We tried our best to chart 2011’s sprawling hip-hop universe in infographic form, we deconstructed the New Underground, we debated “Drizzy: Rap or R&B or Just Plain Annoying?,” and we toured with Odd Future, courageously trying not to add to the number of adults saying “swag” in public. What eventually emerged from that journey was this list of 40 albums: Billionaires bragging about Basquiats and
