Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[DieHardYankee26]

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H.E.R. did a Tiny Desk. Need to hear it, she didn't pick any of my favorite songs though [emoji17]

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Leon Bridges on Colors too, he killed this.

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[Fresh Tendrils]

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Been listening to the Krit EP's on repeat since the third one dropped. They're all so damn smooth. Learned from Texas is pure gasoline. I'm digging Energy off the newest set.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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He need to stop playing and drop an album or a mixtape.




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[MaximilianIV]

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Heard anyone Hurra die Welt geht unter by KIZ and AnnenMayKantereit?
Great song! But in German though

[rabbitfistssaipailo]

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Heard anyone Hurra die Welt geht unter by KIZ and AnnenMayKantereit?
Great song! But in German though

Link ?

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[rabbitfistssaipailo]

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What do you guys think of this Damon dash , lyor Cohen , funk flex back and forth ?

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[DieHardYankee26]

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I had not seen/heard anything about it but this statement by Flex, "A CULTURE VULTURE CANT GET U UNLESS THE CULTURE YOU REPRESENT IS FOR SALE!!!!!!" is...questionable. Not even sure what it's supposed to mean.

My Favorites of 2018

Top 10 Rap Albums

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This one was pretty tough. Lots of rap albums this year as every year, lots of good ones, a pretty decent number of great ones even. Probably could've had a strong list of 20, the last 2 cut were Saba - Care for Me and Noname - Room 25. I really thought Noname especially would make it but there were just so many great albums, when I went back and listened, it was probably 11. Cole had a great year but I'd probably put his album at 13. Royce didn't make it, Drip Season 3, Black Panther, Black Thought...solid year. Anyway...

10. J.I.D. - DiCaprio 2

9. Mac Miller - Swimming
8. Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 3
7. Phonte - No News is Good News
6. Mick Jenkins - Pieces of a Man
5. Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap
4. Lupe Fiasco - Drogas Wave
3. Tierra Whack - Whack World
2. Pusha T - Daytona
1. Curren$y & Freddie Gibbs - Fetti

Top 25 Rap Songs

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Keeping it to one per person. Mostly worked...

25. Playboi Carti - On Top
24. Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - Waiting for the Moon
23. Young Thug - Anybody (the actual song has a Nicki Minaj feature but I cut that off and have been listening to a Nicki-less version all year so my version is the real version now)
22. Kids See Ghosts - Reborn
21. Gunna & Lil Baby - Belly (basically the new Sold Out Dates)
20. Trippie Redd - Black Magic
19. Black Thought - Get Outlined
18. Nipsey Hussle - Grindin' All My Life ("If a rap ***** diss, swiss cheese his bus")
17. Conway - Mac 10 Wounds
16. Noname (feat. Saba & Smino) - Ace
15. Benny the Butcher - Scareface vs. Sosa 2
14. JID - Off Da Zoinkys
13. Curren$y (feat. Smoke DZA) - 14 Packs
12. Freddie Gibbs & Curren$y - Tapatio
11. J. Cole - Friends
10. Phonte - Cry No More
9. Earl Sweatshirt - E. Coli
8. Mac Miller - 2009
7. Saba - Busy/Sirens
6. Lupe Fiasco - King Nas (the first verse is amazing...the whole album has great rapping but this verse is one of my favorites of the year)
5. Mick Jenkins - What Am I To Do (the Colors performance is perfect)
4. Tierra Whack - Pet Cemetery
3. Freddie Gibbs - Willie Lloyd
2. Pusha T - Santeria
1. Meek Mill - Intro/Trauma (so I cheated here...I wanted to put both on the list, couldn't choose, the intro samples a song I've heard a million times, Trauma is just great, one of Meek's best songs, they're both perfect)

Top 10 R&B Albums

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Didn't have a ton of trouble with this one, the only album I really considered that got dropped was Sir - November. It's a pretty good album, but the song I really return to, Dreaming of Me, will be on my top songs list so it'll get it's due. Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton's albums were pretty decent, Mih-Ty was OK but as a pretty big fan of those guys, it should've been much better.

10. The Internet - Hive Mind

9. Kali Uchis - Isolation

8. The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy

7. Summer Walker - Last Day of Summer

6. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer

5. H.E.R. - I Used To Know H.E.R. 1 & 2

4. 6lack - East Atlanta Love Letter

3. Leon Bridges - Good Thing

2. Teyana Taylor - KTSE

1. Jorja Smith - Lost & Found

Top 15 R&B Songs

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15. Kali Uchis - Killer
14. Janelle Monae - Don't Judge Me
13. JMSN - Talk is Cheap
12. Tessa Thompson (feat. Gunna) - Midnight (DON'T SLEEP!)
11. Brent Faiyaz - Trust (heard so much hype about this guy, listened to his EP, literally only liked this one song but I love it, reminds me of dude from 112)
10. Ella Mai (feat. H.E.R.) - Gut Feeling
9. Leon Bridges - Georgia To Texas (the Colors performance of Lions almost pushed that one but this song is too good, really can't go wrong either way)
8. Summer Walker - Deep (short and sweet)
7. Teyana Taylor - Gonna Love Me
6. The Weeknd - Call Out My Name
5. H.E.R. - My Song (lots of great stuff from her this year and my favorite is a loosie, go figure, queen of the piano ballad)
4. 6lack - Cutting Ties (same, loved his album, favorite song was a random single, but a great one)
3. Jorja Smith - I Am (survived being a favorite song all year)
2. Sir - Dreaming of Me (heard that sample a million times, never fails)
1. Majid Jordan - Spirit (I dunno what it is, but this song is just the one)

[DieHardYankee26]

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Slow start to the year IMO...

New Noname is great:

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Still listening to Tana Talk, it made me put together a Griselda playlist, their music just fits this time of year. Brought me back to this one by Conway:

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Boogie's new album is good, I like the intro a lot, it's got some good features. JID, 6lack, Christian Scott aTunde Adujah (that song is great), and Eminem...this dude just can't help himself. He was halfway into a decent verse and then goes full Eminem (I consider the sheep line like 80% Eminem), rattling off drugs and taking the song completely off the rails. Gonna have to cut his part off ASAP. Here's Boogie flipping Sing About Me by Kendrick on Sway a couple weeks ago, it's really great (hopefully the timestamp works, 25 minutesish if it doesn't):

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New Wu documentary, so necessary, this title is 12/10:

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[Fresh Tendrils]

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Yeah, I looked at the track list Friday and was surprised to see Christian Scott on there. Listening to the album now for the first time. The promo vids for this album were all hilarious.

J. Cole's "Middle Child" was scorched Earth, but I guess that's par for the course anymore?

I've been listening to Big KRIT a bunch lately and was fairly disappointed his "new album" was merely the three EPs put together with nothing new. Outside of that been listening to some classics thanks to visiting Shea Serrano's "The Rap Yearbook" playlist. A little Kanye heavy and some scratchers on there, but I still want to read the book to see his honorable mentions and his basis for picking songs.

There's a jazz producer that is basically hip-hop/jazz fusion called Swindle. Here's his new album in full: https://youtu.be/w14fDtJdbfg

[DieHardYankee26]

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Something about the new Cole single just doesn't hit with me. It's OK, I'm not sure what it is. The flow isn't doing it for me.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Yeah, I looked at the track list Friday and was surprised to see Christian Scott on there. Listening to the album now for the first time. The promo vids for this album were all hilarious.

J. Cole's "Middle Child" was scorched Earth, but I guess that's par for the course anymore?

I've been listening to Big KRIT a bunch lately and was fairly disappointed his "new album" was merely the three EPs put together with nothing new. Outside of that been listening to some classics thanks to visiting Shea Serrano's "The Rap Yearbook" playlist. A little Kanye heavy and some scratchers on there, but I still want to read the book to see his honorable mentions and his basis for picking songs.

There's a jazz producer that is basically hip-hop/jazz fusion called Swindle. Here's his new album in full: https://youtu.be/w14fDtJdbfg

Kanye was that dude as far as producing from 2003-2011ish.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Kanye was that dude as far as producing from 2003-2011ish.

Definitely. Personal taste bias is all.

[areobee401]

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Give me Just Blaze or Heatmakerz over Kanye West during the early 2000’s. That’s not to say he didn’t bring a ton of heat back then. Personal preference is all.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Boogie's new album is good, I like the intro a lot, it's got some good features. JID, 6lack, Christian Scott aTunde Adujah (that song is great), and Eminem...this dude just can't help himself. He was halfway into a decent verse and then goes full Eminem (I consider the sheep line like 80% Eminem), rattling off drugs and taking the song completely off the rails. Gonna have to cut his part off ASAP.

The whole Eminem verse is pretty whack and ****s up the flow of not just the song the whole album. It just feels so out of place. Em comes in with that jacked up "chip on the shoulder" energy and then gets even more aggressive later on. To me it doesn't fit within the album as a whole considering it's a fairly low-key, calm and chill, introspective look at interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics.

That would be one of my favorite songs if it wasn't for his verse. As it stands now the initial stand outs to me are Silent Ride, Lolsmh, Soho, Skydive II, and Whose Fault. Pretty good album overall - it made me put East Atlanta Love Letter back on repeat.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Last verse on Lolsmh is my favorite moment on the project for sure. "Pissed cause you pick me apart but don't ever pick me up, ain't no gif or emoji depict how much I don't give a ****", sheesh. Beat is the perfect vibe too. Reminds me a lot of Red Eye, one of my favorite KRIT songs.