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Your favorite rap albums of 2022

Quite recently on Fake For Real, we displayed and updated our favorite rap albums of 2022. And you, what are yours? […]

12 of the best rap albums of 2022

In times when rap music is so prolific and fragmented that it gets challenging to keep track, we will not pretend to be exhaustive. It never was possible to like the whole thing, and it is unrealistic to know everything […]

YOUNG SLO-BE - Southeast

According to some, Young Slo-Be had two major influences. One is Bris, the Sacramento rapper. The other is Drakeo The Ruler, the figurehead of Los Angeles' new rap. When noticing such similarities, though, no-one […]

YOUNG DOLPH - Paper Route Frank

It is logical that the PRE state of the art we started just after Young Dolph died, ends with Young Dolph. As a matter of fact, a posthumous album was released recently, by the end of 2022. And contrary to others, this […]

JAY FIZZLE - Donafizzo

Let's continue our review of the Paper Route Empire roster, we started earlier in the year. Let's carry on with Donafizzo, Jay Fizzle's latest album. That one is not a rookie. This cousin of Dolph released records for […]

KENDRICK LAMAR - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

DAMN. was only an interlude. After he delivered that (relatively) starker album, Kendrick Lamar went back to his old bad habits. His last release, indeed, looks like a big fat wedding cake. One thousand one hundred and […]

BIGWALKDOG - Trick City

Tutwiler is a small town. It's a village, almost, based upon American standards, with even less than 4,000 inhabitants. This is a family. As a matter of fact, the mayor is Da’Jour Walker's own aunt. Therefore, when the […]

JID - The Forever Story

Sometimes, JID is called the Kendrick Lamar of Atlanta. Some of his fans might be angered by this comparison. They might find it lazy. But it is not entirely unfounded. At time, the texture of his voice sounds like the […]

VINCE STAPLES - Ramona Park Broke My Heart

The positive press on his latest album shows it once again: nowadays, Vince Staples is an established rapper. Each time, his records are praised by both specialized and generalist medias. And there are good reasons for […]

TRAPLAND PAT - Trapnificent

Some say there are three ways to escape the ghetto: sport, crime, and rap music. Initially, Patterson Menard tried the first one, before losing himself in the second. He got a ticket to the Indiana university through his […]

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