Favourite Rap Track

I often like rap music best when it goes a bit beyond the mainstream of hiphop, for instance with regards to musical and lyrical experimentation, or if it is coloured by other types of music (I often feel the same way about jazz by the way). I have already posted the Malk de Koijn track in another discussion, and I don't know if it is the favourite track of mine, but it is clearly one of them (the lyrics are actually very elaborate and "far out", and they are almost impossible to translate).

Some time ago, someone on Progarchives mentioned the Chilean band Como Assassinar a Felipes who blend rap with many other genres, including progressive rock (!). I have listened to some of their stuff afterwards, and they are definitely worth checking out.

I'm not nearly as deeply knowledgeable on hip hop like I am with other genres, so my favorites tend to be some of the more standard stuff like Kendrick, Kanye, Tyler the Creator, Outkast, MF DOOM. However, it's an easy pick but nothing gets me more amped up then:

Honorable mention:

Yeah, the two are pretty close in quality and enjoyment for me, but where Nubya Garcia seems to edge out Moses Boyd for most people (including you), there’s just something about the latter that puts it just above the former for me. There’s really not much in it, though.

As for The Comet Is Coming or Sons of Kemet, anything that includes Shabaka Hutchings is likely to float my boat. It stands to reason, then, that this year’s Shabaka & The Ancestors album was another favourite of mine.

My favourite jazz albums from 2020, though, have been in near constant flux. On 20 December, according to what I posted on Facebook, my fifteen favourites were (in alphabetical order only):

Nubya Garcia is notable for her absence, and as of today, she would be in and Aadal would be out. But like any list, it is kind of arbitrary, and depends on my mood at any one moment. 🤷🏻‍♂️