Favorite Rap Songs of 2023 - A Playlist

Written by: The Administrator

While compiling my list of 23 favorite hip hop albums of the year 2023--a task which has been significantly more difficult than initially anticipated, due exclusively to figuring out how the fuck to narrow it down--I realized that a variety of tracks were going to slip through the year end list cracks.

Thus: a playlist containing 50 of my favorite rap songs of 2023. These are the tracks that I inevitably hit repeat on, the tracks that pumped me up, the tracks that made me return to an artist or project time and time again. This is an unranked list--everything here is fire and most certainly worth your while.  Check it out below!

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​For those of you without Spotify, and/or for anyone looking to recreate this playlist elsewhere, here is the list of 50 as it appears:

• Too Fast (Pull Over) (with Anderson .Paak & Latto) - Jay Rock
• Run, Run, Run - McKinley Dixon
• Burfict! - JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown
• Hella Scary - Maiya The Don
• fukumean - Gunna
• No Pun Intended - Nicholas Craven, Boldy James
• HEAVEN TO ME - Tyler, The Creator
• Big Dog (with Lil Wayne) - Benny the Butcher
• Metallic 5's - Conway The Machine, Jae Skeese
• Meditation - 7xvethegenius, DJ Green Lantern
• Waves & Moonlights - D2x
• Motion - Nas
• TESLA - Lil Yatchy
• Blick - ScarLip
• I AM LOLA - Lola Brooke
• Szechuan Capital - Mayhem Lauren, DJ Muggs, Action Bronson, Madlib
• Black Point Boat Launch - Curren$y, Harry Fraud
• Hell Backwards - Rome Streetz
• Year Zero - billy woods, Kenny Segal, Danny Brown
• BLKDEATH: - BbyMutha, Fly Anakin
• Hit List (with BigXthePlug & Big Yavo) - That Mexican OT
• LACKERS - Ron Suno, Dougie B
• Belly of The Beast - Recognize Ali
• Hov Numbers - Conway the Machine, Goosebytheway, 7xvethegenius, SK da King, Lucky Seven, KNDRX
• Trust No One - Jeezy
• Kostas - Westside Gunn, Conway t​he Machine, Benny The Butcher
• ​Home Alone (with J.Cole) ​- Bas
• Turning Stones - OT The Real, araabMUZIK, Black Soprano Family​
• Numb - Wiki, Tony Seltzer
• Bëttr Off - Yeat
• Gah Damn - che
• Abracadabra - Nas
• Gambinos - Neek Bucks, Benny The Butcher, Raekwon
• Dear Dennis - Lola Brooke
• Chris & Snoop - 38 Spesh, Che Noir
• Almanac - ReignMakers, Enels
• Struggle 1st - The Bad Seed
• First Person Shooter (feat. J. Cole) - Drake
• The Hillbillies - Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar
• Half Doin Dope (with BabyTron feat. Lil Yatchy) - JID 
• THANK GOD - Travis Scott
• Nasty Dancer - Flo Milli
• Booby Trap - A Boogie wit da Hoodie
• ME FIRST - Kari Faux
• KITCHEN LIGHTS - Westside Gunn, Stove God Cooks
• Elephant Man - Conway the Machine, SK Da King, goosebytheway, Rome Streetz, Heem B$F
• SORRY NOT SORRY - Tyler, The Creator
• Mancala (feat. Vince Staples) - Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist
• Asteroids - Rapsody, Hit-Boy
• Lean Beef Patty - JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown​

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Happy listening! If you enjoy these artists, please support 'em.