SPIN has named Chance The Rapper its “Rapper of the Year.”
The publication announced that Chance it considered its “rapper of the year” due to his work on Acid Rap, a project that also nabbed the #2 spot in SPIN’s “Album of the Year” list, falling behind Kanye West’s Yeezus.
“[Acid Rap] is an impressive, arresting display of furious styles, but it’s also a well-observed and deeply empathetic album about growing up and trying to be decent — a good kid in a mad Midwestern city — whose songs inhabit a series of lost and half-found characters: wounded addicts, lusted-over high-school lab-mates, feckless dealers, a sweetheart dad, and young couples in love,” SPIN says of Chance’s 2013 project.
“There’s nothing wrong with being a rapper in 2013,” Spin adds. “But Chance, well, he’s a rapper and he wants you to know it. Scratch that: He’s the rapper.”
SPIN names honorable mentions who ranked behind Chance. Kendrick Lamar earned a nod for his “Control” verse and Eminem was named for his The Marshall Mathers LP 2 work.
Elsewhere, SPIN also gave consideration to Vic Mensa, Earl Sweatshirt, Mac Miller, Big Sean, Wale and J. Cole, among others.
“We could use more J Cole and Wale types in the mainstream, for sure,” SPIN says.
In May, HipHopDX reviewed Chance’s Acid Rap giving it the highest possible praise for a mixtape.
“With Acid Rap, Chance The Rapper does more than simply entertain with poetic quips and a vibrant personality; he sparks a conversation that keeps the listener committed from start to finish,” HipHopDX said in its review of the project. “It’s this steadfast conviction that separates him from the current pack of talented yet indistinct peers, and at 20 years old, the Windy City representer should have little trouble building upon what looks to be a breakthrough moment with his latest project.”
Chance The Rapper’s upcoming Justin Bieber collaboration is slated to be released at midnight. The track was announced earlier this week via Twitter.
o god chance the rapper is going to rise to the top i see it now ive ignored it to this point……. fuck.
Lol Chance the Rapper who has all the internet buzz but hardly any mixtape downloads and Yeezus which was complete trash.
Rapper of the year – Eminem
Album of the year – IDK but definitely not Yeezus
What an Eminem dickrider. You enjoy gobbling his balls?
And you enjoy hating on real talent?
Yeezus >>>>> MMLP2 get that trash ass album with no replay value outta here
You got it backwards.
hahahahahahahaha what a joke. drake is allways rapper of the year every year no other rapper comes close
The only big joke is you.
cant wait for that Bieber collabo
My personal favorite this year was Childish Gambino!! Check out his amazing performance on the Arsenio Hall Show!
http://smarturl.it/ChildishGambinoPerf
crazy out the bitchen myers jasons getting at some of you ppl.seen girl with her moms head on putting demons and 666 pumkin heads out the son of nite at ya.and putting chain saws on ya
hey take me to the devil woods
Dude.. what the fuck do you be talking about?? Like.. what do you really be saying?? Do you just snort up everything you can find in the prescription cabinet and log in to HHDX???
Lets go motherfucker!
um hello.demon demon devils
Your mother sucks cocks in hell
Kendrick Lamar is rapper of the yr and I’m not a fan of his music.
truuuu
uhhhhh fuck chance
yeah this cat don’t do it for me either. that mixtape was average at best, put me to sleep. i liked that tubby nerd jonwayne’s work better this year…
Good rapper, doesn’t deserve that title. Kanye’s stood out the most this year, either him or K.Dot
666
could be jasons or myers or some type of alians after u .hey mother bitch come here
Where the fuck is Pusha T in this discussion? WHERE?!
Yea Pusha T Kendrick Eminem Ghostface Styles P Action Bronson all did their thing last 12 -18 months wit albums guest verses whatever.
But for me it was RA The Rugged Man he been killing guest features for years and that Legends Never Die album he finally released was fuckin dope as hell
He sounds dope live, but most his hooks sound like old pirate songs..
HAHAHAHA at old pirate songs I fuckin loved that album tho
wait what? Chance is about to drop a track with bieber? he just fucking died for me as a rapper!
Big chance to make a name in hiphop and he just collabs with bieber..please somebody beat his manager up, because i cant believe he is doing that shit voluntarily
I’ve honestly never heard of Chance The Rapper..but its whatever..i don’t listen to 80 percent of the rappers who came out after 1997..lol
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi_webp/P4GWOQPtD88/default.webp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClF1RM7t0HM
is it just me or does he look like he got a frog face in that picture above?
there’s definitely something off about dat face
if he shaved, painted his face green and got a lil purple headband with the eyes cut out he could pass for a ninja turtle
^lmao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnPnRRpCUwg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka–kfhv0WY
I don’t agree with this decision. Yeezus is clearly album of the year, folks. I know it has a Euro pop feel to it, but the beats are eclectic and unique and the song lyrics are going against the oppressive forces that we are enslaved to.
dont forget to buy kanyes new overpriced addidas sneakers, his $35 GOOD Music socks and a $150 plain white t-shirt!!! dont be oppressed by the forces we are enslaved too!!! pick up a $40 confederate flag t-shirt while you’re at it!
Also donate to one of the numerous charitable events that he host and caters to if that makes you nonsensical side feel better.
I like how people bring up Charities, when in reality, they don’t give two shits about donating money to charities themselves.
I heard his bitch Kim said announced she was auctioning off her old clothes to help the Philippines and it turned out she was only gonna donate 10% of the profits from her used clothing she likely got for free!!!
Weak ass niggas now rule the industry!!! Its now official. “We could use more J Cole and Wale types in the mainstream, for sure,” SPIN says.
who the fuck is chance the rapper…
Tell me one song to listen to so i can decide if he good or not
You only get one pick tho….
Make it count………………………….
GO……..
favorite song
damn..that song went hard as a muffugga…good shit….
i guess i shuld start reading SPIN more often…HA…hA…HA
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/b_kGPh5Hnwg/mqdefault.jpg
before I saw the check which had said $8979, I accept that…my… neighbour was truley taking home money in their spare time on their apple laptop.. there great aunt has done this for only 18 months and as of now cleard the morgage on there house and bought a great new Citron DS. original site… http://www.Fb39.com
if you compare this album to anything else out there it’s unique and exactly what Kanye West tried (and failed) to do with Yeezus
just before I saw the bank draft which was of $7041, I have faith …that…my neighbours mother was like they say trully earning money part-time on their laptop.. there sisters roommate had bean doing this 4 only 9 months and resantly paid the mortgage on there villa and purchased a great new Volkswagen Golf GTI. published here… http://www.Fb39.com
I listened to it twice and I’m going to stand by my opinion. Not everybody gonna like the same shit. Different people like different things. AAAAAAARGH!!
Not who I would’ve picked, but at least they picked a good artist
Im high as a kite, sharp like a pike shoved through the cunt of a dead dyke, i flow like piss through a lead pipe, to the sewers where your dreams wound up, i’m destroying you brick by brick from the ground up, whimpering like a half drowned pup, chance the rapper just doesn’t measure up