DJBooth's 50 Best Hip-Hop and R&B Albums of 2018



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# 1
Album • Apr 05 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 2
Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 3
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 4
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 6
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B
# 7
Album • May 30 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B East Coast Hip Hop
# 8
Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 9
Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 10
Album • May 11 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop Cloud Rap
# 11
Album • Oct 31 / 2018 Gangsta Rap
# 12
Album • Nov 26 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop
# 13
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop
# 14
Album • May 04 / 2018 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul
# 15
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop
# 16
Black Panther The Album by Various Artists
Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Film Soundtrack West Coast Hip Hop
# 17
NOIR by Smino
Album • Nov 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Trap
# 18
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 19
Album • Aug 29 / 2018 Pop Rap Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 20
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul
# 21
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 22
777 by KEY!  +  Kenny Beats
Album • May 04 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 23
Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B
# 24
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Trap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 25
Album • Sep 13 / 2018 Pop Rap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 27
Album • Jun 22 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 29
Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 30
Album • May 18 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 31
Album • Sep 10 / 2018 UK Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap
# 32
Album • Jun 16 / 2018 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 33
Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Alternative R&B
# 34
Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Instrumental Hip Hop
# 35
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 36
Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Industrial Hip Hop
# 37
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 38
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 39
Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop
# 40
Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 41
Album • Jan 26 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Boom Bap
# 42
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap
# 43
Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap
# 44
Album • Nov 23 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Hardcore Hip Hop Boom Bap
# 45
Album • May 03 / 2018 Jazz Rap
# 46
Album • Jun 27 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap
# 47
Album • Oct 04 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless
# 48
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 49
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 50
Album • Nov 30 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Trap