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A ranking MY PERSONAL FAVORITE rap albums for each year, written with the benefit of hindsight and emphasizing longevity.  I stress: These are my favorites, i.e., the ones I most like to listen to–not the most important rap albums of each year (although there is definitely crossover) and not your favorite rap albums.  If I’ve missed any, fee free to drop me a comm...

I’m ranking my personal 10 favorite rap albums for each year.  I stress: These are my favorites, i.e., the ones I most like to listen to–not the most important rap albums of each year (although there is definitely crossover) and not your favorite rap albums.  If I’ve missed any, fee free to drop me a comment and lmk.

1999 was a good year, but not a great...

I’m ranking my personal 10 favorite rap albums for each year.  I stress: These are my favorites, i.e., the ones I most like to listen to–not the most important rap albums of each year (although there is definitely crossover) and not your favorite rap albums.  It’s also not the albums I liked back in 1998–it’s the ones I look back on and would still rate as GOAT...

MC Serch, of 90s rap group 3d Bass, is back with his first new material in 30 years, Millions of Zeroes, and … It’s FANTASTIC.  He hasn’t lost any of his flow, and the lyrics are, as always, wonderfully direct but with surprising rhymes and a deft use of vocabulary.

Serch is well-known by fans of ’90s hip hop as the guy who broke MF DOOM to the world. He’s be...

I’m ranking my personal favorite rap albums for each year of the genre’s history.  These are my favorites, i.e., the ones I most like to listen to–and the ones I still listen to.  It’s not the most important rap albums of each year (although there is definitely crossover) and it’s not your favorite rap albums. If I’ve missed any, fee free to ...