75 Favorite Projects of 2018

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Editors Note: 

 In the days leading up to the dawn of 2018, I finally reached a breaking point in regards to the daily existential crisis that is life in your 20's....

 After taking a macro perspective, I realized that 90% of my creative juices were being drained and gems were wasted for FREE on Twitter (more on this later).  Upon this ignominious realization, I was left with two options:

 1) Jump In Front Of an express World Trade Center bound E train and make everyone feel my postpartum dejection 
OR
2) Get back On My shit

 Thankfully, after much philosophical rumination , I picked trap door number 2. 

 Now, let's get to chopping these fables.. amidst the ever growing over saturation of the music industry fans and critics everywhere complain about being unable to keep up with the mass hysteria of the assembly line of musical releases on a weekly basis. Fair enough, but due to the advents of accessible technology and the pervasive everlasting reach of the internet, this probably isn't changing any time soon. 

 My solution? Well, we're all going to have to get better at sifting through the proverbial bullshit that is a large majority of mainstream music that's forced down our gullet, especially since this year in particular some of the most inspiring, emotionally provocative, and fun music fell on the outskirts of biggest mainstream releases.  Also, just remember.. no matter how pompous or pretentious any of these snob ass music critics are you the consumer are the only person who can decide how you feel about the shit you choose to listen to. 

 Oh yeah, Shoutout to all the homies who've put me on game to any of these projects below, i can't think of a better compliment than saying i trust your musical stamp of approval. 
More content soon. Tell a friend to tell a friend. Gems galore and a bunch of great music below, so get hip if you ain't up on game.  Enjoy my favorite 75 projects 85 projects of 2018.  

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85. Hood Favorite - Jay Critch
Standout Tracks: Ego, Try It (ft French Montana & Fabolous), Quicker (ft Offset), Replace
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84. Feed Tha Streets II - Roddy Rich
Standout Tracks: Die Young, Feed Tha Streets 2, Can't Express, Area Codes, Every Season, Down Below
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83. Heartbreak Kodak - Kodak Black
Standout Tracks: Running Outta Love, Fuck With You (ft Tory Lanez), When Vulture's Cry, Hate Being Alone, Why You Gotta Go, Loyal, Corrupted
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82. Active - Gunplay
Standout Tracks: Cheap Thrills, Black Inca, My Definition(ft Curren$y & Masspike Miles)

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81. Signed to The Streets Vol 3 - Lil Durk 
Standout Tracks: Treacherous, 100 Grand (ft Ty Dolla Sign & A Boogie), Play with Us (ft Kevin Gates), Spin The Block (ft Future), Downfall (ft Lil Baby & Young Dolph)
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80. MudBoy - Sheck Wes
Standout Tracks: Live Sheck Wes, Kyrie, Fuck Everybody, Mo Bamba, Danimals
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79. 2 Minute Drills - All Black x Kenny Beats
Standout Tracks: John Madden 2, Blitz, 3 Point Stance, 76 Buccaneers, Weighs In, Mack House Marcus
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78. A$AP Ant - The Interlude
Standout Tracks: Kiwi Strawberry (ft Hoodrich Pablo Juan), Sean Taylor, Quantum Physics,  White vs Green Ranger
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 77. Adderall Flow - Young Dro
Standout Tracks: FEFE Freestyle, 31 Days Freestyle, Okay Okay Freestyle, Kno The Meaning Freestyle, Yes Indeed Freestyle
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76. No News is Good News - Phonte
Standout Tracks: Change of Mind (ft Freddie Gibbs), Such is Life, So Help Me God, Find That Love Again
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75. Good Job You Found Me - Valee  

Standout Tracks: Miami (ft Pusha T), Shell, Juice & Gin, Vlone, 


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74. K.T.S.E. - Teyana Taylor
Standout Tracks: Rose In Harlem, WTP, Issues/Hold On, 3way
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73. Buddy - Harlan & Alondra
Standout Tracks: Trouble On Central, Hey Up There (ft Ty Dolla $ign), The Blue (ft Snoop Dogg), Shameless (ft Guapdad 4000), Trippin' (ft Khalid)
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72. Skyzoo - In Celebration of Us
Standout Tracks: Hoodie SZN, Collateral, Honor Amongst Thieves, Parks & Recreation, Black Sambo
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71. Kali Uchis - Isolation
Standout Tracks: Just A Stranger (ft Steve Lacy), Tyrant (ft Jorja Smith), Miami (ft Bia), Dead to Me, After the Storm (ft Tyler the Creator), Your Teeth In My Neck
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70. SlimeBall 3 - Young Nudy
Standout Tracks: Zone 6 Remix (ft Future & 6Lack), Middle Fingers, Robbin & Gettin, Slimeball
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69. The Last Rocket - TakeOff
Standout Tracks: I Remember, Vacation, Infatuation, Lead The Wave, Last Memory
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68. Kevin Gates - Luca Brasi 3
Standout Tracks: Discussion, Shakin' Back, Great Man, Me Too, Luca Brasi Freestyle

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67. The Carter V - Lil Wayne
Standout Tracks: Dedicate, Don't Cry (ft XXXtentacion), Uproar, Let It Fly (ft Travis Scott), Mona Lisa (ft Kendrick Lamar)
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66. Blood Orange - Negro Swan
Standout Tracks: Hope (ft Puff Daddy & Tei Shi), Out Of Your League (ft Steve Lacy), Smoke, Nappy Wonder, Chewing Gum (ft A$AP Rocky & Project Pat)
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65. Flee Cobain - Flee
Standout Tracks: New Penthouse, Dome Piece, Spanish Nana, Did Me Wrong, Macaroni Teeth
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64. Flatbush Zombies - Vacation In Hell
Standout Tracks: The Glory (ft Denzel Curry), YouAreMySunshine, Facts (ft Jadakiss), Chunky, HELL-O
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63. Supreme Blientele - Westside Gunn
Standout Tracks: Gods Don't Bleed (ft Benny & Jadakiss), Brossface Brippler (ft Busta Rhymes & Benny), Ric Martel (ft Roc Marci)
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62. Not All Heroes Wear Capes - Metro Boomin
Standout Tracks: Dirty Shoes (ft Gunna), 10 Freaky Girls (ft 21 Savage), Dont Come Out the House (ft 21 Savage), Dreamcatcher (ft Swae Lee & Travis Scott), Lesbian 

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61. Scorpion - Drake 
Standout Tracks: Jaded, Is There More, Nonstop, Survival, Finesse, Summer Games, Blue Tint, After Dark (ft Ty Dolla $ign & Static Major)
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60. DJ Esco - KolorBlind

Standout Tracks: Warzone(ft Future), Walk Thru (ft Nas & Future), Fuk Faces (ft Future), No Slow Money (ft Young Thug & Future)
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59. Culture II - Migos
Standout Tracks: Stir Fry, Too Playa (ft 2 Chainz), Made Men, Walk it Talk It, White Sand, Crown the Kings
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58. Oxnard - Anderson Paak
Standout Tracks: Tints (ft Kendrick Lamar), Brothers Keeper (ft Pusha T), Sweet Chick (ft BJ The Chicago Kid), Trippy (ft J Cole), Anywhere (ft Snoop Dogg), Who R U
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57. Trap Holizay - Zaytoven
Standout Tracks: Mo Reala(ft Future), Left Da Bank(ft Young Dolph), Back On It (ft Offset & Young Scooter),  What You Think (ft Ty Dolla $ign, Jeremih & Oj Da Juiceman), East Atlanta Day (ft Gucci Mane & 21 Savage)
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56. Harry Fraud - The Coast
Standout Tracks: Hit a Lick(ft Playboi Carti), Want it To Be (ft Chinx & French Montana), All I wanna Do (ft Action Bronson), Thousand Ways (ft Jay Critch), Lifestyle of a Thug (ft Prodigy)
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55. Milky Way - Bas
Standout Tracks: Front Desk, Boca Raton (ft A$AP Ferg), Infinity+2, Tribe (ft J Cole), Icarus
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54. Famous Cryp - Blueface
Standout Tracks: Thotiana, Deadloc's pt 2, Studio, Freak Bitch, Respect my Cryppin
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53. Peewee Longway - State of The Art
Standout Tracks: Ice Cube, Trapper Gon Be A Trapper (ft Quavo & Offset), Let's Be Real (ft Maxo Kream), Bout It Bout It, Fuck It (ft Gucci Mane)
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52. Dime Trap - T.I.
Standout Tracks: The Weekend(Ft Young Thug), Jefe (ft Meek Mill), Wraith (ft Yo Gotti), Laugh At Em, At Least I Know (ft Anderson Paak)
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51. Jay Rock - Redemption
Standout Tracks: ES Tales, The Bloodiest, For What It's Worth, OSOM (ft J Cole), Tap Out (ft Jeremih)
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50. Drip Harder - Lil Baby & Gunna
Standout Tracks: My Jeans (ft Young Thug), Deep End, Style Stealer, Close Friends, Never Recover (ft Drake)
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49.  Glockoma - KeyGlock
Standout Tracks: Gang Shit No Lame Shit, Life Is Great, Talk My Shit, Once Upon a Time, Blessed, Clowns
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48. Dirty Computer - Janelle Monae
Standout Tracks: Dirty Computer, Screwed (ft Zoe Kravitz), Django Jane, I Got the Juice, Don't Judge Me
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47. Rare Sound - K Camp
Standout Tracks: Cherish My Dawgs, I Aint Impressed, Far From Perfect, Can't Go Home
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46. 10 Stack Commandments - Payroll Giovanni
Standout Tracks: 10 Stack Commandments, 30 Day Grind, Invest, Go Broke 2 Get Money, Come To A Understanding With Your Mate
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45. The Marina - Harry Fraud x Curren$y
Standout Tracks: Modena Moves (ft French Montana), Sundown in Eleuthera, 14 Packs (ft Smoke Dza), Scarab 38 (ft Action Bronson), The Count (ft Wiz Khalifa)
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44. Tana Talk 3 - Benny 
Standout Tracks: 97 Hov, Broken Bottles, Rubberbands & Weight, Who Are You (ft Royce Da 5"9),  Scarface vs Sosa Pt 2, All 70
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43. Harder Than Ever - Lil Baby
Standout Tracks: Life Goes On (ft Gunna & Lil Uzi Vert), Transporter (ft Offset), Right Now (ft Young Thug), Never Needed no Help, Yes Indeed (ft Drake)
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42. Gangin' - SOB X RBE
Standout Tracks:  On Me, Carpoolin', Anti Social, Back to Back, God
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41.  November - SIR
Standout Tracks: Something Foreign (ft ScHoolBoy Q), Summer In November, War, D'Evils, Something New
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40.  Action Bronson - White Bronco
Standout Tracks: Live From the Moon, White Bronco, Mt. Etna, Telemundo, Ring Ring (ft Big Body Bes)
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39. Royalty - Earth Gang
Standout Tracks: Cocktail, Off the Lot, LOLSMH, Nothing But the Best
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38.  SquidTastic - Sahbabi
Standout Tracks: Boyfriend, Army, Anime World, Squidirific, Sunny Days
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37. Shy Glizzy - Fully Loaded
Standout Tracks: 30s 50s 100s, Get Money (ft Rick Ross), Money Set (ft Young Thug), Super Freak (ft Lil Uzi Vert), Diamonds, Where we Come from (ft Youngboy NBA)
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36. Guess What? - G Perico
Standout Tracks: Play Wit It, Wit the Gangsta's, Mo Power, All Nighter
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35. Swimming - Mac Miller
Standout Tracks: Self Care, 2009, Hurt Feelings, Jet Fuel, What's the Use?
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34. Simi - Blocboy JB
Standout Tracks: Rover 2.0(ft 21 savage), Nike Swoosh (ft YG), No Chorus pt 11, Look Alive, Asian Bitch
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33. Black Panther: The Album
Standout Tracks: X, Kings Dead, Paramedic!, Big Shot, The Ways
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32. The Play Don't Care Who Make It - 2 Chainz
Standout Tracks: Lamborghini Truck, Proud, Land Of The Freaks, Ok Bitch
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31. On The Run - Young Thug
Standout Tracks: High(ft Elton John lol), Climax (ft 6Lack), On the Run(ft Offset)
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30. Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy 
Standout Tracks: Money Bag, She Bad, Bickenhead, Get up 10, Bartier Cardi, I Do
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29. G-Host - Styles P
Standout Tracks: Ghost Wars, Morning Morning, Bubble Up, Coolest O.G., Going Thru Hell
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28. Punken - Maxo Kream
Standout Tracks: Grannies, ATW(ft 03 Greedo), Roaches, Work, Bussdown
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27. Outside - Burna Boy
Standout Tracks: More Life, Sekkle Down, Heavens Gate (ft Lily Allen), Giddem, Streets Of Africa
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26. SuperFly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Standout Tracks: No Shame(ft PartyNextDoor), Walk On Minks, Stains, Bag (ft Yung Bans), Nowhere, Georgia (ft Young Thug)
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25. Stay Dangerous - YG
Standout Tracks: Bulletproof (ft Jay305), Suu Whoop, Power (ft Ty Dolla $ign), Slay (ft Quavo), Deeper Than Rap, Bomptown Finest
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24. Slime Language - Young Thug & YSL
Standout Tracks: Gain Clout, STS, Chanel (Go Get It), Audemar, Dirty Shoes (ft Gunna)
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23. East Atlanta Love Letter - 6Lack
Standout Tracks: Pretty Little Fears (ft J Cole), Switch, Seasons (ft Khalid), Balenciaga Challenge (ft Offset), East Atlanta Love Letter (ft Future)
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22. RR2: The Bitter Dose - Roc Marciano
Standout Tracks: Corniche (ft Action Bronson), Power, Respected, Bohemian Grave, C.V.S
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21. Care For Me - Saba
Standout Tracks: Broken Girls, PROM / KING, Busy / Sirens, Grey, Calligraphy
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20. Gangland LandLord - Mozzy
Standout Tracks: Thugz Mansion (ft Ty Dolla $ign & YG), Run It Up (ft ScHoolboy Q), Not Impressive, Excuse Me
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19. 777 - Key! & Kenny Beats
Standout Tracks: Demolition 1+2, Boss, Move, Hater, Toronto, It Gets Better, 
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18. Drip Season 3 - Gunna 
Standout Tracks: At the Hotel (ft Lil Uzi Vert), Drip or Drown (ft Lil Yachty), King Kong, 
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17. 03 Greedo - God Level 
Standout Tracks: Buckhead, Never Bend (ft Lil Uzi Vert), High Off Me (Ft Yung Bans), Praying to God, Fortnite remix (ft Rich The Kid)
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16. MihTy - Jeremih & Ty Dolla $ign
Standout Tracks: FYT(Ft French Montana), Goin Thru Some Thangz, The Light, Perfect Timing, New Level
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15. SR3MM - Rae Sremmurd
Standout Tracks: Guatemala, Chanel, Changed Up, Offshore (ft Young Thug), 42, Heat Of The Moment, Red Wine 
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14. Championships - Meek Mill
Standout Tracks: Trauma, What's Free, Respect the Game, Tic Tac Toe, Pay You Back (ft 21 Savage), Ooodles O Noodles Babies
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13. Trippple Cross - Young Scooter
Standout Tracks: Bread Crumbs (ft Young Thug), Trippple Cross(ft Future & Young Thug), Real Talk(ft Future), Both Sides, Dirty World
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12. Role Model - Young Dolph
Standout Tracks: Break The Bank, Still Smell Like it, Playin Wit a Chek, I Think I Can Fly, By Mistake
                                     
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11. Fetti - Harry Fraud x Freddie Gibbs x Curren$y
Standout Tracks: The Blow, Now & Later Gators, Location Remote, New Thangs
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10. Ta13oo - Denzel Curry
Standout Tracks: Sirens (Ft J.I.D.), Percs, Sumo, Black Balloons, Cash Maniac

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9. Drogas Wave - Lupe Fiasco

Standout Tracks: WAV Files, Imagine, King Nas, XO, Jonylah Forever, Stronger, Kingdom(ft Damian Marley), Stack That Cheese
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8. Hive Mind - The Internet
Standout Tracks: La Di Da, It Gets Better With Time, Stay The Night, Look What You Started, Roll
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7. Niggas Get Shot Everyday - Young Dolph
Standout Tracks: Kush On a Yacht, Slave Owner, Blonde & a Onion, Flodgin'
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 6. Victory Lap - Nipsey Hussle
Standout Tracks: Rap Niggas, Hussle & Motivate, Succa Proof, Grinding All My Life, Dedication(Ft Kendrick Lamar), 
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5. Vince Staples - FM!
Standout Tracks: Tweakin', Feels Like Summer, Run The Bands, Don't Get Chipped 
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4. Die Lit - Playboi Carti
Standout Tracks: Home (KOD), R.i.P. Fredo, Flatbed Freestyle, Choppa Wont Miss(Ft Young Thug), Shoota (Ft Lil Uzi Vert), Mileage (ft Chief Keef)
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3. Big Bossin Vol 2 - Payroll Giovanni & Cardo
Standout Tracks: Good Day to Get Money, BYLUG Outro, 10 Years 1 Summer, Rapped My Way
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2. Daytona - Pusha T
Standout Tracks: If You Know, You Know, The Games We Play, Infrared, Hard Piano

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1. Beast Mode 2 - Future
Standout Tracks: 31 Days, When I Think About It, Doh Doh Doh, Racks Blue, Hate the Real Me
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