March Madness Day 18: Rittz, Charles Hamilton & Future

Cover Arts (starting from the top; Rittz's "Top of the Line", Charles Hamilton's "The Pink Lavalamp" and Future's "Monster")

• Rittz - Top of the Line 

Cover Art for Rittz's "Top of the Line" 

 Rittz gets really overlooked on this sub and that's a shame, I want more people to check out this project. This is Rittz's best work to date. At first, you might be put off by the 24 tracks on the track listing but do not be alarmed as it's not 24 songs as much as it is unnecessary skits and the strange music tag for some reason, lol. But yeah, really solid, could've used some trimming in the track listing but overall Rittz is very engaging with his subject matter, and he has some of the best hooks (I think) in the game. Dude knows how to harmonize and make smooth car riding music. I really enjoyed this project and will be bumping this for the rest of the year.

My Top 10 Hip Hop Songs of 2017 (So Far) + Honorable Mentions

It's time for My top 10 hip hop songs of 2017 (so far)

Time FLIES By

It's already MIDYEAR List Season. Yes, 2017 is already halfway dead and gone. And as we approach the 2nd half of the year, I want to reflect on what the year has given me so far in Hip Hop Music and more. These are my top 10 songs of 2017 (so far).

As always...we must start with the honorable mentions (there are 2) for this mid year list.

HONORABLE MENTION #1...

Very Velocious Verdicts, Vol. 1 - Future, Oddisee & Mozzy

Albums I'll be covering in the first installment of this new series!

Okay, so as most of you probably already know. I write a lot. Covering each track on each album at first, on paper, seems like a great idea. But the problem with hip hop (and music in general nowadays) is the over saturation of tracks on albums. It seems like the art of short, and concise albums is lost in 2017. Every rapper, it seems, just loads their track lists with upwards of 16+ tracks, with runtimes of up to one hour and 30 minutes.  1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES FAM. THAT'S 3 EPISODES OF "SEINFELD" WITH THE COMMERCIALS INTACT, THAT'S INSANE AND UNNECESSARY. There are literally movies out there that can be watched and re-watched in that time period. The point is, I don't like overly long musical albums. Doesn't matter who it is. Let Michael Jackson & 2Pac come back and release a joint album together. If that project is 25 tracks or more, they can BOTH go back to the graves they dug themselves up from (RIP though, I love both artists, no disrespect)...