The best so far?

What albums and songs have the best so far this year for yall?

For me... (in no order)

Albums:

• Man on the Moon
• Padded Room
• Slaughterhouse
• Love vs. Money
• Deeper Than Rap
• Crime Pays (Cam'Ron came back STRONG)
• Asleep in the Bread Aisle (should have been a lot better, but oh well)

Songs:

Fallin' - Asher Roth

Soundtrack 2 My Life - Kid Cudi

I Hate My Job - Cam'Ron

Sound Off - SH

In My Sleep - Budden

Beautiful - Eminem

Hello - Eminem

Maybach Music 2 - Ross, Weezy, Kanye, T-Pain

New Wu - Ghost, Rae, Method

Crime Pays didn't get much love here, but I thought it was pretty damn good. 

My favorite 5 albums so far:

Ryan Leslie
Man on the Moon
OB4CL2
The Ecstatic
Slaughterhouse

Fav 5 Mixtapes

The Warm Up (J. Cole)
Escape Route (Joe Budden)
B.o.B Vs. Bobby Ray (B.o.B)
So Far Gone (Drake)
El Che: The Manual Mixtape (Rhymefest)

Fav Songs: (Well really I'm just listing the first ten songs that pop into my head that I think are really dope)

Soundtrack 2 My Life (CuDi)
Lights Please (J. Cole)
Rain Drops (SH)
Freight Train (Budden)
Empire State of Mind (Jay & Alicia)
How it was Supposed to Be (Ryan Leslie)
Voices (Blaq Poet)
Fall (J. Holiday)
Satellite (B.o.B)
New Wu (Raekwon)

Favorite Albums:

Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Blaq Poet - The Blaq Print
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract
Eminem - Relapse

Mixtapes:

Pac Div - Church League Champions
Wale - Back to the Feature

Songs:

Raekwon - New Wu
Mos Def ft. Talib Kweli - History
Mos Def - Casa Bey
Pac Div - Mayor
Blaq Poet - Voices
Kid Cudi - Make Her Say
Eminem - Old Times Sake
Eminem - We Made You
Q-Tip - Feelin'
Wale - Ice and Rain
Wale - Chillin'

This will change dramatically I expect by the years end

Albums:

UGK-UGK 4 Life

K-Os-Yes!

Blaq Poet-The Blaqprint

Dam-Funk-Toeachizown: Vol 1 & 2

Oh No-Dr No's Ethiopium

 Raekwon-OB4CL2

Saigon-All In A Day's Work

These are what come to mind.... I still didn't hear the Mos Def or Cunninlynguists albums from this year though... So incomplete list.

For mixtapes I also forgot Raekwon - Cuban Revolution

It was totally dope

Besides the ones you guys already listed.

Krizz kaliko - Genius

P.O.S. - Never Better

Tech N9ne - Sickology 101

XV - Everybody's Nobody (Mixtape)

Anyone who doesn't list cuban linx 2 should be banned.

Cuban Linx's greatness is not determined by perception. This is fact. 

Anyone who doesn't list cuban linx 2 should be banned.

 

Cuban Linx's greatness is not determined by perception. This is fact. 

HerbertdaPerv

This is the best song this year no doubt along with this and this and oh what the hell, this too

 ill keep it to rap music...

 songs:

Cy Young - State of Emergency
L.E.G.A.C.Y. - Looking Glass
Blaq Poet  - I Gititin

albums:
Finale - A Pipe Dream And A Promise
Verbal Kent & Kaz One - Brave New Rap
Ghemon & The Love 4tet - E Poi, All'improvviso, Impazzire
Earatik Statik - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Diamond District - In The Ruff
yU - Before Taxes
DJ Mitsu The Beats - A Word To The Wise
Phil The Agony - Think Green
Scienz Of Life - Leviathan
L.E.G.A.C.Y. - Suicide Music
Blaq Poet - Tha Blaqprint
DJ Spinna - Sonic Smash
Non+Herrmutt Lobby - Hunter

skyzoos album would probably be here but i havent had a chance to listen to it yet

mixtapes

 Strong Arm Steady - Gang Mentality
Co$$ - Co$$ edition
i-El - The Prelude
Camp Lo - Stone And Rob: Caught On Tape
Diz Gabran - Soon You'll Understand
Finale - T.I.M.E.
Skyzoo - The Power of Words
TiRon - Ketchup
Raekwon - Blood On Chefs Apron
Resevoir Dogs - Resevoir Dogs

top albums

UGK - UGK 4 Life

The Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E!

The Jacka - Tear Gas

Mos Def - The Ecstatic (this album really grew on me)

Tanya Morgan - Brooklynati

Finale - A Pipe Dream and a Promise

Fresh Daily - In Crimes of Passion

Best Songs off those

Finale - Heat 

UGK - Swishas and Erb

The Jacka - Greatest Alive

Mos Def - Auditorium

The Grouch & Eligh - Comin' Up

Tanya Morgan - So Damn Down

Blaq Poet  - I Gititin

Constrobuz

forgot to add this. This is pretty much the only song I bump off the album

Slum village's new album comes out tomorrow.

I doubt I'll see it in stores though.  

UGK - UGK 4 Life

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon

Raekwon - OB4CL2

Top Songs:

UGK: Harry A**hole, She Love it, Swishas and Herb

Kid Cudi: Soundtrack to My Life, Solo Dolo, My World, Pursuit of Happiness

Raekwon: New Wu, 10 Bricks 

Raekwon - OB4CL II

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Tanya Morgan - Brooklynati

I'm really liking the Charles Hamilton album-This Perfect Life...only a few listens, but I think it's up there with the best releases...nothing toping OB4CL2 yet thoughfat_rob

Dude got dropped from Interscope...

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]I'm really liking the Charles Hamilton album-This Perfect Life...only a few listens, but I think it's up there with the best releases...nothing toping OB4CL2 yet thoughkobegill

Dude got dropped from Interscope...

I'm really liking the Charles Hamilton album-This Perfect Life...only a few listens, but I think it's up there with the best releases...nothing toping OB4CL2 yet thoughfat_rob

PM sent.

Ease Back - UME

such ownage

Album:

The Takeover - Zion I

Brooklynati - Tanya Morgan

The Perfect Life - Charles Hamilton

OB4CLII - Raekwon

Never Better - P.O.S.

The Estatic - Mos Def

Early Believers - Kero One

Man on The Moon: The End of Day - Kid Cudi

Yes! - K-Os

Tongue N' Cheek - Dizzee Rascal

Mixtapes

B.o.B. vs Bobby Ray - B.o.B.

So Far Gone - Drake

The Warm Up - J. Cole

Church League Champions - Pac Div

Comic Books Unlimited - Chris Faust (Print)

Back To The Feature - Wale

A Love Supreme - U-N-I

Gone Fishing - The Cool Kids

Distant Travels Into Soul Theory - QuEST

Broken Headphones - QuEST

For The Tyme Being - Shing02

Tongue N' Cheek - Dizzee Rascal

bc1391

I'm really liking the Charles Hamilton album-This Perfect Life...only a few listens, but I think it's up there with the best releases...nothing toping OB4CL2 yet thoughfat_rob

The CH is DOPE. Easily my AOTY now... thanks for the heads up, it fell of the radar for me after dude went missing on the blog. 

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]I'm really liking the Charles Hamilton album-This Perfect Life...only a few listens, but I think it's up there with the best releases...nothing toping OB4CL2 yet thoughelpooz

The CH is DOPE. Easily my AOTY now... thanks for the heads up, it fell of the radar for me after dude went missing on the blog. 

This is my favorite video of 2009 thus far

And one of my favorite songs, the production and bass is earth shattering

[QUOTE="elpooz"]

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]I'm really liking the Charles Hamilton album-This Perfect Life...only a few listens, but I think it's up there with the best releases...nothing toping OB4CL2 yet thoughToriko42

The CH is DOPE. Easily my AOTY now... thanks for the heads up, it fell of the radar for me after dude went missing on the blog. 

This is my favorite video of 2009 thus far

And one of my favorite songs, the production and bass is earth shattering

SmokingSection and other well known sites are hosting it, since charles is "MIA"

[QUOTE="Toriko42"][QUOTE="elpooz"]

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]I'm really liking the Charles Hamilton album-This Perfect Life...only a few listens, but I think it's up there with the best releases...nothing toping OB4CL2 yet thoughelpooz

The CH is DOPE. Easily my AOTY now... thanks for the heads up, it fell of the radar for me after dude went missing on the blog. 

This is my favorite video of 2009 thus far

And one of my favorite songs, the production and bass is earth shattering

SmokingSection and other well known sites are hosting it, since charles is "MIA"

The production on This Perfect Life is sick. I thought that it would be meh because of how many good beats he used up on his mixtapes, but I guess he saved the best ones for this project... the beats are all dope as hell. The sample on Tears of Fire = ownage.

The lyrics are definitely above average, a lot of social commentary and good rhyme schemes (he doesn't force anything to rhyme, it just all comes together... it's more like he's talking than anything). And his flow is just getting better and better... even when he sounds lazy and uninspired, his flow makes you want to listen to what he's saying. 

The singing could have been on here less often... It can get a bit annoying. But overall, the hooks are good with it. 

Maybe like a 8.8/10 for me...

[QUOTE="elpooz"]

The production on This Perfect Life is sick. I thought that it would be meh because of how many good beats he used up on his mixtapes, but I guess he saved the best ones for this project... the beats are all dope as hell. The sample on Tears of Fire = ownage.

The lyrics are definitely above average, a lot of social commentary and good rhyme schemes (he doesn't force anything to rhyme, it just all comes together... it's more like he's talking than anything). And his flow is just getting better and better... even when he sounds lazy and uninspired, his flow makes you want to listen to what he's saying. 

The singing could have been on here less often... It can get a bit annoying. But overall, the hooks are good with it. 

Maybe like a 8.8/10 for me...

Mkavanaugh77

Crooked I has the best verse on the whole album

there's no doubt about that
his verse is straight fire, no pun intended :P

[QUOTE="elpooz"]. CH probably just made his way into my top 5 alive with this... Mkavanaugh77

:lol: 

if you don't see the amazingness of CH, i don't know what to tell you. 

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]

[QUOTE="elpooz"]. CH probably just made his way into my top 5 alive with this... elpooz

:lol: 

if you don't see the amazingness of CH, i don't know what to tell you. 

:lol:

lol CH is dope, but top 5 alive...nahfat_rob

who's better lol? Blu? 

I don't fall asleep when I listen to him

dope lyrics

dope flows

dope beats

good subject matter

what more could you ask for?

As Rappers:

Jay-El

Blu

Royce

Budden

Crooked

off top of the head...I like CH, but the strength of his music does not come from his bars

As Rappers:

Jay-El

Blu

Royce

Budden

Crooked

off top of the head...I like CH, but the strength of his music does not come from his bars

fat_rob

I guess this comes down to you liking lyrics more than me and me liking good production and flows more than you lol... surprise surprise. 

Budden and Crooked are both in my top 5... Jay-El would be if he dropped something now... his last stuff came out a while ago. Royce... meh.. i like him more than most rappers, but I just don't see him as anything special like a lot do. Blu is dopeness but until he raps over more diversified beats (if he has, i haven't heard it...), i can't put him up there.

colt's been *****ing at me to post this so here it goes...

still some discs i haven't listened to enough of (cuban linx 2, bp3, new CH, new boosie) but from what ive heard.....

albums: 

1. odawas - the blue depths (8.8)
2. UGK - UGK 4 Life (8.7)
3. fruit bats - ruminant band (8.3)
4. the-dream - love vs money (8.0)
5. phoenix - wolfgang amadeus mozart (7.9)
6. the jacka - tear gas (7.8)
7. maxwell - blacksummersnight (7.8)
8. k-os' yes! (7.6)
9. rick ross'- 'deeper than rap' (7.5)
10. passion pit - passion pit (7.3)

mixtapes: 

j. cole - the warm up (9.0)
drake - so far gone (8.4)
CH - well...isnt this awkward (8.2)
boosie - thug passion (7.4)

songs:

lil boosie - better believe it
charles hamilton - scorpion
passion pit - sleepyhead
odawas - our gentle life together
odawas - the sound of lies
ugk - hairy ****ole
ugk - everybody wanna ball
the dream - love vs. money part 1/2
rick ross - maybach music 2
ryan leslie - quicksand
mos def - quiet dog bite hard
boosie - loaded
boosie - that river
maxwell - bad habits
jay-z - empire state of mind
the jacka - glamorous lifest.yle
j. cole - world is empty
drake - say whats real
Charles hamilton - barbara walters
charles hamilton - cali oriental

 

Colt45fool

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]lol CH is dope, but top 5 alive...nahelpooz

who's better lol? Blu? 

I don't fall asleep when I listen to him

dope lyrics

dope flows

dope beats

good subject matter

what more could you ask for?

[QUOTE="elpooz"]

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]lol CH is dope, but top 5 alive...nahToriko42

who's better lol? Blu? 

I don't fall asleep when I listen to him

dope lyrics

dope flows

dope beats

good subject matter

what more could you ask for?

sarcasm? i was talking about ch...