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Lol me, I hadn't actually listened to the J Hus album when it came out (hadn't been too keen on Common Sense and just generally wasn't following new music at the time), but have now checked it out and of course it's great. Would definitely expect it to do well in the poll.
Favourite tracks of the year:
Abra Cadabra Ft. RV x Kush x Double Lz x Bandokay x Lowkey x Dezzie- On Deck Remix
Abra Cadabra - Spin This Coupe
Backroad Gee x JME x Lethal Bizzle - Enough is Enough
Backroad Gee ft Pa Salieu & Ambush - Party Popper
BandoKay & Double Lz ft Abra Cadabra - BLM
Clipz ft Ms Banks, Ms Dynamite & Jaykae - Again (Redlight remix)
Crazy Titch - Puff Chest
Dezzie - Buss It
Dezzie & Headie One - Chop It
Dizzee Rascal & Ocean Wisdom - Don't Be Dumb
Frisco ft Skepta, Jammer, JME & Shorty - Red Card
Ghetts ft Jaykae & Moonchild Sanelly - Mozambique
Headie One ft AJ Tracey & Stormzy - Ain't It Different
Headie One & Fred Again ft Jamie XX - Smoke
Ill Blu ft Bandokay x Double Lz - Magic
Izco & PK - Ps-In
Karma - Weirdest Zoo
Lady Leshurr - Unleshed 4
M1llionz - Lagga
M1llionz - Y Pree
Meekz x M1llionz x Teeway x Pa Salieu - Year of the Real
Mez - Silas
MizOrMac - Return Of The Mac
Pa Salieu - Bang Out, plus basically everything on the album
Smoke Boys ft Dizzee Rascal - Justin Bieber
Trizzac x Bgody - CD
Unknown T - Deh Deh
Unknown T x D Double E - Double Trouble
V9 - Vikings
There's probably some screwy choices in there reflecting the fact that I'm not all that deeply immersed in this stuff. I've probably underepresented the drill side of things as well: I feel like there's been loads of drill tracks that I've listened to and enjoyed but don't stand out when trying to pull together faves for a list.
With albums/mixtapes, my knowledge is sketchier again. Pa Salieu - Send Them to Coventry I agree with everyone is fantastic, and J Hus - Big Conspiracy too as above.
Unknown T - Rise Above Hate I thought was a really solid album. Maybe not many stand-out tracks and sometimes UT as an MC seems more interesting than the tunes, but I've still gone back to it a lot.
I thought the The BackRoad Gee - Mukta vs Mukta mixtape was a lot of fun. Just a short thing (7 tunes) and BRG sort of just does one thing, but worth checking out.
Enjoyed the Headie One - Edna album more than I thought I would. I guess I was expecting it to be an awkward crossover album but it overall it comes off quite well. It is quite split out in how it's structured I suppose, in that it's like here's the drill tunes, here's the crossover pop-rap tunes. The Gang EP I thought was excellent, & probably more consistent than Edna: obviously not hardcore at all but it just has this nice dreamy atmosphere right through it.
The Abra Cadabra - Product Of My Environment album is not really clicking with me so far I'm afraid. It feels like a bit of an awkward mish-mash of different things. Favourite tracks for me are probably the ones that I'd already heard: Spin This Coupe, On Deck, Show Me, How We Living. Will give it some more time though.
― Mr Andy M, Monday, 21 December 2020 13:08 (three years ago) link
Favourite tracks of the year:
Abra Cadabra Ft. RV x Kush x Double Lz x Bandokay x Lowkey x Dezzie- On Deck Remix
Abra Cadabra - Spin This Coupe
Backroad Gee x JME x Lethal Bizzle - Enough is Enough
Backroad Gee ft Pa Salieu & Ambush - Party Popper
BandoKay & Double Lz ft Abra Cadabra - BLM
Clipz ft Ms Banks, Ms Dynamite & Jaykae - Again (Redlight remix)
Crazy Titch - Puff Chest
Dezzie - Buss It
Dezzie & Headie One - Chop It
Dizzee Rascal & Ocean Wisdom - Don't Be Dumb
Frisco ft Skepta, Jammer, JME & Shorty - Red Card
Ghetts ft Jaykae & Moonchild Sanelly - Mozambique
Headie One ft AJ Tracey & Stormzy - Ain't It Different
Headie One & Fred Again ft Jamie XX - Smoke
Ill Blu ft Bandokay x Double Lz - Magic
Izco & PK - Ps-In
Karma - Weirdest Zoo
Lady Leshurr - Unleshed 4
M1llionz - Lagga
M1llionz - Y Pree
Meekz x M1llionz x Teeway x Pa Salieu - Year of the Real
Mez - Silas
MizOrMac - Return Of The Mac
Pa Salieu - Bang Out, plus basically everything on the album
Smoke Boys ft Dizzee Rascal - Justin Bieber
Trizzac x Bgody - CD
Unknown T - Deh Deh
Unknown T x D Double E - Double Trouble
V9 - Vikings
Checked the noms list: Spin This Coupe, Enough is Enough, Party Popper, Don't Be Dumb & Ain't it Different were already nominated, so I've now also nominated Again remix, Puff Chest, Buss It, Mozambique, Smoke, Magic, Ps-In, Weirdest Zoo, Unleshed 4, Lagga, Silas, CD, Deh Deh & Vikings (left off the others to avoid potential vote splitting, which was tough to do for some, especially On Deck remix which has been a BIG tune for me this year).
― Mr Andy M, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link