Black Up
by Shabazz Palaces
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Black Up is ranked as the best album by Shabazz Palaces.
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Black Up track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Black Up rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 45 Music Albums of 2011 | 41/45 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Me Hace Ruido Lo mejor de 2011 Discos en inglés | 23/35 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Les albums préférés de Télérama en 2011 | 20/28 | - |
| 2026 |  kinglyostrich | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 46/99 | 54 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Pinpoint Music Top 25 Albums of 2011 | 8/25 | - |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 78 Music Albums of 2011 | 14/78 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 40 Music Albums of 2011 | 38/40 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 225 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 966 | |||
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Black Up ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 18:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,610 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 01:58 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 275 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 10:23 | Leginlists | 3,837 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Forum mentions
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LebowskiRams 09/29/2021 19:27 | #274422 | TOP COMMENT
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This was so ahead of its time and still sounds fresh 10 years later. Incredible. (Edited)
VictorVale 06/03/2019 21:59 | #237069
Uma forma completamente nova de fazer hip hop!
thirstyDog 12/01/2017 20:03 | #202473 | TOP COMMENT
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So weird but in the best way possible :O
Wake up people! The future of hip hop is happening right here as we speak! This is the future. This is an incredible hip hop album from an up and coming hip hop prodigy. I hope there are many more like this to come. This is the third best hip hop album of the decade thus far only behind Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot... This is not a fad, it will not fade with time. This is hip hop greatness and it will last, you can quote me on that.
SquishypuffDave 02/08/2012 09:45 | #36583 | TOP COMMENT
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I took way too long to get around to listening to this. DOPE!! Great variety, especially.
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