10 Most Underrated Hip Hop Albums Of The 2010s

7. Wynne - If I May

Over the last few years of the 2010s, Wynne dropped a few singles, all of which showed her to be an incredibly promising new up-and-comer in the hip hop scene. Then in the final, tumultuous year of an already tumultuous decade, Wynne dropped her debut mixtape If I May and if you haven't heard it already then get on that right now because it will blow you away.

Wynne had already proven on tracks like the phenomenal Buzzer that she could easily keep up with even veterans in terms of rapid flow and bullet delivery, and she also proved that she was, well, pretty damn angry. With If I May, Wynne recorded one of the best mixtapes in the pantheon of what should probably be called Millenial rap.

As already noted, Wynne's flow is excellent, but If I May is a self-conscious, self-aware album with real depth. Wynne is aware of her position of privilege as a white person with a cushy university education trying to break into the rap scene, but she's also very aware of her contradictory position of disadvantage as a woman trying to break into the rap scene.

The title of If I May is very much a question, a question of identity and a question of whether Wynne's career can really flourish due to being something of an outsider, albeit a 'privileged' one. Thankfully, by the end, Wynne becomes confident in her own very real abilities and confident in where she belongs.

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