Effortlessly fusing elements of punk and metal into its sound, the album is refreshing, fun and exciting from start to finish - not to mention the comedic aspects of the duo’s effortlessly funny bars. “BOY ANONYMOUS” was an incredibly exciting debut from the electric Los Angeles duo Louie Pastel and Felix. The goal is to help recap some of the best works that came out in hip-hop/rap during last year, with a holistic view and an open ear to absolutely everything that the genre had to offer.Ĭoincidentally, the first three albums on my ranking were all some of the most chaotic releases of rap last year. My column “New Music with Nick” already focuses on a handful of the new releases in the genre as they are coming out, but I wanted to put together this ranking to cover the breadth of all of the fantastic 2021 releases, for a sense of completeness and finality. The past year’s creativity, diversity and execution across styles, sounds and sub-genres was truly something special, and it’s really incredible to sit back and look at every project put together in retrospect. Anybody who says that hip-hop is getting worse over time clearly has not heard everything it has to offer. Cole and Kanye West, to name a few - finally returning to offer their newest works. 2021, however, saw no shortage in both the quantity and the quality of work being released, with many of the commercial heavyweights in the genre - Drake, J. After the onset of the pandemic reduced commercial viability of records and tours in 2020, many release dates were pushed back across the board.
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