Top Hip Hop albums
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The E.N.D.
The US hip-hop band The Black Eyed Peas recorded a new disc The E.N.D. It is a bright collection of dance tracks with a feasible slant to electro-funk, which is a powerful comeback after 2005's Monkey BusinessThe Black Eyed Peas, 2009- Dance-Pop
- Electropop
- Pop Rap
- Electro House
FutureSex/LoveSounds
On FutureSex/LoveSounds the pop, R&B, funk, soul and rock music of the 1980s combines with the modern trends of production and studio processing, and Justin Timberlake's singing reechoes the performace manner of Prince and young James BrownJustin Timberlake, 2006- Contemporary R&B
- Dance-Pop
- Electropop
- Pop
- Pop Rap
Loose
Nelly Furtado's greatest strength has always been her musical versatility. On Loose the folksy blend of styles that made the pop chanteuse famous is still there. It's principally a beat driven collection, most capably described by Nelly as “punk hop”Nelly Furtado, 2006- Latin Pop
- Contemporary R&B
- Dance-Pop
- Pop
- Hip Hop
Shock Value
Timbaland's second solo album Shock Value became an attempt to expand his artistic horizon and to discover new way for further growth. As Timbaland himself said "My mission is to blow up the boundaries and tear down the limits"Timbaland, 2007- Contemporary R&B
- Dance-Pop
- Electropop
- Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
St. Elsewhere
The people responsible for Gnarls Barkley are rapper and vocalist Cee-Lo Green and hip-hop producer Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton. The mass of disparate sounds is perfectly bound together on St. Elsewhere by astonishing songwriting and haunting voiceGnarls Barkley, 2006- Pop Soul
- Neo-Soul
- Hip Hop
- Experimental Hip Hop
The Dutchess
The Dutchess has not too much in common with The Black Eyed Peas music, and at some points Fergie's singing is so different from the way she has been performing with the band, that one cannot but wonder whos beautiful voice that isFergie, 2006- Contemporary R&B
- Dance-Pop
- Pop Rap
Graduation
Kanye West, famous American МС and producer, deliberately released the third album Graduation the same day as 50 Cent brought to the light his Curtis. It means works will compete, and Graduation has all chances to winKanye West, 2007- Electropop
- Hip Hop
- Conscious Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
PCD
The current incarnation of the Pussycat Dolls are a focused sextet of pop hopefuls. PCD is certainly not lacking in the beat department, and combined with their vocal strength and radio-orientated melodies, girls produce some admirable resultsPussycat Dolls, 2005- R&B
- Pop
- Swing
- Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
- Electronic
The Heist
The Heist is the first studio album released by American rapper Macklemore in cooperation with producer Ryan Lewis. Both musicians began their music career in the early 00's, but now they are ready to present their works for a public trialMacklemore & Ryan Lewis, 2012- Pop Rap
The Blueprint 3
The Blueprint, Vol.3 has resulted to be impressively innovative, futuristic and confident as the absolute majority of one of the main contemporary hip-hop industry representatives Jay-Z's worksJay-Z, 2009- East Coast Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
The Sweet Escape
The Sweet Escape is a more urban album with a less retro coloring than the first solo effort had and due to Gwen Stefani's cooperation with such professionals as the Neptunes, Linda Perry and Akon its sounding has acquired really fashionable traitsGwen Stefani, 2006- Contemporary R&B
- Dance-Pop
- Electropop
- Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
Monkey Business
Monkey Business is a big phunky follow up to 2003's Elephunk from a group that invented and perfected a revolutionary new hip-hop beat. With their trademark crazy lyrics, irresistible dance beats and catchy hooksThe Black Eyed Peas, 2005- Latin Alternative
- Contemporary R&B
- Dance-Pop
- Pop
- Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
Sorry For Party Rocking
If, by some incredible chance, you missed the debut album by the great LMFAO duet and you have not come to know them yet, now is the best time to correct it with their sophomore effort Sorry For Part RockingLMFAO, 2011- Dance-Pop
- Electropop
- Pop Rap
- Electro House
Curtain Call: The Hits
Eminem finally dishes out Curtain Call: The Hits. It is an album that takes you from 1999-2005, and gives you a little taste of what's to come. Let's all hope that this isn't really the final curtain call for the multi-talented rapperEminem, 2005- Hip Hop
- Hardcore Hip Hop
The Beginning
The Beginning, The Black Eyed Peas album number six, will arouse a sweet sensation of nostalgia and a powerful desire to danceThe Black Eyed Peas, 2010- Dance-Pop
- Electropop
- Pop Rap
- Electro House
808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West's fourth work 808's & Heartbreak proves to be his most emotional and sincere album offering melodious and soulful compositions and, as is clear from the record title, of the broken heart topicKanye West, 2008- Contemporary R&B
- Electropop
- Pop
- Synth Pop
- Pop Rap
Demon Days
Demon Days may end 2005 as one of the year’s most celebrated albums. Before you even consider the sonic and melodic innovation paraded through the album there’s so much crammed into each of these fifteen songsGorillaz, 2005- Electropop
- Alternative Dance
- Hip Hop
- Electronic
- Trip Hop
Paper Trail
The US rapper T.I. issued the sixth disc Paper Trail. This brilliant work features witty texts, laid on catchy Southern beats and performed in a company of stars like Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and othersT.I., 2008- Pop Rap
- Southern Hip Hop
B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
A promising rapper Bobby Ray (also known as B.O.B) did not let down his listeners with the debut long player, Adventures Of Bobby RayB.o.B, 2010- Contemporary R&B
- Pop
- Conscious Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
- Southern Hip Hop
Planet Pit (Deluxe Edition)
This summer Pitbull's voice will be definitely heard everywhere, because his sixth album Planet Pit's producers have done everything they could so as to make new dance hits of all the album's tracksPitbull, 2011- Southern Hip Hop
Pink Friday
The main of Nicki Minaj's weapons is the great rapping that helps her express the entire emotional spectrum, be tough or soft, serious or funny. The singles from her debut album Pink Friday have already become incredibly successfulNicki Minaj, 2010- Contemporary R&B
- Pop
- Gangsta Rap
- Pop Rap
Late Registration
The rise of Kanye West has been as impossible to ignore as it has been meteoric. Late Registration, the sophomore release by young, hip-hop luminary contains even more of the stellar production, witty raps, and sample-centric pleasures fans heard onKanye West, 2005- Neo-Soul
- Hip Hop
- Conscious Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
Raymond v. Raymond
Celebrated R&B singer Usher is now into difficult period of life, both professionally and personally. This could not but affect his sixth studio work, Raymond V Raymond. However, class will be class; and the album is far from an unworthy effortUsher, 2010- Contemporary R&B
- Pop Rap
Plus
Ed Sheeran has been in the music for quite a long time; however it is the year 2011 that became incredibly successful for him. The performer's debut studio long play titled Plus attracted attention of connoisseurs of honest art in no timeEd Sheeran, 2011- Folk Pop
- UK Hip Hop
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West's fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy –is not only Kanye West's views on world, but also the exploration of his own consciousness' depths surprising with the richness of various imagesKanye West, 2010- Hip Hop
- Pop Rap
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
In the wake of Gwen Stefani's elevation to diva status in the early 2000s, it's easy to forget that for a brief moment at the start of the millennium it seemed that she and her band, No Doubt, were dangerously close to being pegged as yet another ofGwen Stefani, 2004- Contemporary R&B
- Dance-Pop
- Electropop
- Pop
- Pop Rap