Is there a way I can rip music from albums without it uploading to icloud automatically?

Hey Marcelle_SouthAfrica,

You can absolutely rip items into iTunes without uploading them to your iCloud Music Library. All you would need to do is turn off iCloud Music Library on your computer. You can find that setting using the info in this article:

Sync Apple Music across your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and computer - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204926

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