XXL: Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2020
[see also 2019]
- Lil Baby — My Turn (Deluxe)
- Flo Milli — Ho, Why Is You Here?
- Benny the Butcher — Burden of Proof
- Juice WRLD — Legends Never Die
- Wale — The Imperfect Storm
- City Girls — City on Lock
- DaBaby — Blame It on Baby
- Pop Smoke — Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
- Ty Dolla $ign — Featuring Ty Dolla Sign
- Trippie Redd — Pegasus
- Polo G — The Goat
- Mulatto — Queen of Da Souf
- Lil Uzi Vert — Eternal Atake
- Eminem — Music to Be Murdered By
- Lil Keed — Trapped on Cleveland 3
- 2 Chainz — So Help Me God!
- Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo
- Mac Miller — Circles
- Princess Nokia — Everything is Beautiful
- Princess Nokia — Everything Sucks
- Run the Jewels — RTJ4
- Lil Durk — Just Cause Y'all Waited 2
- Drake — Dark Lane Demo Tapes
- Westside Gunn — Pray for Paris
- Lil Wayne — Funeral
- Key Glock — Yellow Tape
- Rod Wave — Pray 4 Love
- Ka — Descendants of Cain
- Gunna — Wunna
- Jay Electronica — Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn)
- G Herbo — PTSD
- A Boogie wit da Hoodie — Artist 2.0
- Calboy — Long Live The Kings
- Boldy James & The Alchemist — The Price of Tea in China
- Royce da 5'9" — The Allegory
- Chika — Industry Games
- Lil Yachty — Lil Boat 3
- Future — High Off Life
- Spillage Village — Spilligion
- Megan Thee Stallion — Good News
- 21 Savage & Metro Boomin — Savage Mode II
- Big Sean — Detroit 2
- Aminé — Limbo
- Young Dolph — Rich Slave
- Rico Nasty — Nightmare Vacation
- NLE Choppa — Top Shotta
- YoungBoy Never Broke Again — Top
- Nas — King's Disease
- Conway the Machine — From King to a God
- Duckwrth — SuperGood
- Jackboy — Jackboy