Hip Hop Albums reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 192 Reddit reviews across 7 subreddits and 17 posts to rank the best Hip Hop Albums brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/hiphop101, r/musicsuggestions, r/fantanoforever, r/AskReddit, r/Topster. Top-rated brands include Nas (4.9/5), Killer Mike (5.0/5), Kendrick Lamar (4.8/5).
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Reviews192
Subreddits7
Posts17
Brands81
Products87
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#1
Nas
4.9
(16)
"Illmatic"
"Illmatic is the only answer"
"Illmatic is top 3 debut album for me thats top"
"Nas - King's Disease 3"
"KD3 - Nas"
"Check out all the new nas albums"
"Illmatic- Nas > wu-tang and the 36 chambers > A tribe called quest - the low end theory"
"[Nas - Illmatic](https://youtu.be/S5L8LEyAcL4?si=I2kJwJlvh7YoCnCY)"
"I really love Nas's Illmatic."
"Nas."
#2
Killer Mike
5.0
(6)
"Michael - killer mike"
"Killer Mike— Michael"
"Killer Mike:Michael"
"Michael - Killer Mike"
"Listen to killer mike - Michael (Deluxe) the best song of the year is Maynard Vignette, which is on the deluxe version"
"Listen to killer mike - Michael (Deluxe)"
#3
Kendrick Lamar
4.8
(6)
"I'd recommend good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar"
"Good kid m.A.A.d city"
"Any Kendrick album"
"Any Kendrick album"
"GOOD KID MAAD CITY- Kendrick Lamar"
"MMATBS - Kendrick Lamar"
#4
Various Artists
4.3
(6)
"Any of these album sta"
"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."
"Legitimately classic albums"
"I found easy to connect with."
"Best is super subjective, but I got my 10 Favorite from this year."
#5
JID
5.0
(4)
"JID - The Forever Story"
"The forever story - JID , honestly the good kid maad city of this decade."
"JID:The Forever Story is my personal favorite in this period"
"- **The Forever Story** - JID"
#6
Mos Def
5.0
(4)
"Black on Both Sides - Mos Def"
"Black on both sides by mos def"
"Black On Both Sides- Mos Def"
"Black on Both Sides - Mos Def"
#7
GZA
5.0
(4)
"Liquid Swords"
"Liquid Swords - Gza"
"Liquid Swords GZA"
"Liquid Swords - GZA"
#8
OutKast
5.0
(4)
"ATLiens"
"ATLiens - OutKast"
"Any OutKast Album"
"Any OutKast Album"
#9
Beastie Boys
5.0
(4)
"Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique"
"Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys"
"The beastie boys check your head remaster that came out a couple years ago is an INSANE audiophile pressing."
"VMP released and all analogue version of Beastie Boys Check Your Head recently. It sounds great"
#10
Gang Starr
5.0
(4)
"Daily Operation-Gang Starr"
"Gangstarr-Moment of Truth"
"Also daily operation by gang Starr."
#11
Aesop Rock
4.8
(4)
"Aesop Rock— Integrated Tech Solutions"
"ITS - Aesop Rock"
"Aseop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions"
"Almost everything by Aesop Rock tickles my fancy!"
#12
Blackalicious
4.8
(4)
"Blackalicous - Nia"
"NIA is amazing too."
"Fucking love that album."
"Blackalicious- blazing arrow"
#13
A Tribe Called Quest
4.8
(4)
"Midnight Marauders is still the greatest hiphop album ever recorded."
"Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest"
"Amazing work and there with some of their best earlier albums for me"
#14
Blu & Exile
4.5
(4)
"This album is a true underground gem."
"Blu and Exile- below the heavens."
"Blu & Exile - Below the heavens."
"Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens"
#15
Vince Staples
5.0
(3)
"Dope selection, I'd recommend Dark Times by Vince Staples"
"Dark times - Vince staples"
"- **Dark Times** - Vince Staples"
#16
Earl Sweatshirt
5.0
(3)
"Earl - Voir Dire"
"Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire"
"Voir Dire-Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist"
#17
Larry June
5.0
(3)
"Larry June - The Great Escape and Spaceships on the Blade"
"Larry June & The Alchemist - The Great Escape"
"The great escape-Larry June"
#18
Schoolboy Q
5.0
(3)
"Schoolboy Q - Blue Lips"
"Blue lips - schoolboy q"
"- **Blue Lips** - Schoolboy Q"
#19
Injury Reserve
5.0
(3)
"By the Time I get to Jack off- Injury Reserve"
"By the Time I get to Phoenix- Injury Reserve"
"Injury reserv- by the time I get to phoenix"
#20
JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown
5.0
(3)
"Peggy and Danny - Scaring The Hoes"
"JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes"
"Scaring the hoes-JPEGmafia and Danny brown"
#21
Snoop Dogg
5.0
(3)
"Doggystyle- Snoop Dogg"
"Snoop Dogg Doggystyle original pressing was mastered by Bernie Grundman."
"Snoop - Doggystyle."
#22
Veeze
5.0
(3)
"Ganger - veeze"
"Veeze-Ganger"
"Veeze - Ganger"
#23
Billy Woods
5.0
(3)
"Billy Woods - Maps"
"Billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps"
"Maps-Billy Woods and Kenny Segal"
#24
Dr. Dre
5.0
(3)
"West coast: Dr. Dre- The Chronic"
"Dr Dre - The Chronic"
"Dr Dre - The Chronic"
#25
Black Thought
5.0
(3)
"Black Thought - Cheat Codes"
"- **Cheat Codes** - Black Thought x Danger Mouse"
"Cheat Codes - Black Thought"
#26
MF DOOM
5.0
(3)
"MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday"
"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 )"
"Operation doomsday and mmm food by MF DOOM are essentials."
#27
Lil Wayne
5.0
(3)
"I'd recommend Tha Carter V by Lil Wayne"
"The Carter III is in the playlist"
"Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne"
#28
Jay-Z
4.3
(3)
"Some candidates:
*Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)..."
#29
Biz Markie
5.0
(2)
"The Meat Never Sleeps - Biz Markie"
"The Biz Never Sleeps - Biz Markie"
#30
Saba
5.0
(2)
"Few good things - saba"
"Saba:Few Good Things"
#31
Danny Brown
5.0
(2)
"Any Danny brown album"
"Any Danny brown album"
#32
Death Grips
5.0
(2)
"Any Death grips album with MC Ride"
"Any Death grips album with MC Ride"
#33
The Roots
5.0
(2)
"Things Fall Apart - The Roots"
"Things fall apart - The Roots"
#34
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"
"McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?"
#35
ODB
5.0
(2)
"Return to the Jacking Off Chambers the dirty version - ODB"
"Return to the 36 Chambers the dirty version - ODB"
#36
Armand Hammer
5.0
(2)
"Haram - Armand Hammer"
"Haram - Armand Hammer"
#37
Deltron 3030
5.0
(2)
"Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030"
"Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030"
#38
Conway
5.0
(2)
"God don’t make mistakes - Conway"
"- **God Don't Make Mistakes** - Conway The Machine"
#39
Kanye West
5.0
(2)
"Any Kanye album"
"Any Kanye album"
#40
CunninLynguists
5.0
(2)
"Such an underrated group."
"A Piece Of Strange - Cunninlynguists"
#41
Lord Sko
5.0
(2)
"United palace - lord sko"
"Lord Sko - united palace"
#42
Lupe Fiasco
5.0
(2)
"Drill music in Zion - Lupe fiasco"
"- **Drill Music In Zion** - Lupe Fiasco"
#43
Rapsody
5.0
(2)
"Please don’t cry - rapsody"
"Rapsody:Please Don't Cry"
#44
Mike
5.0
(2)
"Mike - burning desire"
"Mike - Burning Desire"
#45
Common
5.0
(2)
"Like water for chocolate by common"
"AMAZING album all the way through."
#46
Denzel Curry
5.0
(2)
"Denzel - Melt My Eyez"
"- **Melt My Eyez See Your Future** - Denzel Curry"
#47
Blu
4.5
(2)
"Surprised that no one has mentioned Blu - Below the Heavens"
#48
Ultramagnetic MCs
4.5
(2)
"Never really got the props a 1986 game changer deserved."
"Ultra magnetic MCs, Critical Beat down."
#49
Tech N9ne
4.5
(2)
"Tech N9ne blends a lot of metal/rock into his raps, check out Straight out the Gate."
"Check out Straight out the Gate."
#50
Scarface
4.5
(2)
"Scarface - The Fix. Perfectly produced and some of the best raps in a legendary career."
"Scarface The Fix."
#51
Edan
4.0
(2)
"Edan - Beauty and the beat."
#52
Onyx
5.0
(1)
"Onyx - 1993"
#53
Freddie Gibbs
5.0
(1)
"Freddie Gibbs- Pinata"
#54
Slick Rick
5.0
(1)
"The Great Adventures of Slick Rick"
#55
Black Star
5.0
(1)
"Mos def and talib kweli are blackstar"
#56
Westside Gunn
5.0
(1)
"Some candidates:
*Westside Gunn - F..."
#57
Joey Badass
5.0
(1)
"Some candidates:
*Joey Badass - All-Amerikkkan Badass (2017)..."
#58
Masta Ace
5.0
(1)
"Breukelen story- Masta Ace and Marco Polo"
#59
Sene
5.0
(1)
"Sene - A Day Late And A Dollar Short (produced by Blu) is underrated imo."
#60
Eminem
5.0
(1)
"Eminem!"
#61
Mach-Hommy
5.0
(1)
"The G.A.T... - Mach-Hommy"
#62
M.O.P.
5.0
(1)
"M.O.P. - Cold as Ice"
#63
21 Savage
5.0
(1)
"Some candidates:
*21 Savage - I Am > I Was (2018)..."
#64
stic.man
5.0
(1)
"Stic.man - Manhood"
#65
Jay Royale
5.0
(1)
"Jay Royale- Ivory Stoop"
#66
Brother Ali
5.0
(1)
"Brother Ali: Mourning in America Dreaming in Color"
#67
Huss und Hodn
5.0
(1)
"Huss und Hodn - Der Stoff aus dem die Regenschirme sind"
#68
A$AP Rocky
5.0
(1)
"Some candidates:
*A$AP Rocky - Long. Live. ASAP (2013)..."
#69
Raekwon
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 )"
#70
Immortal Technique
5.0
(1)
"Amazing album, massive underrated artist who doesn’t get the recognition an artist like him deserves."
#71
Young Thug
5.0
(1)
"Some candidates:
*Young Thug - So Much Fun (2019)..."
#72
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 )"
#73
Noname
5.0
(1)
"I'd recommend Telefone by Noname"
#74
Fugees
5.0
(1)
"Fugees - The Score."
#75
Amewu
5.0
(1)
"Amewu - Entwicklungshilfe"
#76
Benny the Butcher
5.0
(1)
"Some candidates:
*Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 3 (2018)..."
#77
King Kwize
4.0
(1)
"He drops some albums that are good introduction to hip hop starts at time stamp 7:00"
#78
JPEGMAFIA
4.0
(1)
"JPEGMAFIA’s All My Heroes Are Cornballs has some real good vocals too"
#79
Ab-Soul
4.0
(1)
"The Ab-Soul album was super slept on"
#80
Big K.R.I.T.
4.0
(1)
#81
Hall & Nash
3.0
(1)
"Hall & Nash 2 just dropped right now."
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