SOLAR FLARE | From Boom Bap to Abstract

The West Coast got to enjoy a blissful moment of unity during Kendrick Lamar’s victory lap last year. Meanwhile, Atlanta is as prolific as ever, with Future’s sound recognizable across the charts and a young audience enraptured by Playboi Carti’s label Opium. But it’s been decades since New York could consider itself the mecca of new rap music.