
1,” “Programs”), Meek Mill (“Stuck in My Ways”), Migos (“Open It Up”), Jay Rock (“Troopers”), and 2 Chainz (“Girl’s Best Friend”) with his refined, speaker-rattling bounce. Cardo carried that momentum into the rest of the year as he blessed Travis Scott (“WHO? WHAT!”), Mac Miller (“Conversations Pt. 1 (and currently 8x Platinum) hit “God’s Plan” alongside Yung Exclusive and Boi-1da, and gave Detroit rapper Payroll Giovanni’s street tales a slick sheen on Big Bossin Vol. In January alone, he co-produced Drake’s No. Paul, MN native was right back where he belongs. WheezyĬredits: Lil Baby & Drake “Yes Indeed” Meek Mill “Going Bad” Young Thug “Chanel (Go Get It),” Slime Language Future & Juice WRLD “Fine China,” WRLD ON DRGS Metro Boomin “Space Cadet” Migos “White Sand” Quavo “FLIP THE SWITCH” Gunna “Pedestrian” Trippie Redd "Bird Shit"ĭespite appearing on Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., Cardo was relatively low-key in 2017 compared to his star turn the previous year (when we crowned him the Best Hip-Hop Producer of 2016 thanks to Travis Scott’s “goosebumps,” ScHoolboy Q’s “THat Part,” and Kendrick Lamar’s “untitled 07,” among other year-defining songs). May Alan Maman hotbox our headphones for another 21 years. The Alchemist’s busy year was rounded out by standout beats on Evidence’s Weather or Not, Roc Marciano’s Behold a Dark Horse, Benny The Butcher’s Tana Talk 3, and Westside Gunn’s Supreme Blientele and Hitler Wears Hermes IV. Gangsta Gibbs may claim to be the “coldest n*gga you ever heard on Alan or Otis shit” (word to Madlib), but fellow top-tier MCs Earl Sweatshirt, Black Thought, and Roc Marciano gave him a run for his ill-gotten money on Al’s Lunch Meat and Bread EPs.
#BIGGER THAN YOU 2 CHAINZ ALBUM COVER PROFESSIONAL#
In his 21st campaign as a professional producer, Uncle Al released arguably his best in a long line of collaborative projects, scoring the cinematic, smoked-out soundtrack to Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y’s Fetti. Like the fine wine you might find him sipping on Fuck, That’s Delicious, The Alchemist has only gotten better with age.
