1. Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam
With My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West made music as sprawlingly messy as his life. When he wasn't feuding with Matt Lauer or bugging out on Twitter, Kanye was building hip-hop epics, songs full of the kind of grandiose gestures that only the foolish attempt and only the wildly talented pull off. The more he piled on — string sections, Elton John piano solos, vocoder freakouts, Bon Iver cameos, King Crimson and Rick James samples — the better the music got. Never has Kanye rhymed so hilariously ("Have you ever had sex with a pharaoh?/I put the pussy in a sarcophagus") or been so insightful about his relationship-torpedoing faults. From the bracing prog-rock of "Power" to the spooky grandeur of "Runaway" to the shape-shifting "Hell of a Life," he made all other music seem dimmer and duller. Is the album dark? Sure. Twisted? Of course. But above all, it's beautiful.
7. Drake Thank Me Later
Cash Money/Universal
9. Eminem Recovery
Aftermath/Interscope
19. M.I.A. Maya
N.E.E.T./Interscope/XL
21. Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Def Jam
29. The Roots
How I Got Over
Def Jam
30. Rick Ross Teflon Don
Def Jam
Rolling Stones Best Albums of 2010 Full List
I only pulled out the hip-hop genre of the Top 30 Albums of 2010. I agree with Rolling Stone 100%. There was no competition for Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Drake's Album was pretty good, glad it made the top 10. Teflon Don was also on my favorites along with Big Boi.
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