The crown doesn't go to the most popular or the most prolific. It goes to the one who owned the year, the one whose work will still be defining 2025 long after the discourse moves on.
My MVP for hip hop this year HAS to be Clipse. Their comeback album (Let God Sort Em Out) is an AMAZING project throughout. King Push and Malice knew what they were doing with this record. Also, the feature list is PERFECT. Opening with John Legend then, going to Chains & Whips with Kendrick. P.O.V With Tyler's best feature verse. It's just a beautiful album.
Nas without question. Not just for music, for the other legends he put on his shoulders.
Bruiser Wolf or Pink Siifu
My MVP for hip hop this year HAS to be Clipse. Their comeback album (Let God Sort Em Out) is an AMAZING project throughout. King Push and Malice knew what they were doing with this record. Also, the feature list is PERFECT. Opening with John Legend then, going to Chains & Whips with Kendrick. P.O.V With Tyler's best feature verse. It's just a beautiful album.