Khaligraph Jones dominated the rap scene in 2018 hands down, and this comes without any dispute whatsoever. The same year saw him release hit records like ‘Coming Thru’ featuring Dancehall hitmaker Redsan, ‘Stick, miti freestyle’, ‘Juu Ya Ngori’, ‘Work’ together with Donn J, ‘Watajua hawajui’ featuring Msupa S and of course the illest cypher in the country today, ‘Khali Cartel’ which featured Steph Kapella, Twenny Eights, Timmy Blanco, Kataplla and Xtatic and all of these records were not from his debut album dubbed ‘Testimony 1990’ that was released in the same year.
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The ‘Testimony 1990’ album made history by being the first rap Kenyan album to get over 86,000 streams in one week since it’s release in June.
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According to Africa’s streaming giants, Boomplay, Khaligraph Jones’ debut album ‘Testimony 1990’ was the most streamed album of 2018 beating albums released in 2018.
Here is the list of the top 10 albums of 2018 as compiled by Boomplay.
1. Khaligraph Jones – Testimony 1990
2. Evelyn Wanjiru – Mungu Mkuu
3. Nandi – The African Princess
4. Mr Eazi – Lagos to London(Life Is Easy, Vol. 2)
5. Don Moen – By Special Request, Vol.2
6. Nicki Minaj – Queen
7. Emmy Kosgei – Best of Emmy Kosgei
8. E-Sir – Nimefika
9. Don Moen – Hymnbook
10. Diamond Platnumz – A Boy From Tandale