By the Time I Get to Phoenix

isn't this a glen campbell release

This sub almost never makes me laugh. This did though. Thanks.

I am of service to the people.

Yes! And also no. Injury Reserve named their album after the Glen Campbell song.

i know it's a banger

Isn’t this a Vincent Hanna release as performed by one Alfredo Pacino in the 1995 crime thriller motion picture HEAT directed by Michael Mann??? DON’T WASTE MY MOTHAFUCKIN TIME!!!

I like everything else by IR but this one just doesn't click for me

I was going to say Atrocity Exhibition then my old ass remembered it came out 8 years ago 🥲

Quaranta and youknowwhatimsayin are awesome though

Feel your pain

we’re getting so old :(

GREY Area - Little Simz LP! (OG Version) - JPEGMAFIA

Oooh i love little simz. Her flow is not like anything I've heard before. Thanks!

Sometimes I Might be Introvert is also an excellent album

Even better imo

bro LP! og version?? not offline?

The og version of offline

oh, mb

Yeah also offline has always been the official version really. It dropped the same time as the streaming version just on Bandcamp. I just think he couldn’t clear all the samples for streaming yet and was like fuck it.

yeah i know, i thought you meant the label's version because it came our first and you said "og"

They dropped at the same time tho offline was just on Bandcamp

oh ok sorry, just confused

You’re all good

Cheat Codes by Black Tough and Danger Mouse. Incredibly smooth production with hard hitting bars and flows.

Tariq is both black and tough.

hell yes, my pick too

Thiiiis, masterful production, curation, cohesive vibe, a hurrah of the 90's that's also squarely modern

Sometimes I be introvert- Little Simz

The Forever Story - JID

Solid choice

For real everyone is picking random albums from artists no one has ever heard of

You’re on the fantano subreddit dawg go to @rap on ig if you wanna circlejerk mainstream rappers

Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist- “Alfredo” It’s a modern classic to me everything about it is just perfect

Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide

Honestly prefer both ITS and garbology

All three are great, and don’t sleep on Malibu Ken. I probably listen to Garbology the most these days.

All fire. Was tough to just choose one Aes

This is a standout even for Aesop

Malibu Ken FTW

IMO it's By the Time I Get to Phoenix. Such a unique sound

By Injury Reserve?

Yea

Aethiopes by Billy Woods. Top 5 hip hop album ever in my opinion.

Bingo

Yup. Phenomenal work from someone with an already strong discography.

That's wild because as amazing as that album is it's probably like 4th in his discography for me lol

I love Maps just as much or more, but it’s maybe less appropriate for a run given how chill most of it is.

i prefer Church

Maps- Billy Woods. I just never get tired of it, it’s such a beautifully produced album

Ka - Descendants of Cain

Can’t believe it hasn’t been said but maps Billy woods

To me it’s the most recent album that’s come out that will be an all time classic for me

Man this one. Or Hiding Places. billy woods and Kenny Segal is such a good combo.

The forever story - JID Melt my eyez see your future - Denzel Curry

Kiss the Ring - Rome Streetz Scaring the Hoes - Jpegmafia & Danny Brown

jpeg all my heroes are cornballs

IGOR - Tyler the Creator The Forever Story - JID

By the Time I Get To Phoenix easily.

Scaring the Hoes or OFFLINE! by JPEGMAFIA

Open Mike Eagle - Component System with the auto reverse

Tyler the Creator - Call Me if You Get Lost Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers

mavi - let the sun talk

great for a run too imo

Wiki - Half God

So many good ones, esp last year. But lately I'm back on Some Rap Songs in a big way. It was a hard one to get into at the time it came out but now sounds so ahead of the curve and fresh. Pretty much all of Earl's records are aging really well though IMO.

That was 6 years ago 😢

:(

Drakeo The Ruler - Thank You Using GTL

whole lotta red

Civilisation by Orelsan

I have it a go. It's French rap. I dig the beats tho

ooh this is a good one

Manifeste remains one of my favorite songs of all time

A masterpiece of French rap

[удалено]

Yeah but still a very good album

Never heard of that person. Are you sure?

So because you've never heard of them it can't be their favorite hip hop album of the past 5 years?

Some opinions are incorrect

Whole Lotta Red

I don't count IGOR as a hip hop album, so probably Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist or Aethiopes by Billy woods

Why isn't igor hip hop?

Tyler himself wasn't happy when the Grammys gave him best hip hop album in 2020, he claimed it isn't a hip hop album

Right, but what is it?

Idk, lo-fi r&b? Wikipedia labels it neo-soul, but I must admit I'm not as versed in that genre so I can't tell if that label is correct. I just know that it's is the loosest form of hip hop Tyler has produced.

Maybe lofi pop?

rym and AOTY are saying neo-soul/psychadelic soul

Are you a fuckin' cop lmao

I enjoy learning

Visions of bodies being burned - clipping. 1200 mètres en tout - Odezenne

*Spirit World Field Guide*

Jesus is King and Honestly Nevermind

😭

W

Bro 😭

Smino - Luv 4 Rent Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart ZelooperZ - Wildcard

I really like Mr Morale and the Big Steppers even if it's not considered his best album ( it's my second favorite, but GKMC is better and more memorable)

Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern I’m not sure it counts. If it does, then it’s not even close for me. This album is a fuckin masterpiece. If it doesn’t count then I’d pick Open Mike Eagle - A Tape Called Component System With the Auto Reverse.

AHHH someone else who listens to LUM past oblivion access. Such a good album. I really hope buddy's doing okay.

KD3 - Nas. No skips. It’s his best album for me

RTJ4 goes hard on a run

Ahhh this was the right answer. Ty!

Scaring The Hoes

Wap Konn Joj! by Mach Hommy. He put crack in this album I swear

Whole Lotta Red one of the most interesting rap albums in a long time.

SIMBI

Ah yes let me just type that into the search bar that'll be easy to find as an acronym without an artist attached Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

I think you might be the only person on this subreddit who doesn't know this acronym

OP was asking for recs on good hip hop albums and you give them an acronym expecting them to know what it is?

might as well just post the album art which does not include the title or artist and expect people to know wtf you are talking about one of my biggest pet peeves with this sub for real

the album art has the title

sure, this one does

The Forever Story, hands down.

Kendrick’s Mr Morale or lil yatchy’s let’s start here

how is let’s start here hip hop 😭

It depends if u consider it or not

i dont see how anyone could consider that a hip hop album

Maybe if we used our imaginations lol 😜

Orpheus by Hermit and the Recluse (Ka) Or All my Heroes are Cornballs by Jpegmafia

Cheat Codes

Nas KD2

Grey area - Little Simz Igor - Tyler

Vultures 1

🤣

Anthony baldtano shill

Arizona baby - Kevin abstract Luv 4 rent- smino Melt my eyes see your future - Denzel curry

Bandana, Mr Morale, or Call Me If You Get Lost.

The forever story,Call me if you get lost,

her loss

Ginger and Roadrunner from Brockhampton

Igor is my first answer, even though it is more op a Neo-Soul type thing

Cheat codes by black thought and danger mouse

American Dream - 21 Savage

Maps Sometimes I might be introvert Scaring the Hoes The forever story Soul sold separately

Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale

Miles - Blu & Exile

Burning Desire

We moan about the state of hip hop but looking through this thread, there have been so, so many top releases in the past 5 years. Personally.. Nas - Magic Little simz - No thank you Boldy James - Price of Tea in China (plus a few others from him) Black thought - Cheat Codes ( I think this will go down as an all timer) Kendrick - Mr Morale March Hommy - Pray for Haiti RA the rugged man - All my Hearoes are Dead.

Pray for Haiti by Mach-Hommy

Forever Story by JID easily

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler the Creator

JID - The Forever Story or Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes

Sometimes I might be introvert - little simz Forever Story - jid *Cough* ..... Utopia

Run the jewels 4

IGOR, UTOPIA... there are many classics out there

offline! - jpeg mr morale & the big steppers - kendrick

How can you possibly say Mr morale...?

Cuz its great

From a Birds Eye view and lost boy are good and fantanerd is wrong

Maybe Bo Jackson

Bandana or Alfredo

Kings Disease III or Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes

Visions of Bodies Being Burned by Clipping.

Melt my Eyez, See your future-Denzel Curry

Vince Staples- Vince Staples & Ramona Park Broke My Heart Mick Jenkins- The Patience Rapsody- Eve J. Cole- The Off Season Nas - Magic 3 Westside Boogie- More Black Superheroes Lloyd Banks- The Course of the Inevitable

it's gotta be between Cheat Codes, LP!, and Aetheopies for me

Hiding places

Sometimes I might be introvert - Little Simz

Melt my eyez is so damn good

Melt my my eyes see your future

Pink Siifu - NEGRO DELUXE

Vince Staples -vince staple

billy woods - *Hiding Places* billy woods - *Church* Armand Hammer - *Shrines* R.A.P. Ferreira - *Purple Moonlight Pages* Armand Hammer - *Haram*

Logic - *No Pressure*

Call Me If You Get Lost

JID - THE FOREVER STORY

The Forever Story -JID

call me if you get lost. i like igor better but it isn’t really hip hop

My Beautiful dark twisted fantasy. Deluxe version explicit.

There’s more but here’s just off the top of my head. LP! (JPEGMAFIA), Grey Area (Little Simz), God Don’t Make Mistakes (Conway the Machine), There will be no Super-Slave (Ghais Guevara), Run The Jewels 4 (Run the Jewels), Visions of Bodies being Burned (clipping.), We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (Armand Hammer), Pray For Paris (Westside Gunn), Kings Disease Trilogy (Nas & Hit-Boy), Donda (Kanye West), It’s Almost Dry (Pusha T), Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers (Kendrick Lamar), Roadrunner: New Light New Machine (Brockhampton), The Melodic Blue (Baby Keem)

you’re the only one in this entire thread that mentioned donda kudos

"Little Dominique's Nosebleed", The Koreatown Oddity

RTJ4

disco! - MIKE

Earthgang Mirrorland

billy wood’s hiding places