Year-End Lists

XXL: 50 of the Best Hop-Hop Projects of 2019

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2020]

• AI YoungBoy 2
  YoungBoy Never Broke Again
• Anger Management
  Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats
• Baby on Baby
  DaBaby
• Bandana
  Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
• Bartier Bounty
  Sada Baby
• Brandon Banks
  Maxo Kream
• Covered N Blood
  Shy Glizzy
• Cuz I Love You
  Lizzo
• Death Race for Love
  Juice WRLD
• Diaspora
  GoldLink
• Die a Legend
  Polo G
• Die For My Bitch
  Baby Keem
• El Capo
  Jim Jones
• Eve
  Rapsody
• Everythings for Sale
  Boogie
• Father of 4
  Offset
• Fever
  Megan Thee Stallion
• Foto
  Kota the Friend
• Ghetto Gospel
  Rod Wave
• GREY Area
  Little Simz
• Guns
  Quelle Chris
• Herstory in the Making
  Young M.A
• Hollywood's Bleeding
  Post Malone
• Hot Pink
  Doja Cat
• IGOR
  Tyler, The Creator
• Is He Real?
  IDK
• KIRK
  DaBaby
• Long Live Mexico
  Lil Keed
• May the Lord Watch
  Little Brother
• Mirrorland
  EarthGang
• One of the Best Yet
  Gang Starr
• Perfect Ten
  Mustard
• Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial
  Roddy Ricch
• Port of Miami 2
  Rick Ross
• Psychodrama
  Dave
• Purple Haze 2
  Cam'ron
• Rap or Go to the League
  2 Chainz
• Retropolitan
  Skyzoo & Pete Rock
• Revenge of the Dreamers III
  Dreamville
• Sli'merre
  Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne
• So Much Fun
  Young Thug
• The Lost Boy
  YBN Cordae
• The Plugs I Met
  Benny the Butcher
• uknowhatimsayin¿
  Danny Brown
• UNFUCCWITABLE
  Asian Da Brat
• Ventura
  Anderson .Paak
• Wow... That's Crazy
  Wale
• WWCD
  Griselda
• You Can't Sit With Us
  Pivot Gang
• ZUU
  Denzel Curry