Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. I’ve been writing this column for the past three years, but in 2023 more people than ever asked me that ete...
Billboard staff combs through the 20 best rap albums of 2024 ranging from Future to Kendrick Lamar to Megan Thee Stallion and more.
Best Rap Albums of 2002 Scarface - The Fix.© Def Jam 10. Blackalicious -Blazing Arrow The reason to root for Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel is that occasionally they show you things you didn't know were possible within the confines of hip-hop. Hardcore, grown-ass rap bathed in breezy ...
From raw SoundCloud dumps and regional drill tapes to grown comeback records, these are the rap albums that moved Pitchfork columnist Alphonse Pierre in 2024. By Alphonse PierreDecember 9, 2024 Play/Pause Button Image by Chris Panicker
While he spent the first half of the 2000s as one of rap’s most consistent radio hitmakers – almost like a prototype of Aubrey Graham – his albums typically came up a bit short. His skills were never in question, he just lacked the focus to create consistent projects. But in the ...
Over 500 music fans have voted on the 40+ albums on Best Rap Albums of 2013. Current Top 3: Yeezus, Long.Live.A$AP, Nothing Was the Same
Over 600 music fans have voted on the 60+ Best Rap Songs Of 2023, Ranked. Current Top 3: All My Life (ft. J. Cole), DOGTOOTH, The Light
Find out our picks for the best 50 albums of 2022 - a vast array of genres, but equally good records that made a mark on our 2022 year as listeners on Stereofox.
In the last half decade, thousands (if not millions) of rap albums and mixtapes that have been released. We no longer really see the difference between mixtapes and albums; if it's all original music, then it's an album to us. So we narrowed them all down to pick the best of the...
Billboard staffers break down the top 10 best rap albums of all time, analyze Kendrick Lamar’s music video for “Not Like Us” and more!