2016 in hip hop music

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

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Events

January

• 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. 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.

February

• 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.
• 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.

March

• On March 4, rapper Bankroll Fresh was shot and killed in Atlanta, Georgia.
• On March 22, rapper Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest died from complications due to diabetes.

April

• On April 23, Beyonce released her second visual album Lemonade on HBO.

May

• On May 11, French Montana previewed a single called "No Shopping" featuring Drake, 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. 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.

June

• On June 13, Lil Wayne suffered multiple seizures on a flight, which forced an emergency landing in Omaha, Nebraska. He was released from hospital a day later, recovering and in stable condition.
• On June 13, the 2016 XXL Freshman Class was revealed, consisting of 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Kodak Black, Lil Yachty, Lil Dicky, Denzel Curry, G Herbo, Dave East, Desiigner, and Anderson .Paak.
• On June 30, Joe Budden released his first of many diss records aimed at Drake entitled Making A Murderer Part 1

July

• On July 17, Kim Kardashian used Snapchat to wrongly expose Taylor Swift over the use of her name in the song "Famous" by Kanye West.

August

• On August 11, Young Buck was sentenced to seven months in prison for violating terms of his release and probation.
• On August 17, YG inked a multi-million-dollar deal with Interscope Records for his newly founded label 4Hunnid Records.
• On August 28, Teyana Taylor danced and starred in the video for "Fade" off Kanye West's The Life of Pablo album.

September

• On September 7, Kanye West announced that he had signed Tyga and Migos to GOOD Music. Though it was later noted that Migos' deal with GOOD Music is only a management deal, not a recording contract.
• On September 16, The Game released his first of many diss records aimed at Meek Mill.
• On September 21, Shawty Lo was killed in a single-car accident in Fulton County, Georgia.
• On September 30, Solange Knowles released A Seat at The Table featuring artists like Q-Tip, The-Dream, and Lil Wayne. This also marked the first #1 album of her career.

October

• On October 4, Kid Cudi announced that he has checked into rehab for depression and suicidal urges.
• 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.

November

• 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

• 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.
• On December 23, Paul Wall and Baby Bash were arrested for delivering and manufacturing a controlled substance in Houston, Texas.

Released albums

Release date	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Notes
January 1	Boosie Badazz	In My Feelings. (Goin' Thru It)	Lil Boosie Music	Debuted at No. 105 on the Billboard 200
January 15	Anderson .Paak	Malibu	Steel Wool, OBE, Art Club, Empire Distribution	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	Debuted at No. 89 on the Billboard 200
	Daz Dillinger & Snoop Dogg	Cuzznz	Felder Entertainment
	Torae	Entitled	Internal Affairs Entertainment	Singles: "Saturday Night"
January 29	Beneficence	Basement Chemistry	Ill Adrenaline Records	Singles: "Digital Warfare"
	Kevin Gates	Islah	Bread Winners' Association	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Kno One", "La Familia", "The Truth", "Really Really", "2 Phones", "Jam"
	PeeWee Longway	Mr. Blue Benjamin	MPA Bandcamp	Debuted at No. 39 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	Saul Williams	MartyrLoserKing	Fader Label	Debuted at No. 37 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
February 5	Boosie Badazz	Out My Feelings (In My Past)	Lil Boosie Music	Debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200
	Dizzy Wright	Wisdom and Good Vibes	Dizzy Wright	Debuted at No. 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	Trae tha Truth	Tha Truth, Pt. 2	ABN Entertainment, Hustle Gang, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Singles: "Takers", "All Good", "Slugs"
	Wiz Khalifa	Khalifa	Taylor Gang Records, Atlantic Records, Rostrum Records	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bake Sale"
	Young Thug	I'm Up	300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "F Cancer", "For My People"
February 6	Future	Evol	A1, Freebandz, Epic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Low Life", "Wicked"
February 12	Statik Selektah & KXNG Crooked	Statik KXNG	Showoff Records, Penalty Entertainment	Singles: "Dead or in Jail"
February 13	Kaliber 44	Ułamek tarcia	Mystic Production	Debuted at No. 1 on the Polish charts Certified Gold in Poland
February 14	Kanye West	The Life of Pablo	GOOD Music, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Famous", "Father Stretch My Hands", "Fade"
February 18	Agallah	Bo: The Legend of the Water Dragon	Propain Campaign
February 19	Brotha Lynch Hung	Bullet Maker	MadeSicc Muzicc
	Hilltop Hoods	Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung	Golden Era Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums Singles: "Higher", "1955"
	Yo Gotti	The Art of Hustle	CMG, Epic Records	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Down in the DM"
	Young Dolph	King of Memphis	Paper Route Empire	Debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200
February 25	Yung Lean	Warlord	YEAR0001
February 26	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	This Unruly Mess I've Made	Macklemore LLC	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Downtown", "White Privilege II"
	O.S.T.R.	Życie po śmierci	Asfalt Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Polish charts Certified Platinum in Poland
	Philthy Rich	Real Niggas Back in Style	Empire Distribution, SCMMLLC	Singles: "Make a Living"
	Rome Fortune	Jerome Raheem Fortune	Fool's Gold Records	Singles: "Dance"
March 4	2 Chainz	ColleGrove	Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Bas	Too High to Riot	Dreamville Records, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200
	Kano	Made in the Manor	Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music	Debuted at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart
	Kendrick Lamar	Untitled Unmastered	Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Untitled 07 | levitate"
	Smoke DZA	He Has Risen	SRFSCHL
March 11	Flatbush Zombies	3001: A Laced Odyssey	Glorious Dead Recordings	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
March 16	Boosie Badazz	Thug Talk	Lil Boosie Music	Debuted at No. 130 on the Billboard 200
March 18	ILoveMakonnen	Drink More Water 6	Warner Bros
March 25	Domo Genesis	Genesis	Odd Future Records	Debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard 200
	Elzhi	Lead Poison	GLOW365LLC
	N.O.R.E.	Drunk Uncle	Militainment Business
	Open Mike Eagle & Paul White	Hella Personal Film Festival	Mello Music Group
	Planet Asia & DJ Concept	Seventy Nine	Coalmine Records
	Young Thug	Slime Season 3	300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records
April 1	Big Sean & Jhené Aiko	Twenty88	GOOD Music, Artium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Selfish"
April 4	Black Milk & Nat Turner	The Rebellion Sessions	Computer Ugly Records
April 7	Father	I'm A Piece of Shit	Awful Records
April 8	Krizz Kaliko	GO	Strange Music	Debuted at No. 89 on the Billboard 200
	Lex "The Hex" Master	The Black Season	Majik Ninja Entertainment
	Sir Michael Rocks	Part 2	6 Cell Phones
April 15	Boosie Badazz & C-Murder	Penitentiary Chances	TRU Records, RBC Records	Debuted at No. 172 on the Billboard 200
	J Dilla	The Diary	Pay Jay Productions, Inc., Mass Appeal Records	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
	Royce da 5'9"	Layers	Bad Half Entertainment	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
	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	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "New Level"
	Bankroll Mafia	Bankroll Mafia	Bankroll Mafia, Empire Distribution	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
April 29	Aesop Rock	The Impossible Kid	Rhymesayers Entertainment	Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200
	Chuck Inglish & Blended Babies	Ev Zeppelin	BBMG
	Drake	Views	Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Hotline Bling", "One Dance", "Pop Style", "Too Good"
	Freeway	Free Will	Babygrande Records
	Stevie Joe & Mozzy	Extracurricular Activities	Green Carpet, Stevie Joe, Livewire, Rapbay, Urbanlife Distribution
May 6	Death Grips	Bottomless Pit	Third Worlds, Harvest Records
	Homeboy Sandman	Kindness for Weakness	Stones Throw Records
	Rittz	Top of the Line	Strange Music	Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Ghost Story", "Propane", "Inside of the Groove"
	Skepta	Konnichiwa	Boy Better Know	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 160 on the Billboard 200
	Yoni & Geti	Testarossa	Joyful Noise Recordings
May 11	Boosie Badazz	Bleek Mode (Thug in Peace Lil Bleek)	Lil Boosie Music
May 13	Masta Ace	The Falling Season	hhv.de
May 20	Havoc & The Alchemist	The Silent Partner	Babygrande Records
	Webbie	Savage Life V	Trill Entertainment	Debuted at No. 153 on the Billboard 200
	Zodiac MPrint (Blaze Ya Dead Homie & The R.O.C.)	Ride the Stars	Majik Ninja Entertainment
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	Debuted at No. 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
June 3	Craig G	I Rap and Go Home	Soulspazm, Inc.
	Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa & TM88	TGOD Mafia: Rude Awakening	Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "All Night"
	Vic Mensa	There's Alot Going On	Roc Nation	Debuted at No. 127 on the Billboard 200
June 10	Apathy	Handshakes with Snakes	Dirty Version LLC
	Ill Bill	Septagram	Uncle Howie Records
	Lil Peep	Crybaby	AUTMNY	Debuted at No. 102 on the Billboard 200
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	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Roped Off"
	YG	Still Brazy	Def Jam Recordings, CTE World, Pu$haz Ink	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Twist My Fingaz", "FDT", "Why You Always Hatin?"
June 24	Demrick	Collect Call	10 Strip Inc.
	DJ Shadow	The Mountain Will Fall	Reconstruction Productions	Debuted at No. 77 on the Billboard 200
	Riff Raff	Peach Panther	Neon Nation Corporation	Debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard 200
	Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Red Pill & Verbal Kent)	Everything in Between	Mello Music Group
July 1	Reef the Lost Cauze & Bear-One	Furious Styles	Soulspazm, Inc.
	Snoop Dogg	Coolaid	Doggystyle Records, Entertainment One Music	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Kush Ups", "Point Seen Money Gone"
July 8	Bernz	See You on the Other Side	Strange Music	Debuted at No. 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	ScHoolboy Q	Blank Face LP	Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Groovy Tony", "That Part"
July 15	Blu & Nottz	Titans in the Flesh	Coalmine Records
	Dreezy	No Hard Feelings	Interscope Records
	Flowdan	Disaster Piece	Tru Thoughts
	Sadat X	Agua	Tommy Boy Entertainment
	Z-Ro	Drankin' & Drivin'	1 Deep Entertainment	Debuted at No. 99 on the Billboard 200
July 22	DJ Drama	Quality Street Music 2	Entertainment One Music	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
	Gucci Mane	Everybody Looking	Guwop Enterprises, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Jarren Benton	Slow Motion, Vol. 2	Benton Enterprises
	Lil Durk	Lil Durk 2X	OTF, Coke Boys, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
July 29	DJ Khaled	Major Key	We the Best Music Group, Epic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "For Free", "I Got the Keys", "Do You Mind"
	The Game	Block Wars	Entertainment One Music	Debuted at No. 22 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	Mitchy Slick	Lost in the Yay	Wrongkind Records
August 5	Giggs	Landlord	SN1 Records
	Slim Thug	Hogg Life Vol. 4: American King	Hogg Life	Debuted at No. 179 on the Billboard 200
August 12	Atmosphere	Fishing Blues	Rhymesayers Entertainment	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
	PartyNextDoor	PartyNextDoor 3	OVO Sound, Warner Bros. Records	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Rae Sremmurd	SremmLife 2	EarDrummers Entertainment, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "By Chance", "Over Here", "Look Alive", "Black Beatles"
August 13	Ka	Honor Killed the Samurai	Iron Works
August 19	Bishop Lamont	The Reformation: G.D.N.I.A.F.T.	Bishop Lamont
	Tory Lanez	I Told You	Mad Love, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Say It", "Luv"
August 25	Vince Staples	Prima Donna	ARTium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
August 26	Banks & Steelz	Anything But Words	Warner Bros. Records	Debuted at No. 186 on the Billboard 200
	De La Soul	And the Anonymous Nobody...	A.O.I. Records	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
	Futuristic	As Seen on the Internet	We're The Future Records	Debuted at No. 116 on the Billboard 200
	Prophets of Rage	The Party's Over	Prophets of Rage	Debuted at No. 84 on the Billboard 200
	The R.O.C.	The F**king Prey Lewd EP	Majik Ninja Entertainment
	Red Pill	Instinctive Drowning	Mello Music Group
	Young Thug	Jeffery	300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Pick Up the Phone"
August 29	3D Na'Tee	The Regime	Already Legendary
September 2	Isaiah Rashad	The Sun's Tirade	Top Dawg Entertainment	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Free Lunch"
	Travis Scott	Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight	Grand Hustle Records, Epic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Wonderful", "Pick Up the Phone", "Goosebumps"
September 9	clipping.	Splendor & Misery	Sub Pop, Deathbomb Arc
	Fudge	Lady Parts	Lex
	Ras Kass	Intellectual Property: SOI2	That's Hip Hop LLC
	Reks	The Greatest X	Brick Records
September 13	Young Noble of The Outlawz	Powerful	Outlaw Recordz
September 16	Caskey	No Apologies	Cash Money Records
	Chinx	Legends Never Die	Entertainment One Music	Debuted at No. 121 on the Billboard 200
	Kool Keith	Feature Magnetic	Mello Music Group
	Mac Miller	The Divine Feminine	REMember Music, Warner Bros. Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Mykki Blanco	Mykki	Dogfood Music Group, Studio !K7
September 20	OG Maco	Blvk Phil Collins	OG Maco
September 23	Audio Push	90951	Good Vibe Tribe
	Mick Jenkins	The Healing Component	Free Nation, Cinematic Music Group	Debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard 200
	Slaine	Slaine Is Dead	AR Classic Records, Perfect Time Publishing
	Ty Dolla Sign	Campaign	Taylor Gang Records, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Campaign", "No Justice", "Zaddy"
	T.I.	Us or Else	Grand Hustle Records, Roc Nation	Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "We Will Not", "Warzone"
September 27	Danny Brown	Atrocity Exhibition	Warp	Debuted at No. 77 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "When It Rain", "Pneumonia", "Really Doe"
September 30	Apollo Brown & Skyzoo	The Easy Truth	Mello Music Group	Debuted at No. 25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	Dave East	Kairi Chanel	Mass Appeal Records	Debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200
	DJ Mustard	Cold Summer	Roc Nation	Debuted at No. 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
October 7	Brookzill	Throwback To The Future	Tommy Boy
October 14	The Game	1992	Blood Money Entertainment, Entertainment One Music	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "All Eyez"
	Gucci Mane	Woptober	Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200
	L'Orange & Mr. Lif	The Life & Death of Scenery	Mello Music Group
October 17	Bones	GoodForNothing	TeamSESH
October 18	Gawne	Wings	GAWNE LLC
October 20	Kuniva	A History of Violence 2	Runyon Ave. Publishing
October 21	DRAM	Big Baby D.R.A.M.	Atlantic Records, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Broccoli"
	Joe Budden	Rage & The Machine	Mood Muzik Entertainment, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
	NxWorries	Yes Lawd!	Stones Throw Records	Debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200
	Paul Wall	The Houston Oiler	Paul Wall Music
	Zion I	The Labyrinth	Mind Over Matter
October 25	Riff Raff	Balloween	Neon Nation Corporation, Empire Distribution
October 28	D.I.T.C.	Sessions	D.I.T.C. Studios, The Fam Agency
	DJ Paul	Y.O.T.S. (Year of the Six), Pt. 1	Slumerican, Scale-A-Ton Ent.
	Jeezy	Trap or Die 3	Def Jam Recordings, CTE World	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Journalist 103	Battle of the Hearts and Minds	Babygrande Records
	KXNG Crooked	Valley of the KXNGS	RBC Records
	Meek Mill	DC4	Maybach Music Group, Dream Chaser Records, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Mickey Factz & Nottz	The Achievement: circa '82	Soulspazm, W.A.R. Media
	Vinnie Paz	The Cornerstone of the Corner Store	Enemy Soil	Debuted at No. 12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
October 31	ASAP Mob	Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends	ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Yamborghini High", "Crazy Brazy", "Runner", "Telephone Calls"
November 4	Big Scoob	H.O.G.	Strange Music	Debuted at No. 16 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	B.o.B	Elements	No Genre
	Common	Black America Again	ARTium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Love Star"
	Czarface	A Fistful of Peril	Silver Age	Debuted at No. 21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	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	Debuted at No. 38 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
November 5	Bones	SoftwareUpdate1.0	TeamSESH
November 11	A Tribe Called Quest	We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service	Epic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	KXNG Crooked	Good vs. Evil	RBC Records
	Lex "The Hex" Master	Contact	Majik Ninja Entertainment
	Z-Ro	Legendary	1 Deep Entertainment	Debuted at No. 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
November 15	K-Rino	Universal Curriculum (The Big Seven #1)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		Conception of Concept (The Big Seven #2)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		Enter the Iron Trap (The Big Seven #3)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		Wizard’s Ransom (The Big Seven #4)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		American Heroes (The Big Seven #5)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		Welcome to Life (The Big Seven #6)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		Intervention (The Big Seven #7)	Black Book International, SoSouth
November 18	E-40	The D-Boy Diary: Book 1	Heavy on the Grind Entertainment	Debuted at No. 178 on the Billboard 200
		The D-Boy Diary: Book 2		Debuted at No. 14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
	Kerser	Tradition	ABK, Warner Music Australia	Debuted at No. 4 on the ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums
	Outlawz	Livin Legendz	Black Market Records
	Termanology	More Politics	ShowOff Records, ST. Records
November 25	Emanon	Dystopia	Dirty Science Records
December 2	Childish Gambino	"Awaken, My Love!"	Glassnote Records	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Me and Your Mama"
	Smoke DZA & Pete Rock	Don't Smoke Rock	Babygrande Records	Debuted at No. 26 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
December 8	Planet Asia	Egyptian Merchandise	Gold Chain Music
December 9	Ab-Soul	Do What Thou Wilt.	Top Dawg Entertainment	Debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Huey Knew", "Braille"
	Charles Hamilton	Hamilton, Charles	Republic Records
	CJ Fly	Flytrap	Pro Era, Cinematic Music Group	Singles: "Now You Know"
	Hodgy	Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide	Odd Future, Columbia
	6LACK	Free 6LACK	Love Renaissance, Interscope Records
	J. Cole	4 Your Eyez Only	Dreamville, Roc Nation, Interscope	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Post Malone	Stoney	Republic Records	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "White Iverson", "Too Young, "Go Flex", "Deja Vu"
	Tech N9ne	The Storm	Strange Music	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
December 10	B-Nasty	The End of the Beginning	Dough Related Productions
December 12	Snowgoons	Goon Bap	Goon MuSick
December 15	Injury Reserve	Floss	Las Fuegas
December 16	Gucci Mane	The Return of East Atlanta Santa	Guwop Enterprises, Atlantic Records	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	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Frequency", "Surfin'"
	Little Simz	Stillness In Wonderland	Age 101 Music
	The Lox	Filthy America... It's Beautiful	D-Block Records, Roc Nation	Debuted at No. 42 on the Billboard 200
	T.I.	Us or Else: Letter to the System	Grand Hustle Records, Roc Nation	Debuted at No. 39 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
December 21	Dec 99th	December 99th	AWGE/A Country Called Earth
December 23	Berner	Packs	Bern One Entertainment
	Dom Kennedy	Los Angeles Is Not for Sale, Vol. 1	The Other People's Money	Debuted at No. 42 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
December 25	Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels 3	Run the Jewels, Inc.	Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Talk to Me", "2100", "Legend Has It"

Highest-charting singles

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

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
2	4 Your Eyez Only	J. Cole	492,000	1
3	untitled unmastered	Kendrick Lamar	178,000	1
4	We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service	A Tribe Called Quest	135,000	1
5	Evol	Future	134,000	1
6	Islah	Kevin Gates	112,000	2
7	Major Key	DJ Khaled	95,000	1
8	The Life of Pablo	Kanye West	94,000	1
9	Trap or Die 3	Jeezy	89,000	1
10	Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight	Travis Scott	88,000	1

All critically reviewed albums Ranked

Metacritic

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

AnyDecentMusic?

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
2	Chance the Rapper	Coloring Book	8.2	21 reviews
3	Danny Brown	Atrocity Exhibition	8.1	28 reviews
4	Anderson .Paak	Malibu	8.0	15 reviews
5	Skepta	Konnichiwa	7.9	20 reviews

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