Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Compilations of Old/Various Music: Hip-Hop

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

• Blues/Gospel
• Country/Americana/Folk
• Classical/New Age
• Electronica/Dance
• Hip-Hop/R&B
• Jazz
• Metal
• World
• Other (Mostly Pop/Rock, or Unknown)
• Everything

Ranking

1. Mac Miller: Balloonerism (2014, REMember Music/Warner) {18}: BB:38, Cl:*, HG:+, I:*, LBF:*, Ne:43*, NT:*, O:*, Ov:*, PO:+, SLi:*; am:*, am_h:+, vu:+ -- A:79/13, TH:***
2. Spectacular Diagnostics: Raw Game [Ten Year Edition] (2015, Vinyl Digital) {6}: -- RX:***, TH:***
3. August Fanon & Billy Woods: Gowillog (Backwoodz Studioz) {3}: PO:11*
4. Homeboy Sandman: Rich 2.5 (self-released) {3}: -- TH:***
5. Serengeti: Mixtape 2 (self-released) {2}: PO:* -- TH:*
6. Ant: Collection of Sounds Vol. 4 () {1}: RR:* -- A:80/1
7. JPEGMafia: I Lay Down My Life for You (Director's Cut) (self-released) {1}: PO:*