13. Logic, No Pressure
After announcing he was going to retire, Maryland rapper Logic released his latest project No Pressure. Landing him on the list with a highly emotional album cover that captures not just his feelings — but the feelings of so many people in his generation. It highlights a nondescript man, who is drowning in the orange ambiance of his everyday life. His body is floating and no one can actually tell if he is falling down or ascending from the buoyancy of water. There are speakers, television monitors, chairs, and other things caught up around him speaking to how so many Millennials and Gen Zers are just as overwhelmed by their stuff as they are with the pressure that they receive to be great. Truly left up for interpretation, the title of the project, Logic’s personal testimony, and indeed the state of the world in 2020 — encapsulates the feeling of dire straits that this generation finds itself in.