#billy woods

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rappers i've been listening to 2 (Stove God Cooks sounds best at the crack of dawn)

[theartofjamesb]

American Poison

[soupexpertt]

Apparently there's a lot of hate for hip hop on this website. And while I'm not telling anyone what they should be listening to it's just weird to brush off a giant portion of music with many subgenres based on some kind of prejudice.

"but it glorifies abuse and drugs and violence" listen to political or conscious hip hop, listen to conceptual albums that delve deep into these topics and how they affect the community

"but rappers are misogynists/homophobes/etc" listen to female rappers, listen to lgbt rappers

"but it's scary and violent" listen to jazz rap, listen to cloud rap

"but it's not melodic (enough)" listen to instrumental hip hop, listen to jazz rap

"but it's not creative/ boring" (an actual take that I've seen here) listen to experimental hip hop

[cosmonautroger]

Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Hiding Places, 2019

[defjux]

100 of my favorite rappers

This was sparked by a conversation I had with some friends a month or two ago, about how a lot of the bigger publications seem to focus on the same handful of artists to the point that they start to feel disingenous or robot. Or, if they do happen to stray from the "acceptable" pool of artists/albums to mention, often times it seems like they're doing so with the sole intention of stirring up controversy. A good example of this is the recent Pitchfork Top 100 Rap Albums list, where they put Duwop Kaine's 2018 mixtape "Underdog" exactly one spot higher than the exact album it's paying homage to, Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg. These conversations I had, which that strange list was kind of a catalyst for, led to me thinking about who my favorite rappers in 2025 actually were. This list is less about who has the highest number of classic records or is the most technically skilled and is mostly based on the following: 1) who do I actually listen to the most 2) who do I enjoy hearing rap, whether it's their own albums or features 3) who makes the music that resonates with me, currently 4) who had the greatest impact on me as a person or on my perception of what the artform could be You can also ignore the number ranking after the first 50. Also, if you want to drop a top 10 or 15 in the comments here, i'd be interested in seeing your picks, especially if it's based on the same criteria. Peace.

1. Aesop Rock 2. MF DOOM 3. billy woods 4. Ghostface Killah 5. Posdnuos 6. Black Thought 7. Ka 8. ELUCID 9. Myka 9 10. Pharoahe Monch 11. Breeze Brewin (Juggaknots) 12. Serengeti 13. Vordul Mega (Cannibal Ox) 14. André 3000 15. Mos Def 16. Mach-Hommy 17. Redman 18. Bigg Jus (Company Flow/Nephlim Modulation Systems) 19. Zeroh 20. Earl Sweatshirt 21. El-P 22. Ish Butler (Digable Planets / Shabazz Palaces 23. Prodigy 24. Roc Marciano 25. Moses Rockwell

26. Aceyalone 27. Jam Baxter 28. Trugoy the Dove 29. Nas 30. Del the Funky Homosapien 31. R.A.P. Ferreira 32. Rakim 33. Oddisee 34. Lupe Fiasco 35. Busta Rhymes 36. Blu 37. Elzhi 38. Open Mike Eagle 39. Quelle Chris 40. Cavalier 41. MIKE 42. Navy Blue 43. High Priest/Hprizm (Antipop Consortium) 44. Von Pea (Tanya Morgan) 45. Geechi Suede (Camp Lo) 46. Phonte 47. Method Man 48. Killah Priest 49. AKAI SOLO 50. Nickelus F 51. Guru 52. GZA/Genius 53. Saafir (Digital Underground / Hobo Junction) 54. Cities Aviv 55. SKECH185 (Tomorrow Kings) 56. Denmark Vessey 57. Q-Tip 58. Ice Cube 59. Chuck D 60. Raekwon 61. Defcee 62. Curly Castro 63. PremRock 64. Illogic 65. Boldy James 66. Evidence 67. Kashmere 68. P.E.A.C.E. 69. Danny Brown 70. O.C. 71. MAVI 72. Kendrick Lamar 73. Freddie Gibbs 74. Sean Price 75. Theravada 76. Jeru the Damaja 77. Big Boi 78. Jakprogresso 79. LL Cool J 80. Despot 81. Jean Grae 82. One Be Lo (Binary Star) 83. Edan 84. Noveliss (Clear Soul Forces) 85. Onry Ozzborn 86. Hymnal (Darkleaf) 87. Self Jupiter 88. Buckshot 89. Nakama. 90. J-Live 91. Scarface 92. Jehst 93. Busdriver 94. Mattic 95. Kool Keith 96. Noname 97. DMX 98. Tree 99. UGLYFRANK 100. Gift of Gab

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Jump source (Priori & Patrick Holland) / Empty Bars (ft. Billy Woods)

[mcrubs]

Wanna read her areola like braille

[soundsystem0]

Shrines album cover commission