2009 Versus

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout- Red & Meth

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse- UGK by a tad. Still standing strong as my number 2, with Em being #3

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street- Still haven't heard the T-KASH

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation- Haven't heard the Dead Prez, but MOP is in my top 10

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way- Haven't heard Fab

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music- Chamber Music

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors- N/A

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust- Slaughterhouse is still my #1

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3- BP3

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2- N/A

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays- N/A

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq - Haven't heard Bicasso, but Blaqprint is in my top 10

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS- Doom by a hair

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon- N/a

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills- Hmm... Both are about 4 stars for me, but as of right now, Double Barrel has better tracks

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2- Haven't heard Freeway

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room- N/A on Big Pooh

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse- Push

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse-god damn you Kev

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street-NA

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2-NA

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq-NA

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS-NA

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon-NA

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout-Meth and Red wins

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse-UGK all the way

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street-n/a

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation-M.O.P. is dope, they win

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way-Jadakiss by two football fields

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music-Wu-Tang banger baby bubba

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors-Puba's shit is dope,he wins

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust-n/a

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3-Jigga wins, I like it better than Rae's joint

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2-X-Clan wins

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays-n/a

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq -n/a

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS-n/a

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon-n/a

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills-hmm KRS/Buck by just a little bit

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2-Freeway wins for me

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room-Big Pooh is killing Joey right here, that shit is so underrated it's not even funny....

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout-Meth and Red

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse-I like Relapse better.

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street-Ali, one of my top 3 of the year.

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation-MOP wins

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way-N/A on both

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music-Chamber music by a hair

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors-B Real, underrated to me.

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust-tough one....Slaughterhouse

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3-Rae by a good margin.

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2-X-Clan

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays-N/A

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq -Blaq Poet

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS-Cunninlynguists

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon-N/A

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills-Double Barrel quite easily.

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2-N/A

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room-Love Padded Room.

I've still got alot of stuff to check out from this year.

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout- Meth & Red are truly the betta overall album but I play Blaqkout more.

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse- Dang! A tie maybe?

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation- as of now.

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2- I guess i'm the only one who really digs this album.

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays- close.

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2- by default.

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room- not really feeling either.

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout - Blackout 2, wasn't really feeling "Blaqkout"

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse- 4Life, Relapse is decent.

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street- N/A don't have T-KASH. I hate the digi pack that Brother Ali came with. Makes it hard to take out w/o scratching it, so I only gave it one spin.

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation- N/A don't have Dead Prez. Don't plan on copping it in the near future. The "Foundation" is dope though.

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way- N/A Don't have Fab. I dig the Jada though.

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music- Brother Ali, that EP is dope.

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors- N/A don't have either.

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust- damn both dope ass albums. Slaughterhouse by a slim margin.

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3- OB4CL 2. BP3 has one too many skip songs for me, but it's a dope album.

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2- N/A don't have both.

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays- lol N/A

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq- Don't own the Blaq Poet yet, but I didn't dig the Bicasso at all.

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS- Strange Journey, the Doom was so so to me.

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon- Kid Cudi easily, although I'm digging the K'Naan more now than when I first copped it.

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills- Eh, both are losing replay value to me. "Double Barrel" will get the win for now.

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2- Damn, tough. Both are dope albums, but I'll go with Philly Freezer because I bump that more.

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room- N/A I never got around to copping Joe Budden...smh I will though. The Big Pooh album is solid though, better than expected.

Meth & Red- Blackout 2 vs. Quik & Kurupt- Blaqkout
N/A - haven't heard either yet. I've been sleeping...

UGK- 4Life vs. Enimem- Relapse
UGK in a landslide, even if I've only heard the Eminem by earshot while I was camping once this summer. I am a hater, so don't listen too much. The UGK is still holding pretty strong at 4.25 stars for me.

Brother Ali- US vs. T-KASH- Brains All Over The Street
Damn, been sleeping on that T-Kash too. But I got Brother Ali at 4.5-4.75 stars as of now...

dead prez- Pulse Of The People vs. MOP- Foundation
N/A - Haven't heard either...

Jadakiss- The Last Kiss vs. Fabolous- Loso's Way
N/A - ditto

Brother Ali- The Truth Is Here vs. Wu Tang- Chamber Music
Brother Ali easily...

Grand Puba- Retroactive vs. B-Real- Smoke N Mirrors
Damn! Very close. These two are pretty much neck and neck for me so far. The Grand Puba is a little more consistent, but I gotta give it to B-Real...love the standouts on it more.

Slaughterhouse- SH vs. La Coka Nostra- A Brand You Can Trust
Haven't heard the La Coka Nostra. The Slaughterhouse was decent.

Raekwon- OB4CL 2 vs. Jay-Z- BP3
Slept on both, but plan to check out the Raekwon soon. No desire to even check out BP3.

X-Clan- Mainstream Outlawz vs. J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2
Another very close one. Both are 4 stars in my book. Hmmm, X-Clan gets it...today. If you would have said Tash's new album, that would have easily won the match-up.

Asher Roth- Asleep In The Bread Aisle vs. Camron- Crime Pays
Don't care about (and haven't heard) either.

Blaq Poet- Blaqprint vs. Bicasso- Rebel Musiq
Haven't heard the Blaq Poet, but I guarantee I'd like the Bicasso more. It's my #2 album of the year. 5 stars all around.

Cunninlynguists- Strange Journey, Vol. 1 vs. Doom- BORN LIKE THIS
I'd take the Doom pretty easily. It's actually risen to 4 stars for me. Not quite as good as some as his other albums, but still dope.

K'Naan- Troubadour vs. Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon
Haven't heard either...I am mildly curious.

Marco Polo/Torae- Double Barrel vs. KRS/Buckshot- Survival Skills
Good match-up. Both are solid boom bap records, but I'll be taking KRS & Buckshot.

AZ- Legendary vs. Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway 2
N/A - haven't heard either.

Rapper Big Pooh- Delightful Bars vs. Joe Budden- Padded Room
Ditto

I've heard and ranked 64 2009 albums so far this year, yet Kev still makes me feel like I'm running behind....lol. Though, not a lot of these picks are my style, so it doesn't surprise me.

WAKE UP POUNDS!!!!! You need to cop that OB4CL2 and Padded Room.

KJ Styles wrote:

WAKE UP POUNDS!!!!! You need to cop that OB4CL2 and Padded Room.

and Escape Route.. which is better than Padded Room... though Padded Room was bad ass

KJ Styles wrote:

WAKE UP POUNDS!!!!! You need to cop that OB4CL2 and Padded Room.

Just got done bumping the Raekwon. Dope shit. I think I may like it just as much as the first....close anyway.