Both The Idea of Beautiful (2012) and Laila’s Wisdom (2017) were among the best albums of the years in which they were released, so it was hard to imagine how Rapsody could equal the standard of quality she set for herself with her previous releases. Rapsody’s third full-length is yet another step ahead for the North Carolina emcee. With all that said – let’s get into the best Hip Hop albums of 2019!Īlso check: Greatest Hip Hop Albums 1980 – 2019 & Top 150 Hip Hop Albums Of The 2010s But having said that, there are lots of dope EP’s out there, so we will not completely ignore them – scroll all the way down (below the Honorable Mentions) for a section with some of 2019’s best EP’s. Creating an LP is an art in itself, releasing a couple of songs as an EP or dropping a 20-minute ‘album’ with a bunch of 1 and 2-minute songs, just doesn’t cut it for us. Some artists even bill barely 30-minute-long projects as albums – HHGA considers 30-minute-or-less projects EP’s however, and we do not rank them on this album (= LP) list. Due to ever-shortening hype cycles and attention spans, 2019 saw a continuation of the unfortunate trend that has artists drop a bunch of EP’s in order to stay in the public’s eye for as much time as possible.
Not included are instrumental albums, compilations (like Nas’ Lost Tapes 2), and EP’s (otherwise projects like Benny the Butcher’s excellent The Plugs I Met would have ranked high here). All the projects mentioned on the list and in the honorable mentions are worthwhile listens, which goes to show the quantity of quality released this year. Here you will find our favorite releases of the year ranked, with a sizeable honorable mention section attached as well. This is our list of what we think are the best Hip Hop albums of 2019. After a very slow start, 2019 turned out to be another great year for Hip Hop.
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