The expletive-loving Brooklyn rapper added to his growing reputation for New York tru-school rap with a leftfield tinge on Kismet, on which he took the grimey lo-fi approach of previous tracks like Huzzah and added an extra layer of lyrical dexterity.
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Even with his pariah-like status Gucci still scored tracks from pop's go-to producer Mike Will Made It, trap standard bearers Zaytoven, Drumma Boy and Lex Luger, and with moments like Break Dancin' and Me he reminded everyone that he's still one of the most original and important rappers in the hip-hop landscape.ĭownload Diary of a Trap God here and download Trap God 2 here Mr Muthafuckin' eXquire – Kismet: Blue Edition Despite all that he's found time to carry on his prolific run of mixtape releases, putting rappers with a lot less on their plates to shame. The Atlanta rapper has starred alongside James Franco in Spring Breakers, acrimoniously parted ways with Waka Flocka Flame, gone on a Twitter rant in which he alienated half the rap world, and got himself arrested two days after that when police officers allegedly found him walking around with hand guns in the street, which could land him a 20-year prison sentence if he's convicted. OK, so choosing two mixtapes is cheating, but Gucci Mane deserves a break after the year he's had. Hear Cut 4 Me on Spotify here Gucci Mane – Diary Of A Trap God and Trap God 2 The mix of Kelela's R&B vocal with the darker, almost industrial production created an off-kilter version of the genre which attracted both five-panel cap wearing grime fan boys and Beyoncé/Rihanna diehards. But at the top of the pile was Kelela, who, backed by a harem of dance music tastemakers affiliated with the Night Slugs crew and their US counterparts Fade To Mind, stole R&B hearts and minds this year.
Cassie reminded everyone that she's more than just a face to go on overpriced T-shirts for blog fanboys with RockAByeBaby and Tinashes' Black Water saw her traverse low-slung tearjerkers and bass-heavy cuts with guests like gold-toothed rapper Travi$ Scott. In a year when a weirder side of rap emerged, Young Thug stood out as the prankster elect, delivering this opus as well as guesting on most of the year's best Atlanta mixtapes.ĭownload Thug 1017 here Kelela – Cut 4 MeĢ013 threw up a smorgasbord of noteworthy R&B mixtapes. He's penned songs in tribute to Danny Glover and Pokemon characters and has managed to garner attention from publicstions in which most trap rappers are ignored (Pitchfork gave Thug 1017 a respectable 7.4 and Rolling Stone placed Picachu 45th in their 100 tracks of the year). He sounds like a cross between an exaggerated version of Future's breathless, stuttering delivery and Lil Wayne during his experimental/spaced phase when he kept on claiming he was an astronaut. Young Thug has emerged from the Gucci Mane/Waka Flocka Flame schism like a wheezing phoenix, delivering a constant stream of idiosyncratic, Auto-Tuned bizarro trap. Download Acid Rap here Young Thug – Thug 1017