When the NPR Music team convened to choose the 50 Best Albums Of 2016, we discussed dozens of hip-hop records. In the end, five deserving LPs found a home on the master list. Chance the Rapper's blessings and A Tribe Called Quest's surprising return are consensus picks for good reasons ... but 2016 had so much more to offer. For those that slept, here's five more joints worth celebrating.
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1 of
— Bas, Too High To Riot
Bas, Too High To Riot
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2 of
— Common, Black America Again
Common, Black America Again
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3 of
— Duckwrth, I'M UUGLY
Duckwrth, I'M UUGLY
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4 of
— Pouya, Underground Underdog
Pouya, Underground Underdog
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5 of
— Saba, Bucket List Project
Saba, Bucket List Project
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