Southside - Hold That Heat (feat. Travis Scott and Future)

Division Preference

Sometimes, you have to navigate someone else's vision, to solidify your own. 

Is your perfect world really that non-diverse? 

Can you honestly say you don't benefit from any other race's contributions? 

To turn down so many attempts to build bridges, there's no way you're honestly concerned about conflict. 

The lack of exceptions suggests that an entire culture has no people you would find as attractive as the least attractive of you own over one cline.

You have to come to the conclusion that they sincerely like segregation, and it's ok.

Latto - Sunshine (feat. Lil Wayne and Childish Gambino)

Lil Skies - PlayThisAtMyFuneral (feat. Landon Cube)

Is Music The Point? Or The Culture?

One thing about hip hop in 2022 is there's a new emphasis on shared/collective identity. 

That's not necessarily bad, but a lot of hip hop artists have the same really lukewarm hype. The focus is on the culture, not the music. Even Tyler's "Call Me If You Get Lost" was an attempt to be a part of hip hop culture.

We've been inclusive at times, but we try to maintain quality because lowering the bar shouldn't make indifference towards the genre. 

Chance the Rapper - Child of God

Coi Leray - Trendsetter (R.I. Review)

Coi Leray is a rapper/singer that has a very strange mix of street music and rnb. She's a little hard for a female artist, but she's still feminine when she wants to be. Her style is very hood official as seen by her album cover. She's a likable person but she doesn't seem like a passionate musician. Her focus is the culture and this album hits the mark perfectly.

Kodak Black - Love Isn't Enough

Action Bronson - SubZero

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future (R.I. Review)

Denzel Curry is a Florida-born conscious rapper. His content is medium brow. It isn't directed toward any particular audience completely. He still seems like he's unsure where his primary support is coming from and why. His flow is non-eventful but it isn't bad. This album is consistent throughout but it's very difficult to explain why it is or should be relevant. He thinks he's deeper than he is, but he's deeper than most hip hop right now. What Denzel Curry needs is to specialize and really commit to a specific audience.

Rolling Loud After Movie

No more bananas

As of today, we will no longer be entertaining radical doctrine. Not even to argue it. Trait superiority mixed with trait jealousy isn't even rational. Keep your bananas.