10. Mac Miller
Ab-Soul – “The End Is Near”
(TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
Mac‘s had a better two years than most rappers out there, and he’s still not even signed. The Rostrum Records capo has officially hit the 100,000 first-week mark of his first two albums, which is a feat any major label artist would be proud of, let alone a young kid from Pittsburgh shunning the entire mainstream industry. To add to that, his skills on the mic have grown exponentially, and he shows that off on an Ab-Soul song that will unfortunately not find its home on an official album, but is great nonetheless. After Soul passes the mic to young Mac, while most might expect lesser lyrical potency, Mac just kept his foot on the neck of the instrumental.
Oh, and Mac Miller Larry Fisherman produced it. Win-win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbDj7HuggEo
