Rolling Stone has named its “20 Best Hip Hop Albums Of 2013.” Kanye West’s Yeezus earned the #1 spot, while Drake’s Nothing Was The Same landed at #2.
“Kanye’s electro masterpiece is his most extreme album ever, which is saying something,” Rolling Stone says in its Yeezus blurb. “No wonder the late, great Lou Reed embraced Yeezus, since it’s basically the Metal Machine Music concept translated into futuristic Hip Hop, all industrial overload and hypertense egomania and hostile vibes.”
The article compares Yeezus to Nothing Was The Same. “With Kanye breathing fire in rarified air, Drake is the people’s rapper, a smart kid conflicted about his fame, heart, family, everything except his mic potency,” Rolling Stone says. “But what makes his lonely fantastic voyage matter is its emotional weight, which gets crucial amplification from Noah ’40′ Shebib’s whirlpool beats.”
Danny Brown’s Old album was the #3 album on the list, while Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 landed at #4. Chance the Rapper’s Acid Rap earned the #5 spot. “The second mixtape from this 20-year-old Chicago MC is the ultimate in psychedelic Hip Hop,” Rolling Stone says. “Chance spins Lil Wayne-meets-Hendrix language swirls punctuated by the real-life observations of a kid who grew up in a world where ‘it’s dark a lot . . . easier to find a gun than it is to find a fucking parking spot.”
Rolling Stone’s “20 Best Hip Hop Albums Of 2013” is as follows:
1. Yeezus, Kanye West
2. Nothing Was The Same, Drake
3. Old, Danny Brown
4. The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem
5. Acid Rap, Chance the Rapper
6. My Name Is My Name, Pusha T
7. Born Sinner, J. Cole
8. Doris, Earl Sweatshirt
9. Trap Lord, A$AP Ferg
10. Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay Z
11. B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time, 2 Chainz
12. Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky
13. The Luca Brasi Story, Kevin Gates
14. Run The Jewels, Run The Jewels
15. Wolf, Tyler, the Creator
16. I Am, Yo Gotti
17. The Night’s Gambit, Ka
18. Excuse My French, French Montana
19. Watching Movies With the Sound Off, Mac Miller
20. Self Made Vol. 3, Maybach Music Group
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Run the Jewels should be much higher on the list but aleast they received a nod …. i guess
Could not agree more!
Kanye gets way too much attention which he doesn’t deserve. He can produce but that’s about it. He needs to lay low like Madlib. Run The Jewels is my fav of the year. Danny Brown was close behind. Such a varied album. Cannot wait to see RTJ, Brown and Earl next year on the one bill. Quasimoto’s release was overlooked.
Wale is not going to like being left off this list.
Hey Dentaldamboy you wanna chat back and forth I am all alone and need a good hearty chat!
Yeah, French Montana is on the list but no Wale…..list can’t lose any credibility because it never had any.
Let me catch you commenting on this site again damboy and I will court marshal your niggger ass
Watching Movies with the Sound off is WAY too low.
Oh, and don’t look now folks….Wale’s “The Gifted” isn’t on this list either. I really don’t understand why critics are snubbing him. It was at least better than Self Made 3, the number 20 album on here.
I mean seriously, you got two MMG albums on your list but now Wale!? What the fuucckk! Thats obvious bias and bullshit and I hope Wale beats the shit out of one of their staff.
I hope Wale quits music
Yo Gotti put a white girl on his album and he finally got some love, French is only on there because MGK is on there.
That bum 2-chains had Fergie on his weed plate of album LOL.
Earl Sweatshirt had Mac Miller on his.
mac miller made this list
“old” is #3……? nigga….what?
yeezus is #1……nigga…..WHAT?
True Stori:
*christmas eve at jay z house*
Beyonce: help me wrap teh presentz hov
JayZ: cant am not a wrapper
Comment if you liked.
Niggaz want to knock 2-Chainz because he from the streets but why walk ass J Cole have
Amber Coffman on his album? Oh but J Cole gets a pass huh?
they hate on him because he sounds like garbage.Its okay to enjoy garbage,just dont try to justify it and say that its good.
Dawg as soon as I seen Skrilexx & Birdy Nam Nam on A$AP Rocky CD I knew he would be on every Hipster list from here to Honolulu.
JayZ sucks
Why isnt Em on here?
#4 hommie
blind people got the internet now?
Self Made 3…..NIGGA…WHAT?…was the person who made this list smoking crack rocks?
this is the only list that album has ever been on
french, 2 chainz mmg self made but no wale. hmm, wale dont do a kayne just chill and let them have this one.
Because hes dookie crumbs
Run the Jewels should be number 1
So does your Mum
Danny Brown is awful his voice is like a howling animal
if this isnt proof that hip hop is dead I dont know what is
Who is Kevin Gates and why is he on this list.
I downloaded his album, took a listen and deleted it the next day. He trash bro, not even worth the listen just a trash list.
Haters gonna hate fuckboy, go listen to Gucci Koon
Just happy to see that Wale didn’t make the list.
Same here
Im just happy Mac Miller is on the list to piss off the racist niggeerrs.
Uh no, As a white hiphophead I say Mac Miller shouldn’t be on this list. Hell the best verses on the album were from guest-spots.
happy Trap Lords up there but i dont think its better than Long.Live.ASAP
Hipster bastards are slurping Chance the rapper because his boyfriend Nate Foxx produced that hipster Mixtape.
Are you mad crybaby? You think Killer Mike would be on this list if it wasnt for El P? You either include us or we will exclude you. We own you boy.
Never heard Danny Browns shit, but if its #3 i guess maybe i should take the time to listen
It’s dope. You won’t regret it, I swear.
he wack bro. I won’t even listen to his music because he looks crazy high every minute of the day.
I wonder if Wale is going to threaten Rolling Stone’s staff…
But then again, it’s just Rolling Stone. Don’t take their opinion too seriously.
it crazy cause non of the albums up there get my attention. whack list
It’s sad that these “artists” and “albums” are considered hip-hop
We whites own HipHop, 4 rappers are mixed or white and all the albums on that top 10 either heavily sample white songs, have multiple white producers, or white guests.
how tha fuck is Yezus first when its garbage…MMLP 2 shitted on Yezus and Drake and Danny Brown
Yeezus is hip hop? Thought that shit was due step techno with supermario samples??? Lemme go listen to it again, maybe I played the wrong album.
Fergs album over Rocky’s?
MANNNN, FUCK THE ROLLING STONE, WHAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT HIP HOP?!
PURE TRASH
1. Born Sinner
2. MMLP2
Fuck the rest
1. Born Sinner
2. My Name is My Name
3 Wolf
4. Magna Carta Holy Grail
5. MMLP2
Kanye’s douche bag arrogant verses were too much for me to continue to listen to Yeezus and Nothing Was The Same may have been one of the worst albums I’ve heard in the last 5 years.
i can respect this list, except i think i would bump up MMlP2 and put magna carta at #5 but other than that, spot on
MTV babies? No diversity in that list at all. Typical, predictable mainstream major releases. Don’t be afraid to search underground for some good music.
2,3,4 ARE DOPE THE TWO ONE OF THEM IS SO-SO AND THE OTHER SI HORRIBLE POP MUSIC WITH HORRIBLE BEATS AND HOOKS. WON’T BE HARD TO FIGURE WHICH ONE THAT IS
Lil Wayne’s album is right where it should be!
They need to get some editors who actually listen to Hip Hop. Asap Ferg, 2 Chainz, French…wha? No R.A. the Rugged Man, Ghostface, Deltron, Killah Priest, and Rittz (just to name a few), all put out far superior albums than anything on this list. Danny Brown and Run the Jewels were deserving though.
idk why ghost and adrian younge are getting slept on for all these lists, that record was insanely dope
666
my nigga tyler made the list, deserves the recognition but i think he shoulda been higher
LMAO the whole industry is clowning Wale!
its like one huge episode of Mtv’s Punk’d that just wont end!
What a loser!
Wale about to be on suicide watch after he see’s French and 2 Chainz on here. Somebody call the Wahmbulance
1. Yeezus
2. No Love Lost
3. Nothing was the Same
4. Born Sinner
5. Indicud
that’s my top 5 list
Fuckin bullshit
Fuck this shit! Any top list with French Montana is fucked up!
Top Down Syndrome Rappers would be a legit list for French
The Gifted > Old, Acid Rap, Trap Lord, Doris, Boats 2, The Luca Brasy Story, Run the Jewels, Wolf, I am, The Night’s Gambit, Excuse my French, Watching Movies with the Sound off, Maybach Volume 3…and you people act like hes wrong to complain?
Nigga PLEEEEEASE
Yeezus isn’t even a hip-hop album. It is totally devoid of any legitimate rapping or hip-hop beats. Just cuz a “hip-hop artist” and his label calls it “hip-hop” doesn’t make it so. The material has to actually sound like the genre. And Drake? Dude has one of the most annoying voices in the game
Exactly, Yeezus is not a hip hop album, and I’m glad to see I’m not the only who’s ears damn near fucking bleeds every time Drake “sings” or “raps”.
FOH is as much Hip-Hop as #MMLP2 and its poppy beats and poppy hooks and features
Nope. MMLP2 is hip-hop.
I have to admit some of those albums I think are trash:
A$AP Ferg, Pusha T, & Self Made were the albums on that list most devoid of any Hipster influences.
Completely just named every mainstream rap album. Snubbed Czarface, Psychic World of Walter Reed, Ra Scion’s Sickle & Sword. Smh.
fuck u really expect from “rolling stone”?
Pyschic World Of Walter Reed was definitely the best hip hop album of the year.
I’m sure Priest can do without his shit getting put on a list together with albums like Excuse My French. LOL.
…and Ghostface. They should rename this list “Most popular rap albums of 2013” along with renaming the Grammys
they probably bought the Ghostface album but never received it like thousands of other people!
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I bought 12 reasons to die in April and still dont have it! Or my money back!
Haha, had the same problem^^Got my money back though.
…Snubbed Natti (of CunninLynguists)
This list can go on & on all day.
i feel like i need a barfbag after seeing this list.
How the fuck is Ferg’s album better than Rockys? Does anyone really think that I never listened to it but just assumed…
rockys album was way more complete and diverse ended kinda weak tho and it came out in january which prolly hurt it cuz that was a whole year ago i thought rocky was at least the 8th best this year
i cant even get thru Fergs albums its lightly better than juicy j album and its not even better than mac millers album this list is shit
fuck this list old, run the jewels, long live asap, and watching movies are the only albums that deserve to be on this list and their spots are fucked even still.
Breaking NEWS
Local Rapper Wall Lay has locked himself inside an office and the staff at Rolling Stone magazine is being held hostage.
Witnesses say he just wants the respect he deserves dog. According to sources at the scene the local rapper bribed security guards with leftover Deeper Than Rap and Dreams and Nightmares albums to gain access to the building.
Once inside Mr. Lay repeatedly asked the staff ‘YOU TELLING ME FRENCH MONTANA’S ALBUM IS BETTER THAN MINE?’.
Staff tried to calm down the disgruntled rapper and he eventually after losing his voice from so much yelling the local rapper broke down into tears and wept like a baby in the arms of a white blogger.
LMAO. This is too funny. Y’all win internet of the day.
Born sinner
Twelve reasons to die
My name is my name
Czarface
Yeezus
And I don’t give a shit I thought mmlp2 was bangin and magna carter was trash
niggas call drake a pop star.. like so far gone was pop? 5am in toronto was pop? drake is pop when he shows up on every kids bob, and i don’t think his lyrics gonna make the disney channel cut. it sounds cute when y’all say it.. but it doesn’t make sense.. drake is no where near pop.
MY TOP 5 RAP ALBUMS THIS YR
1.ESGN
2.RUN THE JEWELS
3.BORN SINNER
4.KING REMEMBERED IN TIME
5.MMLP2
Born Sinner No.7,Fuck Rolling Stone
Born Sinner_ Period
Somewhere out there Whale is crying while he holds his kitten.
LOL who’s whale?
Some local rapper from DC.
this nigga straight stay gettin threatened.
FUCK, MAN. THAT’S DEEP.
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Comment if you are un-inspired as fuk right nao.
MMLP2 was pretty weak how the fuck did it get #4…….smh
Agreed. I listen to it a few times, I dont get whats so special about it. Its boring
You both fuckin crazy. That album is fiiiire!!!
MMLP2 is ass cheeks. I agree with the first two.
If you think MMLP2 is trash, then your music taste sucks. Go listen to Chief Keef.
HAHAH EMINEM DICKRIDING WHITE BOYS. CRITICS ALL CLAIM DRAKES ALBUM WAS BETTER BECAUSE IT WAS. Eminem is pop trash he doesnt deserve those numbers
You’re still wrong, Drake dickrider.
^dentaldam, shut up.
Why would dentalbitch call anyone a Drake dickrider when he’s a Drake dickrider?
C’mon. how you gonna leave out Ghost Twelve reasons to die?
they probably never heard it. likely still waiting for their copy to show up from SCAM TEMPLE MUSIC
Killah Priest’s “PWOWR” = best album of the year.
for real, so underrated.
Ridiculously underrated. Double album, 40 tracks, no bullshit filler. Just pure excellence.
1. Born sinner (pure hiphop and still sold well)
2. My name is my name (best beats)
3. Mmlp2 (average but still better than the rest)
4. nothing was the same (nice production but too rnb to come second on a hiphop list)
5. Yeezus (sucks imo but it has sold well an has got good reviews from proffesionals)
French montana should even be on the list
2 Birds 1 Stone
Believers
The Boston Project
Constant Energy Struggles
Something Else
Son of Sam
Twelve Reasons to Die
The War Within
haha, i love your Strange Music enthusiasm..
Horrible list.
Yezzus at No. 1 invalidates their entire opinion on all things relating to Hip Hop.
no it doesn’t lol
Someguy is a hater since his favorite rapper didn’t get #1 Yeezus just rose again
TRUE STORI:
*Christmas dinner prayer at Hov’s house*
JayZ: Thank U God fur me freindz, me family, mi big lipz, n beyonce
Kanye: Ur welcome
JayZ: Pleez stahp kanye
NorthWest: Ur welcome
JayZ: Fuk
Merry Christmaz Niggs
Check out my list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvBo1JWHWwY
Ka’s Night’s Gambit shits an most of the other albums on the list. And for him music is just a hobby.
Czarface, 12 Reasons to Die, and a bunch of others are more deserving of top spots than many albums on the list.
#3 and #14 are the only good albums
I am shocked…..omw Kanye number 1? That was pure garbage and that goes to most of the albums on this list including “MMLP2”. The stand out album for the year was Born Sinner, hands down. I don’t think I am looking forward to hip hop in 2014 unless J Cole releases another album
This list is bullshit just shows how fake rap is
worst fucking list ever
and i bet it was written by a hipster
Underrated albums that missed out..
Prodigy & Alchemist- Albert Einstein
Kid Cudi- Indicud
Brotha Lynch Hung- Mannibelector
wale isn’t gonna be happy
loool
1. Quasimoto – Yessir, what ever
2. 7L & Eso & Deck – Czarface
3. Run The Jewels
4. J. Cole – Born Sinner
5. Ghostface – Twelve Reasons to Die
6. Alchemist & Prodigy – Albert Einstein
7. Killah Priest – PWOWR
8. Pusha T – MNIMN
9. Danny Brown – Old
10. Eminem – MMLP2
And YES!: Lord Quas album was sick! Recycled or not.
that Quasimoto album sure was amazing. couldn’t care less if it was recycled, refreshing to the ears
WORST ALBIMS OF THE YEAR
. Yeezus, Kanye West
Nothing Was The Same, Drake
My Name Is My Name, Pusha T
Trap Lord, A$AP Ferg
Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay Z
B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time, 2 Chainz
Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky
I Am, Yo Gotti
Excuse My French, French Montana
Watching Movies With the Sound Off, Mac Miller
Self Made Vol. 3, Maybach Music Group
If you don’t have #MMLP2 on your list it’s automatically bias as hell cuz his album was trash as much as anyones
chill Watching movies with the sound off, trap lord, longliveasap, and NWTS were dope af
Nah, MMLP2 was one of the best albums of the year.
It looks like they were literally pulling the albums out of a hat to make this list. So Rolling Stone your telling me that 2 Chaniz and Yo Gotti are on here over Wale And Ghostface?
preach
no body likes Whale
are you kidding me!? most of these albums are the wackest hip hop releases i’ve heard this year!? Run The Jewels and MMLP2 might be he only ones that deserves a spot on this list.
you are right on that
nah Old was dope
This is the state of current hiphop! wack, wack and again wack.
get the fuck out of here with this wack list. no wale-gifted? and cmon son yeezus was a ball of filth
WHY IS 2 CHAINZ AND FRENCH MONTANA THERE?
Wolf should have been in the Top 3, don’t really care about the order but I feel like it was a more complete and relistenable project than both Drake and Kanye. Wtf does rolling stone know about hip-hop? Clearly they are basing this list on which rappers are closest to the rock stars they value so much.
Eminem – bad guy >> yeezus and nothing was the same. Story telling at its best. But at end of day who cares everyone has different taste so ofcourse just listen to LYRICS not the beat 🙂
GTFOH – Black Skin Heads and New Slaves has more substance then anything Eminem has ever released in his career. With his comedic rap crap
True. In my opinion Eminem and Drake had a better album than Kanye. I was pretty disappointed my the Yeezus album, since i couldt match his earlier work.
KA – The Nights Gambit should be number 1. its what you call a masterpiece, fuck all this other commercial bullshit
lol french montana..
If this reali the best 20 albums of the year ,that means hip hop is dead …….
ummm rittz – life and times of johnny valiant?? r.a. – legends never die ?? hopsin – knock madness ??
black milk – no poison no paradise ??
RITTZ BITCH!
shocked
o arif ski qa shokirates 🙂 fuck rolling stone this list don’t mean shit 🙂
this list is some bullshit… french montana? really my nicca? rolling stone hasn’t been credible for over a decade… besides internet killed the review… WE DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT UR OPINIONS… ONLY OURS’ COUNT LOL
what kind of list is this?
Rugged Man, Black Milk, ILL Bill, Demigodz, Slaine, Ghostface, both Esoteric albums all shit on all this trash
Exactly brother. Big time elepahnt-shittin on this Drake and Juicy-J Trash.
Wrong list ,,, Kanye its 100000 fuck him and Rolling Stone too
I am completely baffled as to how Yeezus is so high or even on these lists. Everyone I know including his rapper peers say it is absolute garbage. It’s almost unlistenable, pure loud trash and his lyrics are horrible. The thing that has me stumped even more is, everyone hates this guy so it’s not like he is getting the good guy vote. This is just weird, maybe they are just trying to sell magazines. Anyway the best 3 hip hops albums were – MMLP 2 , Something else & Old
This album was a masterpiece. Waayyyy better than MBDTF. The critics got it right.
Not better the MDBTF..IMO but 10x better then #MMLP2. That crap has no replay value at all except for Rap God
The reason everyone loved Yeezus Is because it’s so different than what’s being offered in rap and kanye took a chance making this album which he probably knew wasn’t going to be that well received by his fans of his old work. This album is what happens when you most likely stay in paris like he does and listen to their music all day
it’s not really so different. it’s a blatant rip off of Death Grips.
The album was incredible and I don’t wanna hear that critics like it cause it’s different. “Nothing was the Same” was “different” but that shit is TRASH.
“Incredible” fuck you talkin bout!?? that shit shouldnt even be considered hip hop anymore, it is different, but that doesnt mean is good, that nigga more worried bout what skirt or blouse he gonna wear than making GOOD HIP HOP!
if NTWS was “trash” then yeezus mustve been a horrendous piece of shit cause theres no fucking way you can tell me it was better than NTWS an this is coming from a kanye fan
How is french montana on any list…his album is coaster material
I don’t get this list at all…trash
ill bill – the grimy awards?
mr mothafuckin esquire – Kizmet?
RA the rugged man?
Czarface?
Ghostface killah?
Surely any sane half-intelligent person cannot say that french montana and MMG trash is better than any of these
it’s rolling stone. they only cover the mainstream shit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCGNTO0qaVc
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Stay Calm Wale
YEEZUS deserves to be #1, the best hip hop album of the year and arguably Kanye’s best album period. MCHG was trash, MMLP2 was the same ole Eminiem “Rapitty rap rap Rapitty Rap”
Every album on this list is sub par except Run the Jewels
Nah Facts got it right. Although Yeezus wasn’t my personal fave album of the year. It still stands out unlike every other album I’ve purchased this year.
Woow. You are clearly another Kanye fan nodding his head to loud ear-hurting shit on the Yeezus album. His earlier album have not only better production, but he wasnt mentally insane on those album.
no strange music artists? no tech n9ne? seriously, danny brown? listen to the song “wonder bread” then tell me its one of the best
Exactly, Rittz album was THE best album of 2013 & he isn’t even listed.
I know, they had a really good year too, not mainstream enough I guess!
Technicians…..stand up! Tech even had a song with the Doors on the album…how did that not catch Rolling Stones Critics eyes? STUPID
Wale bitch ass left out again, LOL, they fucked up puttin French on that mothafucka though!!!
Where is Rittz? what a shitty list
damn..shitted on Wale again!!! he mustve done something to piss off the critics, even if you don’t like his album (honestly i had him at #1 on this list) theres no way 2 Chainz or French Montana can be ahead of him
LMAO @ Danny Brown being 3rd, wow
Danny Brown been on a lot of lists this year. I havent heard it but people seem to like it more than Wale
WHALE @ #1 hHAHAHAHAHahhahAHHAhahahAHAHAHAH AHAHAhahahahahAHAHAHAHhahahahahaha ahHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Was Acid Rap – Chance the Rapper, an album or a mixtape?
Mixtape
What about Vinny Paz? God of the Serengeti? Ish was fire… but then again French Montana was on there and he out right admitted he don’t rap… so I don’t think they know whom is who in the Underground.
its rolling stone. fuck u expect? they never heard of those guys and probably never will. this isnt a list for hip-hop heads
WALE SHOULD BE ON THE TOP 5, I MEAN HOW THE HELL CAN YOU PUT ASAP FERG AND SELF MADE IN THERE AND EXCLUDE WALE?
Wale is not better than any of those top 5 albums… and i thought yeezus was trash
This List is ass..Rap is more of a Popularity contest these days and Less about havin real Mic Skill.
I sure hope Rolling Stone got their security on deck. An angry Nigerian is about to come yell at them for leaving him off and possibly try to scam their bank accounts while hes at it.
Whale is not better than any of those top 5 albums… and i thought yeezus was trash
It’s Rolling Stone, No credability with hip-hop! French Montana?! ASAP Ferg?! 2chains?! Com’n man!
Yeezy Season…#Haters
No trouble man?
The Gifted should definately be on there, atleast in place of Excuse My French
yeah but its funnier to rub the salt into Whale’s wounds and watch him cry again
ASAP, Yo Gotti, Maybach Music, French Montana, Ferg…etc all put out albums better than Killah Priests?? LMFFAAAOOO. Rolling Stone need to quit while they’re ahead. A list like this gives the impression that hip hop is on it’s death bed. What an awful list. 13′ has been a weak year though.
you guys naming off underground and backpack rappers dont get it.
its rolling stone. this isnt a list for hip-hop heads or by hip-hop heads. its for your typical rolling stone reader.
So your typical Rolling Stone reader gives a sh%t about French Montana or Ferg or Yo Gotti? It’s not about being a hip hop head. It’s about putting a little bit of effort into that sorry excuse for a list.
just saying they probably only picked from the shit that gets played on mtv and the radio.
Funny enough…..they called yeezus an electro/techno masterpiece and yet still place it amongst hip hop albums…lolzzzzzzzzzz
Because it is a “Hip-Hop Album” meshed with the other genres. Have you even listened to Yeezus before? If so what genre do you think it is when put simply?
No Wale? DAMN
Nobody at Rolling Stone is checking for R.A.’s Legends Never Die, Styles P’s Float, Sean Price’s Mic Tyson, Vinnie’s Gods ofetc. This is a list of the top 20 Hip Hop albums people who are general music fans have heard of. This list isn’t made for Hip Hop heads. That being said, Chance, Em, Pusha, Danny Brown, Jay Cole and even Mac Miller put out good albums this year and I’m glad they’re getting some love.
True story, well I think it’s not nessecary the best, but popular. The whole Yeezus movements is wack. This whole commercial shit isn’t good for hip hop. Let Hip Hop get off mainstream.
GNK by YC the Cynic?? clearly the hottest cd of the year…..bar none!!!
and….i would include dead prez’s Information Age (re-released in Jan)
SoundSci- Soundsational was a banger
Spectac & Amiri- Soul Beautiful too…
i heard a dope song by yc the cynic on shade45 a few months ago but have never been able to find it
Yo nice calls with SoundSCi and YC the Cynic they both have nice albums and I like more than that…. Epidemic, Denmark Vessey, Oddisee, Lewis Parker, Z-Zone, The Doppelgangaz,L’Orange & Stik Figa, Planet Asia w/ DirtyDiggs, clear soul forces, Czar face, Ill Bill,Gensu Dean & Planet Asia…..This yr was a great yr IMO… Wale was another commercial album that sounded like the rest, he had one song that I was like ok…
Wale’s the gifted was a dope album. better then 98% of the albums on this list.
in your sensitive female opinion…
us men dont play that shit though
RITTZ, that is all
As a young money groupie bitch with no accounting skills I can confirm that drake sucks ass and rolling stone is correct that kanye is better than him.
Local Rapper Wall Lay has locked himself inside an office and the staff at Rolling Stone magazine is being held hostage.
Witnesses say he just wants the respect he deserves dog. According to sources at the scene the local rapper bribed security guards with leftover Deeper Than Rap and Dreams and Nightmares albums to gain access to the building.
Once inside Mr. Lay repeatedly asked the staff ‘YOU TELLING ME FRENCH MONTANA’S ALBUM IS BETTER THAN MINE?’.
Staff tried to calm down the disgruntled rapper and he eventually after losing his voice from so much yelling the local rapper broke down into tears and wept like a baby in the arms of a white blogger. Police arrived on the scene but the magazine decided to drop the trespassing charges so he was only fined with being over emotional on private property.
Old was trash, danny brown is a crack head faggot
damn son u mad?
Really?
Where is Because the Internet?
its been out for a week. the list was probably done at that point
Tech N9ne’s something else cd easily deserves to be on this list. Not hating on anybody else but Tech….not only out raps most other artist, but nobody and I mean nobody put on a concert like he does. SHOUT TO TECH. The KING of INDEPENDENT, forget the radio and that fake shit they play. That is all.
Couldn’t agree with you more my friend. Tech’s lyrical ability is second to none and the quality of music on that album is top notch. In my opinion Tech N9ne is the Rakim of this generation of rap. He consistently does his thing and nobody notices even though it’s better than 90% of what’s being put out
ROLLING STONE…….YOUR LIST IS SHIT!!!!
And thats all that needs to be said
This list was typical and was really bad, Rolling stone is not an authority on real Hip HOP…. Actually there really arent any, U can’t like Oddisee and French Montana they don’t go together…. Now if they called their album the best pop commercial rap then cool but hip hip it’s not…..There is no culture in the rolling stone list…. Danny Brown, KA and EL P get props for making it but they should be on a real list not this garbage……
Terrible list, and the order is laughable.
Magna Carta is the only one that I keep on repeat. The others are decent but get tired after a few spins.
MMLP2 at 4???? Really? More like 10 or 15.
its been pretty high on all the lists ive checked out
MMLP2 at 4????Really? More like 1 or 1.5
Bro, that album sucks.
No, it doesn’t.
Oh so we can reference other sites being consistent when it comes to the artist who nuts you hug but ya’ll the same assholes hating on #Yeezus when it is rated higher then #MMLP2 dam near everywhere. GTFOH Stanley Broner
The irony of this comment.
Yet another end of the year list where Nothing Was The Same ranks higher than MMLP2. Rolling Stone should be ashamed for even having MMLP2 on their list along with French, Ferg, and 2Chainz, all of them suck. There is no originality or talent involved in their music. Meanwhile Drake and 40 continue to craft timeless hip-hop classics.
but doesnt Drake make records with 2 Chainz and French Montana?
Drake’s album is far better than MMLP2 and so is Yeezus.
but doesnt Drake make records with 2 Chainz and French Montana?
That doesn’t mean they’re good albums, it just means they got an album with Drake on it.
MMLP2>>>>>>>>>>NWTS
I’d rather hear an actual hip-hop album than a forgettable R&B album posing as a hip-hop album. Besides, Drakle and 40 males nothing but forgettable, bitchmade garbage.
According to this list, 2013 will go down as the worst year for Hip Hop in history.
I think its a year in transition. Yeezus deserved the top spot and it’s barely even a hip hop album. The spots that were good could easily change the trajectory of how hip hop is supposed to sound. Soul samples and piano beats are nearing or or at the end of their reign. What will be interesting is what sounds will surface as part of the hip hop culture, what kids grew up on. As Jay said “This is my momma shit; I used to hear this
through the walls in the hood when I was back in my pajama shit.” I honestly think there is going to be more of a Caribbean dance hall, or a Latin inspired, or even Indian and Arabic inspired beats becoming mainstream. Hip Hop is a lot bigger than the African American Hop in Brooklyn. The ghettos got a whole lot bigger and more diverse, something’s gotta change.
No Wale??? Sure Rollingtone.
Do you not see a pattern here? Wale’s album was trash son. thats why Spin, Complex, Rolling Stone, etc all left him off their lists. Thats why the Grammys did not nominate him for anything this year after his last album was nominated!
His album IS NOT trash. Have you even listened to it? Do you even like lyrics? The album is dope DESPITE this jacked up list. Real heads recognize.
no one recognizing Wale this year dog. Theres a reason hes spazzin out. LOL
Wale’s lyrics aren’t that special. Shit was boring.
whalleeeeeyyyy dough?
MMLP2 better than MCHG? FOH.
No Wale? Fail.
Pusha and Jay Cole need to be lower.
you realize that not everyone shares your opinion right? not everyone is going to rank the albums in the exact order that you would have…. not everyone wants to listen to tampon rap from wale… make your own list
Yeezus number 1? Fu*k that’s stupid list
TROUBLE MAN SHITS ON LIKE HALF THIS LIST ! WTF ?
Trouble Man came out last year homie..
Gay Drake no. 2? Rolling Stone is a gay magazine
Where is Rittz? Album of the year easily
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Self Made and Excuse my sales shouldn’t be on this list, as much as I don’t like his music much wale should be on the list, and Run the Jewels should be in Danny Brown’s spot.
what kayne west number 1 ??? it’s a joke?
eminem would be no 1
Nah they got it right Kanye’s catalog >>>>>> Eminem’s catalog
HAHAHA!!
Lol weak Em>>>>Classic Ye.
Nah. Yeezus was weak as fuck in comparison to the MMLP2. I like both of them dudes but Eminems album was a fucking classic. Yeezus was over hyped
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It came out last year.
OCT 2012
Shit list
I’m gonna takes this info with a grain of salt, I would be mad if Rolling Stone was an actual hip hop magazine. They don’t know shit about hip hop so you can’t get mad at them, Rolling Stone is as qualified as Better Homes and Gardens to speak on the subject.
” Rolling Stone is as qualified as Better Homes and Gardens to speak on the subject.”
now you just sounding butthurt. what is it that qualifies someone to speak on the subject of hip-hop?
There’s nothing butthurt about what I said. I even said I’m not mad when I started writing. Rolling Stone was a Rock and roll magazine first, everything else came after that, you don’t see Vibe doing r&r or country lists, or The Source, or XXL doing country because it would be stupid right? It’s not their lane so I have there’s nothing to get mad about, it’s like Stevie doing movie reviews.
its still music though and has been more than rock for a long time. the home and garden shit was way off
It may be music but hip hop is not their specialty, these are the same people that used to say Sisqo was hip hop at one point, so why should anyone trust their reasoning for Yeezus to be a better HIPHOP album than any of the other albums listed? Why cuz Ye said so? Home and Garden is an extreme like a saying a toddler raps better than Gucci Mane but don’t overthink it.
@ anonymous 1 your spot on, dont listen to this fucking idiot.
ZZZzzzz.. Magna Carter all day.
Honestly, Danny Brown should be #1, the rest don’t matter.
No they got it right #YEEZUS
It’s really sad that “Something Else” isn’t getting any recognition. Tech N9ne did his thing on that album and it was awesome from start to finish. It was a top 5 album of the year in my opinion, and the fact that it didnt make the top 20 is nothing short of a travesty.
Or any Strange Music release. Bogus.
Wale is sooo pissed right now
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This isn’t even close to tha real top ten list of 2013 but im not guuna bitch about this list ether cuz rolling stones probly just took the album sales and made tha list from most sold to lease sold. they no shit
not even close. wale sold more than most of those guys
yeah self made nd excuse my should be switched for kiss land and gifted imo
kiss land is not a hip-hop album
Excuse my French?
HAHAHAHA
bullshit.
wow, that list just tells me it was a SHITTY year in Hip Hop
How the fuck dose yeezus win that ? That album sucked shit !
how much to buy the rolling stone number one spot?
Happy to see that Rolling Stone recognizes that my nigga Pusha had a solid album. I understand giving the new school a shot, but Dont know how the hell that Earl Sweatshirt Character made that list.
Get Home Safely by Dom Kennedy was dope as fuck. Lol all his albums get overlooked when they are better than a lot of these other atrist’s
Yes that album is better wayy better..
Am I the only one on this earth who didn’t like “Yeezus” at all???
You’re not alone.
Yeezus was TERRIBLE. Just cause its different and sounds like nothing ever made, doesn’t make it good. Yeezus is honestly the worst album ive heard in years, and I listen to everything.
Wale isn’t weird enough, white enough or awkward enough to make theses lists compiled by Hipsters.
Yet they have Juicy J, French Montana, Pusha T, and MMG on there.
Sorry but Wale is just too average. Hes not special.
Why would anyone listen to Wale when we have J. Cole’s and Kendrick’s and Drake’s?
This is the worst best albums list i’ve seen this year. chance the rapper and danny brown over j cole and jay z?? fuckin hipsters…
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mannnn NO MALICE ALBUM SHOULD BE @ NUMBER 20.
holy shit hip hop is fuckin DEAD~!
Say what you want bout the Yeezus album, but until you see it live at the yeezus tour you aint seen shit. That concert was a fucking event nobody is on Kanye’s level right now when it comes to putting on a show.
I agree 100%
because the internet
sounds like yeezy copied death grips. so did beyonce. fuck mainstream and fuck rolling stone
poor top 20…..
run the jewels is 14 LMAO
what rolling stones knows about hiphop…..
Not a damn thang.. Only one of these i heard, was yeezus and that wasn`t my thang!
^ then u don’t know hiphop either then….lol
They know ALL about Jay Z, they cant his dick out of their mouths. That pretty much sums up what they know.
“Only one of these i heard, was yeezus and that wasn`t my thang!”
You know even less than Rolling Stone about hip-hop if that’s true. 8-10 of those albums are worth a listen
My Name Is My Name, Pusha T >>>>> All on this list.
MCHG >>> Everything else.
These list is bullshit. Yeezus isn’t top 100.
WHY ISN’T MY NAME ON THIS LIST. I GUESS I NEED TO HEAD UP TO ROLLING STONES OFFICE AND START SMACKING &%$@*! HEAD AROUND. THEY SEEN WHAT HAPPEN AT “COMPLEX”
What happened at Complex besides Wale looking like a child throwing a tantrum for not getting what he wanted????
Yeezys was garbage. J cole and Asaps album both should be at the top
*yeezus
worst list ever
hahaha
wtf is mayback music group
A record label that Rick Ross found in 2009. The people he signed that I know include Wale, Meek Mill and French Montana.
it was a weak year for hip hop danm
em.drake.pusha t,j cole, the rest flush them down the toilette
This list is a joke lol
uh oh no Wale?!! Expect a phone call.
why run the jewels is not 1st on the list? blah
Oh Sh*t! WALE is NOT on tha list!!!!!! ROLLING STONE better step up their security WHINY WALE is gonna go BALLISTIC! But get ready for it son, since you ‘threatin’ the media’, ALL mags, blogs & media have WRITTEN YOU OFF! You are INVISIBLE! Don’t expect a f*ckin’ ‘mention’, more less ‘Top Pick’ ever again! That’s how it works, you BIT the hand that ‘feeds you’!
Where is Czarface, 12 Reasons to Die, Legends never Die? This list is shit.
This is a mega troll list not one of these albums should even be on any top list. Hands down the best album of the yr Daz And WC West Coast Gangsta Sh*t
Why are 2 Chainz and French Montana even on this list? Kanye is dope, but Yeezus was wack af.
Eminem and Asap Rocky got fucking snubbed
If it was by sales Eminem would be first. So that’s obviously not how
Yeezus was a case of “The Emperors new clothes”. “Re-known” writers were afraid to call it bad… in case “there was genius somewhere in there”. Just because it sounds different does not mean its good. I’ve heard claims of it being futuristic. We’ll see if music will be sounding like Yeezus in the next 5 years.
Rap should be rap. Not an attempt to rap the way Kanye West’s rap sounds or R&B like Drake.
Rolling Stone should not discuss rap.
Eminem was robbed.