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teased where the Chicago rapper can go within the confines of 6 songs, but the public is ready for something more — a full-length could solidify him as rap’s next step in its evolutionary chain.
It’s been a rough few months. Even his features on DJ Khaled’s “No Brainer” and Tee Grizzley’s “Wake Up” left much to be desired. Bryson Tiller lyrically runs circles around Carti like he forgot his day job is singing.
Besides his writing contributions, his biggest moment-to-date is “ was an ambitious but stretched attempt to reconcile Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi’s diverging career paths into something cohesive.
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would feel like a gimmick: 15 songs in 15 minutes, an album optimized for your Instagram feed. is Pusha’s finest moment as a solo act, a wise, funny, ruthless performance. The second solo album from Los Angeles-via-Baltimore noise-bringer JPEGMafia is a political rap record with the logic of a fever dream and the focus of the internet. On she turns her eye to more autobiographical verses, detailing the specificities of her own life while slipping between everyday observations and universal truths: “I know everyone goes someday / I know my body’s fragile, know it’s made from clay,” she sings on the string-bathed “Don’t Forget About Me.” It’s the sound of an artist discovering new heights for her music.2018 did not want for very long albums but few used their wide-open spaces as wondrously as Mississippi twin brother duo Rae Sremmurd. He’s a gifted producer in the traditional sense, operating in the body of a SoundCloud rapper. Vert is one of the most electrifying voices in rap today, in many ways the lone breakout of the SoundCloud Rap class that emerged just a few years ago and a genuinely thrilling talent.
The Atlanta polymath has had his moments — “3005” proved his chart potential, “Redbone” was a bonafide, long-lasting hit and the was a weak outing for him, but if it was anyone else’s output it would stand as one of the more interesting rap releases of last year. But is much more, as the rapper explores her poor upbringing (“Wisdom Teeth”), chews out a cheating beau (“Exit”) and shouts out giddy pro-LGBT lines (“Fuck a tuxedo/Tuck your dick, mijo”) over some pixelly dancehall (“Crayons”).After three albums, 34 songs and 129.85 minutes, Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s marital woes trilogy concludes with an exhale. Official r/HHH Discord; CHAT/TALK on f.hhh; plug.dj room; Lists “I tell death to keep a distance, I think he obsessed with me,” he raps on “Life,” wary of a racist political system that indirectly led to his cousin’s stabbing death (which he retells with heartbreaking detail on “Heaven All Around Me”).
He’s telling the same stories, detailing the tragic mundanity of gang life, with the same melancholic, whip-smart humor as always, but he’s letting people in on the joke just a little more.This was the year Drake finally shed his role as hip-hop’s petulant crown prince. Last year’s (presumably titled for its position as the halfway point between his debut and sophomore albums) seemed like a reset for the Portland rapper, and an opportunity for him to muddy the waters of what happens next. A simple rule of thumb for the new way of life: Rappers either compete with an endless stream of new releases or they cease to matter.
City Girls had their breakout when they appeared on Drake’s Number One hit, “In My Feelings.” You get the sense, though, that it was just as exciting for him to have them on his song as it was for them to jump on a Drake song. But while felt like variations on a theme, Brockhampton expanded the palette here into something approaching transcendence. It was unclear how, or if, they would bounce back. Its seven tracks fit more ideas into it than nearly any other project this year, and even the missteps are worth watching. Top 50 Rap Songs of the 90s.
is likely Kanye West’s worst album, depending on how you place something like in his discography. r/NewAlbums: A place to post and discuss new and upcoming music albums of interest in all genres. The edges were kept intact and ultimately formed a new aura around Pardison Fontaine is trying to make one of the most challenging leaps in music — from songwriter to solo star. Find the best music on Album of the Year.
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