Recent Hip Hop Tracks Reviewed
no aesop rock |
| 1 |  | Young Thug
Slime Season 3
With Them // released: 25 March // Decent EP, great track. Young Thug is at his best when he pushes the credibility of his music to the limit. 808s, producer tags, bouncey synths and squawks galore. 3.2/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoDRROeGo-8 |
| 2 |  | Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
Real Friends ft. Ty Dolla $ign // released: a while ago // Probably one of the best tracks Kanye has ever released. Production is glorious, as is the songwriting, and Kanye's wordsmanship punches above its weight here too. 4.6/5 |
| 3 |  | Riff Raff
Peach Panther
Carlos Slim // released: yesterday // Funniest guy in rap comes out with another throwaway trap banger. 3.4/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eErmn0LLlaA |
| 4 | | Drake
Views From The 6
One Dance ft. Wizkid & Kyla // released: today // Hate it when he does this cutesy summer bullshit. Production half makes up for it though. Might sound better in the context of the album. 2.3/5 http://audio.chirbit.com/BFTFT_1459871911.mp3 |
| 5 | | Drake
Views From The 6
Pop Style ft. Kanye West // released: today // sorta dull. Hope VFT6 really goes for that deep dark vibe IYRTITL nailed. 2.3/5 http://audio.chirbit.com/BFTFT_1459871897.mp3 |
| 6 |  | Future
EVOL
Low Life ft. The Weeknd // released: a while ago // Best song on the album and one of The Weeknd's best features to date. Cynical and debaucherous. Amazing drunk. 4/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_9tX4eHztY |
| 7 | | Skepta
Konnichiwa
Ladies Hit Squad ft. D Double E & A$AP Nast // released: February // Not bad but clearly inferior to his recent grime bangers. His album needs to come out ASAP. 2.9/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMeVQjTlgQ |
| 8 | | Kanye West
Turbo Grafx 16
Saint Pablo ft. Sampha // released: April 2 // Better than nearly anything off TLOP thank god, mostly due to the production and Sampha's part. 3.5/5 http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kanye-west-saint-pablo-feat-sampha-new-song.1969201.html |
| 9 |  | Denzel Curry
Imperial
Sick & Tired // released: March 9 // SOTY so far. So dark and huge. 4.7/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sOTsRu4GQ0 |
| 10 |  | ASAP Ferg
Always Strive and Prosper
Let It Bang ft. Schoolboy Q // released: 25 March // Not as good as New Level. Expect there to be way better on the album. 2.4/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2foQwkKQgc |
| 11 | | ASAP Ferg
Always Strive and Prosper
New Level ft. Future // released: 19 Jan // Love that brass sound. 3.3/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srns7NiO278 |
| 12 |  | Meek Mill
4/4 Pt. 2
Fa Sho ft. T Dot // released: January 30 // pretty fire not gonna lie 3.7/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iIUASWAcn8 |
| 13 |  | Bryson Tiller
T R A P S O U L
Rambo (The Weeknd remix) // released: March 31 // Song isn't hugely improved by The Weeknd's vocals but I just discovered this the other day and it's p sweet even if I can feel my balls retreating into my liver as I listen. 3.8/5 https://soundcloud.com/theweeknd/rambo-the-weeknd-remix |
| 14 | | ScHoolboy Q
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Groovy Tony // released: today // Clearly a talented rapper and has put out some bangers, but many of his songs just lack that punch. This song isn't horribly shabby though. 3/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iJDXIOk0bg |
| 15 | | Kid Cudi
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The Frequency // released: 10 days ago // What a song to come back on after his last album. Wraps all the best elements of Indicud with melody and sinister, mechanical sounding production. 4/5 https://soundcloud.com/cudderland/the-frequency |
| 16 | | Bugzy Malone
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Mosh Pit Gang // released: today // Next biggest thing in grime's new song is a disappointment compared to his bangers of 2015. Unlike many grime rappers, Bugzy Malone seems to fare better with more downtempo, subtle styles 2.2/5 https://www.facebook.com/TheBugzyMaloneShow/videos/1390525814294827/ |
| 17 | | PARTYNEXTDOOR
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Come and See Me ft. Drake // released: 16 days ago // This guy has been very hit and miss for a while now so I'll ignore this boring af song for now 2/5 https://soundcloud.com/partyomo/come-and-see-me-ft-drake |
| 18 | | M.I.A.
Matahdatah
Borders // released: like 3 months ago // Oh MIA.. please never change. The video for this got brigaded by some conservative news website for it's pro-refugee/MIA=Jesus themes (walking on water with a PSG shirt on, lol). Watch out for her new album this year. Song is a banger 4.2/5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Nw7HbaeWY |
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