Hope you had a happy and healthy New Year. Right now I have a few rare days with family in Atlanta and haven’t had much desire to write, so instead I finally sat down and made my personal year-end lists. As always it was a fun exercise in mapping out where my ears wandered. Fewer lists and more Real Writing soon I promise lol. – Mano
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Mano’s favorite songs of 2021
40. Sybyr – “The Mill” (Landfill)
39. Big Baby feat. Shawny Binladen, FOUR50 & Big Yaya – “Yellow Of Roses” (Cash Cobain)
38. Hook – “Uber Therapy” (Sam GreenS, Lukrative & F1lthy)
37. K$upreme & Evilgiane – “COLD PLAY” (Evilgiane)
36. Bandmanrill – “Heartbroken” (MCVertt)
35. Spanish Rice – “Demon” (Drill Time Zani)
34. Rx Papi – “Money Rag” (Deadmanjonny)
33. Brent Faiyaz – “Show U Off” (Brent Faiyaz, SamTrax, Dpat & Atu)
32. Chief Keef – “Yes Sir” (JI & Stuntman)
31. doxia – “runway” (doxia)
30. 8485 feat. fish narc – “southview” (blackwinterwells & fish narc)
29. dante red – “finale” (dante red)
28. Autumn – “The Definition Of Grateful!” (Maajins)
27. Fredo Bang feat. Lil Durk – “Top (Remix)” (DJ Chose)
26. Blackwinterwells feat. quinn & fish narc – “STRENGTH BONUS” (blackwinterwells & fish narc)
25. kurtains – “i don’t know u” (kurtains)
24. Babyxsosa – “OVER” (Litooo & Lil Yen)
23. KEY! & Tony Seltzer – “I Know” (Tony Seltzer)
22. Big Ouee – “Free Game” (Top$ide)
21. Earl Sweatshirt – “2010” (Black Noi$e)
20. Zee! – “#MYALL” (CJ808 & qu!$7)
19. leroy – “S2 E7 wants mom to know she looks cool and doesn’t plan on changing” (leroy)
18. quinn – “and most importantly, have fun” (quinn)
17. RealYungPhil – “Ain’t Bout Nun” (Evilgiane)
16. Black Fortune feat. Goonew, MoneyMarr, 3OhBlack & Big Flock – “Horror Story” (Ricky Davaine)
15. Yeat – “Gët Busy” (Skimayne, Flansie & Yeat)
14. Nardo Wick – “Who Want Smoke” (Emkay)
13. dltzk feat. kmoe – “homeswitcher” (dltzk)
12. Isaiah Rashad – “Headshots (4r Da Locals)” (Henry Was & Hollywood Cole)
11. Yung Kayo – “all in” (Warpstr)
10. Summrs – “Blood Always Thicker” (Goyxrd)
9. DJ Lucas, Papo2oo4 & Subjxct 5 – “TLC” (Subjxct 5)
8. Mo3 & OG Bobby Billions – “Outside (Better Days)” (DeeMarc)
7. PinkPantheress – “Break It Off” (Adam F & PinkPantheress)
6. KAYTRANADA feat. Mach-Hommy – “$payforhaiti” (KAYTRANADA)
5. Cico P – “Tampa” (Nard & B)
4. RXK Nephew – “American tterroristt” (BossUp)
3. Pi’erre Bourne – “4U” (Pi’erre Bourne)
2. Playboi Carti – “Stop Breathing” (ssor.t, Lukrative & F1lthy)
1. Armand Hammer feat. Earl Sweatshirt – “Falling Out The Sky” (The Alchemist)
Mano’s favorite albums of 2021
- Playboi Carti – Whole Lotta Red
- Summrs – Nothing more Nothing LESS
- Chief Keef – 4NEM
- dltzk – Frailty
- Ka – A Martyr’s Reward
- DJ Lucas, Subjxct 5 & Papo2oo4 – Dirty Designer
- quinn – drive-by lullabies
- Izaya Tiji – Principles
- Doja Cat – Planet Her
- Wiki – Half God
- Harto Falion & Evilgiane – im_my_worst_enemy
- YL – Soda Club
- Joony – Silent Battles
- Van Buren Records – Bad For Press
- Tony Shhnow & SenseiATL – Authentic Goods
Mano’s favorite concerts of 2021
- Keiyaa, McKinley Dixon and friends @ Songbyrd, 9/7/21
- Laura Marling @ Brooklyn Made, 12/13/21
- Daisha McBride & Reaux Marquez @ Exit In, 6/30/21
- Wifigawd, The Khan and friends @ Pie Shop, 8/22/21
- Sir E.U’s weekly residency at SpacyCloud
- Van Buren Records @ Songbyrd, 10/30/21
- Father, Tony Shhnow and friends @ 529, 11/27/21
Let me know what you dig and what you think I’d dig. If you wanna get hip to 2021 music in a much meatier way I recommend our themed lists. I should probably write about 4NEM at some point huh.