July 12, 2022
Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2022 So Far
[ad_1] As "back outside" signifies the biggest acts in hip-hop returning to the spotlight with highly anticipated albums, in that same breath, buzzing rap artists have also gotten their foothold in the game, dropping albums in the same airspace as the big dogs. That indirect competition leads to artists on different journeys in their career all shining in the same six-month window of 2022, so far. Here, XXL champions some of the best hip-hop projects that were released this year up until July 8; time will tell where everything lands as the year closes.No rap album was more anticipated this year than Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers, his first project since 2017's Damn. The personal (and...