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Best east coast hip-hop artists of the 2010s

Streaming rewrote every incentive underneath a record: its length, its release date, whether it needed a single at all. Trap production became pop's default rhythm, and a lot of the decade's best artists arrived through a laptop rather than a label.

Everyone who released a east coast hip-hop album in the 2010s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Pete Rock№ 1Pete Rock1 album here4.2Weighted score4.5 avg · 5 ratings
  1. 2Ghostface KillahGhostface Killah2 albums here4.24.7 avg · 3 ratings
  2. 3Mobb DeepMobb Deep1 album here4.24.2 avg · 76 ratings
  3. 4RaekwonRaekwon1 album here4.24.5 avg · 4 ratings
  4. 5Mac MillerMac Miller2 albums here4.14.2 avg · 198 ratings
  5. 6Cardi BCardi B1 album here4.14.1 avg · 395 ratings
  6. 7Jim JonesJim Jones10 albums here4.14.2 avg · 13 ratings
  7. 8Public EnemyPublic Enemy1 album here4.14.1 avg · 24 ratings
  8. 9Benny the ButcherBenny the Butcher1 album here4.04.0 avg · 30 ratings
  9. 10A$AP RockyA$AP Rocky1 album here3.93.9 avg · 166 ratings
  10. 11LogicLogic1 album here3.93.8 avg · 23 ratings
  11. 12A Tribe Called QuestA Tribe Called Quest1 album here3.83.8 avg · 30 ratings
  12. 1350 Cent50 Cent3 albums here3.83.8 avg · 42 ratings
  13. 14Wiz KhalifaWiz Khalifa1 album here3.83.8 avg · 60 ratings
  14. 15CzarfaceCzarface1 album here3.52.9 avg · 4 ratings
  15. 16Your Old DroogYour Old Droog1 album here2 ratings
  16. 17DesiignerDesiigner1 album here1 rating
  17. 18Rome StreetzRome Streetz3 albums here1 rating
  18. 19Pop SmokePop Smoke1 album here
  19. 206ix9ine6ix9ine2 albums here
  20. 21Bobby ShmurdaBobby Shmurda1 album here
  21. 22Sheff GSheff G1 album here
  22. 23Kool G RapKool G Rap7 albums here
  23. 24Smoke DZASmoke DZA17 albums here
  24. 25Smif‐n‐WessunSmif‐n‐Wessun3 albums here
  25. 26Hi‐TekHi‐Tek1 album here
  26. 27MainoMaino11 albums here
  27. 28Leikeli47Leikeli474 albums here
  28. 29Large ProfessorLarge Professor3 albums here
  29. 30HavocHavoc10 albums here
  30. 31Just BlazeJust Blaze1 album here
  31. 32Max BMax B30 albums here
  32. 33Sadat XSadat X9 albums here
  33. 34Armand HammerArmand Hammer3 albums here
  34. 35KeyWestKeyWest1 album here
  35. 36DJ Green LanternDJ Green Lantern14 albums here
  36. 37Ron BrowzRon Browz14 albums here
  37. 38DeeDee1 album here
  38. 39Alan DoyleAlan Doyle4 albums here
  39. 40DomingoDomingo3 albums here
  40. 41BuckwildBuckwild3 albums here
  41. 42KhrysisKhrysis5 albums here
  42. 43The 45 KingThe 45 King2 albums here
  43. 44Sleepy HallowSleepy Hallow1 album here
  44. 45RansomRansom4 albums here
  45. 46DiddyDiddy1 album here
  46. 47Eric B.Eric B.1 album here

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