In a year when female MCs like Rapsody and Angel Haze lyrically reign and the resurgence(s) of Missy and Remy Ma bring classicism back to the game, a “magical black girl” MC like Noname (Gypsy, retired) is the perfect middle passage that can make the genre’s cypher complete. “Telefone” is this year’s musical best-kept-secret. The best example of what an artist can do when searching for freedom instead of sales.
