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INAUDIBLE'S BEST OF 2024

INAUDIBLE's BEST of 2024!

Helloooo everyone! Welcome to INAUDIBLE’s 15th (almost) annual BEST OF list. Perhaps a bit more abbreviated than years gone by, but brevity is the soul of wit. So please, grab your headphones, hit your vape, and have a lil listen… TOP 18 ALBUMS of 2024 (in random order) (click on artist and album title to sample some tunes) Soela – Dark Portrait (Scissor & Thread) Less late-night dancefloor,…

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always a fun time when real life people are doomed by their own narratives. like guys you know it doesn’t have to be like this right? this isn’t a stageplay the foreshadowing isn’t real until you make it real

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Here it is! My Top 10 Best Rap Albums 💿 Of 2024!

Decided to end 2024 with a celebration of the great year hip-hop is happening artistically 🎤

Check out the full list on #YouTube & let me know what you think in the comments!

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Common & Pete Rock: When The Sun Shines Again ft. Posdnuos and Bilal | T...

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Common, Pete Rock - Wise Up (Official Music Video)

🔥🔥🔥Hip Hop is Alive & Well.

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Choose who should win the Grammy

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This playlist is 26 of my absolute favorite songs and artists from 2024. This is meant to be played in order. Enjoy!

Kendrick Lamar-Not Like Us: The Climax of the biggest rap beef in decades. "Not Like Us", was everything it needed to be catchy, devious, incisive, intelligent, infectious, and, fun. Produced by DJ Mustard and performed by KDot, the track is a West Coast banger for the history books. Think "No Vaseline", "Hit Em Up", "Dre Day", "Real MFing Gz" and "Dollars & Sense" but mix that with something like California Love and Still D.R.E in terms of anthemic quality. Incredible.

Vince Staples-Etoufee: Vince Staples has always been good but he's been nothing but great in the 2020s and he continued that with his album Dark Times this year. "Etoufee" is another banger from Vince who has a great ability to make hood bangers while sprinkling harsh truths and being relatable to those he's trying to reach with his music. Not to mention how catchy this tune is.

Ice Cube- So Sensitive: The track has that classic g-funk sound, it truly feels like a classic song Cube that could've been made in 1993. It's fun to listen to veterans still interested in making good music.

Rapsody-Look What You've Done: A highlight off Rapsody's brilliant album Please Don't Cry, a track that speaks to being underappreciated and touches on repping for black women and others in the game like her and those who chose a different path to get their voices heard.

Che Noir-Black Girl ft Rapsody: Che Noir is one of the best bubbling in the underground and "Black Girl" is one of the best on her latest project Lotus Flower. A hard boom bap finds both going hard, Che is sharp on this but Rapsody is the clear stand-out as she speaks to how her resume is Teflon considering the caliber of MCs she's rapped with.

Lupe Fiasco-Palaces: Lupe's Samurai is a must-listen released this past year. The piano-laden shadowy beat is great. The melancholic tune finds Lupe touching on staying true to yourself and your art because when you're gone it'll be all you have left when you leave.

J. Cole ft Ab-Soul & Daylyt-Pi: Despite the misguided conversations about J. Cole this year, he continued being one of the best rappers in the game. Ab-Soul and Daylyt were both stellar on this track, yet J. Cole is a clear standout. Some of the best rapping in 2024.

Future & Metro Boomin Ft Kendrick Lamar-Like That: A great beat from Metro, and one that provides the perfect canvas for Kendrick Lamar to launch the first bomb at Drake and J. Cole. It's a slightly humorous yet stern verse that's boxed in by a catchy hook from Future.

Drake- Push Ups: Drake's first official response to Kendrick Lamar and, several others etc. It's the only one of the Drake diss tracks I actually liked the beat was nice and Drake's tone and quips are at their most witty to me, his flow is nicely in pocket. It was a reputable response.

J. Cole- Stickz N Stonez: Another great lyrical performance from J. Cole that finds him in pure braggadocio mode. This is exactly the type of track detractors who hate his decision to step out of the battle will say rings hollow since he stepped out of a beef/battle with Kendrick Lamar. "I'm Not ducking no 1 on 1s". I still can't get past how good he is from a skill-set standpoint. He sounds great.

Kendrick Lamar-Watch The Party Die: In the wake of everything Kendrick released this as almost a pallet cleanser. It sonically goes in the opposite direction of Not Like Us. And is more in line with a 6:16 in LA. As Kendrick is speaking to reshaping both black culture as a whole and the industry. He speaks to clear ideological differences in the way he thinks and sees how the rap game should be and others and wishes to do away with old ways he views as detrimental. "Dear God Draw the line they trying to confuse em with me" Dope and fascinating.

Eminem-Renaissance: Eminem steps back into a time machine and brings us back to as close '99-'00 Shady as he possibly can I think he does a good job as he continues to go in on critics.

Kendrick Lamar-Wacced Out Murals: A stealy remorseless Kendrick speaks his mind on this beat. Addresses the Superbowl controversy, give affirmation in the chorus. Kendrick Lamar has a way of being captivating, different vocal inflections, and rises to the occasion of any beat. The gravity of whatever he says always cuts through.

Megan Thee Stallion-Rattle: One of my favorites off MEGAN, the chorus is catchy and as per usual when she lets her flow & charisma lean on the track and that's usually enough for an enjoyable listen.

Latto- Settle Down: A top a pretty pristine beat Latto waxes poetic about being the type of woman a man will settle down and do right by. Catchy tune, its easy listening.

JT-Sideways: JT going solo was bound to happen, she was always the sharpest in the City Girls. JT's so comfortable and in-pocket on this beat. The track oozes confidence as she speaks to never peacing things up with her enemies.

Glorilla-Yeah Glo!: 2024 was a big year for Glorilla and my favorite out of all the bangers she dropped this year was the one she jumped it off with. Yeah! Glo is tough. Love the hook on this and her voice just cuts through.

Doechii-Nissan Altima: Doechii also had an eventful year and "Nissan Altima" is one of my favorites from her. She's animated, has a big personality, has a swift and fluid flow and, is generally witty lyrically. She has a bright future in front of her that is sure to be cultivated at TDE.

Rapsody-That One Time: A vulnerable one from Rapsody about a time in her life that brought confusion, disappointment and, self-reflection. She delves into the trauma that comes from her youth and how it manifested as an adult. It's the kind of deep and open writing that endeared me to her album Please Don't Cry

Laila!-Not My Problem: An infectious r&b tune about not worrying about what people think and say about you and generally reducing anxiety. I can listen to this tune back to back 100x without getting tired of it.

Freddie Gibbs-It's Your Anniversary: Freddie Gibbs can't miss. This track samples Toni! Toni! Tone! and turns that lovely warm-hearted track into a stone-cold street track about celebrating the anniversary knocking off an opp. It's a great flip and conceptually great from Freddie Gibbs. (You'll likely need to listen to this on Youtube)

Benny The Butcher-Pillow Talk & Slander ft Jadakiss, Babyface Ray: A deep cut on Everybody Can't Go, I really like the circular strings on the track and Benny, Baby, Jadakiss go in on those who aren't trustworthy and how if they could do it over again they'd keep a third eye open.

Westside Gunn & DJ Drama-Still Praying ft Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher, Boldy James & Stove God Cooks: The most essential listen off Westside Gunn's Drama hosted Still Praying. A beautifully dark and gloomy, quintessentially Griselda beat. Everybody who's featured on the tracks goes crazy.

Common & Pete Rock-All Kind of Ideas: Adding to those 50+ adding more heat to their already extensive catalog was Common & Pete Rock both who do a great job of reminding us their minds are always pulsating with all kinds of ideas over a jazzy boom bap beat.

Freddie Gibbs-Origami: This is what I love most about Freddie Gibbs, because between all the drug talk, violence, brutality and, generally menacing demeaner, comes vulnerability, self-awareness and a sense of how much living a certain lifestyle affects your psyche.

Kendrick Lamar-Euphoria: Arguably the best rap song of 2024. A 6-minute demolition of Drake and an exhibition of Kendrick's ability to take different cadences, and vocal inflections, be brutal yet thoughtful and, get to the crux of things.

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TheDMCDept my shit of the week: Fortunate by Common & Pete Rock

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The nominations for the 2025 Grammys have been announced and I'm here to ask: Did they get it right?

Check out my reaction on the latest 1430 video