2018 Projects List
Woah Kenny! Gunna surge. Die Lit. JPEGs?
First year I ever kept track of projects I enjoyed and tried sorting them. Trying to rank projects doesn’t work for me. Some days I wanna listen to “Die Lit” and others I wanna listen to “Reasonable Doubt.” Maybe the day I rank albums I’ll have “Daytona” at #7 and "Squidtastic” at #20. Could listen to these albums three years later and decide I like “Squidtastic” more. Thoughts and feelings change over time. If I have three different areas to place projects, it gives them a bit more flexibility to climb up and down. They’re not restricted to a number for eternity.
(Obviously this isn’t perfect but wtf is? Besides Tinashe)
There’s no specific order. I threw the project titles into a random list generator.
Even though I’d prefer to save the best for last, I know how humans interact on the internet so if I want y’all to see what I really loved, I gotta put it first.
I’ve had this list sitting in a google doc since December 31st, 2018.
All sample song links go to YouTube (except Mach Hommy)
Top Projects
Project - Artist // Sample Song // Project Links
Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt // The Mint // Spotify Apple Music
“The Mint” contains one of Earl’s best verses ever.
FM! - Vince Staples // Don’t Get Chipped // Spotify Apple Music
The Tyga snippet was one of my top 20 songs of the year.
Duck SZN Chinese Algebra - Mach Hommy // Borlette // Mach’s website lol
I have it downloaded. If you want access you can reach out. I know $333 isn’t the most reasonable price for most consumers.
Daytona - Pusha T // Santeria // Spotify Apple Music
Precursor to a murder.
777 - Kenny Beats & KEY! // Kelly Price Freestyle // Spotify Apple Music
Greatest Non-Sequitur Rapper of All Time.
Veteran - JPEGMAFIA // 1529 N Calvert // Spotify Apple Music
D-Dayummmmm Peggyyyyy word? ha ha ha
Die Lit - Playboi Carti // Flatbed Freestyle // Spotify Apple Music
Greatest Album to Ever Drop
Poorboy - Medslaus // Hindsight // YouTube
So beautiful.
Honorable Mentions
Project - Artist // Sample Song // Project Links
Drip Season 3 - Gunna // Oh Okay // Spotify Apple Music
Drip Season 3 is so so so close to making the jump. More songs. Top Off. Spending Addiction. At the Hotel. Gunna got the craziest terrible album cover to amazing album content ratio of all time.
Pi’erre & Cardo’s Wild Adventure - Pi’erre Bourne & Cardo // Ah Ah Ahh // YouTube SoundCloud
Pieces of a Man - Mick Jenkins // Ghost // Spotify Apple Music
Dicaprio 2 - JID // Workin Out // Spotify Apple Music
Private Stock - Cavalier // Open Season // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
Cerebral Apex - Noveliss // Thinking Out Loud // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
Please listen to the sample song
Room 25 - Noname // Don’t Forget About Me // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
“Ace” is really good too. Smino sounds so good on the chorus.
Drogas Waves - Lupe Fiasco // Manilla // Spotify Apple Music
It’s like reading a 700+ page book. There’s a lot of bloat but the journey is ultimately worth the effort. WAV Files. Happy Timbuck2 Day.
Don’t You Ever Forget Me 3 - Skooly // Done Too Much // Spotify Apple Music
This is borderline top projects. There’s a lot of really good songs on here. You also got Young Dolph saying, my bitch told my bitch she wanna fight. That’s art.
Squidtastic - SahBabii // Aunt Pat // Spotify Apple Music
Negro Swan - Blood Orange // Hope // Spotify Apple Music
Daffi - Jeremiah Jae // Streetwatchers // Spotify Apple Music
Astroworld - Travis Scott // // Spotify Apple Music
I’ll defend this album to the grave
TA13OO - Denzel Curry // VENGEANCE | VENGEANCE // Spotify Apple Music
Swervo - G Herbo & Southside // That’s How I Grew Up // Spotify Apple Music
Whack World - Tiara Whack // Hungry Hippo // Visual Album Spotify Apple Music
DELI DAYDREAMS - Kojaque // Politicksis // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
CARE FOR ME - Saba // Heaven All Around Me // Spotify Apple Music
Everything’s Fine - Jean Grae & Quelle Chris // River // Spotify Apple Music
No News Is Good News - Phonte // Cry No More // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
Real adult rap; The Freddie Gibbs joint.
Rosebud’s Revenge 2: The Bitter Dose - Roc Marciano Bohemian Grove // Spotify Apple Music
Victory Lap - Nipsey Hussle // Rap N*****s // Spotify Apple Music
FEVER - Black Milk // 2 Would Try // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
Effected - Cozz // Freaky 45 // Spotify Apple Music
Ba Suba, Ak Jamm - Medhane // GARDEN // Spotify Apple Music
88Glam 2 - 88Glam // Wet Dreamz // Spotify Apple Music
Grew on me so much at the end of the year into 2019.
I Am > I Was - 21 Savage // Can’t Leave Without It // Spotify Apple Music
War in My Pen - MIKE // Rottweiler // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
These Were Solid Too
Project - Artist // Sample Song // Project Links
Swimming - Mac Miller // 2009 // Spotify Apple Music
Being Woke Ain’t Fun - Chris Crack // Coochie Nectar // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
Facade Records - Domo Genesis // Consecutive Normal Punches // Spotify Apple Music
Buddy spazzes on the joint linked. The flow on that opening verse. Good lord.
Punken - Maxo Kream // Grannies // Spotify Apple Music
“Grannies” is a call of duty gun game staple; This album gets two recommended songs cause “Roaches” deserves a plug. Beautiful song. Listen to that story telling man. Fucking up computers using limewire and bearshare...
Isolation - Kali Uchis // Your Teeth In My Neck // Spotify Apple Music
November - SIR // Something Foreign // Spotify Apple Music
Weather or Not - Evidence // Throw It All Away // Spotify Apple Music
Some of the beats on here are so hip hop hip hop that I had to get a jansport surgically removed from my spinal cord.
In Celebration of Us - Skyzoo // Parks and Recreation // Spotify Apple Music
2 Heartless - Moneybagg Yo // Black Feet // Spotify Apple Music
The transition from “Black Feet” to “Scars” >>>>
Gangin - SOB x RBE // Carpoolin’ // Spotify Apple Music
Hear No Evil - Young Thug // Anybody // Spotify Apple Music
Sun Go Nova - Denmark Vessey // Trustfall // Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
SR3MM - Rae Sremmurd // Perplexing Pegasus // Spotify Apple Music
Three part album; Together = good; Swae Lee ehhhh; Slim Jxmmi is heat;
Book of Ryan - Royce Da 5’9” // Boblo Boat // Spotify Apple Music
Kids See Ghosts - Kanye West & Kid Cudi // Reborn // Spotify Apple Music
Redemption - Jay Rock // Wow Freestyle // Spotify Apple Music
“For What It’s Worth” sample gets stuck in my head all the time
Everything is Love - The Carters // FRIENDS // Spotify Apple Music
Freddie - Freddie Gibbs // Triple Threat // Spotify Apple Music
Supreme Blientele - Westside Gunn // GODS Don’t Bleed // Spotify Apple Music
God Level - 03 Greedo // Buckhead // Spotify Apple Music
I love Greedo. Fell in love with “Crimey” and my infatuation progressed to this bloated album. Honestly, could move this way higher off the strength of “Buckhead”
Beast Mode 2 - Future // 31 Days // Spotify Apple Music
Role Model - Young Dolph // By Mistake // Spotify Apple Music
Luca Brasi 3 - Kevin Gates // Money Long // Spotify Apple Music
Drip Harder - Gunna & Lil Baby // Drip Too Hard // Spotify Apple Music
Everybody knows that “Drip Too Hard” song so here’s “Business Is Business”
ALSO, “Sold Out Dates” is the best song Gunna & Lil Baby ever made together.
Fetti - Curren$y & Freddie Gibbs // The Blow // Spotify Apple Music
White Bronco - Action Bronson // Prince Charming // Spotify Apple Music
Loose - Jack Harlow // PICKYOURPHONEUP // Spotify Apple Music
Signed to the Streets 3 - Lil Durk // Home Body // Spotify Apple Music
Tana Talk 3 - Benny The Butcher // ‘97 Hov // Spotify Apple Music