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2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.

A lot of new music this week.

More fall albums are on the way.

Celebrating the vast vocabulary of artists like Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and more.

From Lil Wayne's Tha Carter II to 50 Cent's The Massacre, 2005 gave birth to plenty of respected rap releases.

A bunch of videos for a long weekend.