The best new rap mixtapes for snow days

thefader.com:

January 2025 kicked off with a major ice storm across the U.S. and Canada dumping more than a foot of snow across multiple states and provinces.

And the frost isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, with meteorologists are forecasting an imminent polar vortex for next week.

I’m no winter warrior, but something about the cold and the dark makes music hit differently; the same way summertime can turn a bop into an anthem, the frozen stretch from December to February feels perfect for curling up with a good album and burrowing into its recesses, escaping a bout of cabin fever by hopping into an artist’s world.

The two weeks from Christmas to New Year’s is a relatively quiet time for music. But there were still plenty of excellent albums and singles to check out released over the past month, from Lazer Dim 700’s Keepin It Cloudy and Studio Addict by Nine Vicious to Ice Spice’s Y2K!