![]() ![]() His AutoTuned warble quivers with regret even amid triumph. Through moments of nostalgia - episodes of Gargoyles and Goof Troops, bowls of Fruit Loops and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches - Grip begins to come to terms with his survival, those who weren’t as lucky, and the inanimate object that wrought so much destruction. “Where I come from, well I can’t say, my serial number filed down/It’s been like that for a while now, wear and tear show you I got high miles,” he spits on “He Is…I Am.” The rest of the album unfolds like a thriller as Grip travels from his upbringing to his current reality as an artist on the cusp. ![]() At points the alien-like vocals dip into territories of annoyance, but what always saves the proceedings is Grip’s deceptively complex level of detail. The demonic and high-pitched voice of the anthropomorphized “Snubnose” appears across the album. Brisk and violent, East Atlanta’s Grip fashions a tight project about the magnetic allure and repulsion of firearms. Snubnose is the rare concept album that manages not to drown under the weight of its own pretension. These are our picks for the best hip-hop albums of the year, now that all the introductions have been made. ![]() They, along with the chaos-courting Brockhampton, put out their most assured work to date, and established their commercial weight alongside critical consensus. Meanwhile, near-veterans Young Thug and Tyler, the Creator put out statements that, in retrospect, served as coronations. A new cadre of Chicago rappers emerged, led by Polo G and Calboy, who put an emotive twist on the city’s traditionally nihilistic scene, and crafted two of the best albums of the year in the process. DaBaby bookended the year with two thunderous statements in Baby on Baby and Kirk Megan Thee Stallion established herself, quickly and confidently, as one of the most charismatic lyricists of her young generation and Roddy Ricch broke through seemingly every month with a new hit, before dropping his uniformly excellent Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial. While 2018 was a year of titans re-entering the fray - we got albums last year from very nearly every heavy hitter, from Drake to Nicki and Kanye West to Jay-Z - 2019 was all about new names. ![]()
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