2022 felt like the year we finally put the pandemic behind us and got back to “normal”. This was definitely evident in the hip-hop release calendar with a lot of bigger names dropping albums and the underground bouncing back with a plethora of quality releases. As usual I’ll be taking you through my favourite albums of the last year and hopefully putting you on to some great music that you may have missed.

You can listen to the podcast below where I’ll be playing a track from each of the albums and giving you a bit of background on them. There was a lot of hip-hop worth checking out from last year, so if you want to dive a bit deeper here’s a big playlist I compiled of hip-hop music videos that dropped in 2022.

10. Westside Gunn – 10

9. Sha Hef – Mr. Make It Happen

8. Larry June – Spaceships on a Blade

7. Grems – 10PKHO

6. Boldy James x Nicholas Craven – Fair Exchange No Robbery

5. Zelooperz – Get WeT.Radio

4. Chris Crack – Growthfully Developed

3. Billy Woods – Church

2. Open Mike Eagle – Component System With The Auto Reverse

1. Roc Marciano x The Alchemist – The Elephant Man’s Bones