Yes, I'm aware that this is a month late. I never said punctuality was my strong suit. (That would be rambling, stoned gibberish. ) Look for the best 10 non-rap albums sometime next week.
10 (tie). Nico the Beast-No Beast So Fierce
Genre purists and anyone weaned on that mid-90s school of savage rhymes spit over sidewalk-splitting beats will undoubtedly find something to like on South Philly-raised Nico the Beast's debut. Thanking Brother Ali, Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz in the liner notes, the Beast is very much in that mold: a baritone bruiser, capable of blazing any cipher with a bevy of different flows that he's only now learning to master. Coupled with No Beast So Fier[...]