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- Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert. British-Nigerian emcee Little Simz had one of our favorite albums released in 2019 with the punchy GREY AREA – her third LP and international breakthrough project.
- Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram. Armand Hammer is a duo consisting of experimental Hip Hop titans billy woods and ELUCID. billy woods is one of the most consistent artists in contemporary Hip Hop.
- Ka - A Martyr's Reward. A Martyr’s Reward is Brownsville, NYC emcee/producer Ka’s 8th studio album (the 6th as Ka), following on the heels of 2020’s Descendants Of Cain.
- Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson. Following their underrated debut collaboration My 1st Chemistry Set (2013), Detroit emcee Boldy James and top-tier producer The Alchemist teamed up again in 2020 for the long-awaited The Price Of Tea In China, one of the best Hip Hop albums of the year.
- Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (2021) British-Nigerian emcee Little Simz had one of our favorite albums released in 2019 with the punchy GREY AREA – her third LP and international breakthrough project.
- Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) In 2012 El-P produced Killer Mike’s album, R.A.P. Music – one of our favorite albums of 2012 – which was soon followed by Killer Mike’s appearance on the track “Tougher Colder Killer” from El-P’s Cancer 4 Cure.
- Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes (2022) So this is what happens when one of the most skilled producers in the music biz joins forces with one of the most talented emcees of all time.
- Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (2023) Armand Hammer, the New York duo composed of ELUCID and billy woods, has released the best Hip Hop album of the year with their latest, We Buy Diabetic Test Strips – released under Backwoodz Studioz, the label almost singlehandedly responsible for rescuing the Hip Hop year 2023 from mediocrity.
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- 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.
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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.
- The Sugarhill Gang – The Sugarhill Gang (1980) The self-tilted debut from The Sugarhill Gang is widely considered to be the first hip-hop studio album.
- Run-DMC**–**Run-DMC (1984) Despite the genre being less than a decade old, Run-DMC's self-titled debut album in 1984 revolutionised the sound of hip-hop for an entire generation.
- Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) Public Enemy frontman Chuck D once described ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ as hip-hop's ‘Sgt.
- N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton (1988) The summer of 1988 saw the release of the unforgettable debut album from N.W.A. - ‘ Straight Outta Compton’. The album depicts the life and struggles of living in a neglected and over policed area of LA County in the 1980s as Black people.
Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2021 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100; Song Artist Project Peak position "Up" Cardi B — 1 "Way 2 Sexy" Drake featuring Future and Young Thug: Certified Lover Boy "What's Next" Drake Scary Hours 2 "Industry Baby" Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow: Montero "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" Lil Nas X ...
1. Drake. 2. Pop Smoke. 3. Lil Baby. 4. Doja Cat. 5. The Weeknd. 6. Lil Durk. 7. Juice WRLD. 8. Polo G. 9. Rod Wave. 10. Post Malone. 11. Moneybagg Yo. 12. Megan Thee Stallion. 13. J. Cole. 14....
