HipHopDX's 20 Best Rap Albums of 2016
HipHopDX compiles the 20 best Hip Hop & Rap Albums of 2016 including Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and The Game.
Published: January 01, 2017 00:43
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Coloring Book | Chance the Rapper | May-27-2016, Pop Rap |
| #2 | We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service | A Tribe Called Quest | Nov-11-2016, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #3 | The Life Of Pablo | Kanye West | Jun-10-2016, Pop Rap |
| #4 | 99.9% | KAYTRANADA | May-06-2016, Alternative R&B |
| #5 | Layers | Royce Da 5'9" | Apr-15-2016, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #6 | Blank Face LP | ScHoolboy Q | Jul-08-2016, Gangsta Rap |
| #7 | Do What Thou Wilt. | Ab-Soul | Dec-09-2016, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #8 | Still Brazy (Deluxe) | YG | Jun-14-2016, |
| #9 | Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight | Travis Scott | Sep-02-2016, Trap |
| #10 | 1992 | The Game | Oct-14-2016, Gangsta Rap |
| #12 | The Sun's Tirade | Isaiah Rashad | Sep-02-2016, Southern Hip Hop |
| #13 | and the Anonymous Nobody... | De La Soul | Aug-26-2016, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #14 | Honor Killed the Samurai | KA | Aug-13-2016, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #16 | The Healing Component | Mick Jenkins | Sep-23-2016, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #17 | untitled unmastered. | Kendrick Lamar | Mar-04-2016, Jazz Rap |
| #18 | Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends | A$AP Mob | Oct-31-2016, Trap |
| #19 | Atrocity Exhibition | Danny Brown | Sep-27-2016, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #20 | 4 Your Eyez Only | J. Cole | Dec-09-2016, Conscious Hip Hop |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Coloring Book | Chance the Rapper | Album, May-27-2016, Pop Rap |
| #2 | We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service | A Tribe Called Quest | Album, Nov-11-2016, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #3 | The Life Of Pablo | Kanye West | Album, Jun-10-2016, Pop Rap |
| #4 | 99.9% | KAYTRANADA | Album, May-06-2016, Alternative R&B |
| #5 | Layers | Royce Da 5'9" | Album, Apr-15-2016, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #6 | Blank Face LP | ScHoolboy Q | Album, Jul-08-2016, Gangsta Rap |
| #7 | Do What Thou Wilt. | Ab-Soul | Album, Dec-09-2016, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #8 | Still Brazy (Deluxe) | YG | Album, Jun-14-2016, |
| #9 | Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight | Travis Scott | Album, Sep-02-2016, Trap |
| #10 | 1992 | The Game | Album, Oct-14-2016, Gangsta Rap |
| #12 | The Sun's Tirade | Isaiah Rashad | Album, Sep-02-2016, Southern Hip Hop |
| #13 | and the Anonymous Nobody... | De La Soul | Album, Aug-26-2016, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #14 | Honor Killed the Samurai | KA | Album, Aug-13-2016, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #16 | The Healing Component | Mick Jenkins | Album, Sep-23-2016, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #17 | untitled unmastered. | Kendrick Lamar | Album, Mar-04-2016, Jazz Rap |
| #18 | Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends | A$AP Mob | Album, Oct-31-2016, Trap |
| #19 | Atrocity Exhibition | Danny Brown | Album, Sep-27-2016, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #20 | 4 Your Eyez Only | J. Cole | Album, Dec-09-2016, Conscious Hip Hop |