Racking up a handful of high-profile features alongside artists like Future, Lil Durk and biggest inspiration Lil Baby – who apparently motivated him to pursue a hip-hop career with a televised performance – Kentucky rapper EST Gee dropped three projects last year, two the year before, and two more the year before that. Apparently following … Continue reading EST Gee – MAD
Melodic Trap
Polo G – Hall of Fame
Chicago rapper Polo G’s latest project, Hall of Fame, seems aptly titled – after his single “RAPSTAR” scored a number one debut earlier in the year and stream counts continue to rise into the hundreds of millions, it feels like a project meant to fully establish himself as one of current hip-hop’s biggest stars. The album … Continue reading Polo G – Hall of Fame
Lil Baby & Lil Durk – The Voice Of The Heroes
Keeping up one of the most impressive release paces in the industry as of late, Chicago Auto-crooner Lil Durk links up with one of the biggest rappers in the game, Atlanta titan Lil Baby, for an all-star collab project. Many of the greatest rap collabs in recent years have prospered due to just how diametrically … Continue reading Lil Baby & Lil Durk – The Voice Of The Heroes
Toosii – Thank You For Believing
Part of a new wave of young rappers from the Carolinas, DaBaby labelmate Toosii has been picking up attention through a series of high-profile features for a while, dropping off this mixtape with a couple big guests of his own a couple months after his breakthrough debut studio album. Delivering melodic trap through a nasal … Continue reading Toosii – Thank You For Believing
Rod Wave – SoulFly
One of the new kings of streaming, 21-year-old Florida singer and rapper Rod Wave is fully capitalizing on his rapid rise to prominence and has released what is now his third studio album in just under a year and a half. While his earlier works saw him placing a heavy focus on emotional storytelling, often … Continue reading Rod Wave – SoulFly
Kevin Gates – Only The Generals Part II
Continuing a tireless pace of music, longstanding street rap icon Kevin Gates surprise drops his seventeenth(!) commercial mixtape, a sequel to 2019’s Only the Generals Gon Understand. Recorded in Puerto Rico, apparently to get more in touch with the Hispanic side of his heritage, Gates returns with his increasingly soulful and melodic flow in combination … Continue reading Kevin Gates – Only The Generals Part II
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Artist 2.0
One of the pioneers of the melodic trap movement that’s dominating in a whole new way after Roddy Ricch’s chart-topping single “The Box,” A Boogie Wit da Hoodie returns after his previous project, Hoodie SZN, far exceeded everyone’s expectations in terms of sales and staying power – mostly due to overwhelming support in his home … Continue reading A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Artist 2.0
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