Hey, I'm Brian Hyatt, and this is Rolling Stone, Music Now.

Today is part two of our look at some of the best music of 2022 that may not have heard.

These are some of my favorite episodes to do because I learn about so much

great music and hopefully you will too. First I have Andre G. bringing us some of the best hip-hop you may not have heard

last year. Then Julisa Lopez joins us to talk about some of the best Spanish language music of last year and there's so much good stuff from so many genres there.

And then Rob Sheffield joins me to go through the deeper cuts on his own list of 2022 favorites.

I would say it's mostly indie rock but with a few special. on his own list of 2022 favorites.

I would say it's mostly indie rock,

but with a few surprises in there.

But let's get right to it.

Here's my conversation with Andre G.

About some of the best unheard hip-hop up of 2022. So Andre I wanted to go over some of your picks for the best hip-hop of 2022 with a real emphasis on some deeper cuts.

We'll start with the album that I think we talked about briefly on the top 50 albums

podcasts and that's Earl Sweatshirts. I know you're big fan so maybe dig

into that again for me. A lot of good things to say about this album like I said

before Earl is one of the best lyricists in the game, one of the most revered

lyricists. He's helped develop a whole scene of artists who are like colloquially

deemed as quote-unquote experimental boomback, but they're artists who are just like very intricate

lyricists who have no interest in conformity and just want to express whatever's

you know on their heart. Sick obviously is reflection of that that it's the Earl we love existential

introspective vulnerable but then there are also moments like a 2010

I'm gonna need a bigger bag for the cohort trying to make a millionaire out of slum dog 2010. where the production is a little bit more accessible and more palatable than

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