
Top 20 Hip Hop Albums of 2013
It almost feels strange to list Yeezus as the “best hip-hop album of the year,” as Kanye has become the rare artist that transcends both the genre and pop culture to which he belongs. Like no artist since Michael Jackson, he’s a household name, a punch-line, and a musical visionary-and nearly every album he makes is now an instant classic. Yeezus is a curious album from an artist that has reached that status, though, as West strips back the creative excess that usually accompanies his ambitions and ends up with a minimalist setting that actually provides more space for his outsized ego. He might not be the greatest rapper ever, the greatest lyricist ever, or the greatest producer ever, but he keeps turning out album after album that reimagines and redefines what hip-hop can be, all the while establishing him as one his generation’s most compellingly conflicted personalities. Still, it’s a shame that no matter how great he is, he’ll still fall short of how great he thinks he is.
The rest of the year belonged to eccentric upstarts, from Chance the Rapper’s instant leftfield classic to Danny Brown and Earl Sweatshirt’s genius-confirming turns as post-fame success stories. Storytellers (Kevin Gates, Le1f, Ka) had a good run in 2013, too, but even the year’s most serious artistic statements (Run the Jewels, Migos) had a thick undercurrent of fun running through them. Overall, this is a top heavy list but a deep one, with five classic or near-classic albums and over a dozen more that suggest that hip-hop has rarely had so many distinctive personalities pulling in so many different directions at one time. By Matt Fink
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January 29th 2014
3:34pm
great , personally i like the Drake album ” Drake
Nothing Was the Same ” it’s very wonderful , thanks for that
September 29th 2017
5:58am
Defo agree on the Tyler and Kanye picks, not so sure on the others, I will have to give them a re-listen.
November 10th 2017
11:18am
Para mi los mejores de la historia.
August 23rd 2018
12:57pm
I really love Tyler, the creator Wolf
January 20th 2019
9:27am
The best of the history! I agree :)
March 19th 2019
6:13am
Esta lista me encanta
June 9th 2019
5:43pm
kendal
June 10th 2019
10:38am
Like this “Drake Nothing Was the Same”
June 13th 2019
9:15am
Nice list and better bands
July 5th 2019
4:07am
Quasimoto es la bomba, os lo recomiendo!!
September 30th 2019
11:30am
perfecto para mi
November 5th 2019
8:41am
Great list!!!
November 29th 2019
12:02pm
Una de las mejores listas, of course :-)
December 17th 2019
11:22am
I Love Migos! Today and everyday!
December 17th 2019
11:42am
I love migos, today and Everyday
December 18th 2019
7:23am
Sabia que migos estaria en esta lista! Es el mejor! Me encanta su musica!
December 20th 2019
9:29am
Danny Brown’s album in my point of view is super good, I think it’s excellent that he is in thirteen place in this list
December 22nd 2019
5:08pm
Kanye West did a bigger surprise with his album “yeezus” which is really incredible in all senses
December 23rd 2019
11:20am
El álbum numero 11 Leche negra- Sin veneno no hay paraíso. Es excelente.
March 9th 2020
2:04pm
I do not totally agree on this list, although each person should make their own choice.
September 16th 2020
1:55am
Una lista fantástica!
January 12th 2021
11:37am
Great choice
January 25th 2021
8:49am
La mejor lista de reproduccion que he visto en años. o much thanks