woods isn’t afraid to make people uncomfortable whether it be through his lyrics or his choice of cover art. He raps from a confined space on “Spider Hole” taking shots at Nas for pretending to be a man of the people but still charging outlandish prices for a show at Carnegie Hall.
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woods is an in-your-face conscious rapper, he’s never going to pull his punches, and that’s what Hiding Places does better than most rap albums of the decade. Ferreira and Serengeti drop their two best albums last year – woods released arguably his most thrilling release to date in Hiding Places. Most of which flew under the radar, naturally.Įarly 2019 though, with the help of producer Kenny Segal – who helped both R.A.P. Whether he’s working in tandem with Elucid as the experimental hip-hop duo Armand Hammer, or just doing his solo work, woods built a warehouse of incredible material for the whole 2010s. It’s infuriating actually, considering just how ridiculous great he is from project to project. Listen to a Spotify playlist of our favorite songs from our Honorable Mentionsīilly woods + Kenny Segal – Hiding Placesįor some stupid fucking reason the world has slept on billy woods for a long time. We’ve got a final list of 20 records that are no less essential than the Top 50 Albums we’ll be unveiling tomorrow. That’s why we threw the doors open to write about any albums they wanted – as long as they came out in the 2010s – and tell everybody why it is imperative they take the time to seek them out. They just aren’t loved or appreciated by enough people, but they mean the world to individuals – perhaps they love these albums even more because so few people seem to comprehend how spectacular they are. Of course, in any populist vote, there are the albums that get sidelined. We also thought that this would be a good opportunity to really express who BPM are, what are the records that our team has cherished over this strange decade, which ones have stayed with them, and which ones inform the artists we seek out and write about today. We’re well aware it’s one or two years later than everybody else, but we wanted to take the opportunity to partake in the celebration of what was a truly unique, exciting and transformational 10 years for music. For all intents and purposes, the Drake of Views is the same one we got on If You’re Reading This and What a Time, but if his previous proper album ( Nothing Was the Same) foretold anything, it’s that the man peering down from CN Tower sees things differently than the rest of us.This week Beats Per Minute is unveiling its Top 50 albums of the 2010s. He isn’t too much for the world, though, ruminating on his position as one of music’s biggest names-and those who’d rather he wasn’t-on songs like “Still Here,” “Hype,” and “Grammys.” Maybe the the most affecting acknowledgment to this end is the fact that “Hotline Bling,” a strong contender for 2015 song of the summer, was such an afterthought by the time Views was released that it appears here as a bonus track. There are references here to specific people (“Redemption”), places (“Weston Road Flows”), and experiences (“Views”), along with nods to the influence of the city’s Caribbean population on “With You,” “Controlla,” and “Too Good” (which just happens to feature Rihanna). “I made a decision last night that I would die for it,” Drake raps on “9.” “Just to show the city what it takes to be alive for it.” Drake’s presence eclipsed Toronto just about as soon as So Far Gone dropped, but the city-and what it thinks of him-was never far from his mind. Views, which followed two wildly successful projects in 2015 that he’d branded as mixtapes- If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and the Future collab What a Time to Be Alive-would confirm him as both, his penchant for immaculate songwriting still fully intact and the pressures of existing as the most popular voice in rap, as well as his hometown’s most successful export, weighing heavy on his mind. He looks less like the superhero he’d made himself into over the course of a roughly six-year rise as singer-songwriter extraordinaire and more like a troubled monarch.
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On the cover of his fourth studio album Views, Drake looks down from atop Toronto’s CN Tower, paying homage to the city’s notoriously frigid winter temperatures in a heavyweight shearling coat and high-cut boots.