Top 5 Hip Hop/Rap Albums of 2015

I felt like writing this.

#1 -- 'To Pimp A Butterfly' - Kendrick Lamar
     The obvious choice, it would be stupid not to choose this, an album with the biggest impact possible on society, bringing back old 90s hip hop with a mix of contained anger against the flaws of society and of the lifestyle of African-Americans. He tells a story, each song with a certain part of a poem, a poem which at the end he recites to Tupac Shakur in 'Mortal Man', Tupac responds perfectly with bits of an interview with him from before his death. Kendrick got 11 Grammy Nominations for this album, second to only Michael Jackson in 1984 for most nominations in one Grammy Award ceremony. TPAB is truly a great album, the best tracks on the album in  my opinion are 'King Kunta' a bumpy and groovy jazz-rap song, 'How Much A Dollar Cost?' President Barack Obama's favorite off the album, a song with a nice beat and deep, deep lyrics. Then there is 'Alright' the anthem for a year where gun violence is high and with social media exposing more and more of it in relation to racial disputes and unfairness, it is a great song. Shoutout to Kenny Llama.

#2 -- 'Dirty Sprite 2' -  Future
      My personal favorite, the wavy and groovy album by the 'Sensational' Future Hendrix. This is a Trap music album, a dance-heavy sub-genre of Hip-Hop with songs that are very instrumental focused. Future is the king of this sub-genre, Gucci Mane has been locked up for a while, letting Future reestablish himself with 'DS2', an album about Future's struggles with drugs, women, and the life of poor people in poor areas where Future cam from. It doesn't have a story like the Kendrick album I mentioned, but every song on this album is good and most of them are hits. The best songs are 'Kno The Meaning' about when his DJ got locked up in a prison for having drugs on him, as well as Future's hard drive, with every unreleased song Future recorded for a year. You also have 'Stick Talk' the dance worthy, beast of a song with a catchy melody, and classic Future vocals. Then there is 'The Percocet and the Stripper's Joint', a chill, wavy song with a great instrumental beat. If you can't understand him then 'You're too soft'.

#3 -- 'I Don't Like Shit I don't Go Outside' - Earl Sweatshirt
    Earl got depressed. People may not want to admit it, but it seems the more depressed he gets, the better lyrics he performs, and the better beat he produces. That's why the dark, gloomy 'IDLSIDGO' is an overlooked gem. Talking about his problems with drugs, loneliness, women, and the sadness he has been feeling while touring. Earl has grown up from his happy Odd Future days, he is now rapping about what he really feels like, nothing barring from the utter truth he is speaking. Best songs are 'Huey' the beautiful opener with a happy beat. 'Faucet' the heavy, hard spitting best song in a lyrical way on the album. 'Off Top' directed by Odd Future bandmate Left Brain, the nice beat, and deep lyrics make it a cool song.

#4 -- '56 Nights' - DJ Esco, Hosted by Future
   Future is back on the list with an album about the whole fiasco with his DJ getting stuck in an Arabian jail for 56 nights, Future's song filled hard-drive on him, leaving Future song less. So Future went mad on this record, feeling sad amidst the groovy beats. It is masterfully produced by DJ Esco, and masterfully rapped on by Future. Best songs are '56 Nights' the title and the best song. 'Never gon Lose' a great track with a nice beat, then there is 'Trap Ni**as' a song with a great beat and very catchy lyrics.

#5 -- IDK
     There were many albums i missed on hearing on, 'Summertime '06' by Vince Staples, it probably would've been #5. There was 'Tetsuo and Youth' by the wonderful Lupe Fiasco. 'Rodeo' By Travis Scott and 'The Documentary 2' by the Game. As well as 'Bush' by Snoop D oh Double G. Sorry but I couldn't finish it out.

                                                                                --KSP--

NBA Highlights 12-18-15

     The Bulls are probably very tired right now, because they lost after 8 quarters of a heavy fight against the Pistons. Both teams played magnificently, and the Pistons managed to keep up with the Bulls' now good tempo, a huge improvement by Rookie coach Fred Hoiberg. The Pistons were lead by Andre Drummond who had a great game, with 33 Pts, 21 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 Stl, 2 Blk, being the star on his team, he surely made it count against a primary Eastern-Conference threat in the Bulls, which they've beaten two times now, due to Drummond prowess on the boards. The Bulls were very close to winning, with Butler playing at his finest, when he plays like this he can carry a team, and is as good as any other All-Star being good on both ends. Jimmy had 43 Pts, 8 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 Stl, 2 Blk, which I'm pretty sure is his career-high.
     Pistons: 147  Bulls: 144, 4OT

     The Bucks nearly beat the Warriors again, and oh how lucky fans who wore these got-

It would've been soooo embarrassing if the Bucks beat them and they just sat there in these shirts, getting a little salty from the first L the Bucks proudly gave them. It was the Bucks who were beating them for the larger part of the game, until some horrible turnovers happened in the middle of the 4th quarter, to the full advantage of the quick Warrior guards. Those turnovers were the most costly for the Bucks, who just couldn't close this team out in the wild Warriors arena. The Warriors putscored them 36-19 in the final 12 minutes, including a  3 minute scoring drought for the Bucks. Curry had an 'okay' game with 26 Pts, 10 Reb, 9 Ast, 2 Stl, not focusing on scoring as much as wanting that near triple-double, so Klay Thompson scored the extra 27 points. Michael Carter-Williams notched 24 Pts, 5 Reb, 4 Ast for the Bucks, with Giannis Antetokounmpo helping him with 20 pts. They lost it at the end but buy are Warriors relieved.
                                                                          --KSP--