Best hip hop albums on Reddit

168 reviews from r/hiphop101, r/musicsuggestions, r/AskReddit and 2 more subreddits

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#1

Nas

4.9
(13)
"Nas - King's Disease 3"
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"Nas/Hitboy’s album run"
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"KD3 - Nas"
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"Check out all the new nas albums"
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"Illmatic- Nas > wu-tang and the 36 chambers > A tribe called quest - the low end theory"
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"[Nas - Illmatic](https://youtu.be/S5L8LEyAcL4?si=I2kJwJlvh7YoCnCY)"
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"I really love Nas's Illmatic."
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"Nas."
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"The 3 Nas albums that dropped"
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"Nas dropped 2 solid albums this year and collabed with 50 for the first time in 20+ years"
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#2

Killer Mike

4.9
(7)
"Michael - killer mike"
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"Killer Mike— Michael"
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"Killer Mike:Michael"
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"Michael - Killer Mike"
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"Listen to killer mike - Michael (Deluxe) the best song of the year is Maynard Vignette, which is on the deluxe version"
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"Listen to killer mike - Michael (Deluxe)"
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"Killer Mike; Michael."
#3

Various Artists

4.3
(6)
"Any of these album sta"
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"Every song on there slaps and has some of the best ever on there like Rakim, Jay Z, Rakim, Nas, Gang Starr, 50, Freeway, Obie Trice."
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"Legitimately classic albums"
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"I found easy to connect with."
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"Best is super subjective, but I got my 10 Favorite from this year."
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#4

Dr. Dre

4.8
(5)
"Dr. Dre - 2001"
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"West coast: Dr. Dre- The Chronic"
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"Dr Dre - The Chronic"
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"Dr Dre - The Chronic"
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#5

JID

5.0
(4)
"JID - The Forever Story"
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"The forever story - JID , honestly the good kid maad city of this decade."
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"JID:The Forever Story is my personal favorite in this period"
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"- **The Forever Story** - JID"
#6

Gang Starr

5.0
(4)
"Daily Operation-Gang Starr"
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"Gangstarr-Moment of Truth"
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"Also daily operation by gang Starr."
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#7

Beastie Boys

5.0
(4)
"Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique"
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"Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys"
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"The beastie boys check your head remaster that came out a couple years ago is an INSANE audiophile pressing."
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"VMP released and all analogue version of Beastie Boys Check Your Head recently. It sounds great"
#8

Aesop Rock

4.8
(4)
"Aesop Rock— Integrated Tech Solutions"
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"ITS - Aesop Rock"
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"Aseop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions"
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"Almost everything by Aesop Rock tickles my fancy!"
#9

Earl Sweatshirt

4.8
(4)
"Earl - Voir Dire"
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"Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire"
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"Voir Dire-Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist"
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#10

Blackalicious

4.8
(4)
"Blackalicous - Nia"
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"NIA is amazing too."
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"Fucking love that album."
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"Blackalicious- blazing arrow"
#11

A Tribe Called Quest

4.8
(4)
"Midnight Marauders is still the greatest hiphop album ever recorded."
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"Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest"
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"Amazing work and there with some of their best earlier albums for me"
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#12

Blu & Exile

4.5
(4)
"This album is a true underground gem."
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"Blu and Exile- below the heavens."
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"Blu & Exile - Below the heavens."
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"Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens"
#13

Billy Woods

5.0
(3)
"Billy Woods - Maps"
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"Billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps"
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"Maps-Billy Woods and Kenny Segal"
#14

Larry June

5.0
(3)
"Larry June - The Great Escape and Spaceships on the Blade"
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"Larry June & The Alchemist - The Great Escape"
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"The great escape-Larry June"
#15

Schoolboy Q

5.0
(3)
"Schoolboy Q - Blue Lips"
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"Blue lips - schoolboy q"
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"- **Blue Lips** - Schoolboy Q"
#16

JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown

5.0
(3)
"Peggy and Danny - Scaring The Hoes"
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"JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes"
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"Scaring the hoes-JPEGmafia and Danny brown"
#17

Black Thought

5.0
(3)
"Black Thought - Cheat Codes"
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"- **Cheat Codes** - Black Thought x Danger Mouse"
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"Cheat Codes - Black Thought"
#18

Snoop Dogg

5.0
(3)
"Doggystyle- Snoop Dogg"
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"Snoop Dogg Doggystyle original pressing was mastered by Bernie Grundman."
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"Snoop - Doggystyle."
#19

Veeze

5.0
(3)
"Ganger - veeze"
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"Veeze-Ganger"
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"Veeze - Ganger"
#20

Lupe Fiasco

5.0
(3)
"Drill music in Zion - Lupe fiasco"
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"- **Drill Music In Zion** - Lupe Fiasco"
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#21

Vince Staples

4.7
(3)
"Dark times - Vince staples"
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"- **Dark Times** - Vince Staples"
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#22

Denzel Curry

4.7
(3)
"Denzel - Melt My Eyez"
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"- **Melt My Eyez See Your Future** - Denzel Curry"
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"Really enjoyed this album."
#23

McKinley Dixon

5.0
(2)
"If your into Jazz Rap/ conscious rap I would suggest McKinley Dixon‘s „Beloved! Paradise! Jazz?“, it’s my personal AOTY"
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"McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?"
#24

Mike

5.0
(2)
"Mike - burning desire"
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"Mike - Burning Desire"
#25

Mos Def

5.0
(2)
"Black On Both Sides- Mos Def"
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"Black on Both Sides - Mos Def"
#26

Rapsody

5.0
(2)
"Please don’t cry - rapsody"
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"Rapsody:Please Don't Cry"
#27

Conway

5.0
(2)
"God don’t make mistakes - Conway"
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"- **God Don't Make Mistakes** - Conway The Machine"
#28

Saba

5.0
(2)
"Few good things - saba"
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"Saba:Few Good Things"
#29

Lord Sko

5.0
(2)
"United palace - lord sko"
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"Lord Sko - united palace"
#30

The Roots

5.0
(2)
"Things Fall Apart - The Roots"
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"Things fall apart - The Roots"
#31

CunninLynguists

5.0
(2)
"Such an underrated group."
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"A Piece Of Strange - Cunninlynguists"
#32

MF DOOM

5.0
(2)
"MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday"
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"Operation doomsday and mmm food by MF DOOM are essentials."
#33

Lil Wayne

5.0
(2)
"The Carter III is in the playlist"
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"Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne"
#34

Kendrick

5.0
(2)
"To pimp a butterfly and good kid maad city by Kendrick"
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"To pimp a butterfly and good kid maad city by Kendrick"
#35

Scarface

4.5
(2)
"Scarface - The Fix. Perfectly produced and some of the best raps in a legendary career."
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"Scarface The Fix."
#36

Ultramagnetic MCs

4.5
(2)
"Never really got the props a 1986 game changer deserved."
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"Ultra magnetic MCs, Critical Beat down."
#37

Tech N9ne

4.5
(2)
"Tech N9ne blends a lot of metal/rock into his raps, check out Straight out the Gate."
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"Check out Straight out the Gate."
#38

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

4.5
(2)
"Bone thugs n harmony resurrection"
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#39

Jay-Z

4.0
(2)
#40

Edan

4.0
(2)
"Edan - Beauty and the beat."
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#41

Cormega

4.0
(2)
"Cormega - true meaning."
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"Cormega-The Realness doesn’t get enough love."
#42

Kendrick Lamar

4.0
(2)
"MMATBS - Kendrick Lamar"
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#43

Hollatafool

5.0
(1)
"Porch Poems - Hollatafool"
#44

One Be Lo

5.0
(1)
"Amazing album."
#45

Typical Cats

5.0
(1)
"Dope jazzy Chicago boom bap with some of the most impressive lyricism."
#46

Ja Rule

5.0
(1)
"Classic with no skips."
#47

Nappy Roots

5.0
(1)
"AMAZING album all the way through."
#48

Fort Minor

5.0
(1)
"Genuinely a no-skip, perfect album all around."
#49

Copywrite

5.0
(1)
"Classic no doubt about it, heavy hitting lines, nasty ass flow."
#50

Rick Ross

5.0
(1)
"The Boss went hard on his first album!"
#51

Evidence

5.0
(1)
"These 2 are a couple of solid picks"
#52

Mach-Hommy & Tha God Fahim

5.0
(1)
"Mach-Hommy & Tha God Fahim - Notorious Dump Legends Vol. 2"
#53

Voir Dire

5.0
(1)
"Just let 100 High Street on repeat... blissful"
#54

Common

5.0
(1)
"Auditorium Vol. 1 is amazing."
#55

Ab-Soul

4.0
(1)
"The Ab-Soul album was super slept on"
#56

Kanye West

4.0
(1)
"Yeezus"
#57

UK Drill

4.0
(1)
"UK Drill (the whole genre)"
#58

KMD

4.0
(1)
"KMD - Mr. Hood"
#59

Wyclef Jean

4.0
(1)
#60

Game

4.0
(1)
#61

Too Short

4.0
(1)
"Too Short - Shorty The Pimp."
#62

Big L

4.0
(1)
"The Big Picture - Big L."
#63

Cypress Hill

4.0
(1)
#64

Heather B

4.0
(1)
"All the tracks are straight up NY head nodded."
#65

Kurupt

4.0
(1)
"Kurupt- Streets is a Mutha!"
#66

Pete Rock

4.0
(1)
#67

Elzhi

4.0
(1)
"The Preface by Elzhi"
#68

Paris

4.0
(1)
"Paris- Sleeping With The Enemy."
#69

Ren

4.0
(1)
"Sick Boi by Ren."
#70

Kool Keith

4.0
(1)
#71

Showbiz & AG

4.0
(1)
#72

Travis Scott

4.0
(1)
"Travis Scott - Rodeo."
#73

Guerilla Maab

4.0
(1)
"Some of those hooks are timeless."
#74

Geto Boys

4.0
(1)
"Geto Boys Resurrection"
#75

Run DMC

4.0
(1)
"Run DMC Raising Hell"
#76

TQ

4.0
(1)
#77

Hall & Nash

3.0
(1)
"Hall & Nash 2 just dropped right now."

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