LatestPitchforkSep 10, 2026
femme fatale (opens in new tab)
The UK-born rapper’s second album of the year is busy but breezy, a well-calibrated mix of rage textures and mellower grooves with Caribbean and Afrobeats influences.
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Cloud Rap
Cloud Rap on LoudQuietLoud: about 50 artists, including Yung Lean, Bones and Bladee. It runs alongside emo rap, phonk and drill.
A$AP Rocky
3.6M listenership-hop · rap · underground hip-hop
Lil Uzi Vert
2.9M listenerstrap · hip-hop · rap
Ty Dolla $ign
1.8M listenership-hop · rap · rnb
A$AP Ferg
1.7M listenership-hop · trap · rap
FERG
1.7M listenership-hop · trap · rap
Denzel Curry
1.7M listenership-hop · rap · hip hop
Chance the Rapper
1.4M listenership-hop · rap · hip hop
Yung Lean
1.4M listenership-hop · cloud rap · sad
JPEGMAFIA
1.3M listenership-hop · glitch hop · experimental hip hop
Ken Carson
1.2M listenersrage · trap · opium
Bones
1.1M listenerscloud rap · hip-hop · sesh
Young Nudy
1.1M listenersrap · trap · hip-hop
Bladee
1M listenerscloud rap · trap · drain
A$AP Mob
907K listenership-hop · rap · cloud rap
Coco & Clair Clair
890K listenerscloud rap · pop · lo-fi
Ghostemane
879K listenerscloud rap · hip-hop · horrorcore
Rich the Kid
843K listenersrap · hip-hop · trap
Bas
617K listenersrap · hip hop · trap
Chris Travis
555K listenerscloud rap · hip-hop · phonk
Smokepurpp
466K listenerstrap · hip-hop · rap
ZelooperZ
411K listenersexperimental hip hop · hip hop · rap
nothing,nowhere.
386K listenersemo · cloud rap · emo rap
surrenderdorothy
380K listenerssesh · cloud rap · contemporary folk
Confetti
368K listenersindie pop · twee · indie
skaiwater
354K listenersrap · trap · jersey club
Brennan Savage
313K listenerscloud rap · emo rap · rap
Babyxsosa
294K listenerstrap · hip-hop · surf gang
Black Kray
270K listenerscloud rap · trap · hip-hop
Danger Incorporated
255K listenerscloud rap · hip-hop · rap
NxxxxxS
232K listenersvaporwave · vaportrap · phonk
Corbin
218K listenerscloud rap · rnb · alternative rnb
Oliver Francis
210K listenerscloud rap · hip-hop · american
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal
205K listenerscloud rap · emo rap · electronic
blackwinterwells
181K listenersemo rap · digicore · cloud rap
Black Smurf
160K listenerstrillwave · hip-hop · rap
ksuuvi
157K listenersjerk · 1c · cloud rap
Rocket
145K listenerspop punk · indie rock · rap
Antwon
141K listenership-hop · rap · cloud rap
OG Maco
104K listenership-hop · rap · hip hop
Burgos
92K listenerscloud rap · rap · usa
Deniro Farrar
79K listenership-hop · cloud rap · rap
cat soup
76K listenersinstrumental hip-hop · sesh · ambient
blxty
75K listenersdigicore · hyperpop · cloud rap
Dodo
64K listenersdowntempo · reggae · swiss
Vayda
42K listenerscloud rap · trap · experimental hip hop
Drain Gang
32K listenerscloud rap · sweden · rap
Nacho Picasso
24K listenership-hop · rap · seattle
Xavier Wulf & Bones
22K listenerscloud rap · hip-hop · rap
TeamSESH
10K listenerssesh · underground · cloud rap
Slug Christ
5K listenerscloud rap · rap · suicide
OREGONTRAIL
3K listenerssesh · cloud rap · rap
Aeryk Bacon
1K listenerspop · rock · cloud rap
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