Best hip hop albums on Reddit

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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

Kendrick Lamar

4.8
(6)
"I'd recommend good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar"
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"Criminally underrated, never see anyone discuss it at all."
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"Any Kendrick album"
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"Any Kendrick album"
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"GOOD KID MAAD CITY- Kendrick Lamar"
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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

Various Artists

4.2
(5)
"Any of these album sta"
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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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"I'd recommend checking out everything that dropped to see what's on offer for you."
#6

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"
#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

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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#9

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!"
#10

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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#11

MF DOOM

4.8
(4)
"MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday"
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"OB4CL, Supreme Clientele, Vaudeville Villain, Temples of Boom, Cheat Codes (this has been my main skiing album the last 2 seasons, hits hard on the slopes )"
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"Operation doomsday and mmm food by MF DOOM are essentials."
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"Doomsday"
#12

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"
#13

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"
#14

Earl Sweatshirt

5.0
(3)
"Earl - Voir Dire"
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"Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire"
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"Voir Dire-Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist"
#15

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"
#16

Vince Staples

5.0
(3)
"Dope selection, I'd recommend Dark Times by Vince Staples"
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"Dark times - Vince staples"
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"- **Dark Times** - Vince Staples"
#17

Injury Reserve

5.0
(3)
"By the Time I get to Jack off- Injury Reserve"
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"By the Time I get to Phoenix- Injury Reserve"
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"Injury reserv- by the time I get to phoenix"
#18

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"
#19

Veeze

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

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."
#21

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"
#22

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"
#23

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"
#24

Mos Def

5.0
(3)
"Black on both sides by mos def"
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"Black On Both Sides- Mos Def"
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"Black on Both Sides - Mos Def"
#25

Common

5.0
(3)
"Like water for chocolate by common"
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"Auditorium Vol. 1 is amazing."
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"AMAZING album all the way through."
#26

The Roots

4.7
(3)
"Things Fall Apart - The Roots"
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"Things fall apart - The Roots"
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"Maybe the Roots? I don’t know how they recorded but at least they are a band."
#27

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."
#28

Biz Markie

4.7
(3)
"The Meat Never Sleeps - Biz Markie"
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"The Biz Never Sleeps - Biz Markie"
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"“Just a friend” by Biz Markie"
#29

Kanye West

4.7
(3)
"Any Kanye album"
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"Any Kanye album"
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"Yeezus"
#30

Armand Hammer

5.0
(2)
"Haram - Armand Hammer"
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"Haram - Armand Hammer"
#31

ODB

5.0
(2)
"Return to the Jacking Off Chambers the dirty version - ODB"
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"Return to the 36 Chambers the dirty version - ODB"
#32

CunninLynguists

5.0
(2)
"Such an underrated group."
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"A Piece Of Strange - Cunninlynguists"
#33

Death Grips

5.0
(2)
"Any Death grips album with MC Ride"
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"Any Death grips album with MC Ride"
#34

Mike

5.0
(2)
"Mike - burning desire"
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"Mike - Burning Desire"
#35

Conway

5.0
(2)
"God don’t make mistakes - Conway"
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"- **God Don't Make Mistakes** - Conway The Machine"
#36

OutKast

5.0
(2)
"Any OutKast Album"
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"Any OutKast Album"
#37

GZA

5.0
(2)
"Liquid Swords GZA"
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"Liquid Swords - GZA"
#38

Danny Brown

5.0
(2)
"Any Danny brown album"
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"Any Danny brown album"
#39

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!?"
#40

Lord Sko

5.0
(2)
"United palace - lord sko"
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"Lord Sko - united palace"
#41

Rapsody

5.0
(2)
"Please don’t cry - rapsody"
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"Rapsody:Please Don't Cry"
#42

Saba

5.0
(2)
"Few good things - saba"
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"Saba:Few Good Things"
#43

Lupe Fiasco

5.0
(2)
"Drill music in Zion - Lupe fiasco"
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"- **Drill Music In Zion** - Lupe Fiasco"
#44

Lil Wayne

5.0
(2)
"The Carter III is in the playlist"
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"Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne"
#45

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."
#46

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."
#47

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."
#48

Blu

4.5
(2)
"Surprised that no one has mentioned Blu - Below the Heavens"
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#49

Playboi Carti

4.5
(2)
"Some candidates: *Playboi Carti - Die Lit (2018)..."
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"Kinda basic answer but Whole Lotta Red, Carti fully utilizes his voice like its own instrument on that album."
#50

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

4.5
(2)
"Bone thugs n harmony resurrection"
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#51

Jay-Z

4.0
(2)
#52

Edan

4.0
(2)
"Edan - Beauty and the beat."
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#53

Cormega

4.0
(2)
"Cormega - true meaning."
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"Cormega-The Realness doesn’t get enough love."
#54

Kendrick

5.0
(1)
"To pimp a butterfly and good kid maad city by Kendrick"
#55

Young Thug

5.0
(1)
"Some candidates: *Young Thug - So Much Fun (2019)..."
#56

Ghostface Killah

5.0
(1)
"OB4CL, Supreme Clientele, Vaudeville Villain, Temples of Boom, Cheat Codes (this has been my main skiing album the last 2 seasons, hits hard on the slopes )"
#57

Notorious B.I.G.

5.0
(1)
"Ready to Die - Notorious BIG"
#58

Benny the Butcher

5.0
(1)
"Some candidates: *Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 3 (2018)..."
#59

J. Cole

5.0
(1)
"Some candidates: *J. Cole - KOD (2018)..."
#60

Immortal Technique

5.0
(1)
"Amazing album, massive underrated artist who doesn’t get the recognition an artist like him deserves."
#61

Mc Eiht

5.0
(1)
"Mc Eiht - Which way iz west"
#62

Voir Dire

5.0
(1)
"Just let 100 High Street on repeat... blissful"
#63

Freddie Gibbs

5.0
(1)
"Freddie Gibbs- Pinata"
#64

Xarakter

5.0
(1)
"Xarakter - Maestro"
#65

Evidence

5.0
(1)
"Evidence - The Weatherman"
#66

Noname

5.0
(1)
"I'd recommend Telefone by Noname"
#67

Mac Miller

5.0
(1)
"I'd recommend Watching Movies the Sound Off by Mac Miller"
#68

D'Angelo

5.0
(1)
"Not hip hop but you'd really like Voodoo by D'Angelo."
#69

Onyx

5.0
(1)
"Onyx - 1993"
#70

Mach-Hommy

4.0
(1)
#71

UK Drill

4.0
(1)
"UK Drill (the whole genre)"
#72

King Kwize

4.0
(1)
"He drops some albums that are good introduction to hip hop starts at time stamp 7:00"
#73

Vanilla Ice

3.0
(1)

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