Gierman Gives His Opinion on the Newest Music

Opinion

By Evan Gierman

Husky Herald Reporter

This year has been an exceptional year for the hip hop genre. Hip hop is becoming an art more now than ever. Artists are becoming much more expressive, open, and willing to put all of their lives in their music creating very powerful, influential art for the listener.

  There are many projects that I greatly enjoy currently and future projects I anticipate greatly for. Mick Jenkins, an up and coming Chicago rapper recently released his mixtape, “The Water[s]” a very conscious mixtape that touches on a lot of social, political, and physical conflicts of everyday life.

  It is clear Mick Jenkins is very well educated and has an incredible insight on life making the mixtape a must for anyone searching for music with a message.

  Next, I would like to discuss Michael Christmas, a quite comical emcee that is not so serious about rap as someone of the likes of Mick Jenkins but nonetheless, very entertaining. He discusses his bummy lifestyle in his most recent project, “Is This Art?” the rappers content and beat selection is very odd future esque but he definitely has paved his own lane in terms of originality and is worth a listen.

  One of my current favorites right now is a seventeen-year-old rapper from west Chicago who goes by the name “Lucki Eck$”. Lucki may be one of the most diverse rappers yet, frequently rapping about his alias as a drug dealer turned drug user on his own product. Although the subject matter may not sit well with most, I really encourage people to listen to his most recent project “Body High” and his project before “Alternative Trap”.

  All of these artists are bringing something new and fresh to the table. If you’re a true hip hop fan I think these could easily be some new favorites in your playlist.

  Heading towards the new year you can expect new projects from J Cole, Kid Cudi, Eminem, Chance the Rapper, Kendrick Lamar, and Mac Miller.