rolling 6 7 all-star streamathon 2026

this is the 2026 rap thread

some good and/or interesting stuff from the past few weeks

rio da yung og - "rip drakeo the ruler"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yqco9oBTWs

chief keef - "harry potter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOcVSCICTLU

loe shimmy - "hills have eyes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7_rgouY3es

pooh shiesty - "fdo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPuK06zUIhc

seventhirtyatmorning - "miami too much" (sadly not a tribute to key! still like it though)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75uyf8Ej9I

raq baby - "charlie sheen"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1zulu4KINk

screwly g - "rap like this"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiiDvdBUCTQ

shadstackzz x broadday - "crazy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W408_Uo9gF8

miami xo - "bazooka"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCcT7EkYnoE

really digging LaRussel lately, classic Yay Area vibes are alway welcome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMiZSrNh4oI

Vic Spencer and August Fanon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8R0CIULa2w

the larussell and p-lo tape from 2024 was very good

South African Hip Hop with dancehall vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps_HUB-QE-0
Meijar Probeats - Sdudla Somdantso feat. April Yung, Gaffi, Emiky RSA, Shela Weh Mngani

2 sinister sounding chords and a sick beat. i like s.

new rocky album is pretty bland overall. i like sauce walka's verse on "stop snitching" tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzaIHY4Edys

The production on the new Xaviersobased is pretty incredible. If they'd released it as an instrumental, it would been hyped by the electronica crowd.

I am listening to it, it's pretty wonderful yeah

I mean, this is a pretty incredible piece of music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myOfVAe0hnk

All the filtering and swooshing and the stuttering and then the moment around 1:09 where a rhythm is there for two bars.

rip michael “5000” watts of swishahouse

you produce “still tippin,” you are immortal

“michael watts he made me hot”

rip, one of my favourite songs of all time

listening to the xavier now. i am often guilty of the “clearer production = level up” fallacy, but i am def connecting more to this new album than any of his past work.

“packs gone,” what an incredible song

Oh yeah, that's me too. I only get new subgenres once the 'major statements' roll in, with increased clarity in the productions, less chaotic overload, and the same idea ten times in a row, which is when all the perceptive ones are on to the next new thing, lol. But hey, this 'nu-jerk' thing is a pretty great kind of music?

been hearing the name pz' (pronounced peezy) a lot recently, so i've been checking out his stuff. def a disciple of carti and uzi but he's found his own lane within the style. his southern drawl is more pronounced than carti's, he gets slippery melodies from uzi, and he actually raps on top of rage beats instead of doing the syllabic free association that a lot of his "underground" peers do. he's already released these three songs this year

"all of me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHX8rZ5oD6E

"fantastic 5"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zxAX6fBrns

"havana"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxDwjD-0JFc

new zukenee ep (zuminati) gets the job done

"rich n****"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfSA5mPOYo4?

"atl"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4k4AeQOdJ4

i like zuke but i really like the beats he raps on

yeah, he has a great ear for beats. and he slides on all of them. if this were 2015, he'd be one of the world's biggest stars

roc marciano is so fucking good lol

"childish things"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIkO2kba7v0

"spanish fly's out of canada dry with spare time on the panerai
you can tell by my tan lines that I wear a watch
rock the yacht-master on the yacht
cracked the master lock, nobody hatch the plot not even matlock, huh?"

"melo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBIR9fTckTw

"ace of spadеs her ways, gotta call a spade a spade
it's a shame you got champagne taste but kool-aid for brains
margiela tabbies
i done fucked all the baddies like carmelo anthony
cut off so many freaks that fancy me, you might randomly meet an amputee"

this new Roc is just incredible

ain't none of this happened haphazardly
from the hat to the feet
elite haberdashery

lots of moments where i just shake my head in amazement

i liked the song he had on the conway album too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zweGUsOa7gQ

yeah, made him sing like teddy riley in blackstreet, no diggity
n****s copyin' my steez, want my shine, but it's no biggie to me

catching up with the ep that detroit's los released before the new year. it's unsurprisingly great. the below track is particularly smooth.

"money goin money coming"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nrRfN73ehM

took me a couple spins to warm up to it, but xavier starting to sound like a masterpiece

rip lil poppa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iabpc8AzG44

Saw a couple of online profiles of Redveil, a PG County Md near DC rapper who recently moved to Los Angeles and just put out an album called Sankofa. On 1st listen I find this to sound like ok throwback rap

More on Lil Poppa

https://thesource.com/2026/02/19/lil-poppa-dead-fulton-county-officials-confirm/

really like this song by bak jay and nino paid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOl6gxjS9kI

love the new sideshow album. been a fan of his for a few years now and this new album totally lives up to the hype. best thing he's done yet. does it need to be 32 songs? maybe he could've removed like 3-4 of the interludes, but there isn't a bad song on there. current favorites are

"invader jim"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJC_SKIed4

"martyr most high"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ5HtxfgLt8

"my chemical romance" ft. kelow latesha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GV6xqhTbC4

just getting around to it recently but the don toliver album is awesome

maybe i should be posting this in the r&b thread bcuz it’s kinda clicked for me that he’s gen z’s answer to jeremih, just coming at things a bit more like a rapper and a bit less like an r&b singer. but the way jeremih can make what is essentially a rap song but contour it around melody in a way that feels like it came from an r&b writer, i.e. “pass dat,” is reminiscent to me of don at his best and you get a lot of that on this record

“ATM” is a great example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUFlb4YYYKo

“tiramisu” also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlhuSz0HbcE

my fav is prob “rosary” which uses travis scott very similarly to sza on SOS. this is basically a monogamous strip club song, great wheezy beat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTkOUOkHQfI

the capper is “sweet home” which flips the kid rock version of “sweet home alabama” in a frankly completely brilliant way, it’s really a diabolical song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwAbzpCHqHY

missed this post but i’ve been impressed by the commercial staying power of that album. i really liked him around the “after party” era but have lost track of him over the last few albums. i’ll give the new one another chance

missed this post but i’ve been impressed by the commercial staying power of that album. i really liked him around the “after party” era but have lost track of him over the last few albums. i’ll give the new one another chance

anyway i came here to post this incredible rio verse from the babyfxce e album, which is wild even by his high standards. “i’m off painkillers, drank, black & milds, and antibiotics”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Drru-5oiZU

fxce album is very solid overall. "real flex" is still my favorite, i forget if i posted it in last year's thread or not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXH_f6sY7Fc

4thewinn is quickly becoming my new fav cali rapper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AMHoqUDjbE

hi people who aren't out of touch, does it Mean Something that t.i. and juvenile have both been able to come back semi-unexpectedly with hits recently? the t.i. one i actually heard several times thinking it was a random old track by him that i didn't know before realizing it was actually a new/current hit. is the 'mainstream' for rap so dry now that the elders get to enjoy nostalgia-tour revival eras?

not shocked that t.i. got another hit. 00s atl nostalgia has been a prevailing trend for over a year now and he was the king of that sound

listened to the new 41 album (‘area 41’) yesterday. it had a few good songs, but overall seems like a failed opportunity? they were on fire a couple years ago with bent and so many other tunes, if they’d released a tight album of that level of bangers i feel like they would be exploded, but it kind of feels like they fumbled it killed the momentum. album is frontloaded with a bunch of ballad/loverboy tracks for some reason. i still love their flows, such a unique style. and i’ll listen again. curious to hear the voodoo chili take

haven’t checked that one yet. i’ve liked some of their gentler stuff in the past, but agree that it isn’t their strongest mode. i’ll report back

speaking of failed opportunity, after one listen i am pretty underwhelmed by the earl sweatshirt/mike double album. felt like the earl half was much stronger, and he is clearly just a much better rapper qua rapper. mike’s bit isn’t as freewheeling and experimental as the stuff I like best from him. not enough of the surf gang heavy hitters are involved either. evilgiane’s beat for “minty” really pops in context

I've only made it through the MIKE half and I enjoyed it ok but it did feel a little slight and samey. It does sound like he's imitating Earl at his smoked out drawliest. Production was fine but nothing super grabbed me.

yep, I couldn't get through it. it's just boring.

wow and if it's too boring for you... ;)

loooooooool no shit

brb listening to boldy james' 27th album from last year

checking the 41 album. flopson, i agree that the first 5-6 songs are pretty somnolent. i like "mvp" ft. key glock, but it, and the g herbo collab, feel like perfunctory radio plays. the rest of the album is alright, with the typical "debut album" bloat (the tracklist includes multiple singles that are at least 2 years old). i like the album better when they start implementing jersey and sexy drill sounds. kyle richh's rasp in particular sounds great over those breezier beats. "addicted" ft. fivio is pretty great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A64Ad_XCuLY

the cash cobain song that immediately follows it is very a much skip, tho lol

pitchfork wrote up "addicted" today and yeah that's a really cool record

hi people who aren't out of touch, does it Mean Something that t.i. and juvenile have both been able to come back semi-unexpectedly with hits recently? the t.i. one i actually heard several times thinking it was a random old track by him that i didn't know before realizing it was actually a new/current hit. is the 'mainstream' for rap so dry now that the elders get to enjoy nostalgia-tour revival eras?

― dyl, Friday, April 3, 2026 6:41 PM (four days ago)

i think that the rap "mainstream" *is* dry right now for, like, what we used to consider radio or crossover songs. if you look at the billboard rap/r&b airplay charts right now, the top rap songs are by: t.i., cardi b, gunna ft burna boy, wale ft leon thomas, the viral h3adband song etc. the rap music that is streaming really well on the album side -- don toliver, yeat, j cole, youngboy, baby keem -- is not really making much if any concessions towards being mainstream, crossing over etc. yeat is kinda dabbling in it, don toliver does make some melodic records etc so there is some cultural divide happening that isn't being bridged even with a bit of outreach, but i just think rap currently is as disinterested w/ the concept of crossing over as the genre has probably ever been in its history? or at least, that interest in crossing over is not really filtered thru the music and is instead more likely to be attempted via penetration in other cultural spheres i.e. fashion. so i do think there are a lot of fans of rap in their 30s and 40s who hear a new t.i./pharrell song that is just sort of your straightforward rap banger and feel like it's really filling a niche in the marketplace that has been abandoned by most rappers. and it does also happen to be a pretty great record

yeah it feels like the rap world is more insular and closed-off than it used to be. crossing over is a risk, giving your fans what they want is a much safer proposition.

nothing smart to say about it but i like the ti song

been digging bay area rapper wil-mar the flippr since hearing his song ‘lululemon thong’ on one of noz’ mixes last year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EbTKB6n1Vw

he has a new tape out called ‘my viral moment’ (apparently in reference to ‘lululemon thong’ going viral on tiktok) that is pretty slapdash but contains flashes of brilliance

assuming we are talking and B.B.B. by Juvenile and Megan it's a great song

yes that's what i was referring to tho i was thinking of the version with genesisthegawd when i posted, i like her version too

appreciate the thoughts/responses btw!

yeah "b.b.b." is great. he is good for at least one hit song about ass-shaking per decade