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MIKE probably my AOTY so far and he has a second one that’s good too

 

MIKE - Showbiz!
Ovrkast. - While The Iron Is Hot
Aminé - 13 Months Of Sunshine
Saba - From The Private Collections…
Little Simz - Lotus
Loyle Carner - hopefully !
Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream
McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive!

 

Same, my favourites are Mac Miller, AJ Tracey and Central Cee, but I can’t say I have listened to them a lot so far

 

Oh yeah, forgot about that AJ Tracey album too. Enjoyed that

 

We’re halfway through and so far it is easily the worst decade for rap music

 

Yeah that's hard to argue against

 

Definitely.

I really love select MIKE tracks, but the mumble kind of gets to me when I try full projects. Which is funny because I love Earl, who obviously has adopted that style. Maybe I'll check out the Saba record today

 

Yeah the Saba/No ID tape and Billy are my main front runners.

 

The Mac Miller album is really good, but also depressing to listen to if you know his story, too depressing for me really

 

I think the Saba/No ID tape is fine, but it also kind of an example of why it is a bad decade, because it is great example of "hey this is good but I have heard this plenty of times before but better"

 

I have not returned to the Mac album much, unfortunately. Didn't think it was bad, maybe just haven't been in the mood for it.

That also makes me less excited to check out the Saba tape lol

 

My AOTY...

MIKE - Showbiz!
billy woods - GOLLIWOG
Aesop Rock - Black Hole Superette
Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Tony Bontana - Sunday Service
clipping. - Dead Channel Sky
McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive!
Mike - Pinball II
Pan Amsterdam - Confines
Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream
pink siifu - Black’!Antique
Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
Niontay - Fadaof$
Everything Is Psychedelic - The Beautiful Malaise
ovrkast. - While The Iron Is Hot
Rome Streets - Trainspotting

Although i've only listened to the albums after Pinball II 1 or 2 times. Didn't include Mac as it's not technically a 2025 release

 

clipping is definitely my favourite OTY so far but bracing for JID to steal that crown in August

 

Most of the Hip Hop - or let’s say “urban music” - that has really tickled me since like the mid 2010’s has been European (incl. UK), but that too has gone way down this decade in terms of vibrancy and frankly relevance. Still, that’s where most of the records in these genres I listen to the most come from.

 

I feel the exact opposite with Showbiz in particular, it’s so hypnotic on full and easy to get lost in, everything flows so well and his style blends in and compliments all of music in such a strangely beautiful way.

but also the opposite for the Tony Seltzer project so you might like that more

 

Also strongly disagree with the "this is the worst decade for rap" argument too. Mainstream maybe, but it's been thriving in the underground/independent scene. Pisses all over the 2000s too, that was easily the worst decade for mainstream rap. Also a good decade for underground stuff too coincidently. Probably the best.

 

Absolutely not lol

 

Underground rap has always been good though, and it is definitely spinning its wheels too compared to the last decade. There hasn't been anything new there either, just more of it. Strongly disagree on the mainstream rap part. That has been completely floundering this decade (which is also my main point, since I think the mainstream side really matters when comparing rap decades), whereas in the 00s it was way more of a cultural force (I refuse to compare todays streaming numbers to actual record sales to measure relevance).

EDIT: 00s mainstream rap was profoundly kneecapped too by the near-collapse of the music industry in the middle and later half of the decade. It “ended” (compared to where they would or could have been) a lot of careers because they lost momentum through no fault of their own (in some cases the law enforcement also played a part). The result was that most of the stars that managed to stay relevant into the next decade(s) were either firmly rooted in the 90s and had already built a strong foundation (Jay Z, to some extent Eminem) or came up towards the end of the decade when streaming turned it all around (Drake). The first five years or so were huge though. The first five years of this decade are way less vibrant compared to that.

 

Loving the McKinley Dixon album, the icecoldbishop feature goes as usual.

 

Also Cobra I thought you said the quasimoto joint that recently got added to streaming had no vocals?

 

It might be an Apple Music thing cause yeah I just checked right now and this is what it shows still. Just instrumentals for the first two.

 

I moved from NY rap scene back to Texas scene listening through some discography there and this song is insanely cool

whole yungstar album is cool

 

this JID thing is only 4 tracks lmao, oh well a nice teaser for the album next month

 

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