music / Hip-Hop

The 10 best new rap songs right now

Featuring DaBaby, 21 Savage, Pi’erre Bourne, Noname, Bad Bunny, and more.

By Ben Dandridge-Lemco

Photographer Sean Lemoine

January 03, 2019

1

Pi'erre Bourne & Cardo, "My Shooter"

Did Pi'erre give Cardo his kits for their tape?

2

DaBaby, "Walker Texas Ranger"

2019 rap is going full on Red Dead.

3

21 Savage f. Young Nudy, "4L"

Every time Savage and Nudy link up it's 💥.

4

Bad Bunny f. Diplo, "200 MPH"

Bad Bunny and Diplo made a great rap song.

5

Noname f. Phoelix, "Song 31"

One of the better ways to start the year.

6

Lil Zay Osama, "Playtime Over"

An alternate reality where Lil Durk is actually much more influential than Chief Keef is the current reality of Chicago's rising rap stars (Polo G, CalBoy).

7

MIKE, "neverKnocked"

Beautiful loops and words.

8

Shabazz PBG & Lil Uzi Vert, "Shells"

If you search on YouTube, there's a version of this song that's only Uzi's verse...

9

DeJ Loaf, "Go DeJ Go"

I will stan DeJ Loaf forever.

10

FMB DZ f. ALLBLACK, "My Block"

Dream collabo.

21 Savage, Bad Bunny, Best New Rap, Hip-Hop, Noname, pi'erre bourne