The Best (and Worst) New Albums Out Right Now

Byhiphop December 15, 2016

Albums leak every day, b.

With so much new music in our laps each week, we don’t get to review every project, nor would you want to read reviews of every single project that we manage to get our hands on. Instead, this biweekly column is dedicated to rounding up a few select mixtapes and albums across all genres that might not otherwise warrant a full, essay-length review. Here we’ll briefly review a few projects every other week, and we’ll be covering major-label releases as well as new music from younger, independent artists.

We got you.

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“I’m so far ahead of my time; I’m bout to start another life/ Look behind you, I’m bout to pass you twice.”- Jay Z

“Youngins ice grillin’ me, oh you not feeling me/Fine, it cost you nothing/Pay me no mind”

“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant”

“They giveth and they taketh life is cruel that way/But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day”

“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

“Swear to everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s gon’ be on both feet, never knees in the dirt”

“No one said it would be easy, n**** livin’ is work”

“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying”