#163 - The 4th Annual Rap Music Plug Podcast Awards
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Video animation by: Big Flowers
Intro/Outro beat by: BLOODBLIXING
The Plug (0:21)
For me, 2023 was the year of “oh wow, thank you”. This was a refrain I found myself more or less saying, time and time again. It signified a genuine gratitude for whatever nice thing some other person said to me, virtually, or IRL… but also signified that I was genuinely taken aback by the love, and that it has been an odd thing to adjust to.
It’s one thing to receive praise for something you’re successful at. It’s another thing entirely to receive praise for something you’re successful at that also actually means a lot to you. This has been my experience with this podcast this year. Thank you for listening… words cannot describe my gratitude.
In the spirit of gratitude, I will dive into detail into defined my 2023… through the lens of my favourite music, and hand out some awards along the way.
Welcome to the 4th Annual RMPP Awards!!!
The 4th Annual RMPP Awards intro (1:59).
Best Rap in a Supporting Role (3:13)
Nominees:
RXKNephew - on Blockhead’s “Pink Lemonade”
Quelle Chris - on Blockhead’s “The Cella Dwellas Knew”
Rich Jones - on AJ Suede & Televangel’s “Goodbye”
billy woods - on Noname’s “gospel?”
Phonte - on Black Milk’s “No Wish”
Big Rube - on B. Cool-Aid’s “fools _ LSA”
Hook of the Year (6:57)
Nominees:
AJ Suede & Televangel - Goodbye (feat. Rich Jones)
B. Cool-Aid - Wassup (feat. Devin Morrison, Pher & MoRuf)
andrew - end.
Armand Hammer - Niggardly (Blocked Call)
H31R - Shadow Self
MIKE - Set the Mood
Beat of the Year (8:39)
Nominees:
H31R - Right Here (prod. JWords)
B. Cool-Aid - soundgood (prod. Ahwlee)
andrew - end. (prod. andrew)
Armand Hammer - Switchboard (prod. Sebb Bash)
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Garbage Pale Kids (prod. JPEGMAFIA)
MIKE - African Sex Freak Fantasy (prod. GAWD)
Producer of the Year (10:45)
Nominees:
steel tipped dove
TELEVANGEL
Kenny Segal
andrew
The Alchemist
Rapper of the Year (12:52)
Nominees:
AJ Suede
Wiki
Pink Siifu
MIKE
billy woods
YUNGMORPHEUS
Top Albums of the Year structure (16:06).
The RMPP 25: my top 25 albums, inclusive of all genres (18:49).
Final reflection (36:15).
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The RMPP 100: my top 100 albums, inclusive of all genres
The following albums are my favourite 100 albums of 2023, categorized by style / vibe and ordered alphabetically.
Sunglass Emoji: music that makes you feel like the top cheese, cool as a cucumber
Fly Anakin - Skinemaxxx
H31R - HeadSpace
Jay Worthy & Roc Marciano - Nothing Bigger Than the Program
Larry June & The Alchemist - The Great Escape
Pink Siifu & Turich Benjy - IT’S TOO QUIET..’!!
Ric Wilson, Chromeo & A-Trak - CLUSTERFUNK
RXKNephew - Till I’m Dead
TisaKorean - Let Me Update My Status
Valee & Harry Fraud - Virtuoso
Valee & MVW - Valeedation
Veeze - Ganger
WiFiGawd & GAWD - Been Bout It
Feels: music that gets you in your feels
B. Cool-Aid - Leather Blvd.
Fielded - Plus One
James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
Kelela - Raven
King Krule - Space Heavy
Liv.e - Girl in the Half Pearl
Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
Sampha - Lahai
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
Unsung - Hand Painted Model Trains
For the soul: music that is dripping in soul and wholesome vibes, which can help ground you
André 3000 - New Blue Sun
andrew - don’t forget me bluest.
Fat Tony & Taydex - I Will Make a Baby in this Damn Economy
Kofi Flexxx - Flowers in the Dark
Lapgan - History
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1
MIKE - Burning Desire
MIKE, Wiki & The Alchemist - Faith is a Rock
Navy Blue - Ways of Knowing
Pink Navel & Kenny Segal - How to Capture Playful
sleepingdogs - i’m fakin’ my own death just to get some rest
THERAVADA & Zoomo - Waste Management
Grown person raps: music that really hits those mature themes of adulthood, growing up, growing old
Alaska & steel tipped dove - The Structural Dynamics of Flow
billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
Black Milk - Everybody Good?
Danny Brown - Quaranta
Defcee & Messiah Musik - The Golem of Brooklyn: OST
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - VOIR DIRE
Gabe ‘Nandez - H.T. III
Gabe ‘Nandez - Pangea
Hemlock Ernst & Height Keech - The Fall Collection
KILLVONGARD - Life is a Masterpiece.
McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Nappy Nina - Mourning Due
Noname - Sundial
Oddisee - To What End
Open Mike Eagle - another triumph of ghetto engineering
Raz Fresco & ALS - SOLRAP!
SKECH185 & Jeff Markey - He Left Nothing for the Swim Back
Sleep Sinatra & TELEVANGEL - Incorruptible Saints
Stik Figa & The Expert - Ritual
Vic Spencer - Psychological Cheat Sheet 4
Grimy s***: music that is gritty and hard af
BLOODBLIXING - HOW THE BLIX STOLE CHRISTMAS: GANGSTA EDITION
BLOODBLIXING - SODOM & GOMORRAH: GANGSTA EDITION
Estee Nack - NACKSAW JIM DUGGAN
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
Lukah - Permanently Blackface
Mike Shabb & Nicholas Craven - Shadow Moses
Milc & goldenbeets - Horseradish
Milc & Televangel - The Fish That Saved Portland
Westside Gunn - AND THEN YOU PRAY FOR ME
Lyrical wizardry: music that dazzles with its command of the English language, and its ability to paint lyrical pictures
Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
AJ Suede - Ark Flashington
AJ Suede & steel tipped dove - Reoccurring Characters
AJ Suede & Televangel - Parthian Shots
Blockhead - The Aux
defprez - It’s Always a Time Like This
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game
G’s Us - WHAT THEM DOGS DON'T KNOW THEY KNOW
Mick Jenkins - The Patience
phiik & Lungs - Another Planet 4
Real Bad Man & YUNGMORPHEUS - The Chalice & The Blade
Wiki & Tony Seltzer - 14K Figaro
YUNGMORPHEUS - From Whence It Came
Mind activation: music that melts your mind and pushes lyrical and musical boundaries
AKAI SOLO - Only the Strong Remain
AKAI SOLO - Verticality///Singularity
Algiers - Shook
amitai sno & MAULISTIK-THE-MAKER - Red Earth
Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet - STROBE.RIP
andrew & steel tipped dove - the trumpet’s obviously been drinking
Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Chester Watson - fish don’t climb trees
Fatboi Sharif & Bigg Jus - Insomniac Missile Launcher
Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams - Planet Unfaithful
Fatboi Sharif & steel tipped dove - Decay
Guilty Simpson - Escalation
Hester Valentine & Outside House - I Can’t Cut Your Hair
jouquin fox - THE LOVE GARDEN ZENDO (mixtape)
KING VISION ULTRA - SHOOK WORLD (hosted by Algiers)
Lt Headtrip & DOS4GW - Tap on the Glass
mars kumari - I Thought I Lost You
Old Grape God - CABERNET SAYER
Old Grape God & Bloomcycle - I Turn the Room to a Lava Lamp
Oneothrix Point Never - Again
phiik, Lungs & NoFace - PLANET X
S!LENCE & Lungs - Catch&Release
serengeti - AJAI II
Sunmundi & Āthmaan - Midnight Oil
Honourable mentions:
AJ Suede - Indica Music
Elzhi & Oh No - Heavy Vibrato
Estee Nack & Mike Shabb - “LIVE AT THE TABERNACKLE”
ICYTWAT - Final Boss
Larry June & Cardo - The Night Shift
Rahiem Supreme & noface - Outer Limits
Slumber Logic - Detachment, Homie, and Only Detachment.
steel tipped dove - all the weight the feathers don’t have
TreDoes - Catharsis in a Bottle
Video Dave & Controller 7 - ArticulatedTexTiles
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