[saltysurprise]

Now that 2018 is over, I started compiling my top 10 albums of the year by genre. It was a particularly great year for hip hop music. My top 10 goes:

1. Veteran - JPEGMAFIA
2. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
3. Daytona - Pusha T
4. TA13OO - Denzel Curry
5. I am > I Was - 21 Savage
6. Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt
7. Ye - Kanye West
8. Astroworld - Travis Scott
9. Orpheus Vs The Sirens - Hermit and the Recluse
10. Dicaprio 2 - JID

What are everyone else's favourite hip hop albums of the year?
_________________
Stay noided

[baystateoftheart]

My current rough top 10:

1. Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt
2. Streams Of Thought, Vol. 1 - Black Thought
3. Streams Of Thought, Vol. 2 - Black Thought & Salaam Remi
4. Daytona - Pusha T
5. Care For Me - Saba
6. What Happens When I Try To Relax - Open Mike Eagle
7. Room 25 - Noname
8. FM! - Vince Staples
9. Whack World - Tierra Whack
10. Oxnard - Anderson .Paak

If I eliminated self-described EPs these would join the list:

- TA13OO - Denzel Curry
- Fever - Black Milk
- A Breukelen Story - Masta Ace & Marco Polo

Still need to hear the JID and 21 Savage albums. Enjoyed all of your other eight to some degree.
_________________
Join us in the canon game / Add me on RYM

[Skinny]

In alphabetical order, with proper favourites bolded, top ten in italics.

03 Greedo - God Level / The Wolf of Grape Street
21 Savage - i am > i was
Action Bronson - White Bronco
ALLBLACK - 2 Minute Drills
Andre Nickatina - Pisces
Armand Hammer - Paraffin
BbyMutha - BbyShoe
Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 3
Black Milk - FEVER
Black Thought - Streams of Thought Vol. 1 / Streams of Thought Vol. 2
Blueface - Famous Cryp
Boosie Badazz - Savage Holidays / Boosie Blues Cafe
Bun B - Return of the Trill
Busdriver - electricity is on our side
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
Chester Watson - Project 0
Chris Crack - Thanks Uncle Trill / Being Woke Ain't Fun / Just Gimme a Minute / Let's Just Be Friends
City Girls - PERIOD
cupcakKe - Ephorize
D Double E - Jackuum
Dabrye - Three/Three
Dizzee Rascal - Don't Gas Me
Drake - Scorpion
E-40 - The Gift of Gab
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
Freddie Gibbs, Curren$y and the Alchemist - Fetti / Freddie Gibbs - Freddie
Future - Beast Mode 2
Gucci Mane - Evil Genius
Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs. the Sirens
Jean Grae x Quelle Chris - Everything's Fine
Jerry Quickley - (american) FOOL
jpegmafia - Veteran
Junglepussy - JP3
Kevin Gates - Luca Brasi 3
Killa Kyleon - Candy Paint N Texas Plates
Knowledge the Pirate - Flintlock
Kodak Black - Dying to Live
Lajan Slim - It Will Never Be the Same
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V
Manga Saint Hilare - Outsiders Live Forever
Masta Ace & Marco Polo - A Breukelen Story
Maxo Kream - Punken
MIKE - Black Soap / Renaissance Man / War in My Pen
milo - budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies / scallops hotel - sovereign nose of (y)our arrogant face
MIST - Diamond in the Dirt
Mozzy - Gangland Landlord
Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap
Noname - Room 25
Novelist - Novelist Guy
Open Mike Eagle - What Happens When I Try to Relax
The Outfit, TX - Little World
Payroll Giovanni & Cardo - Big Bossin Vol. 2
Phonte - No News Is Good News
Playboi Carti - Die Lit
President T - There's Only One / Stranger Returns
Pusha T - Daytona
Rico Nasty - Nasty
Roc Marciano - Behold a Dark Horse / Kaos (w/ DJ Muggs) / RR2: The Bitter Dose
Rucci - El Perro
Shygirl - Cruel Practice
Ski Mask The Slump God - Beware the Book of Eli
slowthai - Runt
Starlito - At WAR With Myself Too
Vince Staples - FM!
Westside Gunn - Supreme Blientele
YG - Stay Dangerous
YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Until Death Call My Name
_________________
2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.

[travelful]

26 hip-hop albums I rated as a 7 or higher this year, great year for hip-hop!

All of the following I rated 8/10 or higher (ranked in order):

1. Ta13oo by Denzel Curry
2. Kids See Ghosts self titled
3. Daytona by Pusha T
4. Iridescence by Brockhampton
5. Avantdale Bowling Club self titled
6. Ye by Kanye West
7. Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt
8. Tana Talk 3 by Benny The Butcher
9. Vacation In Hell by Flatbush Zombies
10. Oxnard by Anderson .Paak
11. Swimming by Mac Miller (RIP)
12. Return of the Trill by Bun B
13. I Am > I Was by 21 Savage

Things rated 7-7.5... still really enjoyed and recommend to all (still in order):

14. Room 25 by Noname
15. Orpheus Vs. The Sirens by Hermit And The Recluse
16. Tha Carter V by Lil Wayne (his best project yet, don't @ me)
17. Everything's Fine by Jean Grae & Quelle Chris
18. Streams of Thought (Vol 1 & 2 combined) by Black Thought
19. Beware The Book Of Eli by Ski Mask Tha Slump God
20. I Want To Die In New Orleans by $uicideboy$
21. Paraffin by Armand Hammer
22. Punken by Maxo Kream
23. Ensley by Pink Siifu
24. Black Panther: The Soundtrack by Various Artists
25. DiCaprio 2 by J.I.D
26. QUARTERTHING by Joey Purp

[Skinny]

TIL people really like Spotify-core rap.
_________________
2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.

[travelful]

[craola]

[baystateoftheart]

Ok if the lists are getting more expansive I'll throw in some more good stuff that hasn't been mentioned, in order of how much I enjoy it:

Marlowe - Marlowe
On The Rvn - Young Thug
Pieces Of A Man - Mick Jenkins
¥€$ - Tommy Cash
Bread - The Alchemist
In Celebration Of Us - Skyzoo
_________________
Join us in the canon game / Add me on RYM