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J Dilla
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2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.
February 2021 New Music Releases
That new-new.
50 of the Best Hip-Hop Albums Since 2000
Crème de la crème, homie.
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A list that matters.
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Long Live J Dilla.
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Though mixtapes reigned supreme in 2009, these LPs delivered just as much.
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