You Must Hear 7
experimental hip hop
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Experimental hip hop pushes beyond traditional rap conventions by incorporating unconventional sounds, structures, and production techniques from genres like industrial, jazz, and electronic music. Artists challenge mainstream hip hop's norms through abstract lyrics, distorted beats, and avant-garde approaches to sampling and instrumentation. The genre emerged as a space for creative risk-taking, blending hip hop's cultural roots with boundary-pushing artistic experimentation.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 |  |
2003 | Hi-C | LSD on My Tongue |
| 38 |  |
2003 | Billy Woods | Hiding Places |
| 2 |  |
2004 | Hi-C | Munnie Fetish Renegade Demon |
| 23 |  |
2005-04-18 | 13 & God | 13 & God |
| 4 | 2010-07-10 | Lil B | Everything Based | |
| 57 |  |
2011-05-10 | Tyler, the Creator | Igor |
| 96 | 2012-04-13 | Death Grips | The Money Store | |
| 77 | 2012-10-01 | Death Grips | No Love Deep Web | |
| 78 | 2012-10-28 | Lil Ugly Mane | UNEVEN COMPROMISE | |
| 18 |  |
2013 | Danny Brown | Really Doe |
| 91 | 2013-06-18 | Kanye West | Yeezus | |
| 72 | 2013-11-13 | Death Grips | Government Plates | |
| 46 | 2014-10-30 | Chief Keef | Back From The Dead 2 | |
| 12 |  |
2015 | Lil Ugly Mane | Oblivion Access |
| 94 |  |
2015 | Tyler, the Creator | Cherry Bomb |
| 61 |  |
2015-03-30 | Death Grips | the powers that b |
| 15 |  |
2015-04-06 | Young Fathers | White Men Are Black Men Too |
| 82 |  |
2016-01-20 | Yung Lean | Lazy Summer Day / Chinese Restaurant |
| 39 |  |
2016-02-14 | Kanye West | The Life Of Pablo |
| 80 |  |
2016-03-10 | LIL PEEP | California Girls |
| 79 |  |
2016-07-29 | Death Grips | Bottomless Pit |
| 81 |  |
2016-09-30 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition |
| 69 |  |
2017-05-22 | Death Grips | Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber) |
| 6 |  |
2017-06-09 | BROCKHAMPTON | SATURATION |
| 54 |  |
2017-06-23 | Vince Staples | Big Fish Theory |
| 63 |  |
2017-08-25 | BROCKHAMPTON | Saturation II |
| 42 | |
2017-12-11 | Tyler, the Creator | Flower Boy |
| 19 |  |
2017-12-15 | BROCKHAMPTON | Saturation III |
| 83 | 2018-03-28 | A$AP Rocky | Bad Company (feat. BlocBoy JB) | |
| 98 | 2018-04-05 | A$AP Rocky | A$AP Forever (feat. Moby) | |
| 43 | 2018-05-25 | A$AP Rocky | TESTING | |
| 9 |  |
2018-06-01 | Kanye West | Ye |
| 85 |  |
2018-06-08 | Kids See Ghosts | Kids See Ghosts |
| 62 | 2018-06-22 | Death Grips | Year of the Snitch | |
| 40 |  |
2018-09-21 | BROCKHAMPTON | iridescence |
| 87 |  |
2018-11-30 | Earl Sweatshirt | some rap songs |
| 92 |  |
2018-11-30 | SKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD | Stokeley |
| 11 |  |
2019 | Danny Brown | uknowhatimsayin¿ |
| 49 |  |
2019 | BROCKHAMPTON | NO HALO |
| 60 | |
2019 | BROCKHAMPTON | IF YOU PRAY RIGHT |
| 64 |  |
2019 | BROCKHAMPTON | I Been Born Again |
| 74 | |
2019 | BROCKHAMPTON | BOY BYE |
| 93 |  |
2019 | BROCKHAMPTON | 1998 TRUMAN |
| 76 |  |
2019-02-06 | Bladee | Drain Story |
| 3 |  |
2019-03-08 | Quadeca | Voice Memos |
| 10 |  |
2019-05-07 | Duwap Kaine | Underdog |
| 52 |  |
2019-05-17 | Injury Reserve | Injury Reserve |
| 7 |  |
2019-06-11 | Hi-C | High the Lonestarr Mixtape |
| 36 |  |
2019-07-16 | Yung Lean | Poison Ivy |
| 16 |  |
2019-07-20 | Westside Gunn | Flygod Is An Awesome God |
| 65 |  |
2019-08-13 | JPEGMAFIA | Jesus Forgive Me, I Am A Thot |
| 33 |  |
2019-08-23 | Cartier God | Let Me Go |
| 100 | 2019-08-28 | A$AP Rocky | Babushka Boi | |
| 25 |  |
2019-09-06 | Dean Blunt | Zushi |
| 50 |  |
2019-09-13 | JPEGMAFIA | All My Heroes Are Cornballs |
| 32 |  |
2019-12-21 | YABUJIN | FLASH DESIRE |
| 86 | |
2019-12-21 | YABUJIN | 8888EACH DIVINITY |
| 95 | |
2019-12-21 | YABUJIN | FLASH CASANOVA |
| 1 |  |
2020 | slauson malone | A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018 (Crater Speak) |
| 97 |  |
2020 | JPEGMAFIA | scaring the hoes |
| 24 |  |
2020-04-08 | Bladee | EXETER |
| 21 |  |
2020-04-10 | MED | BAD NEIGHBOR |
| 30 |  |
2020-04-10 | nascar aloe | AMERICAN WASTELAND |
| 44 |  |
2020-04-30 | Bree Runway | Be Runway |
| 89 | |
2020-04-30 | YABUJIN | HARDSTYLE DRILL 2009 NOKIA ANGELZ 1.6 |
| 56 |  |
2020-05-01 | Luci4 | Dead n Gone |
| 84 | |
2020-05-01 | Luci4 | All Eyez on Me |
| 68 | |
2020-05-18 | YABUJIN | BAROQUE |
| 27 |  |
2020-09-05 | SICKBOYRARI | Bloodrain |
| 8 |  |
2020-09-16 | slauson malone | Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak) |
| 73 |  |
2020-11-06 | JPEGMAFIA | EP! |
| 41 | |
2020-11-15 | YABUJIN | SWORDS |
| 59 | 2020-12-11 | WHOKILLEDXIX | 19 | |
| 55 |  |
2020-12-25 | Playboi Carti | Whole Lotta Red |
| 70 |  |
2021 | JPEGMAFIA | LP! |
| 90 |  |
2021 | JPEGMAFIA | OFFLINE! |
| 45 |  |
2021-02-12 | JPEGMAFIA | VETERAN |
| 88 | |
2021-05-01 | Luci4 | Dying in xxtyle 3 |
| 51 |  |
2021-09-01 | Injury Reserve | By the Time I Get to Phoenix |
| 75 |  |
2021-09-24 | siouxxie sixxsta | masquerade |
| 22 |  |
2021-12-01 | Dillom | Post Mortem |
| 47 |  |
2022-03-11 | KayCyy | TW20 50 |
| 26 |  |
2022-04-08 | Billy Woods | Aethiopes |
| 13 |  |
2022-04-17 | Ghais Guevara | BlackBolshevik |
| 71 |  |
2022-05-13 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers |
| 37 | |
2022-09-22 | YABUJIN | CLAWS |
| 53 |  |
2022-09-30 | ShyGirl | Nymph |
| 58 |  |
2022-10-07 | JPEGMAFIA | Thug Tears - A COLORS SHOW |
| 48 |  |
2022-11-18 | Comethazine | Bawskee 3.5 |
| 20 |  |
2023 | Bedwetter | Vol. 1: Flick Your Tongue Against Your Teeth and Describe the Present |
| 29 |  |
2023 | Lil Darkie | SWAMP |
| 66 |  |
2023-02-24 | yeat | Aftërlyfe |
| 99 |  |
2023-07-31 | Travis Scott | Utopia |
| 5 |  |
2024-01-02 | Joeyy | Just Tired |
| 35 |  |
2024-02-16 | yeat | 2093 |
| 34 |  |
2024-02-17 | yeat | 2093 (P2) |
| 67 |  |
2024-04-12 | Summrs | Isolation |
| 28 |  |
2024-06-07 | 2hollis | White Tiger |
| 17 |  |
2024-08-01 | JPEGMAFIA | I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU |
| 14 | Glorb | The Bottom 2 |