What The **** Are You Listening To?!: The Rap & Hip Hop Edition

Engine · 02-21-2016, 12:27 PM

Been trying to get a feel for quality music of more recent years regardless of underground/commercial status since that line is so blurred now and I keep finding albums that I like

I really like Vince Staples and his most recent album is really good. This song is the hit I guess:

And I like this Casey Veggies album, at least a handful of the songs:

Also this one is kind of weird for me and I think I might've never heard of this if it wasn't a Best New Album on Pitchfork

but I've listened to this a lot lately. Pretty much as commercial as rap gets and it often sounds pretty stupid on the surface but I still like it, most of the songs' production grabs me somehow. Kevin Gates carries the album with his personality/vocal delivery and his occasionally clever and emotionally intelligent lyrics:

02-21-2016, 12:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	Been trying to get a feel for quality music of more recent years regardless of underground/commercial status since that line is so blurred now and I keep finding albums that I like I really like Vince Staples and his most recent album is really good. This song is the hit I guess: And I like this Casey Veggies album, at least a handful of the songs: Also this one is kind of weird for me and I think I might've never heard of this if it wasn't a Best New Album on Pitchfork but I've listened to this a lot lately. Pretty much as commercial as rap gets and it often sounds pretty stupid on the surface but I still like it, most of the songs' production grabs me somehow. Kevin Gates carries the album with his personality/vocal delivery and his occasionally clever and emotionally intelligent lyrics: __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.