Sep 14, 2019We should do a ranking the years of the decade thread at some point.
When we do, I'll definitely be listing 2018 near the top. I feel like it was the year the rate and volume of rap releases just exploded but at the same time gave us so much new amazing music - from established and new artists alike. Even with the insane amount of new s--- coming out today (and half of these havent even sunk in yet fully), I still find myself constantly returning to my Best of 2018 playlist.
Not only that but so much happened. Hip Hop became the number 1 genre in the US. GOOD Music surgical Summer. Drake/Pusha beef. We lost Mac. --- got killed, 6ix9ine blew the f--- up then had his career ended in the space of 12 months. Cardi B takeover. Travis' ascension. Cudi's return. MAGA Ye. Wayne finally dropped C5. Everyone had CAPITALIZED album titles. Insane year.
JPEGMAFIA - VETERAN
Kendrick Lamar & TDE - Black Panther: The Album
Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap
6ix9ine - DAY69 / DUMMY BOY
XXXTENTACION - ?
Saba - CARE FOR ME
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
Playboi Carti - Die Lit
Pusha T - DAYTONA
Kanye West & Kid Cudi - Kids See Ghosts
Blueface - Famous Cryp
Denzel Curry - TA13OO
Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
Mac Miller - Swimming
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V
Lil Baby & Gunna - Drip Harder
Metro Boomin - NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES
Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 3
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
21 Savage - I Am > I Was
way too many songs to list em, these are a few gems I keep returning to
what did i miss?
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Smino - NOIR
Blood Orange - Negro Swan
The Internet - Hive Mind
Kadhja Bonet - Childqueen
Kali Uchis - Isolation
Key! - 777!
Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS WAVE
Mick Jenkins - Pieces of a Man
NAO - Saturn
Sudan Archives - Sink
Tierra Whack - Whack World
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Well, 2018 was great year.Sav Stanfield, Sea Mauville, David26 and 2 others like this. -
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Sorry 4 being this guy... Kamikaze.aleeex1923, CJ Poe, David26 and 2 others like this. -
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I know it’s not cool or popular on this forum outside of his thread but Cole’s amazing feature run and these:
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Put Off Deez, but no DiCaprio 2.Sav Stanfield, Ordinary Joel, Sea Mauville and 1 other person like this. -
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Freddie's other album was cold too.Sav Stanfield, Sea Mauville, Ricky and 1 other person like this. -
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Effected
Room 25
Dirty Computer
Milky Way
Fetti
East Atlanta Live Letter at least to me
Drogas Wave
No News Is Good News
Quarterthing
Punken
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Daytona still AOTY.Sav Stanfield, David26, Ordinary Joel and 1 other person like this. -
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Let’s pretend that didn’t happen
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I'm excited to see what he does next—though honestly I wish he'd stop with the no features thing cuz I think having some other artists to play off of and voices to switch up the POV would help add some flavor to his records. I'm not saying he needs to load it up with other rappers, but 2-3 guest verses would go a long way imo.Sav Stanfield, Ordinary Joel and Head Bussa like this. -
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