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GAF-Hop |OTXV| Afterlife

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Eos

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Q - blank face
Kanye - tlop
Chance - coloring book
Denzel Curry - imperial
Young thug - slime season 3
No ordrr
All I got right now, I still have a ton of releases to listen to
 
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HiiiLife

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Isn't Danny brown coming with an album this year? Unless Gibbs and Madlib release another tape soon that might be my most anticipated rap album.

Aside from SremmLife2.
 
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Helmholtz

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Kind of in order, top 2 are solid for me right now

Key! - Before I Scream
Young Thug - SS3
Future - Purple Reign
Lil Yachty - Lil Boat
Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
Kanye West - TLOP
Lil Uzi Vert - vs the world
Future - EVOL
Drake - Views
Young Thug - I'm Up
 
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Fjordson

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Courage said:
Since we're halfway through the year (and don't think we've done this yet) what's your guys hip-hop top 10 looking like so far?
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Q - Blank Face
Thugger - Slime Season 3
Kweku Collins - Nat Love
Yachty - Lil Boat
Payroll Giovanni - Big Bossin vol. 1
Bones - Useless
Key! - Before I Scream
Esto - Crudo EP

All I can think of right now. Would have never guessed a few months ago that I'd have Q on my list. Was never a big fan, but Blank Face is hitting just right.

Also bummed I can't put Drizzy at the top of this list. Stopped listening to Views after like 4 days and haven't had the urge to revisit it outside of a few tracks.
 
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HiResDes

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Key! - Before I Scream
Elucid - Save Yourself
Kweku Collins - Nat Love
Azizi Gibson - A New Life
Lil Yachty - Lil Boat
Schoolboy Q - Blankface
Maxo Kream - Persona Tape
Joey Purrp - iiDrops
Kanye West - TLOP
Hannibal King - Don't Die
Lushlife - Ritualize
Post Malone - August 26
Elzhi - Lead Poison
Supa Bwe - Dead Occasion 3
Payroll Giovanni - Big Bossin' Vol. 1
Problem - Hotels 2
Trouble - Skoobzilla
Fat Nick - When The Lean Runs Out
Pollari - Sonya
Lil Uzi Vert - Lil Uzi Vs. The World
French Montana - Wave Gods
Adamn Killa - Back 2 Ballin
Kilo Kish - Reflections in Real Time
Retch - Lean & Neck
Dälek - Asphalt for Eden
Westside Gunn - Flygodd

...Ten of these, haven't really narrowed it down yet.
 
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ARK322

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In no particular order:

Future - Evol
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered
Elucid - Save Yourself
$ha Hef - Krime Pay$
Schoolboy Q - Blank Face
DJ Esco - E.T.
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Chance - Coloring Book
YG - Still Brazy

Also, not sure if these count as strictly hip-hop but whatever:

Anderson Paak - Malibu
Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
 
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Cesare Borgia

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YG's album isn't bad but Blankface really puts its flaws in perspective. It's a very one note album music wise. Yes YG addresses a lot of issues from various perspectives which is good, but the production feels like a retread. There are a few amazing beats on the album, then you have some that are just whatever. There's also little funk or bounce to the album outside of Twist My Fingaz. The bass is synthy overall, making the other throwback sounds seem a little weird when mixed together. Overall this gives the album a very one-note sound gets old after awhile.

Whereas Blankface manages to experiment with a lot of different sounds successfully. You have some bounce on tracks like Neva Change, some Outkast type rock on the intro track, funk on the title track, some bangers (By Any Means, Dope Dealer), etc. Light jazz fingerprints throughout the album too. Not to mention Black Thoughts, one of my favorite tracks of the year. What a haunting, oddly cathartic track.

Blankface is what a summer album should be. There's shit for riding, shit when you're depressed, bangers for the car, and some lady tracks. I never liked Studio, it sounded like some shit a chick might listen to while masturbating. But I can fuck to Overtime.
 
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Glass Rebel

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Listened to quite a bit this year and there's quite a lot that I liked but wouldn't put nowhere near my AOTY material like TLOP, Imperial or Slime Season 3, or any of the Fewch tapes to name a few examples). There's 4 projects I enjoyed more than most other releases this year tho:

untitled unmastered - Kendrick Lamar
Blank Face LP - Schoolboy Q
Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert
Skoobzilla - Trouble
 
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Net_Wrecker

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Azizi Gibson - A New Life
Lushlife & CSLSX - Ritualize
BONES - Useless
Curren$y - Bourbon Streets Secrets and/or The Legend of Harvard Blue
ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
Kweku Collins - Nat Love
Young Thug - Slime Season 3
Payroll Giovanni - Big Bossin' Vol. 1
French Montana - Wave Gods
Post Malone - August 26th
Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered EP

A little over 10 but I'm good with this for now. Still have a handful of projects I haven't really dug into yet.
 
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Cesare Borgia

Banned
Kanye West - Life Of Pablo OG version
Kanye West - Life Of Pablo Revised version
Young Thug - SS3
Ramriddlz - Venis
Payroll Giovanni - Big Bossin' Vol. 1
Schoolboy Q - Blankface LP
Retch - Lean & Neck
Lil Uzi Vert - Lil Uzi Vs. The World
Bones - Useless
French Montana - Wave Gods

Only the top 4 are in order.
 
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Koozek

Member
Psychological Intellect said:
no album this year has really blown me away yet.

still waiting on The Avalanches to hit Spotify.
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It did a few days ago.

EDIT: Wait. Are you making fun of me?
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IrishNinja

IrishNinja

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this stretch & bobbito documentary was dope, wish i'dve heard more of their show in the day, damn

ViewtifulJC said:
as much as we stan Future and Desiigner, you know damn sure we dont care about lyrics
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the souljah anthem right here

Psychological Intellect said:
E-40's delivery, lyrics and flow are all SHIT
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also see above

Cheddahz said:
Rap has been boring this year
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yeah this is one of those years i'm diving into other genres more, it happens

Cesare Borgia said:
I guess you haven't heard Life Of Pablo.
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Life of Pablo is like that time i saw a trailer for spider-man in 2012 and was like oh when's that coming out

then i realized shit i saw it like a week or two before and totally forgot

that's what that album is...i don't hate it, it just doesn't resonate on any level
 
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ViewtifulJC

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IrishNinja said:
Life of Pablo is like that time i saw a trailer for spider-man in 2012 and was like oh when's that coming out

then i realized shit i saw it like a week or two before and totally forgot

that's what that album is...i don't hate it, it just doesn't resonate on any level
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this is an amazing analogy
 
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codhand

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1. TLOP
2. TLOP (revised)
3. TLOP's follow-up
4. TLOP (early leak)
5. TLOP (Walmart radio edited version)
6. TLOP (that didnt exist except in the minds of fans)
7. TLOP (track-order-resequenced-by-me edition)
8. TLOP (dream i had once about TLOP)
9. TLOP (again, just so dope)
10. TLOP (Tidal version* which i couldnt afford to hear, but i heard was great)
 
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