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Hip Hop: The Genre Of The Decade

Music Editor and Hip Hop Soc President Asad Raja consulted with his society and rated the best albums of the decade

Hip Hop: The Genre Of The Decade

Undeniably, hip hop dominated this decade, having established itself as one of the most diverse yet hereditary forced in modern culutre. I asked Hip Hop Soc members to pick their top 20 albums of the decade. This pretty banging consensus list is the result:

20. Barter 6 - Young Thug (2015)

19. 4:44 - Jay-Z (2017)

18. Telefone - Noname (2016)

17. Atrocity Exhibiton - Danny Brown (2016)

16. Run The Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels (2014)

15. DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar (2017)

14. The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West (2016)

13. Coloring Book - Chance the Rapper (2016)

12. DAYTONA - Pusha T (2018)

11. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole (2014)

10. Piñata - Freddie Gibbs and Madlib (2014)

9. Flower Boy - Tyler, the Creator (2017)

8. Take Care - Drake (2011)

7. Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt (2018)

6. Yeezus - Kanye West (2013)

5. IGOR - Tyler, the Creator (2019)

4. KIDS SEE GHOSTS - KIDS SEE GHOSTS (2018)

3. good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar (2013)

2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (2010)

1. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (2015)

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