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Image via John Canon. 21 Savage is one of the best rappers alive. This isn't hyperbole: Savage won Complex's rap MVP award for 2022 because of his consistent output, improvement, and evolution

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Previously: The 20 Best Rappers in Their 20s (2020) 20.42 Dugg. Complex Original. Age: 26. Last year's rank: 16. 42 Dugg has found his groove, and it's to the tune of his own whistle. The 26

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Below, the Complex Music team and other experts get into why and how each of these home bases is special. Here are the best cities in rap today: 10. Philadelphia. Complex Original. Most dominant

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Complex Ranks J. Cole As The Top Rapper Of 2023 In previous years on the ranking, Complex picked 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Tyler, The Creator , and more as top rappers. Be on the lookout for further

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/1693-complexs-best-albums-of-2021-so-far/
A list of the top albums of the year from Complex (First Half). Site also contains reviews, ratings & more. Complex's Best Albums of 2021 (So Far). A list of the top albums of the year from Complex (First Half). ... Jazz Rap, Hardcore Hip Hop. Critic Score. 82. 9 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify. 10. Morray - Street Sermons. April 28, 2021. Pop

https://www.complex.com/music/a/willy-staley/the-50-greatest-bay-area-rap-songs
This, like Captain Save-a-hoe, is just one of those phrases that stuck around in Bay Area rap longer than anyone would have guessed. Gloria Steinem would probably sing along with that hook, it's

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Among the artists featured on Complex's "The Best Rapper Alive, Every Year Since 1979" list are LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Eminem, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Kendrick Lamar. Harlem, New York rapper

https://www.complex.com/music/a/ecleen-luzmila/the-best-songs-of-2023
The art of the perfected single and track shone throughout the year with offerings across genres that stood their ground, within and outside of the albums they were part of. Catch up on our

https://www.britannica.com/art/hip-hop
hip-hop, cultural movement that attained widespread popularity in the 1980s and '90s and also the backing music for rap, the musical style incorporating rhythmic and/or rhyming speech that became the movement's most lasting and influential art form.. Origins and the old school. Although widely considered a synonym for rap music, the term hip-hop refers to a complex culture comprising four

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Image via Complex Original. Acid Rap, arguably Chance the Rapper's best project, also represents the era that could have killed him. "I think if I hadn't had my spirit tugged on, literally

https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-rap-groups-hip-hop-all-time/
Thanks to their hard-nosed demeanor and gruff wordplay, Brooklyn duo M.O.P. — rappers Lil Fame and Billy Danze — have proven their status on the East Coast circuit for more than 25 years.

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23. Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint. 24. Young Thug - Barter 6. 25. Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money. NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout all. Complex's Best Hip Hop Albums of All Time.

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rap-songs-2022/
December 12, 2022. Megan Thee Stallion, Flo Milli, Ice Spice, Earl Sweatshirt, and Tyler, the Creator. Image by Callum Abbott, photos via Getty Images. It's a testament to rap's robust health

https://www.complex.com/music/a/j-mckinney/best-albums-2023
The 50 Best Albums Of 2023. From smooth R&B projects to hard-hitting rap albums and an unexpected project that made its way to the top—these are Complex's picks for the best albums of 2023.

https://www.rapanalysis.com/2017/02/the-20-most-verbally-complex-rappers/
The 20 Most Verbally Complex Rappers - Rap Music Analysis. by Martin Connor / February 3, 2017. In the rap community, it is a point of pride for who is the best wordsmith in a technical sense. As Busta bragged way back in the day, "Vocabulary's necessary / when digging into my library.". The programmer Matt Daniels has exhaustively

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music
Chuck Philips, Los Angeles Times, 1992 Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city American black youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. In 1985 Schoolly D released "P

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/08/921160580/hip-hop-shines-a-light-through-the-cracks-in-american-justice
Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden are the hosts of Louder Than A Riot, a new podcast from NPR Music that reveals the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration in America. Conspiracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping
American rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) sporting a hip-hop look at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, June 3, 2010 New Zealand rapper King Kapisi (Bill Urale) made a basketball-themed music video for his 2005 single "Raise Up".. Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and

https://www.npr.org/2007/06/06/10783904/the-complex-intersection-of-gender-and-hip-hop
When it comes to gender and music, hip-hop usually gets a bad rap - homophobic, sexist, male dominated, the list goes on. Back in 2004, Rapper Nelly canceled a charity performance at Spelman

https://timeline.carnegiehall.org/genres/rap-hip-hop
Context and History. Old School Roots: early 1970s to the mid-1980s. From its humble beginnings in the Bronx, NY, rap music has moved into the mainstream, redefining the soundscape and character of American popular culture and contributing to the growth of a billion-dollar entertainment industry. Hip-hop music culture is a product of African

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Katy Perry, still one of pop's biggest names, tapped the three to appear in her latest album's second single. The result, the raunchy "Bon Appétit," bombed. Just a few months before

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1192465852/hip-hop-50-bay-area
Sure, many Bay Area rap styles can be acquired tastes in their undiluted form (E-40 does, admittedly, rap like he has Jell-O falling out of his mouth, and yes, it sounds fantastic), but I suspect

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Sleepy Hallow Is a New York Drill Rap Innovator Jordan Rose · July 7, 2022 Sheff G Sleepy Hallow Donald Trump Election 2024 Republicans Drill Music The Bronx Bronx SHARE THIS STORY

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Snoop Dogg recently weighed in on the ongoing beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, offering a positive perspective on the situation, Complex reports. While promoting his role in The Garfield

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Carl Zimmer, a science reporter, explains why it's possible that the whales are communicating in a complex language. On today's episode Carl Zimmer , a science reporter for The New York Times