The year is more than halfway over so Spike Lou of OndeckTV returns to recap the year of Hip-Hop so far. We discuss Kendrick Lamar's return and how it compare's to Drake's new album. Does Drake and Kendrick Lamar's underwhelming critical acclaim and commercial success with these albums signify that hip-hop is ready for a new change? All this plus we give our top 10 albums of the year so far and what we are most anticipating! Subscribe to the podcast series on Spotify and Apple Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08MOHqGtcZIoxx5giV3i7l?si=fD33e7UaQ-mCzj1OiJm7kg   Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chris-platte-presents-hip/id1123337898?mt=2  Contact me Twitter: @realchrisplatte Instagram: @realchrisplatte Email: chrisjplatte@gmail.com Guest: Spike Lou Twitter/Instagram: @IamSPIKELoU Check them out on the Ondeck TV Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-on-deck-podcast/id1126983724?mt=2  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices