Top 3 Tracks: “Homewrecker”, “Gorgeous”, “Wings”ĩ. Mensa’s one of the most promising young Hip-Hop artists in the game right now. Not to mention, the guy can collaborate too – the aforementioned tracks round up the likes of Chief Keef, Syd, Pharrell Williams, and even Rivers Cuomo from Weezer, making for a colorful but cohesive tracklist. He can make rousing bangers with the best of them, as shown on the Kid-Cudi-meets- Travis-Scott party tune “Rollin’ Like a Stoner” as well as the Chief Keef-assisted hood anthem “Down for Some Ignorance” he can tell stories (“Homewrecker”), he can be deeply introspective (“Wings”), and he can even make the ladies swoon when he steps out from under his self-loathing (“Gorgeous”). The Autobiography proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Mensa’s got all of the makings of a bonafide Rap superstar. On his debut album for Roc Nation, after a few years of increasing buzz and the immense pressure and anticipation that comes with being a Kanye West protégé, Vic Mensa leapfrogs over the already-lofty expectations set for him with, well, one of the best Hip-Hop albums of the entire year. I really hope my thoughts are informative or, at the very least, mildly entertaining. And I’m glad to be done making this list, ‘cause I spent DAYS stressing out about it (especially those #5 – #7 slots!).
So as you can see, it’s been an exciting 12 months.
Macklemore and a mumble rapper made a song together and it ended up being ten times worse than my limited imagination could’ve even conjured up.EDM superstar Calvin Harris put Snoop Dogg, Travis Scott, Migos, ScHoolboy Q, Lil’ Yachty, Future, Big Sean, Nicki Minaj, and Frank Ocean on one project.Jay-Z snapped out of his whole “I only rap to sponsor my art collection” mindset and made his best music since 2003.CyHi the Prynce’s long-awaited debut somehow lived up to over seven years of album-less hype.Eminem dropped a turd that makes 2004’s Encore look like a masterpiece.The Migos made a Trap album that is literally listenable (and enjoyable) from beginning to end.Here are some things that happened in Hip-Hop this year that I couldn’t have possibly foreseen: But even better, it was a year defined by the unexpected. Any monkey with a Twitter account and and in his feed could piece that one together. And boy is there a lot of ground to cover.Ģ017 was another banner year for Rap music, sure. Joking aside, whatever Winter holiday you and your family celebrate – whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or one of those Pagan things – I hope you find joy, laughter, relaxation, and, of course, good food in the company of your loved ones, and I hope you head into 2018 with the wide-eyed optimism of a six-year-old boy.Īnyway, for my first of FIVE 2017 year-end lists – you’re gonna head over to my YouTube channel to see the rest of them in the next week and a half – we’re gonna talk Hip-Hop. I did what I do every year – I wished an awkward mix of “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays”, depending on what kind of mood I was in, who was around, and how Christian-y the vibe was. Not surprisingly, Donald Trump talking all bigly about his yuuuuge plans for this great nation didn’t at all sway my December rhetoric. It reminded me of that infamous Jason Kidd speech where he said “we’re gonna turn this team around 360 degrees”. “Times have changed, but we’re changing them back,” he insisted. In one of the most hilariously ridiculous speeches of his presidency thus far – bold statement, I know – Donald Trump made a promise that as a nation, we’re all gonna go back to saying “Merry Christmas” like we did before things got all politically correct. Oh wait, we’re like a year into the whole “Donald Trump is president” thing.
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