Hip-Hop Albums of the Year Thread
faux_rillz
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I don't think we've had one of these yet, which is odd, since usually some little dude tries to start one before all of the big fourth quarter releases are even out.Oh, and don't even try coming into my thread tawnbout Little Brother... matter of fact, I think I'm gonna give you Little Brother fans your own thread within which to let the contents of your private mind gardens spill forth.
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This is an amazing opener. You start a hip hop album of the year thread, don't even list a hip hop album, and then make fun of people's prospective choices...I can tell this is going to be a good thread.
There are no classics this year whatsoever, but if I were pressed I'd have to say Late Registration (which might, technically, be a pop album). But since it came out so late last year I would also say Purple Haze was the best album last year, this year, and probably next year.
My Top 10 in ranked order:
1. Kanye West: Late Registration
2. Edan: Beauty and the Beat
3. Beanie Siegel: The B.Coming
4. Quasimoto: The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
5. The Game: The Documentary
6. Zion I: True and Livin???
7. Young Jeezy: Let???s Get It On: Thug Motivation 101
8. Atmosphere: You Can???t Imagine How Much Fun We???re Having
9. Juelz Santana: What the Game???s Been Missing
10. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: Naturally
I have deep knowledge of argentinian hip hop
1: Cage/Hells Winter (slept on, best album in several years)
2: Atmosphere/You Cant Imagine How Much Fun We???re Having (great return to form)
3: Handsome Boy Modelling School/White People
4:Common/Be (scraping the bottom of the barrel now, its not been a great year).
5: Kanye West/Late Registration.
Hope I forgot something, that???s not a great top 5 but best I can think of.
Ahh I forgot Edan..Stick him at number 3.
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As for Faux' preemptive strike against Little Brother, has anyone actually professed to being an avid fan of theirs or is this strictly straw man business?
And this would be different from previous years, how?
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Easily. The. Best.
So necessary. No other way to describe it except - in the words of the artist - "round and firm and funny." Wyaoming?[/b] . . . this kind of belly-speak marks a rare moment of self-revelation is another way of saying "maturity." GET ON HIS LEVEL.
There's a very funny story about W.O.'s involvement with the autoharp during his tour with Bj*rk...
Put me down.
Nah, you're right. 2005 was weaksauce. The biggest surprise to me is no one has mentioned MF Doom yet, either + or -
I don't even recall him doing anything which is strange because he probably put out like 8 lps
Explain your criteria! hip-hop album?[/b]
Couldn't have said it better myself. Can't listen to either one all the way through - but let's be honest - when's the last time you could really do that since 94?
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Stay Fly was far and above the best song on 'Most Known Unknown,' however.