DOWNLOAD: 30 Great Rap Songs (Plus 2 Great Go-Go Covers) From 2013

This year, I contributed to several annual round-ups compiled by Washington City Paper and Passion of the Weiss. Check them out here, here, and here. My personal picks are listed below. Any suggestions, critique, or outright hatred is welcomed.

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• Agallah – "Blaze of Glory" [Past and Present]
• AZ – "We Movin" [Internet]
• Action Bronson – "9.24.13" [Blue Chips 2]
• Backyard Band – "Started From The Bottom" [La Fontaine Bleu 04-10-13]
• Boldy James – "What's the Word" [M1CS]
• Boldy James – "400 Thousand" [M1CS]
• Camp Lo – "Mafungo" [80 Blocks From Tiffany's 2]
• Cam'ron – "Ducking Onetime" [Ghetto Heaven Vol. 1]
• Curren$y – "New Jet City" [New Jet City]
• Dom Kennedy – "5 Year Theory" [Get Home Safely]
• Jadakiss – "Oil Money Gang" [Self Made 3]
• Jay-Z – "Dead Presidents 3" [Internet]
• Ka – "Peace Ahki" [The Night's Gambit]
• Lil B – "Yee" [05 Fuck Em]
• Migos – "Night Time" [Streets On Lock]
• Migos – "R.I.P." [Young Rich Niggas]
• Mobb Deep – "How It Goes" [Cutting Room Floor 3]
• Mitchy Slick – "Mitchy Tales" [Feet Match The Paint]
• Nas – "Let Nas Down Remix" [Internet]
• Prodigy – "Confessions" [Albert Einstein]
• Pusha T – "Numbers on the Boards" [My Name Is My Name]
• Quelle Chris – "Rappin Ass" [Rappin Ass 7"]
• Raekwon – "86 Remix" [Internet]
• Raekwon – "Marble Cake" [Internet]
• Rick Ross – "Justice" [The H: The Lost Tapes Vol. 1]
• Roc Marciano – "German V's" [The Pimpire Strikes Back]
• Roc Marciano – "Ice Cream Man" [The Pimpire Strikes Back]
• Rza – "Superman" [Internet]
• Shy Glizzy – "Free The Gang" [Law 2]
• Snoop Dogg – "Niggaz Hit D Pavement" [7 Days of Funk]
• TOB – "Contagious" [Gary's 03-17-13]
• Yung Gleesh – "Lazyness" [Ain't Shit Changed]