Album Of The Year

We should really just be using the 2010 lists and discussions, but you all have the attention spans of ADD ridden fleas...so what's your album of the year?

Right now it's still gotta be "Dinner And A Movie" for me. I just don't think anybody has been able to top it. However, i still have to hear the Celph/Buckwild and Alchemist/Oh No joints, but i doubt either will top Brotha lynch.

Albums right now I know would make my top 10 in no particular order:

The Roots "How I Got Over"
Freeway/Jake One "Stimulus Package"
Bill/Muggs "Kill Devil Hills"
Vinnie Paz "Season Of The Assasin"
Kanye "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"
Nas/Marley "Distant Relatives"
Brotha Lynch Hung "DAAM"
Big Boi "Sir Lucious"


The other 2 i'd have to think about.

Hell, throw in the Strong Arm Steady and Freddie Gibbs joints.

C Money-Front Porch Muzik
Brotha Lynch Hung-Dinner & A Movie
Tech N9ne-Lost Scripts of KOD
Yelawolf-Trunk Muzik 0-60
Freddie Gibbs-Str8 Killa, No Filla
T Rock-Life Lessons II
Bizzy Bone-Crossroads 2010
Sinna-Sinnin In Hell
Eminem-Recovery
Haystak-Easy 2 Hate


As of right now...and that Celph Titled joint is REALLY dope, Taylor...

Jeff wrote:

C Money-Front Porch Muzik
Brotha Lynch Hung-Dinner & A Movie
Tech N9ne-Lost Scripts of KOD
Yelawolf-Trunk Muzik 0-60
Freddie Gibbs-Str8 Killa, No Filla
T Rock-Life Lessons II
Bizzy Bone-Crossroads 2010
Sinna-Sinnin In Hell
Eminem-Recovery
Haystak-Easy 2 Hate


As of right now...and that Celph Titled joint is REALLY dope, Taylor...

After what i've read about it i'm sure it is. My wife is getting it for me for Christmas so i have to wait a few more weeks. And Eminem would probably knock out the Strong Arm Steady album on my list after thinking about it.

Did you peep that Haystak cd?

Not yet but i will soon. Like i said, i just got "Portrait of a white boy" and it's pretty good. What should i check out next? My local used spot has a couple of his albums, I just don't remember which ones they had.

"Sir Lucious Left Foot" by a pretty good margin for me.

Honorable mentions "Dinner and a Movie," "How I Got Over," "Before Taxes," and "T.S.O.L."

Mine is still Bone Thugs "Uni 5" .

The other 4 would be:
Nas & Dam- Distant Relatives
Em- Recovery
KRino- AOTEM
Kanye West- MBDTF

E. Taylor wrote:

Not yet but i will soon. Like i said, i just got "Portrait of a white boy" and it's pretty good. What should i check out next? My local used spot has a couple of his albums, I just don't remember which ones they had.

His best albums are

From Start To Finish
Car Fulla Whiteboys (or there is a re-release just called HAYSTAK, it's pretty much the same album)
Crakavelli
Easy 2 Hate

In that order for me, but Easy 2 Hate might fluctuate since it's so new.

From Start To Finish was not that good to me.

Car Fulla is a must Taylor. The rest of his discog is hit or miss really. Crakavelli and Return Of Mak Million are in my top from him also.

Jeff i'll start a Haystak thread in he Artist rec section.

Car Fulla Whiteboys is his best, and there is virtually no difference between the OG version and the version Koch released. The Koch version has a verse from Eightball on Can't Tell Me Nothing, and the OG does not.

"KRino- AOTEM"

Seems like this ish really got looked over...

100 Proof has retaken the top spot from How I Got Over, for me. I need to update my list...

Nas & Jr. Gong - Distant Relatives

ctrx wrote:

"Sir Lucious Left Foot" by a pretty good margin for me.

Honorable mentions "Dinner and a Movie," "How I Got Over," "Before Taxes," and "T.S.O.L."

Same here...

Kanye's joint.

KRob TheRapGod wrote:

From Start To Finish was not that good to me.

Car Fulla is a must Taylor. The rest of his discog is hit or miss really. Crakavelli and Return Of Mak Million are in my top from him also.

Jeff i'll start a Haystak thread in he Artist rec section.

What is it that you don't like about Start 2 Finish?

01. "Dinner And A Movie" by Brotha Lynch Hung
02. "Sir Lucious Left Foot" by Big Boi
03. "100 Proof" by Static Selektah
04. "Medicine Bag" by ABK
05. "The Lost Scripts Of K.O.D." by Tech N9ne

Wayne wrote:

Distant Relatives is my pick.

I don't know if it's my eyes, but I find it a little difficult to read that font and size of your text. I really have to squint sometimes to be able to finish the sentence.

1. Kendrick Lamar - Overly Dedicated (album or mixtape? either way its dope)
2. The Roots - How I Got Over
3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. K-Rino - Annihilation of the Evil Machine
5. NaS & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives
6. Reflection Eternal - Revolutions Per Minute
7. Botha Lynch Hung - Dinner and a Movie
8. Black Milk - Album of the Year
9. Curren$y - Pilot Talk
10. Recovery - Eminem

I have a feeling Ghost's "Apollo Kids" will take a spot on my list though.

I have a feeling I'll take that bet.

SCFB, K-Rino, and Robinson/Parker top my list.

Haven't heard that much that was released this year. And I usually don't dub anything "Album Of The Year".

My favorites from this year are:

Q-Unique - Between Heaven & Hell
SCFB - Cape Verde
7L & Esoteric - 1212 (I find myself liking it more with every spin)

And after this weekend, LCOB's Zeitgeist could be up there. Love the first three tracks, but that's all I've heard so far.

Zeitgeist is REALLY dope.

Jeff wrote:

Zeitgeist is REALLY dope.

Lovin it so far. I've made it to track 4. But I can't listen to the whole thing tonight. That's what this weekend is for.

"And I usually don't dub anything "Album Of The Year". "

What about Black Milk's new album?

Jeff wrote:

KRob TheRapGod wrote:

From Start To Finish was not that good to me.

Car Fulla is a must Taylor. The rest of his discog is hit or miss really. Crakavelli and Return Of Mak Million are in my top from him also.

Jeff i'll start a Haystak thread in he Artist rec section.

What is it that you don't like about Start 2 Finish?

I honestly need to revisit first off. But from what I remember it came off generic and did not keep my attention. Like he was wasting his time once again goin for a more midstream or safe sound.

gotta go with Lynch right now, still gotta peeep some shiiiet tho

2010 as a whole hip-hop wise has been toliet bowl...as a matter of fact rusty toliet bowl..

anyway the album of the year is Nas/Damien-Distant Relatives but I almost feel bad nominating that one because that is a reggae album first...

so if I remove that one then I'm giving it to The Roots-How I Got Over....the production was fire and so were Thought's lyrics and I think the songs contained on it were like throwaway songs....or at least some of them were...it's like their version of Lost Tapes or something...

Wouldn't you say the sound on How I Got Over was uniform? That would be kind of coincidental for a Lost Tapes sort of release.

D.Powell wrote:

2010 as a whole hip-hop wise has been toliet bowl...as a matter of fact rusty toliet bowl..

anyway the album of the year is Nas/Damien-Distant Relatives but I almost feel bad nominating that one because that is a reggae album first...

so if I remove that one then I'm giving it to The Roots-How I Got Over....the production was fire and so were Thought's lyrics and I think the songs contained on it were like throwaway songs....or at least some of them were...it's like their version of Lost Tapes or something...

Dang Powell. Whats the last 5 albums you have bought/heard from this year?

While I do not feel this year was in the toliet it has been a lackluster year overall. Its like some of us are reaching to try to find something to hype up.

This album hasn't left the rotation since I purchased it..

Vinnie Paz - Season of the assassin

Runner ups..
Roots - How I got over
John Robinson/Parker lewis - International summer

Peace

arokone wrote:

This album hasn't left the rotation since I purchased it..

Vinnie Paz - Season of the assassin

Runner ups..
Roots - How I got over
John Robinson/Parker lewis - International summer

Peace

Vinnie Paz is currently in my #3 spot.

Jack of Spades wrote:

arokone wrote:

This album hasn't left the rotation since I purchased it..

Vinnie Paz - Season of the assassin

Runner ups..
Roots - How I got over
John Robinson/Parker lewis - International summer

Peace

Vinnie Paz is currently in my #3 spot.

I'm guessing you got the Teacha at the top?

arokone wrote:

Jack of Spades wrote:

arokone wrote:

This album hasn't left the rotation since I purchased it..

Vinnie Paz - Season of the assassin

Runner ups..
Roots - How I got over
John Robinson/Parker lewis - International summer

Peace

Vinnie Paz is currently in my #3 spot.

I'm guessing you got the Teacha at the top?

I have Meta-Hystorical at #7 currently.

Jack of Spades wrote:

arokone wrote:

Jack of Spades wrote:

arokone wrote:

This album hasn't left the rotation since I purchased it..

Vinnie Paz - Season of the assassin

Runner ups..
Roots - How I got over
John Robinson/Parker lewis - International summer

Peace

Vinnie Paz is currently in my #3 spot.

I'm guessing you got the Teacha at the top?

I have Meta-Hystorical at #7 currently.

I have it at #9 for now, but I am bias when it comes to the Blast Master so it might change..

What about LAB? I think I read a review you did on Amazon for it..

LAB was awesome. Kris gets vicious with the lyrics. Definately brings out the Blastmaster!

I still can't figure out who he is addressing. Rumor has it that it is Canibus and Royce da 5 9.

Royce would eat KRS like a bucket of KFC.

...

the new ap.9 CD features Royce...yeeeeeeeee

parker lewis wrote:

Wouldn't you say the sound on How I Got Over was uniform? That would be kind of coincidental for a Lost Tapes sort of release.

I didn't think the songs meshed really well together on it...like there was no consistent theme on it, but it was still a great album to me....The Roots normally can do no wrong and they proved it again with this disc....Black Thought is just ridiculous lyrically and their production doesn't miss either....Hip-Hop album of 2010 IMO


@ Kev....2010 hip-hop wise to me has been bowel movement man....I've purchased enough this year and have been unimpressed on most of it as a whole...especially following such a strong 2009....I though that 2010 was going to be a burner and it's been a dud IMO...

2011 from what I've seen looks decent...but we will see man! I hope it kills 2010 otherwise hip-hop is in trouble...lol I'm looking forward to it (2011)

I blame Sadat X

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

I blame Sadat X

me too man!

D.Powell wrote:

parker lewis wrote:

Wouldn't you say the sound on How I Got Over was uniform? That would be kind of coincidental for a Lost Tapes sort of release.

I didn't think the songs meshed really well together on it...like there was no consistent theme on it, but it was still a great album to me....The Roots normally can do no wrong and they proved it again with this disc....Black Thought is just ridiculous lyrically and their production doesn't miss either....Hip-Hop album of 2010 IMO


@ Kev....2010 hip-hop wise to me has been bowel movement man....I've purchased enough this year and have been unimpressed on most of it as a whole...especially following such a strong 2009....I though that 2010 was going to be a burner and it's been a dud IMO...

2011 from what I've seen looks decent...but we will see man! I hope it kills 2010 otherwise hip-hop is in trouble...lol I'm looking forward to it (2011)

2010 has actually been pretty good, not amazing, but i wouldnt call it a bowel movemement at all

Slang Editorial wrote:

D.Powell wrote:

parker lewis wrote:

Wouldn't you say the sound on How I Got Over was uniform? That would be kind of coincidental for a Lost Tapes sort of release.

I didn't think the songs meshed really well together on it...like there was no consistent theme on it, but it was still a great album to me....The Roots normally can do no wrong and they proved it again with this disc....Black Thought is just ridiculous lyrically and their production doesn't miss either....Hip-Hop album of 2010 IMO


@ Kev....2010 hip-hop wise to me has been bowel movement man....I've purchased enough this year and have been unimpressed on most of it as a whole...especially following such a strong 2009....I though that 2010 was going to be a burner and it's been a dud IMO...

2011 from what I've seen looks decent...but we will see man! I hope it kills 2010 otherwise hip-hop is in trouble...lol I'm looking forward to it (2011)

2010 has actually been pretty good, not amazing, but i wouldnt call it a bowel movemement at all

in your humble opinion Slang has hip-hop ever had a bad year?? if this is not a bad year for hip-hop then what year if any would you consider to be one??

1988 BABY BUBBA WIT YO OLD ASS!!!

I can't really call 2010 a bad year, because I got two 5 star albums (and another one or two that are close) out of it. And, I haven't heard everything I wanted to.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

1988 BABY BUBBA WIT YO OLD ASS!!!

right on point again Pedro.....lol

Shaun wrote:

I can't really call 2010 a bad year, because I got two 5 star albums (and another one or two that are close) out of it. And, I haven't heard everything I wanted to.

so which year (if any) qualifies as a bad year in your opinion Shaun?? I think this one fits the mold of that description perfectly man

96 through 99 were pretty shitty