Rolling Stone's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2016

Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Danny Brown and more of the best records from the year in rhymes.

Published: December 22, 2016 12:56 Source

# 1
Album • May 27 / 2016 Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 2
Album • Jun 10 / 2016 Pop Rap Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 3
Album • Aug 26 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 4
Album • Sep 27 / 2016 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Nov 11 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 6
Album • May 06 / 2016 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 7
Album • Apr 13 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 8
Album • May 06 / 2016 Industrial Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 9
Album • Jun 14 / 2016
# 10
Album • Jul 31 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 11
Album • Dec 11 / 2015
# 12
Album • Oct 27 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 13
Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 14
Album • Aug 12 / 2016 Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 15
Album • Jun 10 / 2016
# 16
Album • Mar 04 / 2016 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 17
Album • Mar 23 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music
# 18
Album • Jul 15 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 19
Album • Aug 13 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 20
Album • Aug 25 / 2016
# 21
Album • Aug 10 / 2016
# 22
Album • Oct 21 / 2016
# 23
Album • Feb 09 / 2016 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 24
Album • Oct 14 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop
# 25
Album • Aug 05 / 2016 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 26
Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 27
Album • Jul 15 / 2016 Trap
# 28
Album • Sep 09 / 2016
# 29
Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 30
Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 31
Album • May 12 / 2017 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 32
EP • Oct 27 / 2016 Pop Rap East Coast Hip Hop Trap
# 33
EP • Aug 25 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 34
Album • Nov 04 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop
# 35
Album • Dec 09 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 36
Album • Aug 26 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 37
Album • Mar 03 / 2016 Southern Hip Hop
# 39
EP • Jun 03 / 2016 Pop Rap
# 40
Album • Feb 19 / 2016