My List of the Best Hip-Hop Albums This Year (So Far)

By Mark Abramov

September 16, 2018

This is a list I made while looking through Wikipedia's article on hip hop music in 2018.

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Top 15

This list is ranked by personal opinion of overall album quality and replay value.

  1. Kids See Ghosts, Kids See Ghosts (Kanye West and Kid Cudi)
  2. KOD, J. Cole
  3. Daytona, Pusha T
  4. ye, Kanye West
  5. Astroworld, Travis Scott
  6. Kamikaze, Eminem
  7. Nasir, Nas
  8. Swimming, Mac Miller
  9. Book of Ryan, Royce da 5'9"
  10. Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B
  11. Testing, A$AP Rocky
  12. Black Panther: The Album, Kendrick Lamar and various artists
  13. Victory Lap, Nipsey Hustle
  14. Scorpion, Drake
  15. Queen, Nicki Minaj

Who almost made the list? See the list of honorable mentions.