Top Instrumental Hip Hop albums

Beastie Boys will never quit astonishing their fans. This year they decided to put microphones aside and pick up guitar, bass and drums. Their new album The Mix Up presents 12 freshest funk tracks recorded without a single word

Flying Lotus' third album Cosmogramma is 17 compositions from another world, each lasting about 2 or 3 minutes. A part of them is based around danceable or chaotic beats, some are melodious and laid-back

What started out as "a production beat tape," developed into what will surely be considered an instrumental hip-hop classic. Donuts is Jay Dee's biggest work to date, a relatively high-profile album, released only days before his unexpected passing