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I haven't been drawn in by many albums this year, but I also haven't been *forcing* myself to seek out and acquire new music on an everyday basis, which is pretty much how I usually operate. I too have been largely unimpressed with this year's hip hop. Kanye and Kendrick dropping albums in the same month just makes everything else feel extremely basic. Kevin Gates and Bas are cool and stuff, but I never sit down and think, man I want to hear Islah instead of TLOP today! I mean... honestly, who fuck would think that, if they had access to and enjoyed both albums?
And Collegrove provided me with one interesting listen. After that it died almost as quickly as Khalifa.
So far the albums that have earned repeated, focused listens from me have been TLOP, untitled unmastered, The Hope Six Demolition Project, Moderat's III, the new Underworld and Big Ups' Before a Million Universes and ANTI (Rihanna, obviously)
I'm also hoping for some new Beyoncé this year. Or more new Beyoncé. I think she's in a position to make a hell of a leap with the political bent of her recent material. She's probably going to have to change up her schtick a bit sometime soon, since she's been around for a freaking lifetime in pop-culture years at this point.
Also hoping for new Pusha T, still, despite not hearing a goddamn thing from anyone about King Push's alleged April release.
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