So many albums. So many lists. I wanted to write a blurb for each one of these albums/projects but bandwidth is low and I need my energy for other things (reading poems, watching movies). Just know Obijuan had the rap game in a chokehold in 2022 with (at least) seven projects. Olafur Arnalds reworked one of my favorite albums ever with truly stunning results. As well as a solstice short film. BEAM had the hardest closing track to any album ever (spin “Planet Beam” until the end of time) as well as an EP with SkipOnDaBeat that was online for about 6 hours before being taken down. The rest is a fine mixture of hip-hop, trip-hop, modern classical, jazz, and more hip-hop. Thanks for another great year, music.
Obijuan
GUANAHANI (fully produced by Dylantheinfamous)
BLAXK TUESDAY (fully produced by Ca$hew)
METHUSELAH (fully produced by Poi$un)
XYBERPHUNK: 2033 [PROTOTYPE]
MYSTERY MERXHANT (fully produced by Giallo Point)
SLANG CASINO (fully produced by YUNGMORPHEUS)
HELVETI (fully produced by Dylantheinfamous)
ólafur Arnalds
some kind of peace [piano reworks]
BEAM
ALIEN
BPM (fully produced by SkipOnDaBeat)
Ludovico Einaudi
Underwater
R.A.P. Ferreira
5 to the Eye with Stars
Westside Gunn
Peace “Fly” God (with Stove God Cooks & Estee Nack)
10
ELUCID
I Told Bessie
Crimeapple
Jaguar on Palisade 2
Sin Cortar (fully produced by DJ Muggs)
Breakfast in Hradec (fully produced by DJ Skizz)
You're Dead Already
Boogie Belgique
Machine
Tony Shhnow
Reflexions
Kill Streak 2 (Deluxe Edition)
Plug Motivation
Boldy James
Killing Nothing (fully produced by Real Bad Man)
Fair Exchange No Robbery (fully produced by Nicholas Craven)
Mr. Ten08 (fully produced by Futurewave)
Be That as It May (fully produced by Cuns)
Smino
Luv 4 Rent
T.F
Blame Kansas (fully produced by Roc Marciano & Mephux)
Skanless Levels 2 (with 2 Eleven)
Skanless Levels 3 (with 2 Eleven)
Skanless Summer (fully produced by Local Astronauts)
Jay Worthy
2 P'z in a Pod (with Larry June)
What They Hittin 4 (fully produced by DJ Muggs)
You Take the Credit, We'll Take the Check (fully produced by Harry Fraud)
Pink Siifu
Real Bad Flights (fully produced by Real Bad Man)
GUMBO'! (DELUXE'!!)
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
Ali
Goya Gumbani
Face in the Storm (fully produced by Kiina)
Roc Marciano
The Elephant Man's Bones (fully produced by The Alchemist)
Leale
Free Samples
Skinshape
Nostalgia
YUNGMORPHEUS
Up Against the Wall; A Degree of Lunacy (fully produced by Theravada)
Bag Talk Deluxe (w/ Pink Siifu)
Thee Sacred Souls
Thee Sacred Souls
Blundetto
Cousin Zaka Vol. 2
Joe Nora
Toy Animals
Muuvs (w/ Kelvo)
billy woods
Church (fully produced by Messiah Muzik)
Aethiopes
Defcee
For All Debts Public and Private (Import Edition) (fully produced by Boathouse)
Larry June
Spaceships on the Blade
emune
DURT 3
Kenny Beats
Louie
Gianni Brezzo
Tutto Passa
Amoria (EP)
Conway the Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes, What Has Been Blessed Cannot Be Cursed (fully produced by Big Ghost Ltd.)
Clbrks - HABITS 2 (fully produced by Kiina), The Iceberg Theory (fully produced by Vagrant Real Estate), A Place I Got Lost In (fully produced by YUNGMORPHEUS), ALL MY IDOLS LIVES FAST
Melodiesinfonie - We Gonna be Ok
AJ Suede - Metatron's Cube (fully produced by Televangel), Hundred Year Darkness (fully produced by Small Professor), Oil on Canvas
kerri - glow
Juan Rios - AWARE
Gavrosh - Éternité
Rome Streetz - Kiss the Ring
Boztown - Where You Go, In Memory of Freedom, Come From Outside (with La Cantina)
Immi Larusso - Shalimar Gardens (fully produced by Morriarchi), The Masquerade (fully produced by dylantheinfamous)
Freddie Gibbs - $oul $old $eparately
Qari - Stronghold
Paul Moody - By Your Side
Jetson - HI~TEK
moow - we are all gonna die in 2050
Oh No - Dr. No's Lost Beach
o k h o - Dawn in Reykjavik
Earl Sweatshirt - SICK!
Surprise Chef - Education & Recreation
Seafood Sam - Something for the Sunrise