The Best Hip-Hop Albums & Biggest Stories Of 2021

We discuss 2021's biggest Hip-Hop stories and best Rap album on this week's episode of AFH's What's The Headline: 0:00 Intro 1:48 The biggest Hip-Hop stories of 2021 (Impact) 2:45 Busta Rhymes tore down the stage at the VMAs with an iconic performance 9:40 Hip-Hop will take over the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige 12:39 Hip-Hop owned the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame with the induction of LL Cool J and JAY-Z 17:08 Dr. Dre made a major comeback a year after his brain aneurysm 22:22 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Three 6 Mafia came to blows on the Verzuz stage 28:45 Big Daddy Kane Verzuz KRS-One was filled with behind the scenes tension 32:38 The LOX and Dipset took Verzuz to a new level with their performance and competitiveness 37:37 Drake and Kanye West feuded all year, openly and secretly 47:00 Kanye West gave Drink Champs the most riveting interview of the year 49:48 Hip-Hop lost DMX, Biz Markie, Shock G, Black Rob, Kangol Kid and many others 1:00:30 The biggest Hip-Hop stories of 2021 (ambrosiaforheads.com traffic) 1:07:30 The biggest Hip-Hop stories of 2021 (What’s The Headline podcast) 1:08:10 Royce 5’9, Lupe Fiasco and Mickey Factz had the best war of words of the year 1:09:20 Mickey Factz released the best diss record of the year with WRAiTH 1:11:00 AFH interviewed AZ, Joell Ortiz, Evidence, Skyzoo, Kurupt, Mickey Factz, Blu and more 1:13:17 The best Hip-Hop albums of 2021 1:14:20 Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti 1:15:27 Skyzoo - All The Brilliant Things 1:18:32 Lute - Gold Mouf 1:21:45 J. Cole - The Off-Season 1:25:30 Evidence - The Unlearning, Vol. 1 1:29:30 Westside Gunn - Hermes 8 Sides A & B 1:31:07 Dr. Dre - The Contract 1:13:23 Nas - King’s Disease 2 1:36:10 Stalley & Apollo Brown - Blacklight 1:38:55 Russ - Chomp 2 1:41:03 Khrysis - The Hour Of Khrysis 1:42:24 Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram 1:43:50 Benny The Butcher - The Plugs I Met 2 1:45:00 Breeze Brewin & Juggaknots - Hindsight 1:47:20 Honorable Mentions 1:51:11 Big Sean joined Drink Champs and spoke in detail about his grievances with Kanye West 1:58:23 New music of the week from The Cool Kids & Larry June, Alchemist & Boldy James, and RZA & the Flatbush Zombies