rolling thread 2021 (deluxe edition)

*not grime music, obv, grimy east coast street music

i love banks lol gonna check out all 68 minutes

Pray for Haiti rules ♥️♥️♥️♥️ Mach

i wish the new roddy ricch single were better, feels a bit like "high fashion" overdosed on valium

it's not great like its forebears but i like it anyway. the dreamlike vibe of the video is pretty cool, wish i could dance in that club he goes to

there are some rly nice touches in the production, as is often the case w/ mustard

i didn’t mind it but it’s not that exciting, prob a “safe” choice. he’ll come with something harder next i bet

of the big A list rappers rn he’s prob still my favorite

bringing back 2004, Lloyd Banks and Jim Jones just put out two good records in 2021!

there were some joints on that jim jones/harry fraud tape, not gonna lie

honestly in awe at how good this song is lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avkJ2h0wgbs

pound-for-pound his funniest song yet.

the herbo project is really great imo, not in rap many who can do the vulnerable tough guy thing like he can. somehow still only 25 years old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnl00Hlr5VU

the "i really mean it" flip is the only real weak spot, i mostly think rappers should just let that sample be in the future

wow yeah feels like he's been around forever

digging Deuce Ellis - Acid

he's got a good flow, love the beats, the live bass sample almost reminds me of a modern Low End Theory track this one has Che Noir who I like a lot too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nne5zdETtRE

"I just threw your life inside a toilet, now I'm flushing you"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo8sxsqaNmQ

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/fast-rap-dj-frisco-senseless/2021/07/22/20a54d0a-ea56-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html

Florida fast rap remixes by DJ Fetti Fee and others like DJ Frisco954 speed up the vocals

it's kind of trendy to hate on kenny beats nowadays, but this one is equal parts sinister and playful. offset jim does his "norcal drakeo" thing pretty well here, it's just fun to hear him talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lh9RDdlmM

been fun to watch capella gray's "gyalis" bubble up from weirdo melodic rap internet thingy to an actual hit that i've heard on the radio a few times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhXxdiYA6KM

it's a tried and true path (makonnen, dram, boy boy west coast, etc.), and i'm glad it's happening to this song.

it's a great song, i hear it every 3 mins in new york

Rome Streetz dropped two more collabs this year, one with Ankhlejohn, the other with Futurewave, and while they're not quite on par with Death & The Magician (although Razor's Edge comes close), his raps are remarkably solid for one so prolific.

i couldn’t finish his dj muggs collab album, but I like ankhlejohn enough that i’ll give the dude another shot

new boldy x alchemist project is predictably very great

I still need to hear that one.

Ka's latest just got BNM'd on p4k, heh. I like it about as much as Descendants of Cain.

Flee Lord/prod. by Roc Marciano - Delgado is out today, def some good stuff in my comfort food zone. his voice can get a little tiring though.

he also did an album with Muggs haha, Mugg's done an album with everybody in this zone of rap

ankhlejohn i like too but also has a voice that can wear on me

there seem to be a lot of those lately. im cool with ankhlejohn’s voice, love fly anakin’s voice, and can barely stand westside gunn

go figure

m@tt you might like the new van buren records ep, very impressively grimy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksAKisRQ6e8

the latest g perico album is solid old school l.a. street shit. he's always been a classicist, but lately he's taken a turn for the suga free, and it seems to be working out for him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSSzDmoj6Xc

love that

wonderful

that van buren is interesting/cool, kind of an odd mix of classic east coast and maybe like nu detroit vibes?

i also find it exciting whenever there's a new crew with like 10 people in it lol

yeah i miss rap groups! in general

Critic Chris Rich#rds in Washington Post re rapper Yeat:

The rapper’s liquid delivery has obvious forebears — Playboi Carti, Young Thug, T-Pain — but his approach still feels avant and inventive
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I haven’t heard him but just thought I’d put this out here anyway

digging the new producer album from nyc's tony seltzer, which ropes in a bunch of buzzy underground names, these are my two favs so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVKVtbzI_W0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlKSJMilBeQ

LOOOOVINNNGGG Solemn Brigham - South Sinner Street

he is in Marlowe with L'Orange (who did Time Astonishing for Kool Keith), great album

but this new one feels like a big step forward for him, feel like some folks would dig this, great energy, great beats, great lyrics, really infectious fun feel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMnxUActpqc

you know..almost a hieroglyphics vibe sometimes

oooooooohhhh-weeeeeeeee!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWIVfmfYmhg

this is the shit

Dirty Whip sounds great

new bandgang lonnie album, sounding excellent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91M-jW_CA4w

ezale should release more than one song every few years imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yb4V0Apeas

great video

this maxo kream album is remarkable. seems like it/he should have its own thread by now.

the only dud on it is the single with Tyler, lol

this for instance is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63IODpMUqR8

Maxo album is great

New Ransom & Rome Streetz is a great boring street rap album

New ceo Trayle 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

gave some side eye at the breathless praise for the new wiki album because i’d mostly been non-plussed to annoyed with most of his stuff and never liked ratking…but no, the album is really good

when i look back at my fav rap albums of this year, i suspect it’ll be a bit backpack-ier than usual

seems like that's the trend broadly

for critics, i mean