![]() “Chi-Raq” was a little reminder from Nicki Minaj to rap fans that underneath all the bubble-gum pop singles and award shows, was a Queens MC who could rap circles around her peers whenever she wanted to. YG and Young Jeezy both deliver solid performances on here, but the real stars of “My Nigga” are DJ Mustard, at the peak of his production career, and Rich Homie Quan, who had already established himself as 2013’s breakout MVP with “Type of Way.” 47. Young Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan – “My Nigga” Young M.A – “Ooouuu”ĭuring a time when Atlanta hip hop had seemingly taken over every region, relative newcomer, Young M.A, came out with a song that was so infectiously New York that even 50 Cent had to take a break from producing TV shows and jump on the remix. Rogers’ “Say You Love Me One More Time,” the song was a smash, peaking just outside of the Billboard top 10, and propelling Big Sean’s third album, Dark Sky Paradise, into his first number one. ![]() Producer: DJ Mustard, Kanye West, Mike Free, DJ Dahi, Key Waneīig Sean, E-40, Kanye West, DJ Mustard – the collaborators on the Detroit rapper’s 2014 single seemed random, but it worked. Sign up to our newsletter for the dopest content exclusive for hip hop heads. Nevertheless, we gave it a shot.įrom Young M.A’s “Ooouuu” to Future’s “Codeine Crazy” to Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like,” here are the 50 best hip hop songs of the 2010s. ![]() So for us to try and come up with the 50 best rap songs of the 2010s was almost an impossible task, given the countless classics and genre-defining tracks that were released during the decade. This wasn’t like the ’90s going into the ’00s, it was a harder and sharper turn. ![]() Coming into the new decade, the kings reigning over the Billboard charts were, predictably so, Eminem, Hov, Kanye, and Lil Wayne.īy the end of the 2010s, we had names like Juice Wrld, Lil Uzi Vert, Travis Scott, Pop Smoke, and Lil Baby now dominating the culture. In this context, expect to hear several iterations of hip-hop from several generations of rappers from different walks of life and imagine hip-hop as the soundtrack of the current moment.īelow, we round up our picks of the best South African hip-hop songs of 2021 so far, listed in no particular order.Never has hip hop music been as varied and divergent as it was in the 2010s. When progress is made that creates a space for more conversations from more people, but stagnation also impacts the ability to have a monolithic product to offer. In a sense, as society experiences fluctuations so do the sounds we hear from South African rappers. South African hip-hop is as much indebted to its street corners and nightspots as it is to the idealistic environment it finds itself in. Rather than a sonic quality, that thread seems to be an attitude, lifestyle or aspirational outlook and that perhaps explains why there's such a broad church of sounds from the community. While fusion still plays a huge role in SA hip-hop, like its iterations including skhanda rap, mzonkonko and new age kwaito prove, there remains a golden thread that runs through the genre. With the advent of trap, drill and even amapiano, the genre has had to reimagine itself to capture the imagination of its primary audience. Since experiencing somewhat of a renaissance circa 2014, South African hip-hop has once more found itself at a crossroads.
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