If February is any evidence that the music is going to get progressively better, then this might be the best year ever for the Hip-hop/Rap/R&B genre. January was an active month for the hip-hop/rap world which saw albums from PnB Rock and a highly popular album in Culture from Migos. It was also scattered with amazing single releases from J. Cole(High For Hours), Riff Raff( Test Drive ft. Wiz Khalifa), and Wale( Running Back ft. Lil Wayne). February was also a special month for hip-hop culture as we received albums from some of the top names in the genre as Big Sean( I Decided), Nav( NAV), and Future whom went complete beast mode by releasing two of his own( FUTURE, HNDRXX). Future made history last month with the release of his two albums in consecutive weeks as each of the two albums reached the  #1 spot on the Billboard 200. No other musician(s) in the history of the Billboard 200 has ever replaced themselves at the #1 spot and held the #2 spot as well. Future is cementing himself for a long run at the top of the rap game. Big Sean finally released his followup to the popular Dark Sky Paradise, with I Decided which included some high-profile features like Migos and the rap-god Eminem. February also saw the prominent up and coming rapper Nav release his debut mixtape NAV, which was eagerly anticipated by Nav’s growing fan base.

Other loosies or single releases that hit the streets during the month of February include “BagBak” by Vince Staples, presumably off of his upcoming project that is coming soon. Another song, similarly titled, “Bit Bak” by Birdman & Young Thug is a promising sign that the Rich Gang label is going to drop off a decent album. Juicy J also dropped off two songs that will likely appear on his upcoming album, Rubbaband Business: The Album, “Ain’t Nothing” which taps fellow Taylor Gang members Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign for verses and the hook; “Gimme Gimme” featuring Slim Jxmmi who makes half of Rae Strummerd

I’ve personally curated a playlist of the twenty songs that I believe to be the best commercially released music from the month of February. I make a point to say commercially released because many artists still release music in between albums but do not make the songs or mixtapes available on streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, etc. If I chose to include non-commercially released music then i would not be able to create a composite playlist.

Enjoy!

If you like music videos here are a couple of official music videos released in February that I personally thought were downright awesome videos to accompany the song.

The Weeknd – Reminder

Migos – Deadz ft. 2 Chainz

Future – Draco