The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2011 (#50-1) | Passion of the Weiss Everything the White Girl Mob learned, they learned from the above commercial. This is no time for circumlocution. There are songs to argue about. Related — Passion of the Weiss Top Hip Hop Songs List: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 50. “Chain Music” is the year’s best club banger. 49. D.C. rapper Fat Trel made his name by tearing through menacing mechanical bangers so “Rollin” is initially a bit light in the ass. BLK HRTS rap like they’re trying to stick you up for your soul. 47. When I heard “Can’t Belive It’s Him” off the surprisingly dope LP The Pilgrimage, I really couldn’t believe it was Cappadonna from the Wu-Tang Clan. 46. Lots of white rappers rhyme fast to cover up terrible rap voices or mask their lack of lyrics. 45. Starlito is leagues beyond trap rap’s single-minded aggression, so much so that it’s unfair to place him in the genre just because his songs are needled with hi-hats. 44. 43. I’m not going to try to trick you. 42. 41. 40. 39. 38. 37. 36. 35. 34. Chuck Inglish and (Sir?)
Top 10 Conscious Metal Bands You Need To Listen To By Steven Bancarz| Metal has been my favourite genre for years. Although metal has built an admittedly bad reputation for itself involving violence, profanity, and anger, there have recently been dozens of conscious metal bands that have arisen within the last few years and have completely taken over the metal scene. With music as atmospheric and mystifying as your favourite meditation track, and lyrics that would make Terrence McKenna and Alan Watts proud, metal had begun to create a positive image for itself. When we talk about “metal” we aren’t talking about Metallica, Slayer, and Iron Maiden. These old bands laid the foundations for bands like Meshuggah in the early 90s, who essentially invented “groove” style metal consisting of breakdowns, polyrythms and time signatures more complex than your ordinary 4/4. New branches of metal have emerged out of this such as metal-core, death-core, post-metal, progressive metal, experimental metal, djent, and math-core. 1) The Contortionist
20 Best Hip-Hop Mixtapes of 2015 Finally, a rap list that Kendrick Lamar can't top. And yet, even if K-Dot's towering, Grammy Award-nominated album, "To Pimp a Butterfly," were eligible for this list, it was still the mixtape world that truly showcased the enormous breadth and undying creativity that rap had to offer in 2015. And rap in 2015 was a special one. In addition to the incredible commercial releases that poured out — from Dr. Yen Lo to Dr. More than in any other year, the mixtape became a promotional way for artists and labels to sell what were actually "albums" in the conventional sense — a testament to how far the format has come in 2015. Since the line between an "album" and a "mixtape" will only get blurrier, we decided to make the so-called "retail mixtape" eligible. 20. "Surf" is the best mixtape on this list to feature a trumpeter. LISTEN: Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment, "Surf" 19. LISTEN: Katie Got Bandz, "Zero to 39th" 18. LISTEN: ILoveMakonnen, "Drink More Water 5" 17. 16. 15. 14. 13. 12. 11.