{FAY} Music + Art

(Photo: Curren$y)

Diversity was the key concept in 2011 rap music. While new MCs bubbled-up from all corners of the country and used blogs to gain equal footing with rappers from major media centers, a diversity of sound gave us everything from the spacey minimalism of Drake and The Weeknd to The Throne’s maximalist stunting to Maybach Music Group’s by-the-numbers street bangers.

Craftsmen like Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. built their unique underground movements to new heights, while…