2022 Funky For You: Top Rap Albums

2022 had a slew of rap albums, EPs, special editions, free singles inside cereal boxes... however an artist decided to get their music to the masses.  Below are the ones that I enjoyed over the past 12 months.  I'm skipping the normal ranking format this year because we're all winners here.  

Rome Streetz - Kiss The Ring (OK, I'll put this at #1 but that's the extent of my numerals)

Shirt - I Turned Myself Into Myself

Mach Hommy - Dollar Menu

billy woods - Church 

Meyhem Lauren - Black Vladimir  ("Red Pesto" ... griiiiiiiiiiiimy ... with all the "i"s)

Nas - King's Disease III

Your Old Droog - YOD Wave (Droog had enough releases in 2022 to make a rapper punch card)

Marlowe - Marlowe 3

Homeboy Sandman - Still Champion (Mentions Denver within the first 20 seconds)

Vic Spencer & Small Professor - Mudslide

Your Old Droog - Yodney Dangerfield

Logic - Vinyl Days

DJ Premier - Hip Hop 50: Vol 1 (Rapsody & Remy Ma with the best duo work on "Remy Rap")

AJ Suede & Televangel - Melatron's Cube

Eleven & Jason D - Carefully Crafted

Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes (MF DOOM on "Belize" straight bars as the kids say)

Mopes - Unwound

billy woods - Aethiopes ("Wharves" is nice...best ever track named for port components)

Westside Gunn - 10 (Lots of "Skrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" and "ay yo")

Wrecking Crew - Sedale Threat

Benny The Butcher - Tana Talk 4

Action Bronson - Cocodrillo Turbo ("Ninety One" clocking in at 1:57; quality not quantity)

Open Mike Eagle - Component System With The Auto Reverse