Kanye West is a hard figure to talk and write about. No matter where you land on the political and religious spectrum, he manages to alienate or inspire people of all beliefs though I do recognize it is mostly the former.

Aesop Rock will blow your mind. It is known. Whether it’s the fast pace flows teamed with rhyme schemes so intricate it would make Eminem blush, or the most wild stories that sound like they’re being recalled from memory but absolutely cannot be true.

The year 2019 may not have been as stellar as the year prior, but chopping every release down to only 10 entries is an exercise that physically pained me; but we got there.