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On I Told Bessie, ELUCID (styled with all caps) kicks convention’s ass and makes us ponder who entrenched our sonic standards in the first place.

He longs to provide an updated version of the classic ‘90s New York feel, and he makes it seem effortless on Kiss the Ring. He weaves in boasts, wordplay, and memories into his package, hurling them at you at all angles. Whether the production is idyllic, as in “In Too Deep” or “Armed & Dangerous,” sinister as in “Tyson Beckford,” or brilliantly confounding as in “Ugly Balenciagas,” Rome finds the pocket and executes. From the album intro, “Big Steppa,” Rome immediately steps on necks and continues to display his master-level craft throughout the project. Over a 16-pack of beats from Conductor Williams, Rome stakes his claim as the world’s best rapper, and even if you disagree, you can’t dismiss his case. Fans of projects like this were anticipating how Westside Gunn’s executive producer Midas Touch would make the Rome Streetz experience even more impressive, and they weren’t disappointed by Kiss the Ring. When New York’s Rome Streetz officially signed with Griselda, the moment felt like the well-deserved culmination and an opportunity for the talented spitter to reach new eyes and ears as part of hip-hop’s most recognized stable of gritty lyricists. blatantly concerns itself with violence and disadvantage, leaving it in stark contrast to Honestly, Nevermind and Renaissance, and balancing out the year in dance music. Featured guests Denzel Curry and Mike Dimes coalesce around these ideas and give the EP even more texture.

Over a lively and urgent piano loop, on “Dog Food,” and a more subdued one on “The Code,” IDK details a desperate pursuit of power and evading law enforcement along the way. “I wanted to create an album where people can ‘dance to real shit,’” he said upon its release. IDK says he didn’t predict that Black pop music would storm the dance floor with the force it did this year, but he personally wanted to juxtapose somber stories of a Washington, D.C., project he grew up near with production that would make you more likely to move your body than rack your brain. Shape-shifting rapper IDK and in-demand electronic producer Kaytranada began working on IDK’s EP Simple. Nas, whose been particularly prolific in recent years, joins the consistently hard-working lyricist Pusha T as the two rap elder statesmen who released some of their best work this year. Still, even amid rap’s shifting dynamics, some things stay true. And global superstars like Stormzy and Central Cee are beginning to gain traction stateside. Women like Megan Thee Stallion, Little Simz, Flo Milli, and Latto continue to reshape rap’s gender dynamics. A new generation of artists - like JID, Smino, and Mavi - is entering new heights in their careers, dropping some of the year’s most compelling releases.Įlsewhere, underground stalwarts like Roc Marciano and billy woods continue to build confidently on the expansive creative vision that’s kept rap’s independent heart pumping into the age of social media. But rap is built on movement, and 2022 proved that the well of talent in the hip-hop world is as fresh and exciting as ever. In Ye’s case, one of the genre’s brightest stars fell shamefully into a stance of bigotry and confoundingly bad choices, all as the music deteriorated. At the top of the year, megastars Drake, Kanye West, and Kendrick Lamar delivered landmark albums that fell shy of possibly outsize expectations. In 2022, the hip-hop world experienced a real reshuffling of the decks.