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Dec 10, 2021 · This year's best hip-hop — including Westside Gunn, Mach-Hommy and Moor Mother — comes from death and defiance, erotic power and provocation, Black joy and pain — and that's just the shortlist.
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- J. Cole, ‘The Off-Season’ With its abundance of sports metaphors, The Off-Season represents J. Cole possibly at his sharpest. As its name suggests, the album finds Cole in a less-competitive stance, where his catalog up to now has found him battling through playoff match after playoff match, The Off-Season is in large part a more relaxed project.
- Polo G, ‘Hall of Fame’ There’s simply no stopping Polo G. The Chicago-born rapper ended 2020 with a tweet professing his plans to reach new heights, and only a few months into this year, he proved exactly what he meant.
- Little Simz, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ The British-Nigerian rapper’s fourth album seamlessly incorporates grime, hip-hop/soul, and old-school R&B (the Smokey Robinson sample in “Two Worlds Apart” goes down just as smoothly as the “Jodeci and cherry wine” she mentions in the lyrics).
- Mike, ‘Disco!’ New York rapper Mike has one of the most quietly prolific catalogs in hip-hop right now. Known to drop a project every year — in addition to a number of releases under different monikers — Mike has the kind of mythos once reserved for artists like MF Doom, whom he’s often compared to.
- Charles Aaron
- Travis Scott, ‘Astroworld’ (2018) After the horrific tragedy at his Astroworld Festival, it’s hard to listen to this album with much objectivity, let alone any sympathy.
- Juice WRLD, ‘Goodbye & Good Riddance’ (2018) Working a primal whine of been-done-wrong romantic angst, his vocals marinating in effluvial synths that sounded even more bummed than he was, Jarad Higgins staked his claim as an emo-rap star on his debut album.
- KMD, ‘Mr. Hood’ (1991) Mr. Hood is a marvel of youthful imagination, and a reflection of hip-hop’s short-lived Native Tongues era. The album is bracketed with skits featuring “Mr.
- Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, ‘Bandana’ (2019) A meeting of a relentlessly down-to-earth rapper and an elusive production genius, the second summit between Gary, Indiana, MC Freddie Gibbs and iconic beat-warper Madlib is at once hard-nosed and hard to pin down.
Jul 11, 2024 · Nabbing the top spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 8 on the Billboard 200, the platinum-certified Midnight yielded classic singles like the chill anthem “Electric Relaxation ...
- Damien Scott
- 'Moon Boy' - Yung Bleu. Newcomer Yung Bleu rose to stardom this year thanks to Drake adding a verse to the remix of “You’re Mines Still,” the young rapper’s breakout single.
- 'All the Brilliant Things' - Skyzoo. Skyzoo is not a rapper, he’s a lyricist; his music is more so meant for thinking than dancing. The beauty of Hip-Hop is that we have incredible creators who focus on various aspects of our culture.
- 'Something for Thee Hotties' - Megan Thee Stallion. This archival compilation of freestyles from Megan Thee Stallion was the perfect release to satisfy diehard Hotties who’ve been around since the beginning, while also being an introduction of sorts for newer fans.
- 'MONTERO' - Lil Nas X. Not needing to ride the success of his record-breaking smash hit, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X approached his debut album assertive and impenitent.
Feb 15, 2021 · The Best Hip Hop Albums Of 2021: check out HHGA's top 60 Hip Hop albums of the year, plus honorable mentions.
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Dec 31, 2021 · Bruiser Wolf, Pink Siifu, Vince Staples and many more released some of Paste's favorite hip-hop albums of 2021.
