Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "ANALYTIC DREAMZ TOP 10 HIP-HOP TRACKS (2023)"

Episode Date: January 22, 2024

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticReady to rewind with Analytic Dreamz? This segment takes you on a personal journey through his favorite 10 hip-hop anthems of 2023. Brace yourself for deep dives into the bars, flows, and production that resonated with him the most.Fueled by passion and analytical insight, Dreamz dissects each track, unpacks its lyrical layers, and explores the sonic textures that painted the year's soundscape. Expect insightful commentary, unexpected connections, and maybe even a sprinkle of history alongside the head-nodding beats.This is more than just a playlist. It's a conversation about artistry, evolution, and the moments that made 2023's hip-hop scene truly sing. So, press play, crank the volume, and let Analytic Dreamz guide you through his sonic sanctuary.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It is time to give my own personal list when it comes to recapping hip hop for the year of 2023. Now, if you click my link tree in my bio, shameless plug, of course, at the very bottom, well, towards the bottom, second to last, I think. You will see a tab titled, what I'm currently listening to that would take you to this right here, which is another shameless plug. analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio version but basically I have my profile pulled up so you can see I have a lot of lists and it's pretty extensive if I do say so myself so you can see we have I think that's that's other list but as far as for this specific playlist my public playlist oh yeah that's what it is okay as you can see I keep list. It's one of those scenes where I like to listen to music and I think it comes through in my

coverage. It's not one of those things that I did simply because, you know, a lot of people have lucrative pathways. It's something that I'm actually genuinely, authentically engaged in and always have been immersed in the genre that is hip hop. So, of course, I listen to a little bit of R&B on the side. So you may see that throughout a sprinkle throughout my list but mostly majority majority at the time I'm listening to hip hop so as you can see dating all the way back to six 2016 I started to journal my likings of the offerings I was being given so out of the plethora of music that I've listened to the extensive amount of artists that put out but extensive list of artists who have put out music these are the top of the top for me so that's why i want to go over for 2023 specifically

what i personally gravitate to and it's not going to be one of those long out uh it's not going to be one of those drawn out awards where it's like oh and now the winner is you know i mean it's basically going to be me giving my top 10 and maybe i have some of the same on y'all's list and maybe not and you know it's just one of those type of things where i'm I just want to give you a glimpse into what I believe was the best when it comes to hip hop and R&B for 2023. Mainly hip-hop. Anyways, starting off the list, let me see if I can find this. Starting off the list, I guess I would go to my own list, but I kind of want to go to Genius as well,

just in case I want to point out a specific line, which is actually something I want to do right now as, oh, let's not start at number one. I guess that's a little anti-climactic. Let's start at number 10, right? At number 10, we have, yeah, here we go. At number 10, we have put it on the flow again, featuring, well, made by Lotto, produced by Go Grizzly, squat beats, and poo beats, featuring the one and only Cardi B.

Now, the reason why this made my number 10 list is because I think women dominated when it came to putting forth top quality music. And obviously, a lot of people throw around the sentiment that they only talk about certain things when it comes to topics. And you can say the same about men, but the difference is men's topics that they continue to stay on for time and time again is about non-law-abiding activities. Like, what is wrong when enjoying the things that women enjoy talking about versus the men whose things they're talking about is actually taking lives and people off the streets? I don't want to get too morbid because, of course, I'm a hip-hop coverer, so I do realize that this is a part of the game. But I do have to say for people pointing out the women and how they only talk about or rap about or sing about sexual activities, you can say the same about male artists when it comes to gun violence. selling poison to the community, all type of things.

You know, I'm not getting on my Dr. Umar tip. I'm just, I'm just laying that out there that a lot of people, I think, just have a certain type of vitriol towards women that they wouldn't necessarily have towards males. And, you know, hey, if the shoe fits, you know, hey, I ain't say you was a size, whatever. But if it fits you, then, hey, I guess, I guess you may need a look in the mirror. So anyways, number 10, put it on the floor again with Lado and Cardi B made my number 10. And then number nine, we have the biggest gangster in hip hop. You already know what I'm going to.

The biggest gangster in hip hop. I'm just going to type it in for y'all to see. Here we go, right here. And also, shameless plug, analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio version. But the reason why this is my number nine is simply for the fact that who doesn't love some bread and butter? Like if you don't love bread and butter, I think something's actually wrong with your mental state. Not really, just a joke, so don't get offended. But you know what I'm saying. Bread and butter by Gunna is one of the best tracks of 2023 for me, which is why I came

on my number nine, which is why it came on my ninth spot. And I think it was a perfect track for Gunna as not only was he given us a glimpse into what he was thinking, going through his situation with being accused or being a snoburned. but also he gave us a nice melody and chorus that we could also have that replay value. And for me, the biggest quality-driven content is the ones that implement your real life. Like, you're going to realize throughout this entire list

that artists put in their life into music is one of my favorite things to see. because I think is very lazy and shows that you're not dedicated with the art when you don't put your life experiences into music. Literally, music is a vessel to express emotions. And if you are using that vessel to express other emotions that you heard just because it sound cool, I think you're doing a disservice to the hip-hop community. So with bread and butter, being an actual. story about something that's going on in this real life because rappers love to say oh that didn't

happen i'm just rapping about fictional events knowing that they are not denzil washington they are not jamey fox out here acting in the 1960s right they are rapping about certain activities that may or may not apply to the everyday life and for some is more on the nose than others so gunner for bread and butter i love how he put his life into the music his situation into the music and technically gunna had the most uphill battle because nobody wanted his album to do well i'm not gonna say nobody but his click and his what people call groupies as far as the a list rappers who only feature on each other's albums they really couldn't care less of gunna sold young thug literally has a jail call which i don't know if it's snitching but i'm a law by the citizen so i just call it tell

of the truth. Young Thug has a jail call to little baby talking about we're going to drop the same time little buddy drops and who y'all think that little buddy was. Anyways, so bread and butter really defeated all the eyes. It was really a David and Goliath type storyline. The way that Gunna rose out of jail and literally became one of the hottest hip-hop artists in the game with, let's just say F you mean because of the PG podcast. It was, I, I was, I, A sight to see in one that I don't think we'll ever see replicated. Gunna did what everybody thought Bobby Schmurter would have done when he came at jail. Think about that.

So anyways, let's keep going. Number eight. For number eight, we have the one and only, the motot talented, if I can even spell it right. The motoc talented. Yeah, I still ain't spell it right. Give me a second. I need help. That's not spelled it right.

I did spell it right. Hold up. Maybe I need type in Travis. Oh, I guess I should talk about my criteria, huh? But basically, my criteria, before we get to my number seven, my criteria, wait is it not, number 10, 9, 8. We're going to number 8, I can't count. My criteria is one, lyrics, of course, number two, repeatability.

And in three, I have basically different moods, aka vibes, because you got to have tracks you can vibe out to, can't be listening to no lecture rap 24-7. So I need my medicine with the candy. And that's why some tracks on here, while I may seem ignorant, always has a great message in the midst of the track. So, yeah, that's just my certified criteria list.

You know, all the other stuff I give is extra on top of that list. But basically, for me, the most important thing is definitely lyrics. Two, repeatability. Three, of course, different moves, aka vibes, meaning that it could fit different vibes and whatever situation you're in. So if you're with your parents, if you're at the club,

like this track specifically where I'm about to get into fits that criteria, obviously, because it's on this list. But anyways, I don't even know why I said that. Obviously, all these tracks fit the list. But so number eight, we have Travis Scott and Beyonce Deletro.

Now, the thing about DeLexro is it was the second single from Utopia. And I don't know if Travis Scott would have had the run he had if it wasn't for all these features. Because you already know, Travis Scott was actively getting canceled simply because, well, not simply, because he had a major lapse in judgment time and time again

with inciting a crowd and inciting a riot, which you can literally look up back in Arkansas. He was arrested for inciting a riot. And then years later, he had a lot of other incidents with inciting riots. then the astro world situation happened where multiple people died not to make it morbid but i'm laying out the facts because i don't want nobody to forget about the astro world situation because i think a lot of people forget that you only live once and for something of that magnitude to happen we're just not

going to we're not just going to speed past that like it never happened so we're going to address that as it is and Travis scott still needs to apologize for that having he hasn't gave a real apology to this day so anyways um besides that putting that to the to the side for this uh list i did enjoy the utopia album to the point where delestro i think i'm saying the right anyways um that was my favorite track off of the album and biancy and travis scott being together and coming up with this type of uh quality of work is is a sentiment towards the hip-hop community and what they could accomplish if everybody wasn't beefing and the top artists actually collaborated together i'm looking exactly at drake and kendrick lamar i would say drake and conier but for some reason every time they collab it's just i like

it's not nothing crazy but uh yeah yeah it's not nothing crazy but anyways um we still nonetheless we'd like to see an attempt to make something magical together as music is a collaborative process share energy share vibes i'm gonna keep saying vibes that's funny and um The del resto was one of the best the best blends from two musicians on a track. I would say. So anyways, yeah, Del Resto with Travis Scott and Beyonce, the dancing vibe with the beat, the back and forth between Beyonce going crazy on her chorus and me just forever having to walk stuck in my head in the background.

like it's just walk a couple seconds walk like you literally have to listen to the track is walk it's it's it's literally mesmerizing the way that they just have that in the background playing over and over again i'm like hold up is this get out anyways let's keep going so that's my track for number eight and of course number seven we have what i think is the greatest duo currently in hip-hop as i think if these two put out a collaborative album it'd be one of the best collaborative of all time and i mean that sincerely as false idols from well by the weekend for the idol soundtrack featuring little baby and suzanne son i think i said that right is one of the best tracks i heard this year of course and which is why it comes on my list and i don't know why i can't keep track of this

hold i'm about to this because i think i have another let me one second i don't know why i'm having so much trouble looking at this okay there we go okay i can't key i can't count man i can't count so anyways number seven back to all sin the weekend little baby false idols is just one of those type of tracks where it's just a match made in heaven produced by mike dean vocals from little baby actually rapping i mean i don't think people realize that little baby is kind of in a downward spiral when it comes to perception me personally I think he's just been rapping like he's been rapping. I think it's the little way and effect.

I think people just got tired of that man with the same flow, which is what people say. But he's been rapping like that. Like even back when I was in high school, I was like, why y'all listening to the same song over and over? But nowadays, I think Little Baby did it to himself. Remember, back in 2020, that man had a Kendrick-esque type of performance with the bigger picture and literally came out in a tweet and said, don't expect that conscious rap. I'd rather just stick to basically what he knows. I'm like, man, talk about fumbling the bag.

So we was about to put him on the level of Kendry. He basically said he ain't built like that. So now everybody's just saying he fell off. Well, fast forward to 2023. Everybody is saying he fell off. So I think there's a reason for that. But anyways, false idols, one of the greatest tracks of the year, obviously it came on my number seven on my top 10 list.

and I just think that the weekend and Little Baby needs to make a collaborative project like talk about saving a man's career if the weekend made a collaborative album with Little Baby sonically it would probably be one of the best albums we've ever heard

so anyways coming in number six on my list we have Am I Dreaming by Metro Boomie and this may surprise some people as it is A-Sat Rocky and you know I'm a huge Drake fan So I'm going to let y'all get that for a second. So am I dreaming by Metro Boomin, A's at Rocky and Rosie, off of the Spider-Man

Across the Spider-verse soundtrack, reminds me of, I forget what's it called? I'm not going to say anthem. Maybe it is an anthem. It does remind me of an anthem-type vibe because it's like whenever you listen to the track, you literally think of the movie. And obviously, that's a, a truce. tribute to it actually being the soundtrack to a movie but it perfectly fitting the vibe it capturing such a grandiose type of feel with the beat selection and with Metro just going crazy i think this is

so high on my list simply because this man metro boom and took asap rocky no disrespect and turns him in to the modern-day Kanye west i mean you listen to asap rocky on any type of Metro booming type production and he has this man sound like Kanye was like you can't tell me the A'sab Rocky rapping on Am I Dream and doesn't sound like back in the day graduation Kanye and if you say he doesn't I don't know if you ever listen to Kanye in your life because this is obvious inspiration and Metro has been the only person to be able to pull that out of Aesap because Aesap put put out his plethora of his own tracks out he put I think I said out twice but he put a plethora of tracks out himself in 2023,

talking about ASEF Rocky, and all of them did not sound like this. So Metro, I'm completely attributing that to and giving him all the credit for this track, and he basically 2018 LeBron carried a lot of these artists that can't make their own song into making Kanye-esque type music, which is why am I dreaming as number six on my list. So getting to number five, so getting into the top five, of course,

Paint the Town Red. Now, I know what y'all saying. Boy, you go in the hill. Dasha. I can already see the comments because I can already see what y'all saying, you know? Talking about a song

called Paint the Town Red from a person like Dojie Cat is blasphemy. I know, but man, you will be lying if you said this song, Not Fire. This song from start to finish is a vibe.

Like, the action actual lyrics to I said what I said standing on it I'd rather be famous instead I let all that get to my head I don't care I paint the town red like if that ain't bars I don't know what it is because you notice for the other tracks

I didn't really read off the lyrics I guess I could have for bread and butter but anyways Doja Cat is the first lyricist to me that ended up on this list now shout out to Lotto and Cardi B they also are you know great rappers but they are now on Doja Cat's level

I think it's Nikki Doja as far as women rap in the top two. So Doja Cat was really spitting on this track, came with a nice melody chorus. Sonically, she was mixing it up like a Kendrick-esque, Nikki-esque type vibe, like her vocal inflection, the way that she was switching up her tone. I mean, her voice is built for rap. Like Doja Cat is one of those where she performs and you. realize that you cannot even if you had the same exact track you cannot perform it like that vocally sonically you cannot perform it like doja does because her control over what she's given out is insane that's why i compared to nicky and kendrick because her vocal inflection and the way she switches it

whenever she wants i like it and um paint the town red of course ran the charts it's probably the most successful track on this list i think yeah it's the most successful track on this list and um i think there's a reason for that chorus is fire lyrics are fire i mean overall doja cat is fire so it's just like hey well what do you want me do man i guess i'm going to throw some holy water on me after this segment but anyways uh getting it to number four of my top five tracks for 2023 we have just the memories now i went back and forth with this because technically i like nicky's whole album which we're going to get to but with this let me go to pink friday too um let me just go to a bigger version okay so this is the last

track as you see just the memories is the last track off of a 22 track album and the reason why i picked this is my favorite is because literally a lot of the tracks off a pink friday too could probably replace this spot but um oh one of the other things i forgot to say so i'm gonna get get back to that but one of the other things i forgot to say in my criteria is that i do not have repeat artists or else this whole list would be filled with like Drake in the weekend songs. But I like to have one appearance from an artist. So that means if she had a feature that was straightfire like Drake and Jay Cole's track, first person shooters that's not on here because obviously I have a Drake track is one of my

favorites. And you know, if I can leave Jermaine off, I will. So anyways, so I'm not having artists on here twice, which is why you probably see some songs missing just think if the artist is on here then that's their submission so think of whatever favorite song you have for that artist and you can place your own list but for me this is my favorite track from that specific artist and even if they had a feature that was out of this world or a track that was out of this world i wouldn't include that as well because i only put one from each artist so for example the reason why i said that while talking about niki is because i had ice spice and nicky

Diana remix on my list for the longest until Pink Friday 2 came out. And because of me having the favorite Nikki song on this list, I had to take the Ice Spice and Nikki won off because she would have been out here twice. So that's why my list is structured the way it is. Anyways, getting back into my pick. So number four, just the memories. Literally, I have this because you could swap it out with any track from Pink Friday 2. But the biggest difference is Pink Friday 2 is an experience.

like Nikki's best album that she's ever structured and put together i think it's her best album she ever created simply simply put so number four slot is literally for any track you want to replace with just the memories off pink friday too but i put it because it's the last track of the album really puts a bowtie on the entire present that was pink friday too and overall nicky just really showcased that she's just one of the greatest rappers ever, like of all time. Like she's, I think she's in my, yeah, she's in my top 10 of all time. And I guess I could get my top 10, even though, give a, imagine giving the top 10 list in the midst of giving the top 10 list.

That's crazy. But anyways, let me, let me go to my list right quick. So my top 10 for those who was wondering is, number one, we're going to go through it. We're going to go through it real quick. I'm not going to, like, spend too much time. on it but anyways number one was j z of course sean carter come on now number two kensi glomar and this is top rappers all time so number two kensi glomar number three i have notorious bi g number four i have two pot number five i have drake number six i have little wayne number seven i have naz number eight i have m and m mnum

number nine i have niki menage and then number ten i have Andre 3000 so anyways Nikki's on my list so that's already tell you the type of status I hold her in but with this album it really just solidified it and I think just the memories is a great send-off to a classic body of work anyways track number three so now we're in the top three and coming in at number three we have the dark horse because I don't think nobody knows about this man and I don't know why because this man literally sold Let me say how much he sold first week. Because you know how a lot of artists were struggling to even crack 60, 50,000 first week?

What was the album title? Hope. NF, when it comes to actually having a fan base, is one of the best because, I mean, obviously he's white, so you know, white privilege. But NF Hope sold $122,000 first week. Compared to a lot of other albums, it was in the top. four one two three then you have to Drake and he having the Nicky so top five um so yeah very very much a popular artist but as far as my field and my circles his name doesn't really get brought up it's interesting because would you rather want the notoriety and fame or the statistics and

revenue like would you want to publicity or would you want the behind the scenes dollars like for nf he chose the latter he is really behind the scenes running up the numbers and he could not care less that nobody knows what his face looks like so that's not why i chose him of course hope in general is just one of the greatest albums of the year of course obviously spoiler alert it's going to be on my list but motto is uh my favorite track off of the album as it really captivates what he he is as an artist and what he stands for and why he's so behind the scene but still runs up the numbers with his fan base to the point where you just can't ignore it and you have to include

it in the hip hop discussion because if you're putting up these type of numbers not doing any type of press of media that man we have to have we have to rethink our uh marketing strategy when it comes to um hip hop because this man nf is is running away with like all the numbers compared to most of the field. Like I said, top five, the first week sales in 2023 with this album Hope. But with Motto being the second single off of the album, and NF has a bunch of albums out. And I've always liked NF.

I've always said if I was to be a rapper, it would have to be a mix of NF and Drake because I like how NF doesn't curse, but still gets this point across because I don't think you have to cut to get your point across if you have, you know, if your Lexicon is extensive, I don't think you have to curse. So with that being said, let you, uh, yeah. So here we go. NF motto is, um, my third favorite track on my list.

And I mean, just look at the first verse. I could write a record full of radio songs, do a bunch of features that my label will love, do a bunch of features that I don't even like just to build up the hype. Like he's literally, literally giving us stuff that's life reflection type material, whereas Kendrick-esque. So NF is on that level of a Kendrick, I would say, and which is why I think he's one of the better rappers I've ever heard in my lifetime.

And I'm being so serious. And I've talked about him a lot. He's just really a dark horse doesn't come up in a lot of discussions because he's not about the drama. He's not out here doing outlandish things like, you know, calling out random people trying to make more buzz for his album because obviously he's selling without making any noise. so very intriguing when it comes to that aspect.

But his fan base must be very tapped in with him because he really doesn't promote like that. So anyways, yeah, Model made my top three with, well, by NF. Top two. Top two and not two. Now, I'm just joking. He is two this time. But away from home, y'all already know the boy was going to make my list.

I mean, come on now. Is it really a rap discussion without talking about Arbor Graham, aka Champagne, aka Drake, aka the boy, and also known as October's very own. So with that being said, away from home comes at number two for me

because if you really think about it, Drake has bars, but he knows that numbers and statistically, he wants to perform at a certain level. That man put out the extension for all the dogs. I forget what he titled it.

I think it was scary hours three with like two very, very, uh i forget what they call it but anyways the little fairies that look off of peter pan that's what it looked like it looked like two of them on the on the album cover and basically that in itself nearly as well as the songs that people said they hated did so i think drake has to really stop listening to certain people when it comes to that because statistically analytically he knows what he's doing and i think this is one of his best bodies of work ever

as he put up his most number one since Scorpion. So obviously the formula worked in some fashion. And I think people who are critiquing him kind of want him to pigeonhole himself into a box. So people look at him a certain way. So that's why I say away from home is the perfect, I mean the perfect mixture of having a replayable song and also lyrics to go along with it. I mean, I've talked about this in my review for all the dogs. so I'm not going to go too much into it. But basically,

when he starts to get into personal reflection, like in, uh, what was it? What was it at? It was the, it was the, oh yeah,

who the CEO of Universal? They mistaken because Google say it's Lucian, but that don't really make sense. We're filling up the piggy bank who bringing home to bacon. This stuff don't come on vinyl. I'm still record breaking. Like, that's life in itself because obviously people know that universal music group's

biggest artist. currently I think it's Drake yeah well I think that's so disrespectful it is Drake so him you know pointing that out is funny him also talking about his life talking about fighting over three different Jasons like the Matrix that was fire him talking about him not being a gangster what was that out I think it was over here he was like I wasn't really gangster to now oh here it is no that's not it um oh yeah To keep it real, I really wasn't, to keep it real, I wasn't really gangster to now. I was living on a cloud.

I was quiet as a mouse. I was in the club getting lost in a crowd, wasn't doing what I wanted. I do what was allowed. That type of reflection on your personal growth, I think it's interesting. And I do wish we would have got more of that. So I'm not saying that. I think it's topic matter as we would get into when I cover albums. I think it's topic matter.

was very um on a certain level for certain ages but when he got into his bag of grown up rap and looking back on his life and retrospective and uh hindsight thinking or uh hindsight perspective he really gave it uh in this track that i think he didn't really have to do he could have kept with the ye type sound because obviously people say they hate it but it's on the charts how to make that make makes sense so anyways um and not even on the charts it's like his best performing track other than like first person shooter so anyways away from home my favorite track offer for all the dogs but if you heard my review shameless plug for all the dogs and a leg dream all of these you can look up and i've already talked about it before so that's why i'm not spending too much time on it but basically it's just

drake doing what drake does the best to his ability and his ability is is by far on the way leaps and bounds head and shoulders above the rest. So anyways, but he did come in at number two. So I guess it's kind of, you know, that's, it's like, what they call it, oxymoron? No? That's not oxymoron, is it? Yeah, I think it is.

Anyways, we're just going to keep going. So anyways, we're not going to do a drum roll, but I will tell you what came in at number one for me. And, you know, you may call me biased because I'm a huge Migos fan. And that's okay, because you ain't going to lie, man. i'm not gonna lie quavo's album tugged on the uh tugged on the what they call the the the heartstrings or whatever as you could really tell this was a sentimental album for his uh what i think i think take up takes uh i can't talk take off's his uh nephew i believe nephew uncle yeah i think quavo is takeoff's uncle

yeah because you know offset then came out said they're not even blood related which you know opposite it's his own yeah that man has his own problems so anyways uh quavo comes in number one for me which is surprising because i never thought i would ever say that in life because quavo with his last album he had all the industry features in the world and still managed to put out a bad album and uh i forget what it was called let me see because you know you got to give the good with the bad or you could take it without you know just have yes man but uh so anyways um quavo huntro When that came out in 2018, I was convinced that this man cannot make a single body of work by himself sound good. And with rocket power, you know, maybe it was actually powered by takeoff as this was really one of the best bodies of work I've heard in a while and hold me as my favorite track from it.

And it's just so sentimental, so gut-wrenching, so real, talking about how takeoff is just one of the things that, um, really impacted his life and him given certain sentiments on how to get through it. It's just one of those feel good type tracks that everybody can listen to. And whether you're going through it or not, it's just really an uplifting track and a positive message, I would say. And I mean, just reading off some of the lyrics, you can probably already know what I'm talking about. But basically, the whole, don't you feel? like you can get through the hard times looking right at the dark when the light shine i suggest you hold me we live different lives and races all in different places i need you to hold me if you lost

and you can't find it you ain't the only one that's been crying just pull up on me yeah if you lost you can't find it you're the only one that's been crying just pull up on me and i need you hold me that's yeah that man was going crazy with that track and um i think it was more of the sentimental fact, sentimental value that got me because, of course, being a huge

Migos fan when Takeoff Pass was a huge deal, which still is a huge deal. So, when you see an album constructed like this, honoring

and giving so much praise, also with this level of quality, it's just a match made in heaven, literally. So, Quavo, really did this thing with hold me really did this thing with the entire album but you know that's that's

for the next segment so that's my top 10 list to go over it once more um let me see let me go back to my playlist so to go over it once more which is already if you want to listen to it right now it's on my link tree just click my link tree in my bio is that towards the bottom says what i'm listening to and it has all my playlist and this is one of them and as you can see it's my top 10 right here. Number 10 had put it on the floor again featuring Cardi B and made by Lotto. Bread and Butter came at number nine by Gunna

Del Resto made by Travis Scott featuring Beyonce False Idols coming in number seven with the weekend featuring Little Baby. Number six, Am I Dreaming? Produced by Metro Boomer featuring A set Rocky and Rosie. Number five Paint the Town Red by Doja Cat definitely gonna need some holy water after that one.

Number four, just the memories by Nikki Minaj put out a classic body of work, literally. Number three, motto by NF, the dark horse of the hip hop industry puts up numbers but never wants to show his face. It's like the modern day academics. It's really crazy. Number two, away from home by Drake. he puts out certain things in the community that just leaps and bounds above everyone

and I just really want people to realize that we should not take Drake for granted because I'm not going to lie to you. Hip hop needs Drake at this point. The way that hip hop performed in 2023, just think if Drake didn't drop. He had the biggest numbers. Foo for thought.

Anyways, and number one, overall, Hold Me by Cuevo. He called me bias, you know what I mean? But, hey, I was a huge Migos fan. Takeoffs past and really had an effect on Cuevo, obviously, and offset. And for him to come out with this body of work honoring his nephew, it was just really, really well done and executed efficiently. And Hold Me was just my favorite track from that album.

So that is going to be. And overall, it's just. It's just a general uplifting positive track. So it comes in at number one for my top 10 list. Ironically, a positive track comes in at number one for my hip hop list. So anyways, click my link to my bio. Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about my top 10 tracks of 2023?

What do you think I should have had on there? What do you think I should have left off? And what is your personal favorite track of 20? 23.