The Best of The Best & The Worst of The Worst (2024)

Let’s get ready for 2025 by overanalyzing 2024!

MOST UNDERRATED SONG

If we’re being real, because of the Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake beef, there are tons of songs that got overlooked. Y’all let the beef consume you, sucking every ounce of life out of you like leeches. I was paying attention, though, and noticed that y’all didn’t give nearly enough love to “Last Lap” by Rod Wave. When I tell you my soul flies out of my body while listening to this track every time, I’m not lying. Go back and shake this song’s hand, bro.

MOST OVERRATED SONG

Travis Scott & Mustard – Parking Lot

Not every Travis Scott song is great, guys. To me, “Parking Lot” has a decent beat and some catchy moments, and that’s about it. To me, Travis sounds way too dull on the track, and there’s absolutely nothing special about the s**t he says in his verses. Yet, the song currently has over 100 million streams on Spotify. Wow.

MOST UNDERRATED ALBUM

Freddie Gibbs – You Only Die 1nce

My brothers and sisters in Christ, this album is so good! We all know Freddie Gibbs is a great rapper, with extraordinary flows and intriguing content, but his underrated ability to put together a cohesive body of work with smooth transitions, intricate production, and a consistent theme—along with hilarious interludes—was showcased throughout You Only Die 1nce. I don’t want to say I was blown away by this project, but it genuinely felt refreshing to listen to.

MOST OVERRATED ALBUM

WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU

I am a big fan of WE DON’T TRUST YOU, but when Future and Metro Boomin tried to follow it up with WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU a few weeks later, it just didn’t hit the same. The sequel leaned more into an R&B vibe, which I was surprised to find underwhelming—many of the tracks felt like unfinished reference songs. Toward the end, Future and Metro added a batch of “mixtape Pluto” tracks, but those didn’t land for me either. On top of that, the guest features felt off—J. Cole, A$AP Rocky, and The Weeknd all delivered verses that were just weird to me. Honestly, WE DON’T TRUST YOU didn’t need a sequel at all.

WORST SONG

Ice Spice – Think U The Shit (Fart)

You could throw a bunch of Ice Spice’s songs from Y2K! into a hat, pick any one, and it would fit right onto this list. I decided to go with the one sporting a downright cringe-worthy title. Listen, I don’t hate ginger people; I have ginger friends, but we can’t let Ice get away with making this low-IQ-ass track. Apparently, people like it, though: It has 100 million streams on Spotify (I guess there’s a bigger farting community out there than I knew. Respect).

WORST ALBUM

Ice Spice – Y2K!

This album was an absolute cringe-fest. For starters, the artwork literally features the album title scrawled across a trash can—talk about setting the tone. The tracklist doesn’t help its case either, with songs named “Phat Butt,” “Popa,” “Think U The Shit (Fart),” and “GYAT.”

The real kicker, though, is the content itself: the punchlines are some of the worst I’ve ever heard, the hooks are painfully simplistic, and the lyrics feel completely pointless. It’s almost impressive how this project managed to fail on so many levels.

WORST VERSE

Kanye West – RIVER

Remember Vultures 2? Yeah, me neither. All jokes aside, I thought the album was solid and could’ve been great if Kanye West actually took his rapping seriously. What really got under my skin, though, was “RIVER.” It’s a pretty decent track, but Kanye absolutely ruins it with one of the most gibberish-filled verses I’ve ever heard. If I were Ty Dolla $ign—who dropped a 40-point triple-double on that song—I’d seriously consider filing a lawsuit.

Ty Dolla $ign had to go through so much trauma during the release of this album. It’s sad.

BEST VERSE

J. Cole – Pi

With J. Cole’s back against the wall after apologizing to Kendrick Lamar, he responded by delivering one of his best verses ever on “Pi.” Dropping 90 points, 11 assists, and zero turnovers, Cole showcased top-tier wordplay, razor-sharp punchlines, an impeccable flow, and unmatched swagger—all over one of the funkiest, most unconventional instrumentals we’ve heard in a minute. Beyond impressive!