#132 - The 3rd Annual Rap Music Plug Podcast Awards

RMPP Awards
Written By The Rap Music Plug
 
 

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Video animation by: Big Flowers

Intro/Outro beat by: BLOODBLIXING

Why I love talking about music (0:21)

One of the greatest things about art is that it’s contextual… it’s temporal.

Meaning that a particular album for example, could not only make different people feel different things, but could even make the same person feel different things, once the context surrounding their experience with the album changes.

This dynamic is why I love talking about music, and why I hope you the listener choose to tune in to this show almost every Wednesday of the year, The amount of perspectives and feelings one can have with a piece of music is endless.

It’s this concept of subjectivity and context-dependence that can make anyone’s relationship with any piece of music uniquely their own, and worthy of exploring. Uncovering the why behind not only the artist’s creative decisions, but the listener’s response to said piece of music as well, is why I find this space of music commentary so fascinating.

Therefore, in celebration of music and the discussion of beautiful art… I welcome you to the 3rd Annual RMPPs.

The 3rd Annual RMPP Awards Intro (4:20).

Favourite Musical Discoveries of the Year (5:24)

  • Raz Fresco

  • Teddy Faley

  • Larry June

  • Ghais Guevara

  • Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals

  • Mike Shabb

Hook of the Year (5:58)

Nominees:

  • Vince Staples - WHEN SPARKS FLY

  • E L U C I D - Spelling

  • SZA - Snooze

  • AJ Suede & Televangel - 5 x 10

  • billy woods & Messiah Musik - Pollo Rico

  • Sadistik & Kno - Where You Want Me

  • Larry June - Things You Do

Best Rap in a Supporting Role (7:23)

Nominees:

  • Defcee - on Bloodmoney Perez & Messiah Musik’s “Faces of Death”

  • PremRock - on AJ Suede & Televangel’s “Watch Out”

  • billy woods - on PremRock’s “Bardo”

  • Lungs - on Fatboi Sharif & noface’s “John Hinckley”

  • Breeze Brewin - on billy woods’ “Heavy Water”

Beat of the Year (8:37)

Nominees:

  • Fly Anakin - Love Song (Come Back) (prod. Foisey)

  • billy woods - Fever Grass (prod. Messiah Musik)

  • E L U C I D - Bunny Chow (prod. Sebb Bash)

  • Kendrick Lamar - Savior (prod. Rascal, Mario Luciano, Cardo, J.LBS, Sounwave, Kendrick Lamar & Johnny Juliano)

  • Larry June - Breakfast in Monaco (prod. The Alchemist)

  • ShrapKnel - A Tribe All Stressed (prod. Child Actor)

Song of the Year (10:18)

Nominees:

  • billy woods - Remorseless

  • billy woods - No Hard Feelings

  • Sadistik & Kno - Where You Want Me

  • Kendrick Lamar - Mother I Sober

  • E L U C I D - Spelling

  • E L U C I D - Bunny Chow

Producer of the Year (11:56)

Nominees:

  • Iceberg Theory

  • Child Actor

  • Sebb Bash

  • Preservation

  • The Alchemist

  • noface

  • Messiah Musik

Rapper of the Year (13:54)

Nominees:

  • Boldy James

  • billy woods

  • E L U C I D

  • AJ Suede

  • PremRock

The Top 125 Albums - Tiers:

Top 125 Albums of the Year structure (15:50).

Honourable Mentions (17:38).

Sub-17: projects that are 17 minutes or less (18:27)

  1. AKAI SOLO - Body Feeling

    • Check out the interview w/ AKAI SOLO here.

  2. Davis & Foule Monk - Plum Whisky

  3. Stik Figa & Conductor Williams - Valley of Dry Bones

  4. Semiratruth & JWords - loading…

    • Check out the interview w/ JWords here.

  5. Your Old Droog - Yodney Dangerfield

The Majors: major-label albums from rap’s mainstream heavyweights (20:28)

  1. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

    • Check out the full review here.

  2. SZA - SOS

    • Check out the full review here.

  3. Vince Staples - RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART

    • Check out the full review here.

  4. Earl Sweatshirt - SICK!

    • Check out the full review here.

  5. JID - The Forever Story

    • Check out the full review here (for patrons only).

  6. Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry

    • Check out the full review with the LOECC here.

  7. Valee - Vacabularee

  8. Freddie Gibbs - $oul $old $eperately

Fun in the Sun: albums that can lift your spirits and maybe even make you laugh (23:50)

  1. Larry June - Spaceships on the Blade

  2. 2 Dolla Will & Iceberg Theory - Butte Chips 2

    • Check out the interview w/ 2 Dolla Will here.

    • Check out the interview w/ Iceberg Theory here.

  3. Action Bronson - Cocodrillo Turbo

    • Check out the full review here (for patrons only).

  4. HAJINO & DUNCECAP - Go Climb a Tree

    • Check out the interview w/ Duncecap here.

  5. 2 DOLLA WILL & BLOODBLIXING - BUTTE BEER 2: ALCHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Feels: albums that get you in your feels (27:20)

  1. andrew - The Rain Knows What It’s Doing

    • Check out the interview w/ andrew here.

  2. Little Simz - NO THANK YOU

  3. Rich Jones & Iceberg Theory - Smoke Detector

    • Check out the interview w/ Rich Jones (and an appearance from Iceberg Theory) here.

  4. Sadistik & Kno - Bring Me Back When the World is Cured

    • Check out the full review here (for patrons only).

  5. Teddy Faley - Teddy Brown Brown

    • Check out the interview w/ Teddy Faley here.

  6. Vic Spencer - Psychological Cheat Sheet 3

    • Check out the interview w/ Vic Spencer here.

  7. MAVI - Laughing So Hard, It Hurts

  8. Short Fuze - The Painkiller Boutique

For the soul: albums that are dripping in soul and wholesome vibes, which can help ground you (30:54)

  1. Fly Anakin - Frank

    • Check out the full review here (for patrons only).

  2. Quelle Chris - DEATHFAME

    • Check out the full review here.

  3. R.A.P. Ferreira - 5 to the Eye with Stars

    • Check out the full review here.

  4. Saba - Few Good Things

    • Check out the full review here (for patrons only).

  5. MIKE - Beware of the Monkey

  6. The Koreatown Oddity - ISTHISFORREAL?

  7. Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow - Zhigeist

  8. Lord Kayso - MOOR CHORES

  9. Big Cheeko - Block Barry White

  10. miles cooke - i used to feel things

    • Check out the full album recommendation here (for patrons only).

  11. Chung - See You, When I C U

  12. Zilla Rocca & andrew - Don’t Wait for Me to Leave

    • Check out the interview w/ Zilla Rocca here.

  13. JOSH THE AUTHOR & SWAMP THUG - M.O.N.

  14. ZelooperZ - Get WeT.Radio

  15. Avantdale Bowling Club - Trees

Grown Person raps: music that really hits those mature themes of adulthood, growing up, growing old (34:39)

  1. Lukah - Raw Extractions

    • Check out the Album Alchemy deep-dive on this album w/ Lukah and Hollow Sol here.

  2. open mike eagle - a tape called component system with the auto reverse

    • Check out the full review here (for patrons only).

  3. Bloodmoney Perez & Messiah Musik - Second Hand Accounts

    • Check out the 3 Keys deep-dive w/ Bloodmoney Perez and Messiah Musik here.

  4. Lupe Fiasco - DRILL MUSIC IN ZION

    • Check out the full review here.

  5. Ghais Guevara - There Will Be No Super-Slave

    • Check out the interview w/ Ghais Guevara here.

    • Check out the full album recommendation here (for patrons only) here.

  6. Raz Fresco - Marvellous Right Wrist

  7. Vic Spencer & Doc da Mindbenda - Still Here

  8. Sleep Sinatra & 8-bza - Spirit Box

    • Check out the interview w/ Sleep Sinatra here.

  9. Bloodmoney Perez - Curses

  10. SHIRT - I Turned Myself Into Myself

  11. Tokyo Cigar & August Fanon - Lexus Money

    • Check out the full album recommendation here (for patrons only).

  12. Mr. Muthaf***in’ eXquire - I Love Y.O.U. Cus Y.O.U Ugly Vol. 1

    • Check out the interview w/ eXquire here.

  13. SolarFive & Iceberg Theory - Momento Mori

  14. Black Star - No Fear of Time

  15. KILLVONGARD - I Think I’ve Lost It.

  16. Domo Genesis & Evidence - Intros, Outros & Interludes

  17. Teller Bank$ - The I & I

    • Check out the interview with Teller Bank$ here.

  18. Nas - King’s Disease III

  19. Raz Fresco & Nicholas Craven - Boulangerie

  20. Teller Bank$ - Skull Face : 666

  21. Sleep Sinatra & Ohbliv - SHADOWSELF

  22. SEKWENCE - CHAMELEON

  23. Sleep Sinatra & Don.Carrer a - X-CALIBUR

  24. jesse the tree - Pigeon Man

Grimy Shit: Albums that are gritty and hard af (39:30)

  1. BLOODBLIXING - NBA STREETZ: GANGSTA EDITION

    • Check out the Album Alchemy deep-dive w/ BLOODBLIXING here.

    • Check out the interview w/ BLOODBLIXING here.

  2. Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 4

    • Check out the full review here.

  3. YUNGMORPHEUS & THERAVADA - Up Against the Wall; A Degree of Lunacy

  4. Willie the Kid & V Don - Deutsche Marks 3

  5. Conway the Machine - God Don’t Make Mistakes

    • Check out the full review w/ Dash Lewis here.

  6. Knowledge the Pirate & Big Ghost Ltd. - Wolves Don’t Eat with Shepherds

  7. Rome Streetz - Kiss the Ring

  8. Vic Spencer & Small Professor - Mudslide

  9. Ty Farris & Sebb Bash - Fluorescent Mud

  10. Mike Shabb - BOKLEEN WORLD

  11. Nowaah the Flood & Bombay da Realest - The Expedition

  12. Ace Cannons & MIGHTYHEALTHY - MIGHTYCANNONS

    • Check out the Album Alchemy deep-dive w/ Ace Cannons & MIGHTYHEALTHY here.

  13. Meyhem Lauren & Daringer - Black Vladimir

  14. Mike Shabb - Sewaside II

  15. Ja’King the Divine - 手术: BLACK SUN TZU

  16. obijuan & YUNGMORPHEUS - Slang Casino

  17. Estee Nack & Grubby Pawz - "IWANNAFXCKCARMENHAYES”

  18. WiFiGawd - CHAIN OF COMMAND

  19. DøøF - ​DØ​Ø​FUS CAN’T READ

    • Check out the interview w/ DøøF here.

Lyrical Wizardry: albums that dazzle with their command of the English language, and their ability to paint lyrical pictures (44:00)

  1. Roc Marciano & The Alchemist - The Elephant Man’s Bones

    • Check out the full review here.

  2. KA - Languish Arts

  3. Boldy James & Nicholas Craven - Fair Exchange No Robbery

    • Check out the full review here (for patrons only).

  4. Defcee & BoatHouse - For All Debts Public and Private

    • Check out the interview w/ Defcee here.

  5. KA - Woeful Studies

  6. AJ Suede & Small Professor - Hundred Year Darkness

    • Check out the interview w/ AJ Suede here.

  7. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes

  8. Koncept Jack$on - HTR Vol: 1 The Legend of Tawny Tone

    • Check out the interview w/ Koncept Jack$on here.

  9. Jackie Scan - 22222

  10. Boldy James & Futurewave - Mr. Ten08

  11. Wrecking Crew - Sedale Threat

  12. Marlowe - Marlowe 3

  13. Homeboy Sandman - Still Champion

  14. Rahiem Supreme - Dogon Sirius

    • Check out the interview w/ Rahiem Supreme here.

  15. Lync Lone - Psychological Damage

Mind Activation: music that melts your mind and pushes lyrical and musical boundaries (48:16)

  1. billy woods - Aethiopes

    • Check out the full review here.

  2. E L U C I D - I Told Bessie

    • Check out the interview w/ E L U C I D here.

  3. billy woods & Messiah Musik - Church

    • Check out the full review here.

  4. ShrapKnel - Metal Lung

    • Check out the Album Alchemy deep-dive w/ PremRock and Curly Castro here.

    • Check out the interview w/ PremRock here.

    • Check out the interview w/ Curly Castro here.

  5. AKAI SOLO - Spirit Roaming

    • Check out the interview w/ AKAI SOLO here.

  6. Armand Hammer - WHT LBL

  7. AJ Suede & Televangel - Metatron’s Cube

    • Check out the ‘3 Keys’ piece on this album, in collaboration with AJ Suede and Televangel here.

  8. Fatboi Sharif & noface - Preaching in Havana

    • Check out the Album Alchemy deep-dive w/ Fatboi Sharif and noface here.

  9. Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - King Cobra

    • Check out the full album recommendation here (for patrons only).

  10. Moor Mother - Jazz Codes

  11. AJ Suede - Oil on Canvas

  12. Joshua Virtue - RAMA

  13. Jermiside & The Expert - The Overview Effect

    • Check out the full album recommendation here (for patrons only).

  14. iblss - Raja’s Sun

  15. Ockham’s Blazer - Ockham’s Blazer

  16. Zopeh Belafonte (fka Kincee BabyFace Pearlis) - King Cake

    • Check out the interview w/ Kincee BabyFace Pearlis here.

  17. $ilkMoney - I Don’t Give a F***…

    • Check out the full album recommendation here (for patrons only).

  18. Frankie Jax No Mad - SEX I DON’T HAVE MONEY I DON’T MAKE

    • Check out the full album recommendation here (for patrons only).

  19. Al.Divino & Estee Nack - GL1TCH

  20. Mantis the Miasma & Tokyo Cigar - Kamakiri Klouds

  21. Rhys Langston - Grapefruit Radio

  22. Jeff Markey - Sports & Leisure

  23. Milc & Televangel - Neutral Milc Motel

Final thoughts (55:32).

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