Music For Your Ears

2017 Album Countdown Pt. I (#5-#1) In this last post for our 2017 Rap/RnB Countdown, we’ll go through our #5-#1 albums, this is where it starts to get interesting, so let’s get straight into it. #5 Joey Bada$$ -  ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ Number 5 goes to the 2 nd studio album from Joey Bada$$ titled ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$. This second album from Joey really puts him on the map for his ability in writing bars and spitting them with passion and flow. We get a chance to hear from Joey’s soul in this album, touching on contemporary America and racism, especially in Land of the Free saying “And the land of the free is for the free-loaders, leave us dead in the street to be their organ doners...still got the last names, of our slave owners”. It’s clear that Joey’s heart is still very much focused on the racism in America, look at the way he spelt AmeriKKKa… Trading bars with Schoolboy Q and J. Cole, Joey pound out spicy bars aimed at American culture. Devastated is a tr...

2017 Album Countdown Pt. I (#10-#6) In this post, we’ll pick up right we left off with our Top 15 countdown for Hip-Hop/RnB so far for the year! Also how did you feel about our #15-#11? Did we miss anything that should’ve been up there? Leave us a comment on this post. #10 Sampha -  Process Starting off this next 5 albums, comes Sampha’s Process at number 10. With only 10 songs, this sweet little debut studio album from the British artist was released at the start of February, and truly captured his style and musical gift. A perfect blend of electronic meets RnB in this masterpiece, heard strongly in songs like Plastic 100C and Reverse Faults ( well worth a listen if you like electronic beats). The first single he dropped from the album, (No One Knows Me) Lke the Piano is such a sweet piano ballad, with a catchy and heartfelt melody that allows us to journey into Sampha’s personal life.  There’s no doubt here that Process deserves spot #10 on our cha...