2016 in hip hop music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2016.

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Events

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January

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  • On January 20, Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) was arrested in South Africa for allegedly using an unrecognized World Passport, thus having lived there illegally since 2014.[1] Bey then released his newest freestyle via Kanye West's website for West's GOOD Fridays series, announcing he would soon be retiring from music and films, following his album.[2]

February

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  • In February 2016, Future became the fastest artist (less than seven months) to chart three number-one albums on the Billboard 200 since Glee soundtrack albums in 2010.[3]
  • On February 3, American Hip Hop DJ Big Kap who was part of New York city DJ Group The Flip Squad died due to a fatal heart attack at the age of 45.
  • On February 22, T.I. announced he signed a distribution deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation company. T.I. also revealed he is one of the new co-owners of online streaming service, TIDAL.[4]

March

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April

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  • On May 11, French Montana previewed a single called "No Shopping" featuring Drake,[8] which ignited a feud between the latter and Joe Budden
  • On May 26, rapper Gucci Mane was released from prison after serving two years for possession of a fire arm by a convicted Felon. He was slated to be released in September this year.[9] The same day that rapper Troy Ave was involved in a shooting at Irving Plaza during a T.I. concert that left three people injured, including Troy Ave, and one dead. Footage later revealed Ave accidentally shot himself in the leg, his bodyguard BSB Banga, and two other people. He was later arrested for his role in the incident.[10]

June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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  • On October 4, Kid Cudi announced that he has checked into rehab for depression and suicidal urges.[21]
  • On October 22, Beyoncé and her sister Solange Knowles made history by being added to a very short list of siblings with #1 albums on Billboards 200 list in the same calendar year.[22]

November

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  • On November 20, Kanye West was committed into UCLA Medical Center for paranoia and hallucinations after cancelling the remainder of his Saint Pablo tour. He would go on to be released from the hospital on November 30.

December

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  • On December 5, Big Syke was pronounced dead. He was believed to have passed by natural causes, although his autopsy has never been released to the public.[23]
  • On December 23, Paul Wall and Baby Bash were arrested for delivering and manufacturing a controlled substance in Houston, Texas.[24]

Released albums

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Release date Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Notes
January 1 Boosie Badazz In My Feelings. (Goin' Thru It) Lil Boosie Music[25]
January 15 Anderson .Paak Malibu Steel Wool, OBE, Art Club, Empire Distribution[26]
  • Debuted at No. 79 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "The Season / Carry Me", "Am I Wrong", "Room in Here", "Come Down"
Blaze Ya Dead Homie The Casket Factory Majik Ninja Entertainment[27]
Daz Dillinger & Snoop Dogg Cuzznz Felder Entertainment[28]
Torae Entitled Internal Affairs Entertainment[29]
  • Singles: "Saturday Night"
January 29 Beneficence Basement Chemistry Ill Adrenaline Records[30]
  • Singles: "Digital Warfare"
Kevin Gates Islah Bread Winners' Association[31]
PeeWee Longway Mr. Blue Benjamin MPA Bandcamp[32]
Saul Williams MartyrLoserKing Fader Label
February 5 Boosie Badazz Out My Feelings (In My Past) Lil Boosie Music[33]
Dizzy Wright Wisdom and Good Vibes Dizzy Wright[34]
Trae tha Truth Tha Truth, Pt. 2 ABN Entertainment, Hustle Gang, Empire Distribution[35]
Wiz Khalifa Khalifa Taylor Gang Records, Atlantic Records, Rostrum Records[36]
Young Thug I'm Up 300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records[37]
  • Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "F Cancer", "For My People"
February 6 Future Evol A1, Freebandz, Epic Records[38]
February 12 Statik Selektah & KXNG Crooked Statik KXNG Showoff Records, Penalty Entertainment[39]
  • Singles: "Dead or in Jail"
February 13 Kaliber 44 Ułamek tarcia Mystic Production
February 14 Kanye West The Life of Pablo GOOD Music, Def Jam Recordings[40]
February 18 Agallah Bo: The Legend of the Water Dragon Propain Campaign[41]
February 19 Brotha Lynch Hung Bullet Maker MadeSicc Muzicc[42]
Hilltop Hoods Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung Golden Era Records
Yo Gotti The Art of Hustle CMG, Epic Records[43]
Young Dolph King of Memphis Paper Route Empire[44]
February 25 Yung Lean Warlord YEAR0001[45]
February 26 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis This Unruly Mess I've Made Macklemore LLC[46]
O.S.T.R. Życie po śmierci Asfalt Records
Philthy Rich Real Niggas Back in Style Empire Distribution, SCMMLLC[47]
  • Singles: "Make a Living"
Rome Fortune Jerome Raheem Fortune Fool's Gold Records[48]
  • Singles: "Dance"
March 4 2 Chainz ColleGrove Def Jam Recordings[49]
Bas Too High to Riot Dreamville Records, Interscope Records[50]
Kano Made in the Manor Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music[51]
Kendrick Lamar Untitled Unmastered Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records[52]
Smoke DZA He Has Risen SRFSCHL[53]
March 11 Flatbush Zombies 3001: A Laced Odyssey Glorious Dead Recordings[54]
  • Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Bounce", "This Is It"
Westside Gunn FLYGOD Griselda Records
March 15 Joell Ortiz That's Hip Hop That's Hip Hop LLC[55]
March 16 Boosie Badazz Thug Talk Lil Boosie Music[56]
March 18 ILoveMakonnen Drink More Water 6 Warner Bros
March 25 Domo Genesis Genesis Odd Future Records[57]
Elzhi Lead Poison GLOW365LLC[58]
N.O.R.E. Drunk Uncle Militainment Business[59]
Open Mike Eagle & Paul White Hella Personal Film Festival Mello Music Group[60]
Planet Asia & DJ Concept Seventy Nine Coalmine Records[61]
Young Thug Slime Season 3 300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records
April 1 Big Sean & Jhené Aiko Twenty88 GOOD Music, Artium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings[62]
April 4 Black Milk & Nat Turner The Rebellion Sessions Computer Ugly Records[63]
April 7 Father I'm A Piece of Shit Awful Records[64]
April 8 Krizz Kaliko GO Strange Music[65]
Lex "The Hex" Master The Black Season Majik Ninja Entertainment[66]
Sir Michael Rocks Part 2 6 Cell Phones[67]
April 15 Boosie Badazz & C-Murder Penitentiary Chances TRU Records, RBC Records[68]
J Dilla The Diary Pay Jay Productions, Inc., Mass Appeal Records[69]
  • Debuted at No. 77 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Fuck the Police", "The Anthem", "Diamonds", "Give Them What They Want", "The Introduction", "Gangsta Boogie"
Mr. Lif Don't Look Down Mello Music Group[70]
Royce da 5'9" Layers Bad Half Entertainment[71]
Lil Uzi Vert Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World Atlantic, Generation Now • Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200
April 22 ASAP Ferg Always Strive and Prosper ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records[72]
Bankroll Mafia Bankroll Mafia Bankroll Mafia, Empire Distribution[73]
  • Singles: "Bankrolls on Deck", "Out My Face"
April 25 Young Noble of The Outlawz & Deuce Deuce of Concrete Mob The Code Concrete Enterprises, Outlaw Recordz[74]
April 29 Aesop Rock The Impossible Kid Rhymesayers Entertainment[75]
Chuck Inglish & Blended Babies Ev Zeppelin BBMG[76]
Drake Views Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records[77]
Freeway Free Will Babygrande Records[78]
Stevie Joe & Mozzy Extracurricular Activities Green Carpet, Stevie Joe, Livewire, Rapbay, Urbanlife Distribution[79]
May 6 Death Grips Bottomless Pit Third Worlds, Harvest Records
Homeboy Sandman Kindness for Weakness Stones Throw Records[80]
Rittz Top of the Line Strange Music[81]
  • Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Ghost Story", "Propane", "Inside of the Groove"
Skepta Konnichiwa Boy Better Know[82]
Yoni & Geti Testarossa Joyful Noise Recordings
May 11 Boosie Badazz Bleek Mode (Thug in Peace Lil Bleek) Lil Boosie Music[83]
May 13 Masta Ace The Falling Season hhv.de[84]
May 20 Havoc & The Alchemist The Silent Partner Babygrande Records[85]
Webbie Savage Life V Trill Entertainment[86]
Zodiac MPrint (Blaze Ya Dead Homie & The R.O.C.) Ride the Stars Majik Ninja Entertainment[87]
May 27 Kevin Gates Murder for Hire 2 Bread Winners' Association, Atlantic Records
Mistah F.A.B. Son of a Pimp Part 2 Faeva Afta, Empire Distribution[88]
June 3 Craig G I Rap and Go Home Soulspazm, Inc.[89]
Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa & TM88 TGOD Mafia: Rude Awakening Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Empire Distribution[90]
Vic Mensa There's Alot Going On Roc Nation[91]
June 10 Apathy Handshakes with Snakes Dirty Version LLC[92]
Ill Bill Septagram Uncle Howie Records[93]
Lil Peep Crybaby AUTMNY
June 11 Kodak Black Lil B.I.G. Pac Dollaz N Dealz Entertainment, Sniper Gang
June 17 The Game Streets of Compton Entertainment One Music[94]
YG Still Brazy Def Jam Recordings, CTE World, Pu$haz Ink[95]
June 24 Demrick Collect Call 10 Strip Inc.[96]
DJ Shadow The Mountain Will Fall Reconstruction Productions[97]
Riff Raff Peach Panther Neon Nation Corporation[98]
Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Red Pill & Verbal Kent) Everything in Between Mello Music Group[99]
July 1 Reef the Lost Cauze & Bear-One Furious Styles Soulspazm, Inc.[100]
Snoop Dogg Coolaid Doggystyle Records, Entertainment One Music[101]
July 8 Bernz See You on the Other Side Strange Music[102]
ScHoolboy Q Blank Face LP Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope Records[103]
July 15 Blu & Nottz Titans in the Flesh Coalmine Records[104]
Dreezy No Hard Feelings Interscope Records
Flowdan Disaster Piece Tru Thoughts
Sadat X Agua Tommy Boy Entertainment[105]
Z-Ro Drankin' & Drivin' 1 Deep Entertainment[106]
July 22 DJ Drama Quality Street Music 2 Entertainment One Music[107]
Gucci Mane Everybody Looking Guwop Enterprises, Atlantic Records[108]
Jarren Benton Slow Motion, Vol. 2 Benton Enterprises[109]
Lil Durk Lil Durk 2X OTF, Coke Boys, Def Jam Recordings[110]
July 29 DJ Khaled Major Key We the Best Music Group, Epic Records[111]
The Game Block Wars Entertainment One Music[112]
Mitchy Slick Lost in the Yay Wrongkind Records[113]
August 5 Giggs Landlord SN1 Records
Slim Thug Hogg Life Vol. 4: American King Hogg Life[114]
August 12 Atmosphere Fishing Blues Rhymesayers Entertainment[115]
PartyNextDoor PartyNextDoor 3 OVO Sound, Warner Bros. Records[116]
Rae Sremmurd SremmLife 2 EarDrummers Entertainment, Interscope Records[117]
August 13 Ka Honor Killed the Samurai Iron Works[118]
August 19 Bishop Lamont The Reformation: G.D.N.I.A.F.T. Bishop Lamont[119]
Tory Lanez I Told You Mad Love, Interscope Records[120]
August 25 Vince Staples Prima Donna ARTium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings[121]
August 26 Banks & Steelz Anything But Words Warner Bros. Records[122]
De La Soul And the Anonymous Nobody... A.O.I. Records[123]
Futuristic As Seen on the Internet We're The Future Records[124]
Prophets of Rage The Party's Over Prophets of Rage[125]
The R.O.C. The F**king Prey Lewd EP Majik Ninja Entertainment[126]
Red Pill Instinctive Drowning Mello Music Group[127]
Young Thug Jeffery 300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records[128]
August 29 3D Na'Tee The Regime Already Legendary
September 2 Isaiah Rashad The Sun's Tirade Top Dawg Entertainment[129]
Travis Scott Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight Grand Hustle Records, Epic Records[130]
September 9 clipping. Splendor & Misery Sub Pop, Deathbomb Arc
Fudge Lady Parts Lex
Ras Kass Intellectual Property: SOI2 That's Hip Hop LLC[131]
Reks The Greatest X Brick Records[132]
September 13 Young Noble of The Outlawz Powerful Outlaw Recordz[133]
September 16 Caskey No Apologies Cash Money Records[134]
Chinx Legends Never Die Entertainment One Music[135]
Kool Keith Feature Magnetic Mello Music Group[136]
Mac Miller The Divine Feminine REMember Music, Warner Bros. Records[137]
Mykki Blanco Mykki Dogfood Music Group, Studio !K7
September 20 OG Maco Blvk Phil Collins OG Maco[138]
September 23 Audio Push 90951 Good Vibe Tribe[139]
Mick Jenkins The Healing Component Free Nation, Cinematic Music Group[140]
Slaine Slaine Is Dead AR Classic Records, Perfect Time Publishing[141]
Ty Dolla Sign Campaign Taylor Gang Records, Atlantic Records[142]
T.I. Us or Else Grand Hustle Records, Roc Nation[143]
  • Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "We Will Not", "Warzone"
September 27 Danny Brown Atrocity Exhibition Warp[144]
September 30 Apollo Brown & Skyzoo The Easy Truth Mello Music Group[145]
Dave East Kairi Chanel Mass Appeal Records[146]
DJ Mustard Cold Summer Roc Nation[147]
October 7 Brookzill Throwback To The Future Tommy Boy
October 14 The Game 1992 Blood Money Entertainment, Entertainment One Music[148]
Gucci Mane Woptober Atlantic Records[149]
L'Orange & Mr. Lif The Life & Death of Scenery Mello Music Group[150]
October 17 Bones GoodForNothing TeamSESH
October 18 Gawne Wings GAWNE LLC
October 20 Kuniva A History of Violence 2 Runyon Ave. Publishing[151]
October 21 DRAM Big Baby D.R.A.M. Atlantic Records, Empire Distribution[152]
Joe Budden Rage & The Machine Mood Muzik Entertainment, Empire Distribution[153]
NxWorries Yes Lawd! Stones Throw Records[154]
Paul Wall The Houston Oiler Paul Wall Music[155]
Zion I The Labyrinth Mind Over Matter[156]
October 25 Riff Raff Balloween Neon Nation Corporation, Empire Distribution[157]
October 28 D.I.T.C. Sessions D.I.T.C. Studios, The Fam Agency[158]
DJ Paul Y.O.T.S. (Year of the Six), Pt. 1 Slumerican, Scale-A-Ton Ent.[159]
Jeezy Trap or Die 3 Def Jam Recordings, CTE World[160]
Journalist 103 Battle of the Hearts and Minds Babygrande Records[161]
KXNG Crooked Valley of the KXNGS RBC Records[162]
Meek Mill DC4 Maybach Music Group, Dream Chaser Records, Atlantic Records[163]
Mickey Factz & Nottz The Achievement: circa '82 Soulspazm, W.A.R. Media[164]
Vinnie Paz The Cornerstone of the Corner Store Enemy Soil[165]
October 31 ASAP Mob Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records[166]
November 4 Big Scoob H.O.G. Strange Music[167]
B.o.B Elements No Genre[168]
Common Black America Again ARTium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings[169]
Czarface A Fistful of Peril Silver Age[170]
French Montana MC4 Coke Boys Records, Bad Boy Records, Maybach Music Group, Epic Records
La Coka Nostra To Thine Own Self Be True Fat Beats Records[171]
November 5 Bones SoftwareUpdate1.0 TeamSESH
November 11 A Tribe Called Quest We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service Epic Records[172]
KXNG Crooked Good vs. Evil RBC Records[173]
Lex "The Hex" Master Contact Majik Ninja Entertainment[174]
Z-Ro Legendary 1 Deep Entertainment[175]
November 15 K-Rino Universal Curriculum (The Big Seven #1) Black Book International, SoSouth[176]
Conception of Concept (The Big Seven #2) Black Book International, SoSouth[177]
Enter the Iron Trap (The Big Seven #3) Black Book International, SoSouth[178]
Wizard’s Ransom (The Big Seven #4) Black Book International, SoSouth[179]
American Heroes (The Big Seven #5) Black Book International, SoSouth[180]
Welcome to Life (The Big Seven #6) Black Book International, SoSouth[181]
Intervention (The Big Seven #7) Black Book International, SoSouth[182]
November 18 E-40 The D-Boy Diary: Book 1 Heavy on the Grind Entertainment[183]
The D-Boy Diary: Book 2
Kerser Tradition ABK, Warner Music Australia
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums
Outlawz Livin Legendz Black Market Records[184]
Termanology More Politics ShowOff Records, ST. Records[185]
November 25 Emanon Dystopia Dirty Science Records[186]
December 2 Childish Gambino "Awaken, My Love!" Glassnote Records[187]
Smoke DZA & Pete Rock Don't Smoke Rock Babygrande Records[188]
December 8 Planet Asia Egyptian Merchandise Gold Chain Music[189]
December 9 Ab-Soul Do What Thou Wilt. Top Dawg Entertainment[190]
  • Debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Huey Knew", "Braille"
Charles Hamilton Hamilton, Charles Republic Records[191]
CJ Fly Flytrap Pro Era, Cinematic Music Group[192]
  • Singles: "Now You Know"
Hodgy Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide Odd Future, Columbia[193]
6LACK Free 6LACK Love Renaissance, Interscope Records[194]
J. Cole 4 Your Eyez Only Dreamville, Roc Nation, Interscope[195]
Post Malone Stoney Republic Records[196]
Tech N9ne The Storm Strange Music[197]
December 10 B-Nasty The End of the Beginning Dough Related Productions[198]
December 12 Snowgoons Goon Bap Goon MuSick[199]
December 15 Injury Reserve Floss Las Fuegas
December 16 Gucci Mane The Return of East Atlanta Santa Guwop Enterprises, Atlantic Records[200]
  • Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
  • Singles: "Last Time", "Drove U Crazy", "Both"
Kid Cudi Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' Wicked Awesome, Republic Records[201]
Little Simz Stillness In Wonderland Age 101 Music
The Lox Filthy America... It's Beautiful D-Block Records, Roc Nation[202]
T.I. Us or Else: Letter to the System Grand Hustle Records, Roc Nation[203]
December 21 Dec 99th December 99th AWGE/A Country Called Earth[204]
December 23 Berner Packs Bern One Entertainment[205]
Dom Kennedy Los Angeles Is Not for Sale, Vol. 1 The Other People's Money[206]
December 25 Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 3 Run the Jewels, Inc.[207]

Highest-charting singles

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Hip hop singles which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100
Song Artist Peak position
"Panda" Desiigner 1
"One Dance" Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
"Black Beatles" Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane
"My House" Flo Rida 4
"Broccoli" DRAM featuring Lil Yachty 5
"Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)" Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall
"Summer Sixteen" Drake 6
"Me, Myself & I" G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha 7
"Deja Vu" J. Cole
"Don't Mind" Kent Jones 8
"Immortal" J. Cole 11
"For Free" DJ Khaled featuring Drake 13
"Neighbors" J. Cole
"Down in the DM (Remix)" Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj
"Too Good" Drake featuring Rihanna 14
"Used to This" Future featuring Drake
"White Iverson" Post Malone
"Sucker for Pain" Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic, Ty Dolla $ign and X Ambassadors 15
"Controlla" Drake 16
"Pop Style" Drake featuring The Throne
"2 Phones" Kevin Gates 17
"Low Life" Future featuring The Weeknd 18
"Luv" Tory Lanez 19
"Ooouuu" Young M.A
"Change" J. Cole 21
"She's Mine Pt. 1" 22
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" 23
"Say It" Tory Lanez
"Ville Mentality" J. Cole 24
"Do You Mind" DJ Khaled featuring Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, August Alsina, Jeremih, Future and Rick Ross 27
"My Boo" Ghost Town DJ's
"All the Way Up (Remix)" Fat Joe, Remy Ma and Jay Z featuring French Montana and Infared
"Sneakin'" Drake featuring 21 Savage 28
"4 Your Eyez Only" J. Cole 29
"Chill Bill" Rob Stone featuring J. Davi$ and Spooks
"I Got the Keys" DJ Khaled featuring Jay Z and Future 30
"Foldin Clothes" J. Cole
"Hype" Drake 33
"Purple Lamborghini" Skrillex and Rick Ross
"Tiimmy Turner" Desiigner 34
"She's Mine Pt. 2" J. Cole
"Famous" Kanye West
"Cut It" O.T. Genasis featuring Young Dolph 35
"No Shopping" French Montana featuring Drake 36
"X" 21 Savage and Metro Boomin featuring Future
"No Role Modelz" J. Cole
"Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1" Kanye West 37
"Grammys" Drake featuring Future 38
"Still Here" Drake 40
"THat Part" ScHoolboy Q featuring Kanye West

Highest first-week consumption

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List of top 10 albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of November 2016 in the US.
Number Album Artist 1st-week consumption 1st-week position Refs
1 Views Drake 1,040,000 1 [208]
2 4 Your Eyez Only J. Cole 492,000 1 [209]
3 untitled unmastered Kendrick Lamar 178,000 1 [210]
4 We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest 135,000 1 [211]
5 Evol Future 134,000 1 [212]
6 Islah Kevin Gates 112,000 2 [213]
7 Major Key DJ Khaled 95,000 1 [214]
8 The Life of Pablo Kanye West 94,000 1 [215]
9 Trap or Die 3 Jeezy 89,000 1 [216]
10 Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight Travis Scott 88,000 1 [217]

All critically reviewed albums Ranked

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Metacritic

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Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 A Tribe Called Quest We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 91 26 reviews [218]
2 Chance the Rapper Coloring Book 89 21 reviews [219]
3 Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 3 88 34 reviews [220]
4 Common Black America Again 88 14 reviews [221]
5 Danny Brown Atrocity Exhibition 85 31 reviews [222]
6 Anderson .Paak Malibu 85 18 reviews [223]
7 Aesop Rock The Impossible Kid 85 11 reviews [224]
8 Little Simz Stillness In Wonderland 84 7 reviews [225]
9 Noname Telefone 84 6 reviews [226]
10 Skepta Konnichiwa 83 18 reviews [227]
11 YG Still Brazy 83 14 reviews [228]
12 Young Thug Jeffery 82 11 reviews [229]
13 Boosie Badazz Out My Feelings in My Past 82 4 reviews [230]
14 ScHoolboy Q Blank Face LP 81 18 reviews [231]
15 Kevin Gates Islah 81 10 reviews [232]
16 Smoke DZA & Pete Rock Don't Smoke Rock 81 4 reviews [233]
17 Shelley FKA DRAM Big Baby D.R.A.M. 80 13 reviews [234]
18 Death Grips Bottomless Pit 80 11 reviews [235]
19 Isaiah Rashad The Sun's Tirade 80 11 reviews [236]
20 Swet Shop Boys Cashmere 80 8 reviews [237]
21 Flatbush Zombies 3001: A Laced Odyssey 80 7 reviews [238]
22 Giggs Landlord 80 4 reviews [239]
23 Open Mike Eagle & Paul White Hella Personal Film Festival 79 9 reviews [240]
24 Mick Jenkins The Healing Component 79 7 reviews [241]
25 Saul Williams MartyrLoserKing 78 17 reviews [242]
26 A$AP Mob Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends 78 4 reviews [243]
27 De La Soul And the Anonymous Nobody... 77 28 reviews [244]
28 Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love! 77 25 reviews [245]
29 Mykki Blanco Mykki 77 14 reviews [246]
30 Royce da 5'9" Layers 77 6 reviews [247]
31 Freeway Free Will 77 4 reviews [248]
32 Young Thug Slime Season 3 76 11 reviews [249]
33 Young Thug I'm Up 76 11 reviews [250]
34 clipping. Splendor & Misery 76 11 reviews [251]
35 Yoni & Geti Testarossa 76 4 reviews [252]
36 Kanye West The Life of Pablo 75 35 reviews [253]
37 J. Cole 4 Your Eyez Only 75 14 reviews [254]
38 Rae Sremmurd SremmLife 2 75 13 reviews [255]
39 Azealia Banks Slay-Z 75 7 reviews [256]
40 Kool Keith Feature Magnetic 75 6 reviews [257]
41 Flowdan Disaster Piece 75 5 reviews [258]
42 A$AP Ferg Always Strive and Prosper 74 15 reviews [259]
43 Fudge Lady Parts 74 7 reviews [260]
44 Yo Gotti The Art of Hustle 74 6 reviews [261]
45 Lil Durk Lil Durk 2X 74 5 reviews [262]
46 J Dilla The Diary 73 18 reviews [263]
47 Dreezy No Hard Feelings 73 5 reviews [264]
48 Banks & Steelz Anything But Words 72 13 reviews [265]
49 Gucci Mane Everybody Looking 72 13 reviews [266]
50 Boosie Badazz In My Feelings (Goin' Thru It) 72 4 reviews [267]
51 Atmosphere Fishing Blues 71 7 reviews [268]
52 Kevin Gates Murder For Hire II 71 4 reviews [269]
53 Kid Cudi Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' 70 11 reviews [270]
54 Mac Miller The Divine Feminine 70 9 reviews [271]
55 Domo Genesis Genesis 70 6 reviews [272]
56 Jeezy Trap or Die 3 70 5 reviews [273]
57 Gucci Mane The Return of East Atlanta Santa 70 4 reviews [274]
58 Young Dolph King of Memphis 70 4 reviews [275]
59 Drake Views 69 31 reviews [276]
60 Gucci Mane Woptober 69 6 reviews [277]
61 Brookzill Throwback To The Future 69 6 reviews [278]
62 Hodgy Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide 69 5 reviews [279]
63 Future EVOL 68 17 reviews [280]
64 Snoop Dogg Coolaid 68 8 reviews [281]
65 DJ Khaled Major Key 67 11 reviews [282]
66 Kano Made in the Manor 67 10 reviews [283]
67 French Montana MC4 67 4 reviews [284]
68 DJ Shadow The Mountain Will Fall 66 26 reviews [285]
69 2 Chainz ColleGrove 66 9 reviews [286]
70 ILoveMakonnen Drink More Water 6 65 5 reviews [287]
71 Travis Scott Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight 64 8 reviews [288]
72 Ab-Soul Do What Thou Wilt 64 6 reviews [289]
73 Kodak Black Lil B.I.G. Pac 64 6 reviews [290]
74 Desiigner New English 60 5 reviews [291]
75 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis This Unruly Mess I've Made 59 17 reviews [292]
76 Wiz Khalifa Khalifa 56 7 reviews [293]

AnyDecentMusic?

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Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 A Tribe Called Quest We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 8.4 23 reviews [294]
2 Chance the Rapper Coloring Book 8.2 21 reviews [295]
3 Danny Brown Atrocity Exhibition 8.1 28 reviews [296]
4 Anderson .Paak Malibu 8.0 15 reviews [297]
5 Skepta Konnichiwa 7.9 20 reviews [298]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Young, Alex (2016-01-20). "Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) announces retirement from music and film". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
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