To Pimp a Butterfly is a grandiose achievement: both a soul-bearing confessional and a compelling state of the nation address – this album’s cultural significance can not be overstated. City, Kendrick Lamar (2012) had already released a near-flawless project, but this follow-up turned out to be even bigger and better. To Pimp A Butterfly is like this generation’s version of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On (1971), or Public Enemy‘s It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988). What can be said about this monument of an album that hasn’t been said a million times already? This album is special, in a once in a generation kind of way. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) So – let’s get into the top 150 Hip Hop albums of the 2010s list – can you find YOUR favorite 2010s albums here? Which albums are missing, which ones are ranked too low or too high? Weigh in with your opinion, here or on Social Media!ġ. Some of the albums listed here have received general critical acclaim and have enjoyed commercial success, some were completely ignored and slept on by the media, critics and the general Hip Hop audience alike. Also eliminated for consideration were projects billed as albums that are actually EP-length like Pusha T’s Daytona (2018) and Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s Kids See Ghosts (2018) – projects with a running time of barely 20 minutes, too short for inclusion on this list.Īs this list will reflect, our MVPs of the decade include Run The Jewels, billy woods, Rapsody, CunninLynguists, Apollo Brown, Skyzoo, Danny Brown, Quelle Chris, and Kendrick Lamar. This is our album list, and albums are LPs – Long Playing records – EPs by definition are a different category. Wuz Here (2010) and Return Of 4eva (2011), No Name’s Telefone (2016), and others would have made the cut), and EPs. Not included are instrumental albums, compilations, mixtapes (otherwise classic mixtapes like Joey Bada$$’s 1999 (2012), Isaiah Rashad’s Cilvia Demo (2014), Chance The Rapper’s Acid Rap (2013), Mick Jenkins’ The Waters (2014), Big K.R.I.T.’s K.R.I.T. Listed here you will find what WE consider the top 150 Hip Hop albums of the 2010s decade, based on criteria such as cohesiveness, creativity, replay value, potential longevity, enjoyability, and overall quality, and to a lesser extent on criteria such as impact, influence, and popularity. Hip Hop is the dominant cultural and musical force in the world now, and its dominance is reflected in its diversity. While we will always consider 1987 – 1996 the best ten-year period in Hip Hop ever, this past decade has been exceptional too. If you only follow the mainstream you would not know it, but quality Hip Hop has always been there. Our focus is not just on the eighties and early nineties though – we are also here to show that quality Hip Hop has always existed. HipHopGoldenAge was founded to celebrate classic Hip Hop and the pioneers of the music and culture we all love, and also to provide a counter-weight to the emptyheaded bubblegum rap that took over the mainstream from the mid-nineties on.
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