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HHW Premiere: Your Old Droog — “Purple Rain (Game, Blouses)” [Stream] HHW Premiere: Your Old Droog — “Purple Rain (Game, Blouses)” [Stream]
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HHW Premiere: Your Old Droog — “Purple Rain (Game, Blouses)” [Stream]

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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Your Old Droog / YOD Your Old Droog made his official debut back in 2014 with a pair of eponymously-named projects that displayed the early promise and masterful abilities of the talented yet mystifying lyricist. The Ukrainian-American rapper confidently emerges once more with the track “Purple Rain (Game, Blouses),” giving credence to YOD’s continued rise in notoriety and prominence in under a decade at that. Having himself a busy 2021, Your Old Droog released the reflective TIME album, and that project was followed by the high concept themes heard across the Space Bar album. Along with those releases, YOD locked in with the prolific Tha God Fahim for a pair of collaborative projects, The Wolf on Wall St. and the cleverly-titled Tha YOD Fahim respec...

The 30 Best Albums of 2021 The 30 Best Albums of 2021
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The 30 Best Albums of 2021

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Back in June, SPIN published The 30 Best Albums of 2021 (So Far), rounding up everything from mainstream rock to experimental hip-hop. Six months later, we’re back with our year-end recap — and it’s interesting how, even though the stylistic balance has stayed consistent, the picks themselves haven’t. While this list also covers a lot of ground, only six of those earlier records wound up in our final tally. Below, you’ll find massive R&B collaborations (Silk Sonic), trendy pop breakouts (Olivia Rodrigo), big-ticket indie-rock (The War on Drugs), prog-metal giants (Mastodon), and acclaimed indie-rap (Benny the Butcher & Harry Fraud). Looking back at Pandemic Year Number Two, when the music industry forecast seemed to shift on a daily basis, perhaps these changes are only fittin...