Search results
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2018.
- Travis Scott, “Sicko Mode” If 2018 was the year that Travis Scott finally arrived as a fully-formed superstar in his own right, then this is the song that put him over the edge.
- Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, “I Like It” Haters really thought Cardi B would be a one-hit wonder after the success of her thunderous single “Bodak Yellow”?
- The Carters, “Apeshit” Beyoncé has always snuck in flashes of her rap skills over the years, but she really proved she was better than your fave when she went completely “APESHIT” on this Everything Is Love firestarter.
- Childish Gambino, “This Is America” It’s no secret that President Trump is public enemy No. 1 in the rap world — ask Shady — but rather than poke fun at the demonstrative leader of the free world, Donald Glover takes a different approach on his first-ever Hot 100 No. 1 hit.
- "1985 (Intro to 'The Fall Off')" J. Cole.
- "All The Stars" Kendrick Lamar Featuring SZA.
- "Apeshit" The Carters.
- "ATM" J. Cole.
- Kanye West, ‘Ye’ Here’s the thing: Ye is likely Kanye West’s worst album, depending on how you place something like Cruel Summer in his discography. Here’s the other thing: Kanye West, at his worst, is still making more fascinating music than almost anyone else.
- Roc Marciano, ‘Behold a Dark Horse’ Pusha T made seven tracks of what he called “high-taste-level luxury drug raps,” but Roc Marci was the grittier game-spitter, complete with of cold winters, pimp talk and bulletproof vests: “I don’t feel the love at night, I hug my guns,” he raps on “Amythest,” “Might touch you with the same razor I use to cut my drugs.”
- Rico Nasty, ‘Nasty’ Rico Nasty has a couple different modes. In the tradition of rappers with alter-egos, she alternates constantly between ferocious and open, dark and flourescent.
- Sheck Wes, ‘Mudboy’ The rumbling success of Sheck Wes’ “Mo Bamba” was no fluke. The teenaged New Yorker tapped into the id of the culture this year, and his full-length project, released by zeitgeist-tappers Travis Scott and Kanye West’s respective labels, showed that Wes is a fascinating new talent with an ear for beats that’s unrivaled.
- Pusha T, Daytona. Trust Pusha T to pack maximum invective into an economical 21 minutes and still pack so much of a wallop that no other rap album could touch it in 2018.
- Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy. Did you think Cardi B was going to let you get away with calling her a one-hit wonder? After the immense success that was “Bodak Yellow,” many were a little too quick to brush off the regular degular shmegular girl from the Bronx’s staying power.
- The Carters, Everything Is Love. A surprise gift from the couple that has everything, the long-rumored collaborative album from Beyonce and Jay-Z arrived on a Saturday afternoon in June.
- Nipsey Hussle, Victory Lap. Years in the making, Victory Lap puts Nipsey Hussle in the enviable position of already having fully established himself as a powerful talent upon the release of his debut.
Aug 3, 2017 · A list of all music releases for 2018. Find the best music on Album of the Year.
Listen to the Hip-Hop/R&B Hits: 2018 playlist on Apple Music. 51 Songs. Duration: 3 hours, 6 minutes.
