Compared to ‘88, 2018 is trash. Thoughts on rap’s biggest month in 30 years.

Kamasi Washington is a top five emcee. Everything else is a lie.

Rolling Stone — inarguably the greatest arbiter of musical excellence — refers to 1988 as hip-hop’s greatest year. Quartz — inarguably a website that chronicles modern global advancements in professional and popular culture —…