Exclaim!'s Top 15 Hip-Hop Albums of 2016

Our Best of 2016 albums lists by genre continue today with our staff picks for the 15 best hip-hop albums this year. Click next to read...

Published: December 05, 2016 13:00 Source

# 1

Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper

Album • May 27 / 2016 Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 2

Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown

Album • Sep 27 / 2016 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 3

We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest

Album • Nov 11 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 4

The Life Of Pablo by Kanye West

Album • Jun 10 / 2016 Pop Rap Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 5

Blank Face LP by ScHoolboy Q

Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 6

untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Mar 04 / 2016 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 7

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Album • May 06 / 2016 Grime UK Hip Hop

# 8

Black America Again by Common

Album • Nov 04 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop

# 9

Prima Donna by Vince Staples

EP • Aug 25 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 10

Still Brazy (Deluxe) by YG

Album • Jun 14 / 2016

# 11

JEFFERY by Young Thug

Album • Aug 26 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap

# 12

A Good Night in the Ghetto by Kamaiyah

Album • Mar 23 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music

# 13

The Sun's Tirade by Isaiah Rashad

Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 14

Views by Drake

Album • May 06 / 2016 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B

# 15

SremmLife 2 by Rae Sremmurd

Album • Aug 12 / 2016 Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop Trap