SPIN Names Its "Rapper Of The Year"
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SPIN names Chance The Rapper its "Rapper of the Year."
SPIN has named Chance The Rapper its "Rapper of the Year."
The publication announced that Chance it considered its "rapper of the year" due to his work on Acid Rap, a project that also nabbed the #2 spot in SPIN's "Album of the Year" list, falling behind Kanye West's Yeezus.
"[Acid Rap] is an impressive, arresting display of furious styles, but it's also a well-observed and deeply empathetic album about growing up and trying to be decent — a good kid in a mad Midwestern city — whose songs inhabit a series of lost and half-found characters: wounded addicts, lusted-over high-school lab-mates, feckless dealers, a sweetheart dad, and young couples in love," SPIN says of Chance's 2013 project.
"There's nothing wrong with being a rapper in 2013," Spin adds. "But Chance, well, he's a rapper and he wants you to know it. Scratch that: He's the rapper."
SPIN names honorable mentions who ranked behind Chance. Kendrick Lamar earned a nod for his "Control" verse and Eminem was named for his The Marshall Mathers LP 2 work.
Elsewhere, SPIN also gave consideration to Vic Mensa, Earl Sweatshirt, Mac Miller, Big Sean, Wale and J. Cole, among others.
"We could use more J Cole and Wale types in the mainstream, for sure," SPIN says.
In May, HipHopDX reviewed Chance's Acid Rap giving it the highest possible praise for a mixtape.
"With Acid Rap, Chance The Rapper does more than simply entertain with poetic quips and a vibrant personality; he sparks a conversation that keeps the listener committed from start to finish," HipHopDX said in its review of the project. "It’s this steadfast conviction that separates him from the current pack of talented yet indistinct peers, and at 20 years old, the Windy City representer should have little trouble building upon what looks to be a breakthrough moment with his latest project."
Chance The Rapper's upcoming Justin Bieber collaboration is slated to be released at midnight. The track was announced earlier this week via Twitter.
SPIN has named Chance The Rapper its "Rapper of the Year."
The publication announced that Chance it considered its "rapper of the year" due to his work on Acid Rap, a project that also nabbed the #2 spot in SPIN's "Album of the Year" list, falling behind Kanye West's Yeezus.
"[Acid Rap] is an impressive, arresting display of furious styles, but it's also a well-observed and deeply empathetic album about growing up and trying to be decent — a good kid in a mad Midwestern city — whose songs inhabit a series of lost and half-found characters: wounded addicts, lusted-over high-school lab-mates, feckless dealers, a sweetheart dad, and young couples in love," SPIN says of Chance's 2013 project.
"There's nothing wrong with being a rapper in 2013," Spin adds. "But Chance, well, he's a rapper and he wants you to know it. Scratch that: He's the rapper."
SPIN names honorable mentions who ranked behind Chance. Kendrick Lamar earned a nod for his "Control" verse and Eminem was named for his The Marshall Mathers LP 2 work.
Elsewhere, SPIN also gave consideration to Vic Mensa, Earl Sweatshirt, Mac Miller, Big Sean, Wale and J. Cole, among others.
"We could use more J Cole and Wale types in the mainstream, for sure," SPIN says.
In May, HipHopDX reviewed Chance's Acid Rap giving it the highest possible praise for a mixtape.
"With Acid Rap, Chance The Rapper does more than simply entertain with poetic quips and a vibrant personality; he sparks a conversation that keeps the listener committed from start to finish," HipHopDX said in its review of the project. "It’s this steadfast conviction that separates him from the current pack of talented yet indistinct peers, and at 20 years old, the Windy City representer should have little trouble building upon what looks to be a breakthrough moment with his latest project."
Chance The Rapper's upcoming Justin Bieber collaboration is slated to be released at midnight. The track was announced earlier this week via Twitter.
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I'm surprised it wasn't Pusha T or J Cole Kendrick Lamar.
Chi City stay winning tho, the Midwest is the new mecca of hiphop. -
good for him!
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Who?
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I'm just one of the few that's not really impressed with dude.
Good look for him, tho. -
cole should have won it tho
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lolWut?
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someone show Spin magazine the door
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Acid rap was the best project of the year
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"Rap just makes me anxious and acid made me crazy, them squares just made looser ...and that wax just made me lazy"
Ayyyyyyyyeeee -
Not surprised. ..its what tgese sites do...I gave homie a try just don't like his music
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fortyacres&amule wrote: »why these magazines like these nerd ass ? man
B/c all these mags are a room full of culture vulture trendY-nerd white boys
They'll make a list like '10 best Cam'ron moments' and naturally you're like, oh ok, they some nggas. Nah. Our culture is available to be ? by any and everybody (Hint: The IC!), and white kids try the hardest so they can tell you more about the origin of 'u mad' or 'why are waka and gucci beefin' more than anyone. But they have no soul. They culture vultures. /rant -
Nggas be like..
Chance the Rapper is "dope", yo -
Funny cuz most his fans are actually black.... Well in Chicago idk wherever
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Never heard of this guy.
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stackzmobundlez wrote: »cole should have won it tho
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I liked his mixtape. I still listen to it. Shrugs.
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2 days ago i would said "who" but i gave acid rap a spin and the ? chance is more than talented.
Musically speak that ? sound like the andre 3000 album we never got. But lyrically I just cant connect with this generation of beta male rappers man. I don't really give a ? about your 1st world problems ? -
Chance the rapper bout to blow up next yr
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Nggas be like..
Chance the Rapper is "dope", yo
I promise i dont lie to yall.
Spin Editorial Staff
http://www.spin.com/#about/
"Chance the Rapper is dope, yo."- Brandon Soderberg -
They said Yeezus was number 1
Idc yo -
Nggas be like..
Chance the Rapper is "dope", yo
I promise i dont lie to yall.
Spin Editorial Staff
http://www.spin.com/#about/
"Chance the Rapper is dope, yo."- Brandon Soderberg
Ether -
Nggas be like..
Chance the Rapper is "dope", yo
I promise i dont lie to yall.
Spin Editorial Staff
http://www.spin.com/#about/
"Chance the Rapper is dope, yo."- Brandon Soderberg
I miss when the streets were the tastemakers of hip hop.