Year-End Lists

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

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2020]

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