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I’m ranking my personal 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.
For 1993, the top thr...
The Family are actually a family: A father-son and mother-daughter foursome. This is their debut. Like Fleetwood Mac? Well, they sound a LOT like them. Especially thes song Wicked Kind, which has an opening chord pulled straight from “The Chain.”
This is not a bad thing. They also sound like the best of Mac’s solo work (i.e., the hits by Stevie Nicks and Christine McVi...
About this series: I’m making honest and unflinching looks at what rap albums I still listen to and still love, for every year since the genre began. Not the most “important” albums. Not the albums that it’s “cool” to like. The actual albums that I still love, after all these years…
After what may have been the greatest year for hip hop, 1991, 1992 ...
Larry is always dependable. Solid rapper, even if his content never really evolves.
P.S.: Look who found Big Pun glasses?
For me, 1991 is the first truly great year in rap. Before this, most of my lists have had some absolute gems, but the bottom few have had some filler or skippable tracks. Here, I ran out of space trying keep the list down to a reasonable number.
And to that end, I’m going to note that some really good soundtracks came out this year. None were great from begi...