#i can be called melo or lonnie ?

[mondaymelon]

so. uh. feel free to answer in priv or something if i’m right ( or wrong or sumthin ), but.

i clicked on your drawings to look at them, and is that your name? or perhaps the ocs?? you don’t have to tell me. just wanted to let you know that it was on there just incase it was your real name or sumthin like that

aaa no youre all good !!

jay is my irl nickname, i use it online sometimes too ,

i just dont have it on my tumblr ( i forgor probably ) but its on my discord and you guys are free to call me jay/j if you want too <33

am just a silly lil guy

( i have a concerning amount of online names )

[therappundit]

***Best of the 1st Half of 2021: ALBUM EDITION ***

...From the better late than never files...

I realize one or two weeks in real world time is the equivalent of two or three years in music consumption time, so there is a better than average chance that most of you have not thought of what the best rap projects are for the first half of 2021 since July 4th weekend...

And full disclosure, I wrote the paragraph above way back in July and then immediately got sidetracked.  Whoops. 😬

Now here we are, summer’s over and A LOT of new music has dropped since 7/1, with plenty more to come!  So perhaps now is a great time to remind folks of some of the fantastic work that dropped in the first half of 2021?  This is more of an act of housekeeping for me, because it helps remind me of great albums that should still be considered new works of art, but per the social media cycle, they unfairly fall into the geriatric bin by year’s end.

SO HERE ARE / WERE MY PICKS FOR THE BEST RAP PROJECTS OF THE FIRST HALF OF 2021* (top 50 + oodles of Honorable Mentions)

[*projects had to be released by June 30th in order to receive consideration]

10. TIME by Your Old Droog

9. Free Dem Boyz by 42 Dugg

8. Unlearning Vol. 1 by Evidence

7. Death and the Magician by DJ Muggs & Rome Streetz

6. With The Shifts by Maassai

5. All The Brilliant Things by Skyzoo

4. Call Me If You Get Lost by Tyler, the Creator

3. Haram by Armand Hammer & The Alchemist

2. Disco! by MIKE

1. Pray For Haiti by Mach-Hommy

***Rest of the Top 50***:

11. Akai Solo & Navy Blue

12. Nappy Nina & J Words

13. Rahiem Supreme x Al.divino

14. Navy Blue - Navy’s Reprise

15. Lloyd Banks - COTI

16. Good Gas x Fki 1st x Band Gang Lonnie Bands

17. Real Late by Peter Rosenberg (and Various Artists)

18. Bruiser Brigade - TV62

19. Mother Nature & Boathouse

20. SIDESHOW

21. Wiki & Nah

22. al.divino x Mr. Rose

23. MAVI

24. Durk & Baby

25. Breeze Brewin

26. Akai, YL & Roper

27. Lil Yachty

28. Sleeper Sinatra

29. J. Cole

30. J Scienide & Kev Brown

31. Lord Apex

32. Ransom

33. Valee & Kiltkarter

34. Pap2oo4

35. Kipp Stone

36. Jay NiCE & Machacha

37. Namir & L’Orange

38. Jim Jones & Harry Fraud

39. Babyface Ray

40. Asun Eastwood

41. Raz Fresco

42. BYAKUGAN! by Estee Nack

43. Young Nudy

44. Pro Zay

45. Hus Kingpin

46. Mfn Melo & squeakPIVOT

47. Teller Bank$

48. Gucci Mane

49. Big Ghost & Conway

50. Tee Grizzley

Honorable Mentions (all belong in my Top 50, but I can only pick 50) - in no particular order:

Curren$y, Rome & Ank, Dolph & Key Glock, WTM Daemoney, La Maquina, Dark Lo & Harry Fraud, Mimz the Magnificent & Dunn - Infinite Lawn, David Bars, RIM, Tedy Andreas, Lou From Paradise, Big YAVO, Wrecking Crew, Lukah, Premrock, Monday Night & Russo Beats, Estee Nack Mini-Mansion, Ayun Bassa & Jacob Rochester, YL, Czarface, Roadrunner Glockboyz, Van Buren Records, Huey Briss, Khrysis, God's kitchen, Foogiano, Uptown XO, CRIMEAPPLE.........

Ty Farris, Medhane, Valee & AYO (Disco), J.U.S., Bruiser Wolf, Anakin & Siifu, Mello Music Bushido compilation, Fat Ray, Kenny Mason, Larry June, Nutty & Los (group projects and solo projects), Duke Deuce, Knowledge the Pirate, 22gz, Moneybagg Yo, Baby Money, Planet Asia, Trapland Pat, Asun Eastwood (2 projects), Don Perrion, Jae Haze, Cee Gee, Fire in little Africa..........

Kai Fortyfive, D Flowers, Saga Asad, Vic Spencer, Four50, Lil Heart, Bvngs, VRN Hayes, Big Jade, Marcellus, LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON, Young Crazy, T.F, NappyNappa, CHASETHEMONEY, Drakeo the Ruler, Ralfy the Plug, Lando Bando, Teejayx6 & Lex Luger, Lil CJ KASINO, Rollin Ajay, Lil Eazzzy, Tafia, Young Stoner compilation, Beneficience, Fmb DZ, K.J., Bronze Nazareth, Agallah, Amani, Graymatter** & Alchemist** (**neither projects had enough songs to warrant consideration).

See also:

https://therappundit.tumblr.com/post/656020494530854912/best-of-the-1st-half-of-2021-song-edition

https://therappundit.tumblr.com/post/649527317251670016/best-of-the-1st-quarter

https://therappundit.tumblr.com/post/638904640503726080/the-best-rap-songs-of-2020-great-songs-that