Best Rap Songs

Best Albums of 2011 (TheBoomboxMusicBlog?format=xml)

Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Soul/R&B, R&B News, Songs, Exclusive

Hip-hop and R&B had a big showing in 2011, with the genre controlling the No.
1 spot on the Billboard 200 for about 12 non-consecutive weeks by 11 different
artists. Take that country music! There was a lot to sift through when
compiling The BoomBox’s Best Albums of 2011 list, and it seemed at times that
the genre had multiplied at the speed of a gremlin in water. Indie rap made a
big showing this year, several lyricists plagued with label issues finally got
their albums released and veteran MCs made surprising comebacks.

This year-end list is compiled of hip-hop and R&B albums released Jan. 1
through Nov. 16, 2011, so album’s like Rihanna’s ‘Talk That Talk’ and the
Roots’ ‘undun’ didn’t make the cut. This list does not include EPs — sorry,
Bad Meets Evil — or mixtapes — The Weeknd, Lil B, Big Krit, Frank Ocean &
Kendrick Lamar — we’re waiting for that proper studio debut. But, above all,
we feel that this list of 16 captures the hip-hop & R&B footprint indefinitely
left on this year.

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**16. ‘Relax,’ Das Racist**

2011 proved …

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