10 Best Hip-Hop Albums 2006

#9. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)

#9. The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon © Epitaph

We're reminded of The Coup's staunch refusal to settle for the status quo throughout Pick a Bigger Weapon. Bigger Weapon is loaded with enough politically-fused cannonballs to inject an eargasm in even the harshest Coup critic.

• The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon

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