Yours truly is back with more audible blessings for your earlobes via this installment of The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Songs Of The Week.
Assembled are a sonically diverse selection of tracks that will appease fans of legends, newcomers, and everything in between. As always, bars are the main ingredient, but it’s the array of impressive songwriting that sticks out most on this lists. While verses are important, choruses, bridges, and cadences take a record over the top. Using that rubric, expect to nod your head and tap your toes to each cut selected.
Hit the jump to see what’s to offer via The Wrap Up.
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10. Raekwon – “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love”
Producer: N/A
The Chef waxes lustful poetics on the fifth installment of his #TBT music series. It appears that Sunday arrived a few days early.
9. Casey Veggies ft. Iamsu! – “BackFlip”
Producer: Iamsu!
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Young Veggies is on a roll, and this time he invited a prominent Bay Area up and comer to join in on the party. Who can be mad at that?
8. Dilated Peoples ft. Aloe Blacc – “Show Me The Way”
Producer: Jake One
Above is proof that Dilated Peoples’ competition should improve both their bars and songwriting abilities.
7. Cam’ron ft. Jim Jones & Hell Rell – “C.F.W.U.”
Producer: araabMUSIK
The Dipset spirit is alive and well, and that’s in no way a bad thing.
6. PARTNEXTDOOR ft. Drake – “Recognize”
Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR
The Candian crooner debuted this cut with the announcement of his upcoming PARTNEXTDOOR 2 album. Summer just got real.
5. Lil Bibby ft. Kevin Gates – “We Are Strong”
Producer: DJ Pain
As respected newcomers with a strong street appeal, Bibby and Gates made sure to deliver their best bars on this collab. Hope that means there’s more to come.
4. Young Thug ft. T.I. & Zuse – “Eww Eww Eww (Remix)”
Producer: 808 Mafia
Don’t be surprised if this is the next Thugga song to take off. Remember where you hear that first.
3. Wale – “Heavenly People (MMG Under God)”
Producer: Tone P & Osinachi
The DMV rapper puts on for his team with this soulful cut. This is the Wale we enjoy most.
2. Alex Wiley – “Future Guns”
Producer: Statik Selektah
This should be all of the proof needed to see that Wiley is one of the more promising young lyricist from Chicago
1. Common ft. Lil Herb & Cocaine 80’s – “The Neighborhood”
Producer: No I.D.
Com’ Sense sounds fresh while rhyming alongside Herb, a much young MC from Chi-Town. That city pretty much incubates talent.
