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- 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.
- 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.
- Marc Chacksfield
- Nas: Illmatic. View at Amazon. Year: 1994. Despite being home to groups like Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest, New York appeared distinctly second best to the sounds emanating from California in 1994.
- Wu-Tang Clan: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) View at Amazon. Year: 1993. Released on the same day as Midnight Marauders, the Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album was arguably the most important hip hop album of the Nineties.
- Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp A Butterfly. £17.99. Buy now from Amazon. Kendrick Lamar is up there with the greatest rappers of all time. The speed he can spout his lyrics is unparalleled, as is the clarity with which you hear them.
- Notorious BIG: Ready To Die. View at Amazon. Year: 1994. It’s a shame that today The Notorious B.I.G. is known as much for his role in the unfortunate East Coast/West Coast rap wars of the mid-Nineties.
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Mar 25, 2024 · 50. JPEGMafia. Artistic peak: Scaring the Hoes (with Danny Brown) One of the most interesting hip hop artists in the game today, JPEGMafia is one of the modern vanguards of experimental hip-hop. Fusing industrial sounds, glitchy electronics, and a collage of samples, his music is as unpredictable as it is compelling.
Aug 8, 2023 · Born Andre Young in Compton, California, Dr. Dre is one of hip-hop's definitive and standard-setting pioneers. Now a veteran DJ, artist and producer, Dr. Dre's public story began as a member of two very different, influential L.A. groups in the '80s: electro stars World Class Wreckin' Cru and gangster rap icons N.W.A; the latter is the subject of a popular 2015 biopic, Straight Outta Compton ...
Feb 25, 2020 · 52. D Smoke - Black Habits. Black Habits is the second album from D Smoke (he debuted in 2006 with Producer of the Year ), the winner of Netflix’s Hip Hop competition series Rhythm & Flow in 2019. The album is the follow-up to his Inglewood High EP, which was released in October of 2019.
Jul 24, 2020 · Thee Album, Public Enemy- Fear of A Black Planet, DMX- It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, J Dilla- Donuts, 3rd Bass- The Cactus Album, Busta Rhymes- When Disaster Strikes, Drake – Nothing Was the Same, Scarface – Mr. Scarface is Back. The Notorious BIG- Ready to Die (1994) Around the years '87-'88, a young crack dealer named Christopher Wallace ...
