Well, here we are! Our Top 10 albums from 2018. I literally listened to hundreds of projects this year so giving you a top ten was no easy task considering not only the number of albums but also the quality. And these lists are always prone to spark debate and conversation, but that’s part of the fun, isn’t it? I simply wanted to shine a light on my favorite joints this year and in part give my definitive salute as a fan to these artists and their body of work. Here we go…Enjoy!!
Rasheed Chappell – Aiding & Abetting (ft. Daniel Son x Crimeapple) (Video)
Here’s a great track from Rasheed Chappell’s fantastic album, First Brick. This track features another two artists that have been making big waves in 2018, Daniel Son and Crimeapple. There is no stopping this lineup over the production from Kenny Dope.
You need First Brick in your life!
Physics Of Filth -Moonwalk (ft. Black Nazi) (Video)
Good lawd. If you don’t own the new album from Physics Of Filth (Daniel Son x Asun Eastwood x Futurewave) stop reading this, and go pick it up now. This is album is more necessary than any deal that you can cop on Black Friday. Guaranteed to be one of the illest releases this year and this song Moonwalk featuring Black Nazi is just the tip of that frozen cold goodness. Do not sleep on this one iota! The bars are undeniable heat and what Futurewave is doing to these dirty rhythms is just unparalleled. He’s been the crux of two of the best albums to drop this year.
Sleep not. Fair warning.
Single You Out: Daniel Son x Asun Eastwood – Baby Tech (ft. Mooch)
You know what it is!!! It’s time for that Physics Of Filth (Daniel Son, Asun Eastwood, and Futurewave) project and Baby Tech is the first offering featuring Da Cloth’s Mooch. This production is a bit unorthodox , a jazzy madness, that really allows you to focus on the lyricism of the aforementioned. I am excited about this one!
Saipher Soze – Opera House Too (ft. Daniel Son) (Video)
Here’s a video single off of Saipher Soze’s most recent product, Kanibull Rising. Opera House Too, just like the rest of the album features production from Finn, and unleashes a relentless head-nodded. If you couple that with strong verses from Soze and Daniel Son, you know you have a platinum product, right?
This album is strong so you need to check that unequivocally.
John Jigg$ x Cuns – Brick (ft. Daniel Son) (Video)
John Jigg$ links up with Daniel Son over a slick guitar-driven production from Cuns. I really love the little bit of rock vibe that mingles in with straight hiphop nature of the cut. The chorus will also have you singing along a little bit there.
This is definitely a choice cut off of Jigg$ and Cuns collaborative effort, Teflon John, which is out now.
Estee Nack x Crucial The Guillotine – Jorgeramos (Feat. Codenine & Daniel Son) (Video)
This track features some of the heaviest hitters in the game right now, so if you are not familiar, it’s time to get up. Estee Nack, Codenine, and Daniel Son do massive damage over some auditory slickness from producer, Crucial The Guillotine, for the track Jorgeramos.
This song is another banger in a long list of them from these gents, and it can be found off of the collaborative project from Nack and The Guillotine, Novela (La Novela De La 9).
Single You Out: Daniel Son x Asun Eastwood – Underbelly
This is quite the combo right here with Daniel Son and Asun Eastwood rocking over production from Futurewave. You’ve got some edgy bars from the emcees , and the production matches that edge with some engaging boom-bap. This is the squad right here.
Single You Out: Sibbs Roc – Pallbearers (ft. Saipher Soze x Daniel Son x Asun Eastwood x Black Nazi x Rob Gates x Maverick)
You’ve got a lot of dope emcees rocking over the mellow production from Sibbs Roc and they are all carting bodies off when this track again. You have a various mix of styles from, Saipher Soze, Daniel Son, Asun Eastwood, Black Nazi, Rob Gates, and Maverick, but they are ill. This a really dope cut!
Iron Curties – German Beer (ft. Daniel Son) (Video)
I didn’t realize this cut from Iron Curties album, Modus Operandi, was given the visual treatment? I just shared it as a single but let me get this song with Daniel Son out again because it’s that kind of dope. Don’t front and check the album.
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