The year 2018 was a big year for changes in popular music. Arguably the biggest female rapper of all-time has caught everyone’s attention. Latin artists are taking over the pop charts and collaborating heavily with the most successful pop artists of the decade. The hip hop album is also changing as some of the biggest names in the genre are releasing much shorter bodies of work, to critical acclaim. The biggest beef in the genre also reaches its boiling point. Be sure to stick around for our ten recommendations that expand beyond these major topics as we approach the end of the decade.