Hip-Hop 2022 AOTY Runner-Up

Hip-Hop 2022 AOTY Runner-Up

Roc Marciano & The Alchemist – The Elephant Man’s Bones Roc Marciano’s run in the last 12 years puts him in rarefied air. When Busta Rhymes announced that Roc Marci is top 5 DOA a few years back (2018), it seemed obvious to me, but the uninformed...
Best Hip-Hop Track of 2022

Best Hip-Hop Track of 2022

Best Hip-Hop Track of 2022 It’s very rare I discover an artist that blows my mind, especially one who was just under my nose. But this year, I was converted into an A$AP Ant Stan, and Pudge Rodriguez is the easiest, smoothest, and simultaneously hardest song to...
Hardest Hip-Hop Track of 2022

Hardest Hip-Hop Track of 2022

It’s a tie Meyhem Lauren’s “Black Pinot” and Drakeo The Ruler & OTM’s “Cliffhanger (Remix)” were the two hardest tracks that I heard in 2022. Meyhem’s track had been debuted on his Instagram all the way back in 2019...
Best Instrumental of 2022

Best Instrumental of 2022

Apollo Brown – Flowers Die Apollo Brown is a legendary producer from Detroit (my favorite hip-hop scene) who has been the rare beatmaker who can deliver quality and quantity. He’s churned out tons of albums with many of hip hop’s greats, as well as...