rap this year....
Brian
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has been pretty damn good. who would have thought the roc would put out three of the year's best albums? shit i'm feeling this year (in no particular order)eightball and mjg - ridin' highdevin - waiting to inhalehawk - endangered speciesturf talk - west coast vaccineugk - ugktrae - life goes onfederation - it's whatevajay-z - american gangsterfreeway - free at lastbeanie sigel - the solutioni'm sure i missed something so if anyone wants to fill in any blanks, please do so.
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that 8ball and MJG was real disappointing
so was Devin
other than that i endorse your list, except i'm not up on the new bay shit and i never heard that hawk
UGK is my favorite
i liked the styles p and prodigy albums a lot
boss hogg outlawz was hot
the z-ro 'power' mixtape
gorilla zoe & boyz n da hood were disappointing but there were some great tracks on both of them
twista
i liked the bone thugs record a lot
royce da 5'9's mixtape was hot
i though the trill ent. comp with 'wipe me down' had some joints
plies sounded alright, only heard it through a couple times
i kind of want to hear the cassidy record u_u
i listened to less new rap albums this year.
what did folks think about the young buck record. i liked it at the time but haven't listened since it dropped, except for 4 kings and get buck.
Twista, Bone and Prodigy albums were also all real good--year of the veteran. And I am not afraid to say I still really like the Kanye album. Rich Boy and Young Buck both had some schitt.
young buck had that track with bun b and ball and g "say it to my face" which was a monster. rich boy's album had a lot of great tracks but i really can't listen to them cos he sounds worse and worse upon each listen.
what else do we have that is really coming out this year? wayne, three 6?
did anyone rate skyzoo. i liked one song but when i tried to listen to the mixtape it just smelled too much like nyc butthurt
scarface's "m.a.d.e." is supposed to come out on the 4th. i know it's dumb to hope for another album from him as good as "the fix", but i'm loving "girl you know".
freeway
jay-z
kanye
devin
royce da 5'9" mix cd
sean price-jesus price superstar
prodigy
marco polo
blu and exile (1/2 of the album anyway)
worst of the year
percee p
skyzoo
little brother
common
have not heard the beanie or scarface albums but i'm pretty sure they'll end up on my favorites list.
was the ugk realy good? it seems double albums can ALWAYS be cut down to 1.
peace,xavier
Ghostface
Gucci Mane (do not hate)
Three-six has been pushed back indefinitely; Wayne doesn't have a release date for his album yet either, but is supposed to drop a disc of properly mastered tracks that had previously appeared on mixtapes.
Every track off the Scarface album that I've heard sounds really good.
Well, he's no Shawnna.
real album. beats by alchemist. came out in the spring, if memory serves. it was alright, worth a listen. some real rap shit, but nothing really outstanding.
February is the most recent date to circulate, but I imagine that more material will leak as it approaches, and that the album will be pushed back again.
I still maintain that it is hands down the best/most consistent rap double album I've ever heard.
Re: Young Buck - i kinda forgot that came out this year. Easily a top 5 album for me.
Red Gone Wild, UGK, Young Buck, Devin (for what it is, not compared to other rap releases), those are probably my favorite 4 of the year so far. Honorable mention to Turf Talk dropping the only Bay joint that got on the radar. I dug most of the album, but the skits really annoyed the shit out of me.
Yeeeeaaah. I do dig Gucci Mane. I like that track with Lil' Jon "I'm A J" and I like a few of the other mixtape cuts I heard this year. The TI dis track was pretty funny. Gotta give it to the guy.
I pulled out "Finding Forever" today and only found myself really geaking off of "misunderstodd" and "u black, maybe" (the people, the game, and the other song I like have run it's course). That album wasn't really that great especially after hearing the Kanye joint which is pretty damn amazing.
Co-Sign on the Blu & Exile, really solid joint.
Worst album:
"Curtis"
and almost anything madlib/stonesthrow related.
UGK
Freeway (Not all heat but "It's Over" and "Still Got Love" are bangers)
Blu & Exile (I was sleeping. Really solid.)
The Large Pro remix of that Marco Polo joint (album was mediocre)
Zeph & Azeem (Don't sleep, this isn't your typical independent hip-hop release. Dope record.)
The Mighty Underdogs (good to hear Gab and Lateef over some quality tracks after a bad album and some awful collaborations. Big ups to Headnodic!)
Unsurprisingly bad records:
Fiddy
Kanye
Talib
Mos Def
Etc, etc, etc. too many to count/list
Tepid as always:
Common (Sorry but while his other albums are tolerable, this one is just too dull.)
There were a lot of other records I sincerely wanted to like-- UGK, Pharoahe Monch, Devin, Redman, Freeway, Trae, 8ball & MJG, Prodigy, Turf Talk, Mos Def, Twista, Trick Daddy-- but aside from a few tracks here and there I thought all of them were pretty disappointing.
anyways, some of you dudes need to let the raps go before its too late. id rather hear the fergie album over most the albums listed here. at least u can dance to her shit.
I heard the other day that Arabian Prince ghostwrote "Fergalicious." Dunno if there's any bit of truth to that, but it sounds plausible, doesn't it?
dude, american gangster over turf talk? I don't know if I even want to know you anymore. american gangster is Frickin' weak.
Gerald G - Mr. 512 mix
Mr. Blakes - Woodgrain Collection mix
Black Mike - Mixed Emotions mix
CVE - Handprints mix
VIP - Underground Empire
Slim Gutta - Real Gutta Music (doesn't come out until next year)
World Trade - Channel One (doesn't come out until next year)
...all good shit.
a lot of the beats on turf talk's album are great, but i just can't feel his voice-- he sounds too much like a mosquito or maybe dose one.
i think i just got myself uninvited to tamale day.
UGK
Common
Kanye
Freeway
Young Buck
Rich Boy
all got much play from me.
yes. best albums for me has to be
UGK
Turf Talk
Federation
Jay-Z
Agreed about these two joints!
Favorites[/b]...though this year was really
*Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens in Hell Happy With Your New Imaginary Friend
a few tracks that are iffy, but overall a solid freshman release.
*Dela - Atmosphere Airlines
GREAT mixtape! Large Pro...Apani B...just listen.
*Zeph & Azeem - Rise Up
HIGHLY slept on by anyone outside of the yay area. Azeem is a ridiculous MC.
*Turf Talk - West Coast Vaccine (The Cure)
at first i was a bit skeptical about how this album would hold up...but after repeated listens, it got addicting. not to mention, the cuts are DOPE!
*Devin The Dude - Waitin' To Inhale
great album. the snoop/andre3k track was obviously the
Tepid:[/b]
*Jay-Z - American Gangster
fallin...success...wow. the rest of the album isn't bad, but it isn't amazing either. the epitome of tepid.
*UGK - Underground Kingz
a little bit of fat, but otherwise fairly tasty. there were a few too many joints that didn't go down well though. kinda like a well done steak.
*Kanye - Graduation
flashing...lights...lights...lights...say what you will, but the artwork alone was worth the purchase. only 3 tracks i cared about, and they all became singles.
*Common - Finding Forever
it sure wasn't Be. the leaked songs were HOT though, but they got tiresome quickly.
*Ohmega Watts - Watts Happening
i liked the tracks with rapping on em. i'm not digging the instrumentals too much, they really dont belong on that lp.
*Prodigy - Return of the Mac
it's a good hip-hop album, but there's just something about it that's wrong. it's a shame it isn't worth repeated listens or dissection.
*Redman - Red Gone Wild
again, good album...but there's just something about it that isn't worth listening to again.
*Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Strength & Loyalty
flow motion was amazing. i still can't get over that track, too bad the rest of it was boring.
WEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK:[/b]
*50 Cent - Curtis
asides from the assistance from Jake, the rest of the songs were horrible. not a catchy thumper to be found.
*T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
*Havoc - The Kush