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Being Noah Tesfaye #3: The Hip-Hop State of the Union
*The first two installments of this blog have been relatively serious topics, so I decided to write about something more light-hearted this week.
My fellow Americans… Oh never mind. I don’t want to think about him anymore. He was one amazing president. I’m here to talk about one simple thing: the State of Hip-Hop. Whether that’s rap, or any other category of hip-hop, I want to talk about my favorites this year and share my thoughts on the music that has released in one of the best years we have ever seen for my favorite genre.
I usually like to do a top five with my friends every few months. As of today, November 18th, 2017, these are my top five favorite albums of the year:
- JAY-Z: 4:44
- Tyler, The Creator: Flower Boy
- BROCKHAMPTON: Saturation
- BROCKHAMPTON: Saturation 2
- Joey Bada$$: ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
The first thing I would like to say before I explain everything about why this is my list thus far into the year is slots 1 & 2. The only reason why I put 4:44 above Flower Boy was because of what the album sentimentally means for me. The first time I listened to it was in my dorm at Columbia for a summer program, while my Russian roommate was watching YouTube videos. It was…
