Pitchfork's 20 Rap Albums of 2016

Danny Brown, Skepta, Kamaiyah and the other rappers who made this year great

Published: December 05, 2016 06:00 Source

# 1

Savage Mode by 21 Savage + Metro Boomin

Album • Jul 15 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 2

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

# 3

Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper

Album • May 27 / 2016 Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 4

Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown

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

# 5

The Sun's Tirade by Isaiah Rashad

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

# 6

iiiDrops by Joey Purp

Album • May 12 / 2017 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 7

Honor Killed the Samurai by KA

Album • Aug 13 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 8

A Good Night in the Ghetto by Kamaiyah

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

# 9

The Life Of Pablo by Kanye West

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

# 10

untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 11

Islah (Deluxe) by Kevin Gates

Album • Dec 11 / 2015

# 12

Lil Big Pac by Kodak Black

Album • Jun 10 / 2016

# 13

Telefone by Noname

Album • Jul 31 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 14

King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude by Pusha T

Album • Dec 18 / 2015 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 15

SremmLife 2 by Rae Sremmurd

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

# 16

Blank Face LP by ScHoolboy Q

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

# 17

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Album • May 06 / 2016 Grime UK Hip Hop

# 18

Prima Donna by Vince Staples

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

# 19

Still Brazy (Deluxe) by YG

Album • Jun 14 / 2016

# 20

JEFFERY by Young Thug

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