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The Best Rap Verses of 2022 (So Far)

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  • Lil Baby, “In A Minute”


  • Reason, “1st Quarter”


  • Ransom, “Circumstances”


  • Young Dro, “Here On In”


  • Dom Kennedy, “CORSA”


  • Leikeli47, “Carry Anne”


  • Nick Grant, LA Leakers Freestyle


  • Chance the Rapper, “The Highs & The Lows”


  • Denzel Curry, “The Ills”


  • Omeretta the Great, “Sorry Not Sorry”


  • Vince Staples, “The Beach”


  • BabyTron, “Manute Bol”


  • billy woods, “Remorseless”


  • Nicki Minaj, “Blick Blick”


  • Quelle Chris, “Nynex”


  • Lupe Fiasco, “Ms Mural”


  • 21 Savage, “Jimmy Cooks”


  • Navy Blue, “So Tired You Can’t Stop Dreaming”


  • Conway the Machine, “Tyson vs Ali”


  • JID, “Home (Remix)”


  • Benny the Butcher, “10 More Commandments”


  • Jay-Z, “Neck & Wrist”


  • Pusha-T, “Just So You Remember”


  • Cardi B, “Shake It”


  • Tyler, the Creator, “Cash In Cash Out”


  • J. Cole, “Johnny P’s Caddy”


  • Che Noir, “Communion”


  • Kendrick Lamar, “Mother I Sober”


  • Malice, “I Pray For You”


  • Drake, “Churchill Downs”

Terry Presume: The ‘See You Next Year’ Interview

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Fill in the blank: Terry Presume is most likely to______?
Most Likely to invent a new piece of technology that reshapes society.

Where were you one year ago today? What’s changed? 
I was living in Nashville, TN making music. I am now living in Florida and a lot less depressed.

What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned about yourself creatively in the last 12 months?
Slow is fast, taking time with my art to craft out the vision I want to introduce to the world.

What’s been the biggest risk you’ve taken in the last year?
Being around a group of people I absolutely don’t know and allowing them to handle my musical creations, they’re like my babies.

What do you hope these next 12 months mean for you and your career? 
Prosperity and longevity.

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What is it that you want to see in the world next year?
More peace, less chaos.

If you could change your name to anything for a year, what would it be? 
LordyMcGordy Ornor Mgorshky.

What’s the biggest goal on your bucket list in the next year?
Financial advancements and literacy that’ll enable more creative control and freedom, I want to create a world within a world that people can solely get from me.

What’s the biggest secret you’ve kept this year?
Wouldn’t be a great secret keeper If I told y’all that now would I?

What was your favorite year ever and why?
2016, cause Frank Ocean released Blonde.

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