#92 - The 2nd Annual Rap Music Plug Podcast Awards
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Intro/Outro beat by: BLOODBLIXING
In Episode 92, we are pleased to present to you the 2nd Annual Rap Music Plug Podcast Awards!
Note: This is a personal view of my favourite music to come out of 2021. There is no implied objectivity with any of the following discussion.
Enjoy, and see below for links to the relevant RMPP content related to the top albums that were included!
Year-end thoughts (0:49).
Favourite musical discoveries of the year: (7:25)
jouquin fox
BLOODBLIXING
GENG
Lukah
Big Flowers
Best Rap in a Supporting Role: (12:18)
Nominees:
Koreatown Oddity - NFT
Navy Blue - No Doubt
Curly Castro - Wishing Bad
Iceberg Theory - STAR OF DAVID
Ransom - Kill All Rats
Andre 3000 - Life of the Party
Beat of the Year: (14:15)
Nominees:
Armand Hammer - Sir Benni Miles (prod. The Alchemist)
Andrew Mbaruk & Vellum Bristol - The Freedom of the Poet (prod. Vellum Bristol)
2 Dolla Will & BLOODBLIXING - BUTTEEEEEEEEEE! (Track 10 off of Butte Beer) (prod. BLOODBLIXING)
BLOODBLIXING - GOOF KILLA PT. 2 (prod. BLOODBLIXING)
Cities Aviv - Face Pressed Against the Glass (prod. Cities Aviv)
Song of the Year: (15:54)
Nominees:
Armand Hammer - Indian Summer
Cities Aviv - Talking to the Flowers
Curly Castro - Black August in IIII Parts
Iceberg Theory & August Fanon - (Untitled)
Little Simz - Miss Understood
Lukah - BODIES N FREEZER (FEAT. BEN OFFICIAL & ST. COURTS)
Wiki - Grape Soda
Producer of the Year: (17:16)
Nominees:
The Alchemist
BLOODBLIXING
Navy Blue
Iceberg Theory
Messiah Musik
Rapper of the Year: (19:04)
Nominees:
Lukah
Defcee
Rome Streetz
2 Dolla Will
billy woods
Top 125 Albums of the Year structure (21:07).
The Top 125 Albums - Tiers:
Honourable Mentions (24:33).'
Sub-15: great projects less than 15 minutes long (25:11)
Kincee BabyFace Pearlis - StarMoOn One Sun
Check out the interview w/ Kincee BabyFace Pearlis here.
Rich Jones & Killer Kane - Blue Beach
greenSLLIME - monk.
Check out the interview w/ greenSLLIME here.
Foule Monk & Jackie Scan - ASTERISKS ACID TRIPS
The Majors: major-label albums (29:15)
Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
Check out the full review here.
Kanye West - Donda
Check out the full review here.
Maxo Kream - WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
Vince Staples - Vince Staples
Check out the full review here.
slowthai - TYRON
Check out the full review here.
Entertainment: music that can lift your spirits and maybe even make you laugh (33:29)
2 Dolla Will & Iceberg Theory - Bad Man from Red Butte
2 Dolla Will & BLOODBLIXING - BUTTE BEER: GANGSTA EDITION
Check out the interview w/ BLOODBLIXING here.
Stik Figa & Conductor Williams - Joyland
Check out the ‘3 Keys’ piece on this album, in collaboration with Stik Figa and Conductor Williams here.
Rahiem Supreme & Al.divino - SPLASH BANDICOOT
2 Dolla Will & Iceberg Theory - Butte Chips
Jackie Scan & BLOODBLIXING - ACID TABZ: GANGSTA EDITION
YL - Soda Club
ZeelooperZ - Van Gogh's Left Ear
2 Dolla Will & jdmasters - Elaine Benes
2 Dolla Will & yung REGIS - Mining City Christmas
Butter: music that is as smooth as butter (38:18)
NCL-DøøFus - SWAMP PHONK
Check out the interview w/ DøøF here.
Rahiem Supreme & Ohbliv - Black Keys wit Melodies
Mick Jenkins - Elephant in the Room
Check out the full review here.
Koncept Jack$on & Morriarchi - A Graceful Snafu
YL - IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND
andrew - POP 1967
LYNC LONE - To Thine Own Self Be True
Check out the interview w/ Lync Lone here.
MosEL & Ariel - Rise Above Yourself
For the Soul: music that is dripping in soul and wholesome vibes (41:33)
MIKE - "Disco!"
Check out the full review here.
Wiki - Half God
Check out the full review here.
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Check out the full review here.
Koncept Jack$on & Ohbliv - Jet MagaZINE Reissue '21
Check out the full review here.
Pink Siifu - GUMBO'!
Check out the full review here.
amani - A CONSTANT CONDENSATION
Check out the full review here.
Nappy Nina & JWords - Double Down
Check out the interview w/ JWords here.
Navy Blue - Navy's Reprise
Check out the full review here.
Semiratruth - I GOT BANDZ FOR THE MOONLANDIN'
Check out the ‘3 Keys’ piece on this album, in collaboration with Semiratruth here.
Big Flowers - Big Smile
Check out the interview w/ Big Flowers here.
cunabear & vast ness. - Big Sun King
Pink Navel - EPIC
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon - Beautifully Black
Sleep Sinatra - Sleep Gloriously
Check out a bonus episode w/ Freemusicempire and Camo Bucket Hats that discussed Sleep Sinatra’s music here.
Nelson Bandela - God Dad Bod
maassai - With the Shifts
Grown Man Raps: music filled with mature themes of adulthood, growing up, and growing old (46:43)
Lukah - When the Black Hand Touches You
Defcee & Messiah Musik - Trapdoor
Check out the interview w/ Defcee here.
Mach-Hommy - Pray for Haiti
Check out the full review here.
Vic Spencer - Psychological Cheat Sheet 2
Check out the full review here.
Skyzoo - All the Brilliant Things
Check out the full review here.
Defcee & August Fanon - We Dressed the City in Our Names
Mach-Hommy - Album: Balens Cho (Hot Candles)
Check out the full review here.
Career Crooks - Never at Peace
Zilla Rocca - Vegas Vic
Defcee & Nick Arcade - ceenick deluxe
Jason Griff & Alaska - Human Zoo
Teller Bank$ & Ed Glorious - The Part & Parcel
Check out the interview w/ Teller Bank$ here.
Blu - The Color Blu(e)
Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 1
Ol' Burger Beats & Vuyo - Dialogue.
Grimy Shit: music that is gritty and hard af (52:07)
Lukah - Why Look Up, God's in the Mirror
Check out the full review here.
BLOODBLIXING - FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD
Hus KingPin - Portishus
Check out a bonus episode w/ Freemusicempire that discussed this album here.
Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8
Check out the full review here.
BLOODBLIXING - Red Oktober
Teller Bank$ - The Pen for Whom the Sword Moves
Conway the Machine & Big Ghost Ltd. - If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed
Check out the full review here.
Starker & Al.divino - SACRED
BLOODBLIXING - STREET CODES 3: GANGSTA EDITION
Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson
Check out the full review here.
Muggs & Rome Streetz - Death & The Magician
Check out the full review here.
YUNGMORPHEUS & ewonee - Thumbing Thru Foliage
Check out the full review here.
YUNGMORPHEUS & Eyedress - Affable with Pointed Teeth
Rahiem Supreme - The Fly Metaphysics
Nas - Magic
Your Old Droog - Space Bar
Check out the full review here.
Boldy James & The Alchemist - Super Tecmo Bo
Planet Asia - Rule of Thirds
Raz Fresco & Dibia$e - Secret Wars
Your Old Droog & Tha God Fahim - Tha YOD Fahim
Check out the full review here.
Rome Streetz & Futurewave - Razor's Edge
Nowaah the Flood & Giallo Point - Right Over Left
The Mali Empire & Ca$ablanca - Xtreme Xcellence
PRO ZAY - BLOOD STAINED PAGES
Raz Fresco & Futurewave - Gorgeous Polo Sportsman
Flashius Clayton & Jster - Dust Diary
SoLaRfiVE - selfmedicated
PRO ZAY & Hobogoblin - New Souf
Lyrical Wizardry: music that dazzles with its command of the English language, and its ability to paint lyrical pictures (58:15)
Ka - A Martyr's Reward
Check out the full review here.
Iceberg Theory & August Fanon - Horned Monk
Check out the full review here.
Curly Castro - Little Robert Hutton
Check out the interview w/ Curly Castro here.
AKAI SOLO & Navy Blue - True Sky
Check out the full review here.
PremRock - Load Bearing Crow's Feet
R.A.P. Ferreira - the Light Emitting Diamond Cutter Scriptures
Uncommon Nasa - Only Child
pop! - The Abstraction of Squandering Thoughts
R.A.P. Ferreira & scallops hotel - bob's son
Check out the full review here.
Sleep Sinatra - In God’s Image
AJ Suede - Avada Kedavra
Lungs & Mimz - SNOWING IN HELL
Lungs/LoneSword - The Birth of LoneSword
Check out the ‘3 Keys’ piece on this album, in collaboration with Lungs/LoneSword here.
phiik & S!LENCE - THAT WAS A TEST
Aesop Rock & Blockhead - Garbology
S!LENCE & Wavy Bagels - Mutatis Mutandis
Mansdem - Mansy Koufax
Mind Activation: music that melts your mind and pushes lyrical and musical boundaries (1:03:41)
Armand Hammer - Haram
Check out the full review here.
Cities Aviv - THE CRASHING SOUND OF HOW IT GOES
Check out the full review here.
Andrew Mbaruk & Vellum Bristol - Ultraviolet Flamingo
Steel Tipped Dove - Call Me When You're Outside
Check out the interview w/ Steel Tipped Dove here.
Wiki & NAH - Telephonebooth
Check out the full review here.
Sleep Sinatra - DIVINENATION
Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air
Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Check out the full review here.
Cadence Weapon - Parallel World
Nosaj of New Kingdom & V8 - Acid is Groovy Kill the Pigz
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WOLFOXE - Naked Machines
Check out the ‘3 Keys’ piece on this album, in collaboration with jouquin fox and Virgil Wolfe here.
Mimz - BLOODMONEYMIMZ: Mitosis
I Self Devine - Rituals of Resilience
Electrical Banana - A Sudden Craze
The Bug - Fire
Final thoughts (1:10:18).
