Haven’t heard it yet but he still occasionally surprises me. I can’t say he’s consistent but once in a while he proves he’s still got it.
most of my faves already mentioned, but wanted to shout out the JID, possibly the only major label rap record I really fucked with this year
still on the de la soul album and still can’t get over how good black thoughts verse is on it Nas too it was a team project everyone cleared
I mean it probably even after all this time to those guys still mean something to rap on a De La Soul record
My favorites from the year. Definitely have a little bit of catching up to do, not sure I’ve gotten to everything I’ve meant to yet Ovrkast. - While The Iron Is Hot MIKE - Showbiz! Saba/No ID - Private Collection Yungmorpheus - A Spyglass To One’s Face De La Soul - Cabin In The Sky Aminé - 13 Months Of Sunshine Jim Legxacy - Black British Music Demahjiae - what do you hear when you pray Little Simz - Lotus Loyle Carner - hopefully Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love Fly Anakin - The Forever Dream
I listened to the Wale album. It’s well made and all but it bores me personally. The songs are not catchy enough for it to be a great pop rap record but they also don’t have enough substance (as far as I can remember) to be anything else. It’s a middle ground I don’t care for. Now I only have the Mobb Deep album left on my list for this year.
I’ve been going back to the Vel Nine album a couple of times since I first heard it last week, I’m really big on that one
Haven’t listened to the whole thing yet, but something about this Mobb Deep album feels off to me. Like it sounds weird. It reminds me of sonically of remixes I used to find on Limewire, like where they put a Nas verse on a Tupac song or some shit.
Every 5 years or so I drop some obscure album in this thread and it takes off within our little by bubble, I’m hoping this is one of those
Everything i've enjoyed this year, some of which I really need to revisit... MIKE - Showbiz! Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 2 Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Mercy billy woods - GOLLIWOG Aesop Rock - I Heard It's A Mess There Too Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love Danny Brown - Stardust R.A.P. Ferreira - The Night Green Side of It Preservation & Gabe 'Nandez - Sortilège Tony Bontana - Sunday Service De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 2 Aesop Rock - Black Hole Superette Roc Marciano - The Coldest Profession Shungu - Faith in the Unknown clipping. - Dead Channel Sky McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive! Young Miko - Do Not Disturb YUNGMORPHEUS - A Spyglass to One’s Face Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - GOLDFISH 12k Gotti - 800° Open Mike Eagle - Neighborhood Gods Unlimited Mike - Pinball II Navy Blue - The Sword & The Soaring Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL Brother Ali - Satisfied Soul/Brother Minutester Vol. 2: Uskudar Sessions Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream pink siifu - Black’!Antique YANAA - KUROIBARA Samy Deluxe - SAMY x CONDUCTOR Pan Amsterdam - Confines Rainy Miller - Joseph, What Have You Done? Niontay - Fadaof$ Everything Is Psychedelic - The Beautiful Malaise ovrkast. - While The Iron Is Hot