Originally streamed in the Hip Hop Heads Facebook Group on June 17th, my friend Chris Patton (DJ Cicero) and I had a chat about what’s been going on in hip hop for 2019 thus far.
We start the conversation with the impact of Nipsey Hussle’s life and untimely death, DJ Khaled & Tyler the Creator drama, and Kanye West’s Sunday Service.
Then we break into our top albums of the year so far at the time we recorded.
Albums that made our lists and our conversation:
2 Chainz - Rap or Go to the League
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik 3
Bun B & Statik Selektah - TrillStatik
Denzel Curry - ZUU
Your Old Droog - It Wasn’t Even Close
Little Simz - Grey Area
Skepta - Ignorance is Bliss
Tee Grizzley - Scriptures
Tyler the Creator - IGOR
If you’re a hip hop fan, I hope you decide to join the Hip Hop Heads group! It’s pretty active and there is definitely someone there who has a similar taste as yourself.
Cicero and I will be back toward the end of the year to recap the year and cover our favorite albums that dropped after this episode, the XXL/DJ Booth Freshman list, our album of the year picks, Grammy nominations and any other breaking news that hits before 2020.
Be sure to check out Cicero’s newest EP on Spotify, Lumens by clicking here
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