Stereogum's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2016

The larger societal events of the past year had an interesting effect on rap music. Even more than usual, black Americans had to insist, as loudly and as often as they could, that they are human beings and should be treated as such. Rap being a black American art form, that came through in the […]

Published: December 07, 2016 15:25 Source

# 1
Album • May 27 / 2016 Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 2
Album • Jun 14 / 2016
# 3
Album • Mar 23 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music
# 4
Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Nov 11 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 6
Album • Sep 27 / 2016 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 7
Album • Aug 26 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 8
Album • Aug 13 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 9
Album • Jun 10 / 2016 Pop Rap Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 10
Album • Jul 31 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 11
Album • Jul 15 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 12
Album • Mar 04 / 2016 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 13
Album • May 06 / 2016 Grime UK Hip Hop
# 14
Album • Aug 12 / 2016 Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 15
EP • Aug 25 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 16
Album • Jun 10 / 2016
# 17
Album • Jul 29 / 2016
# 18
Album • Jun 10 / 2016
# 19
Album • Oct 27 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 20
Album • Mar 11 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 21
Album • Jan 17 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 22
Album • May 12 / 2017 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 23
Album • Feb 05 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 24
Album • Sep 30 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 25
Album • Apr 20 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Dec 11 / 2015
# 27
Album • Apr 13 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Feb 05 / 2016
# 29
Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 30
EP • Sep 29 / 2016 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 31
Album • Apr 29 / 2016 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 32
Album • Apr 08 / 2016 Hip Hop
# 33
Album • Jul 22 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 34
Album • Oct 14 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop
# 35
Album • May 13 / 2016 Gangsta Rap
# 36
Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 37
Album • Mar 11 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop Cloud Rap Abstract Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 38
Album • Apr 22 / 2016 Industrial Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 39
Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 40
Album • Sep 09 / 2016 Industrial Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop