15 Best Albums Of The Decade (So Far)

9. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels II

If you're after a powerful underground hip-hop album guaranteed to give your speakers a workout, look no further than Run The Jewels 2, the second collaboration from the legendary rapper Killer Mike and rapper-producer El-P.

Run The Jewels 2 is certainly an abrasive and hard-hitting album, its growling basslines, swirling hooks, and monstrous beats a perfect match for Killer Mike and El-P's cutting lyrics. It's an apt style for two artists as much concerned with the social and political landscape of America as they are with pushing hip-hop in bold new directions.

Rarely has a hip-hop collaboration been met with such justified acclaim, and Run The Jewels deservedly broke through to a much wider audience following the release of their second album. When an underground hip-hop duo makes more of an impact at Glastonbury than commercial artists like Kanye West, it's clear that good things are happening with modern music.