Hip Hop Midyear Awards 2024 ft. Top 5 Albums, Songs, Verses, MVPs + More | Ep. 178

YO YO YO!! We are back with a SEVEN-HOUR rap extravaganza for all you heads out there, summing up hip hop in 2024 so far. And boy did we dig in, as writers and podcasters Dylan Green and SonRaw join in the fun.

Get set for our Top 5 albums of the year so far, verses of the year, songs of the year and MVP shouts…and a lot of Kendrick Lamar talk. Featuring incredible contributions from the underground rap scene: Yoh Phillips

Ken and Beezy (Dead End Hip Hop)

PremRock

Defcee

Tokyo Cigar

Rob Kheul (Next Movement Podcast)

Dan O (Freemusic Empire)

Tom Comey (Shotgun the Aux)

 

So strap in and get ready to EAT 🍴

 

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing (00:00)
• Schoolboy Q – Blue Lips (11:11)
• Yoh Phillips – Moment of 2024 (45:57)
• Cavalier – Different Type Time (53:34)
• PremRock + Defcee (1:17:20)
• Ras Kass + RJ Payne + Havoc – GUTTR (1:31:40)
• Ken (DEHH) (1:40:45)
• Heems + Lapgan – LAFANDAR (1:50:22)
• Kam’s Verse of the Year – Kendrick Lamar (2:05:50)
• Mike Shabb – Sewaside 3 (2:31:27)
• Tokyo Cigar (2:46:16)
• Roc Marciano – Marciology (3:06:50)
• Mach-Hommy – RICHAXXHAITIAN (3:31:36)
• SonRaw: Songs, Features, MVP etc (3:52:00)
• NAHReally + The Expert – BLIP! (4:01:30)
• Rob Kheul (4:10:40)
• Ransom – Lavish Misery + Dan O (4:17:47)
• Ritchie – Triple Digits [112] (4:44:10)
• Double A.B. + Git Beats – Lungs of Mahalia + Beezy (DEHH) (5:01:20)
• FearDorian – FearDorian + Tom Comey (5:13:10)
• Chief Keef – Almighty So 2 (5:26:50)
• Apathy – Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2 (5:32:40)
• Dylan’s Songs + Verses of Year: Mach-Hommy – SONJE (5:42:10)
• Dylan’s Verse of the Year (6:13:10)
• Dylan’s Artwork of the Year + MVP (6:18:10)
• Ray + Kam Verse + MVP of Year (6:23:10)
• Best album you’ll never listen to again (6:40:00)
• Ray + Kam Artwork of the Year + Features (6:49:10)

 

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