It was a banner year for hip-hop,with pop smashes and an era-defining album. Here’s the pick of the year’s musicAlthough it was released during the first week of January, the seeds for SremmLife’s success were sewn the previous March when Rae Sremmurd were introduced to the music world by MikeWillMadeIt at SXSW. The album is packed with unapologetic bangers that purchase the trappings of trap and place them in a pop context. Like Juicy J’s Bandz a accomplish Her Dance there’s a melancholic feel with the pair sounding as if they’re doomed to live out a playboy lifestyle whether they like it or not. It’s ridiculous at times, or with the daft lyrics and croaky adolescent delivery adding up to a create a mix of potent nonsense. Purists will scoff,fans won’t care and those who want to hear what the poppy conclude of hip-hop sounds like in 2015 will have found two of its best proponents.
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Source: theguardian.com