Best hip-hop albums of 2016

[Philaflava]

I'm trying to get caught up.

I know about The Impossible Kid and OME's Hella Personal, what else?

[drizzle]

nothing ordered or definitive, just thinking of the ones that I enjoyed enough to play more than once:

Kevin Gates - Islah
Payroll Giovanni & Cardo - Big Bossin Vol 1
WestSideGunn - Flygod (this got old pretty fast tho)
Kodak Black - Lil Big Pac
Currensy & Alchemist - Carlton Heist
YG - Still Brazy
Bentley - Street Knowledge
Vic Spenser & Chris Crack - Who The Fuck Is Chris Spencer
Chris Crack - Last of the lean


the Schoolboy Q album is supposed to be very good

the new Maxo Kream tape that just came out is very good

Elucid's Save Yourself was dope but oddly I enjoyed the little 16 minute pre-album ep/mix thing more

all the stuff Boozie put out this year is solid, there's been like 3 or 4 tapes now I think

[Versive]

Elucid - Save Yourself
Elucid - Osage
Ras G & Koreatown Oddity - 5 Chuckles: In the Wrld
Curren$y & Alchemist - Carlton Heist
Havoc & Alchemist - Silent Partner
Bentley & Parallel Thought - Street Knowledge
Chimurenga Renaissance - Girlz with Gunz
Kanye West - Life of Pablo
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered
Lil Ugly Mane - Oblivion Access
Yoni & Geti - Testarossa
Shozae & Grandmilly - 2 Stoopid Dogz
Blueprint & Aesop Rock - Vigilante Genesis

[Larry2times]

Boosies put out an album a month, its mad how much feels per there is

[Philaflava]

Kanye West - Life of Pablo

[drizzle]

oh Meyhem's Piatto D'Oro has some good stuff on it, would probably be up your alley Gloss

[unclebengi]

Schoolboy Q made the album of the year and it ain't close. Listened non stop all weekend. I wasn't sure if he could make an album this good...he can.

[Versive]

Kanye West - Life of Pablo

Been liking every Kanye album since MBDTF, so this is nothing new/shouldn't necessarily color your perception of my list.

[Philaflava]

oh Meyhem's Piatto D'Oro has some good stuff on it, would probably be up your alley Gloss

Nah I'm a fan of that album for sure. I just forgot to mention it. It's extremely solid.

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

just YG imo

[the dead poet]

Le$ - Techno Violet

[Escobar305]

YG and kodak

[TheBigSleep]

Other than what's already been mentioned...

Antwon – Double Ecstasy
Conway – 50 Round Drum
Curren$y – The Legend of Harvard Blue
Denzel Curry – Imperial
DJ Quik & Problem – Rosecrans
elZhi – Lead Poison
Homeboy Sandman – Kindness For Weakness
J-Zone - Fish-n-Grits
Joey Purp – iiiDrops
K.A.A.N. – Uncommon Knowledge
Kamaiyah – A Good Night in the Ghetto
Kevin Gates – Murder For Hire II
Masta Ace – The Falling Season
Mozzy – Beautiful Struggle
Oddisee – Alwasta
The Underachievers – It Happened in Flatbush
Westside Gunn & Conway – Don't Get Scared Now
YC the Cynic – The Farewell Tape

[TheTed]

Yoni & Geti - Testarossa
Elucid - Save Yourself
Homeboy Sandman - Kindness for Weakness
Spark Master Tape - Silhouette of a Sunkken City
Lushlife - Ritualize
Skepta - Konnichiwa
Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
Onry Ozzborn - Duo
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Dean Blunt - BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow

[Versive]

Dean Blunt - BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow

This is my other favorite album of the year, but I didn't even include it because I (wrongly) assumed there was no chance anyone here would dig it. I stand corrected.

Don't listen to this expecting to hear dope lyrics or even interesting flows. Dean Blunt is not a good rapper, but he does his thing and it's amazing music.

[Mindbender Futurama]

my fave has been J-Zone's. front to back greatness.

[drizzle]

wouldn't even occur to me to put BBF on a list of rap albums

[Philaflava]

Masta Ace – The Falling Season

It's been sitting in my iTunes for over a month now and I still haven't gotten around to it. It's on my list for sure but didn't hear too much to excite me, so wasn't motivated. I am now.

[Neuro]

theres not alot this year im enjoying the new mr lif , onry ozborne , homeboy sandman , and of course new aesop is in heavy rotation, been listening to mostly old/previous year albums this year

[Neuro]

new i self devine & muja messiah is dope

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

we need a separate thread for "every dumb album i listened to this year"

[TheTed]

This is my other favorite album of the year, but I didn't even include it because I (wrongly) assumed there was no chance anyone here would dig it. I stand corrected.

wouldn't even occur to me to put BBF on a list of rap albums

It's more hip-hop than it is anything else. What would you call it?

[drizzle]

wouldn't even occur to me to put BBF on a list of rap albums

It's more hip-hop than it is anything else. What would you call it?

I'd call it something that has absolutely no intention of sticking to genre labels or conventions. Blunt pulls elements from a bunch of genres without letting any of them really settle as a definitive direction for the music.

[blastmaster]

Peach Panther!!!

[Versive]

wouldn't even occur to me to put BBF on a list of rap albums

It's more hip-hop than it is anything else. What would you call it?

I'd call it something that has absolutely no intention of sticking to genre labels or conventions. Blunt pulls elements from a bunch of genres without letting any of them really settle as a definitive direction for the music.

You're both right.

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

Peach Panther!!!

underwhelmed by the beats on here but my expectations were really high. i'll give it another listen.

[blastmaster]

Peach Panther!!!

underwhelmed by the beats on here but my expectations were really high. i'll give it another listen.

It's a grower. The choruses are infectious as fuck, yo.

[hellriser]

aesop rock - impossible kid
lil ugly mane -OA
Schoolboy q - blank face LP

[ardamus]

I can't list them all right now but Spark Master Tape's new shit is definitely fire.
Worst album so far, had to be Peach Panther.....Neon Icon was way better.

[drizzle]

guys LUM was 2015