THE 2022 HALFTIME RATE - HipHop

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THE 2022 HALFTIME RATE

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 05:42 AM PDT

As the second half of the year kicks off today, I want to invite you to quickly go over four of the biggest Hip Hop albums that dropped in the first ~180 days of the year. I wanted to keep the selection as accessible as possible, so I chose in favor of some fo the bigger releases of the year. They all deserve the placement though.

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See The Future

This album won the forth spot in the rate, by winning the popular vote in the Rate Announcement post. I didn't rate this album highly initially, but production by quality contributors such as Robert Glasper and Dot Da Genius is making me look forward to the precise listen in the next days.

Originally, I wanted this spot to go to a Midwest rapper's album to represent all of the main regions, but I'm fine with this nomination since Denzel also represents the internet like no other artist here.

Pusha T - It's Almost Dry

Always a safe bet to deliver quality, I thought Pusha's formula would become played out - or dry - by now. However, he spiced it up just enough with the production being jointly handled by Kanye West and Pharrell Williams so to not become boring.

Future - I Never Liked You

Even though long stretches of the newest Future album saw the Freebandzgang boss in auto-pilot this does not mean the album doesn't deserve to be here. Future's talent means that it doesn't take a lot of effort for him to deliver an album that is better than 90% of his peers today.

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

A lot has been said about overarching themes of this album as a whole, but I am curious how the tracks will score on an individual level. Stripped from their context within the album, do they still hold up? Of course this can be said about every album on here, but this one if particular makes me curious.

A quick reminder on how to do the rate:

READ ALL OF THESE BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR SCORES

Listen to every song from the standard versions of all four of these albums and assign a score to them between 1 and 10. If you're feeling specific, decimals are okay to one place. Do not use any more than that since they'll break the program used to generate results. So a 6.5 is okay, but a 8.25 is not.
You have to listen and score each song on the ballot! If you miss a score, it'll again break the program and your ballot will not be counted, but I will most likely reach out to you if this is the case.
Your scores are not a secret, feel free to discuss them wherever you feel like, whether that's in the thread or in Daily Discussions. I've seen people comment to try to rally people behind their 11s, which I should also explain…
You may give ONE song an 11 and ONE song a 0. Note one 11 and/or 0 in TOTAL, not for each album. Please reserve these for your most favorite and least favorite tracks, excessive sabotage ruins rate results and generally makes things less fun.
As mentioned, the program used to calculate results uses a specific format, so everything needs to written a specific way. Please use the submission link below to send your scores (there's also a pastebin copy if needed), it's already formatted for you. If you need to work on the ballot over multiple days, you can copy it and save it on a notepad app, but please just make sure to keep the formatting intact, it'll make it easy for both you and me.
You are encouraged to leave comments on as as many songs as you like. If you would like to include comments with your scores, just make sure they are formatted the proper way.

This is correct:

Massaging Me: 7 I just wish this was longer

These are incorrect:

Massaging Me: 7: I just wish this was longer

Massaging Me: I just wish this was longer 7

Massaging Me - 7 I just wish this was longer

Massaging Me: 7 (I just wish this was longer)

You can also leave comments on complete albums by adding a colon after the album name and then your comment (without a score), like so:

I Never Liked You: never underestimate Future to release a masterpiece

SUBMIT HERE

(~~Pastebin of Empty Ballot in case submission link is down~~) NOT COMPLETE RN, WILL FIX LATER

Scores are due in 2-3 weeks. Just do it ASAP as I'm sure most of you still have these albums in rotation.

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[DISCUSSION] On this day, four decades ago, Hip Hop became serious as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five released "The Message" (40 Years Later)

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 10:59 AM PDT

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Posted: 01 Jul 2022 02:57 PM PDT

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[FRESH VIDEO] Zacari - Bliss (feat. Isaiah Rashad)

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 07:52 AM PDT

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Daily Discussion Thread 07/01/2022

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 10:49 AM PDT

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