AGCR reminds us of emo tunes of yesteryear but this time, we’re holding the mic. On Sept. 12, alt-R&B songstress Kelela released “LMK (What’s Really Good)” featuring a powerhouse lineup of Princess Nokia— A Girl Cried Red made our top 25 list), Junglepussy's JP3 appears on our list too, CupcakKe's Eden also made the cut and Ms. Her live shows gained notoriety for attendees doing just that. Mesmerizing both in sound and sight, Whack poetically sings and raps about love, loss and familial ties that take listeners on emotional highs and lows. 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart in May and put the Miami natives on a number of radars. If you were expecting Princess Nokia's succeeding projects to sound anything like her debut album 1992, chances were you were in for a surprise the moment you pressed play on A Girl Cried Red. —D.T. Fellow rap veterans like Boosie and Da Brat make for dazzling features on “Thug Song” and “Tf U Think,” respectively. To reduce Whack World to just an album forfeits the brilliance of Tierra's creative prowess which many believe mirror the legendary Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes’ visual concepts.

Atlanta rapper Scrilla is featured on two Brat Mail tracks (“I Want,” “Rich Talk”) and songstress Natasha Mosley lends her vocals to “Serious,” but otherwise, the Motor City MC holds it down all on her own—talking cash, gifts and overall flyness. —Z.J. Why should the boys who dominate rambunctious SoundCloud Rap get to have all the fun? But her rap skills are just as sharp as she precisely sketches a portrait of her place in the rap game. Only two years into her rap career, she caught the eyes and ears of music fans—on either side of the pond—scoring a summer smash with the effervescent dancehall record “Hurting Me,” and as a testament to her team, there are two versions of the song.

—Taylor Crumpton. We listened to Nasty to conjure self-assuredness.

In March 2008, Lil Wayne took a page out of George Clinton's book—the same page that had been ripped out by T-Pain two years prior—and unleashed his Auto-Tune-laced single, "Lollipop" onto the world. The 10-track album features flirtatious, boastful rhymes from the 22-year-old rapper eager to prove why she's up next.

Take a look back in time to recall the 50 hip-hop albums that turn 10 in 2018. Title track “Barbarican” opens up the dialogue for a call to action against the western world’s concept of beauty and how people of color are recognizing their own allurement/attraction. These ladies showcased a creative edge in hip-hop and rap not seen by their male peers. Amy Noonan's transformation from '50s-style pop star to gritty '90s vintage rapper prompts many thinking emojis. Despite the gray cloud that seems to follow Noname in reality and on wax, she still allows light spots to shine through, escaping the misery of a previous relationship by rendezvousing with a travel companion on “Montego Bae.” Fellow Chicagoan Ravyn Lenae replicates Noname’s flow on the chorus, but her soprano caresses are unmistakable. 1, the block is OSHUN’s cathedral, and we’re all in dutiful praise. —T.C. Why y’all h**s hating on me? After inking a deal with 300 Entertainment recently, Megan Thee Stallion isn't going anywhere anytime soon. "), In a recent interview with Pitchfork, Tierra spoke about her sound and why she likes to deviate from the norm. It landed at No. OSHUN begins their passage early, and with their chakras intertwined, they surface from the waters, radiating divinity and honoring their ancestral plane on Bittersweet Vol. We listened to Nasty when we were sick of listening to the men of SoundCloud Rap dogging women.

Her twang might be a bit awkward (she asks "You put a towel down there?" Walk along with us as we dish out our top 20 rap albums from an unforgettable 2018. The line "Smash my heart in pieces, it looks so good on the floor,” is repeated several times throughout the mixtape, which is probably Nokia’s way of reminding listeners that she’s on her “heavy metal Papa Roach” tip. The ATL rapper rendered the dreams of go-getters everywhere with pounding instrumentals and frontline street lyrics. —Z.J. “Black girls, stand up!” she exclaims to a beat-halt on the opening track. The U.K. native also raised some eyebrows when she released the artwork for her second project, titled Secure. —N.G. Black girls, stand up, indeed.

While songs like their Top 20 hit "Brokenhearted" featured animated bars from Nooan, her alter ego is soaked in hip-hop and R&B influence with her 2017 single "Busta Rhymes" showcasing her focused flow. There’s a vintage air to Room 25, beginning with the soulful wails of “Self,” in which Noname prepares listeners for what’s bound to become the molding of the album (Maybe this your answer for that good p***y/I know ni**as only talk about money and good p***y). 2 on the Billboard album charts, causing a debate over merch-bundle sales with Travis Scott. that acts as a break-up anthem against all f**kbois, "Toxic" with Kindora that points out the battle of resisting a toxic partner (with a smooth interpolation of Britney Spears' "Toxic") and "D.I.Y." It was an image of Stefflon aptly replicating the cover of Lil Kim’s 2000 LP, The Notorious K.I.M. Her lyrical game of the dozens shook up the industry as she named dropped peers like Dave East, Rae Sremmurd, Quavo, Drake and Lil Uzi Vert. Consistently whipping up sass, JP3 serves as a warning not to play with the p***y. These releases re-birthed rap superstars before ultimately defining hip-hop as we know it in 2018. “Check” was one of the standouts on Brat Mail and it currently stands at 5 million views on YouTube. —W.T. Exposing the deep truths and cultural storytelling, especially as a woman of color, makes Mona Haydar and Barbarican very relatable. Blame laziness or the heavy onslaught of music hitting streaming sites this year, but many of the artists on this list have hibernated under the radar for far too long.



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