 ratings

13.

LEALL - Esculpido a Machado
March 1st, 2021
USER SCORE
79
53 ratings

14.

Ghais Guevara - BlackBolshevik
April 17th, 2021
USER SCORE
78
141 ratings

15.

Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson
August 13th, 2021
USER SCORE
78
777 ratings

16.

Nas - Magic
December 24th, 2021
USER SCORE
78
835 ratings

17.

Blu - The Color Blu​(​e)
September 24th, 2021
USER SCORE
78
371 ratings

18.

Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti
May 21st, 2021
USER SCORE
78
926 ratings

19.

BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE
April 9th, 2021
USER SCORE
77
2,931 ratings

20.

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM
March 26th, 2021
USER SCORE
77
1,269 ratings

21.

Dillom - Post Mortem
December 1st, 2021
USER SCORE
77
53 ratings

22.

Nas - King’s Disease II
August 6th, 2021
USER SCORE
77
1,232 ratings

23.

Evidence - Unlearning, Vol. 1
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
77
61 ratings

24.

Navy Blue - Navy's Reprise
May 21st, 2021
USER SCORE
77
229 ratings

25.

Backxwash - I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES
June 20th, 2021
USER SCORE
76
801 ratings
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