But lately, with the building sense of discontent and insecurity growing in the national zeitgeist, all the trappings of fame and wealth seem to be vacuous and empty, without meaning. The best MCs tell their stories, exaggerated for effect and magnified a hundred times to play to the back seats. Hip-hop culture has always been vaguely autobiographical in nature. In 2017, rap got serious, grew up, and both became fiery and political, and personable and confessional. Though it is meant to highlight the best work in this genre, hopefully, you can also make some discoveries through this list. After all, the point of these lists is to examine the way music has changed or moved throughout the year, and our year-end framework will continue to reflect that impetus. But even for rap, some albums made the cut for their impact on the that sphere without cracking the best of list. So, despite the rap-specific list - where ranking is still next to godliness - we’ve opted to leave the albums that appeared on the overall best list off the genre-specific lists. Editor’s note: The point of more extensive genre lists is to help give shine to albums that wouldn’t make it into the overall best albums list.
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