Y'know, the Grammy cutoff date should be September 30th of each year. Music that's eligible for nomination comes out between October 1 of the previous year and the aforementioned September 30th.

As I type this, it's November 10th.

So what the hell are WE waitin' for, a bus? I feel it's time.



Lemme see your your ten favorites released this year. ALL genres--don't coke-rap me to fuckin' tears, here, people.

Boxsets count, too--if they were released in '08, of course.

And bootlegs.

And rips of burns of rips of albums, too. As long as that music was originally released in 2008.

Okay, let's go.




Goldfrapp - "Seventh Tree"
Flying Lotus - "Los Angeles"
C.R.A.C. Knuckles - "The Piece Talks"
Lil' Wayne - "Tha Carter III"
Frank Zappa - "Zappa/Wazoo"
El-P - "WeAreAllGoingToBurnInHellMegamixx2"
Q- Tip - "The Renaissance"
Erykah Badu - "New Amerykah, Part One: 4th World War"
Miles Davis - "The Complete 'On the Corner' Sessions"
Portishead - "Third"


Don't be like me--have your mind made up BEFORE you drop your ten, so you're not looking at your list funny like, "...Naaah, I need to edit that..." Look through your file folders and Case Logic books, think about it, then come see me.

and the hard drive, I'll get back to ya like real soon

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...because this is the Only "Best Albums of 2008" Post the Lesson Needs.

because I still haven't been able to listen to a few albums (ie Tronic, Evolver, The Rennaissance etc.) and I don't want to have to go back on my word. Here's five off the bat in no particular order:

The Foriegn Exchange- Leave it all Behind

This is easily my favorite album of the year. The production, coupled with the lyrical content and vocal arrangements made for a great listening experience. This is the first album in a very long time to give me "that" feeling. I don't know how to explain it, but I know it when I feel it.

Joe Budden- Halfway House

It hasn't been discussed too much in The Lesson, but I was really feeling this. I enjoyed it moreso for the lyrical content and song concepts than the production. I particularly like the joints Sidetracked, Under the Sun, and Check Me Out. I like hip hop thats lyrical and personal. Not flawless, but great considering it was done it 2 weeks.

Neyo- Year of The Gentleman

There seems to be mixed feelings about this album, but I really enjoyed the album. He does bite a lot of MJ stuff, but I'm an MJ fan, so I can appreciate it. Some people find his writing corny, but I find it refreshing compared to all of the sleazy sex ridden R&B that comes out. The album has a diverse sound, but he doesn't overdo it.

R. Kelly- 12 Play Fourth Quarter

This album will probably never be released, but it should at least be revamped like the whole Chocolate Factory/Loveland fiasco. When Robert decides not to bite whats popular (Skin, Hairbraider), and do what he does, he succeeds. Songs like Whole Lotta Kisses, Freaky Sensation, Playas Get Lonely and a few others show that he can still make that sexual music without being sleazy. Songs like Two Seater is what he should not ever do.

Elzhi- The Preface

I never really checked for Elzhi but I checked this out because I wanted some new music at the time and it was getting good reviews. Dude can spit, and has a way of capturing my attention. I wish dude was better with the hooks, but his song concepts are dope. I fux with Guessing Game and Transitional Joint, but I dont really like Fire remix. I'm still listening to this album to really ingest it all.

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yuck, i feel sorry for your ears. but the o.g. poster had very good selections. though can we count the complete on the corner sesions as this year

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1. New Amerykah, E. Badu
2. The Renaissance, Q-Tip
3. Leave It All Behind, Foreign Exchange
4. Dear Science, TV On The Radio
5. Tronic, Black Milk
6. Seeing Sounds, NERD
7. Rising Down, The Roots
8. The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley
9. Sketches of A Man, Dwele
10. Santogold, Santogold

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>1. New Amerykah, E. Badu
>2. The Renaissance, Q-Tip
>3. Leave It All Behind, Foreign Exchange
>4. Dear Science, TV On The Radio
>5. Tronic, Black Milk
>6. Seeing Sounds, NERD
>7. Rising Down, The Roots
>8. The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley
>9. Sketches of A Man, Dwele
>10. Santogold, Santogold

own and have heard: 1, 8, 10
own since week of release and have NOT heard: 2, 4, 6, 7
do not own but would like to hear: 3, 5

>own and have heard: 1, 8, 10

thoughts on these?

>own since week of release and have NOT heard: 2, 4, 6, 7

why have u not listened to these yet?

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>>own and have heard: 1, 8, 10
>
>thoughts on these?

these are my 2nd and 3rd favorite albums (after portishead 'third') of the albums released in 2008 that i've heard

1. New Amerykah, E. Badu

10. Santogold, Santogold

not far behind (probably top 10 for me) is
8. The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley


>>own since week of release and have NOT heard: 2, 4, 6, 7
>
>why have u not listened to these yet?

i tried and failed to find the post where i explained, but anyway the short version is that i buy albums the week they're released if they're on sale and i know i'll enjoy them (why pay more later), but it may be a while before i get around to listening because i like to give each album my full attention when listening for the first time, reading along with the lyrics if they're in the booklet. if not for this routine, i could listen to them quickly but disjointedly and without concentration, which isn't how i do things with the albums i buy. that's why i usually don't do top 10 of the year lists until the next year.

intense

Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul is my favorite from this year.

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This is where I'm at so far:

Aamir-Underwater Regions (Siq)
a faulty chromosome-as an ex-anorexic's six sicks exit,... (self-released)
Christine Albert-Paris, Texafrance (Moonhouse)
Algernon-Familiar Espionage (Ears & Eyes)
Animal Farm-The Unknown (Focused Noise)
Atmosphere-When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Rhymesayers)
Kylie Auldist-Just Say (Tru-Thoughts)
Erykah Badu-New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (Universal Motown)
Cyro Baptista-Banquet Of The Spirits (Tzadik)
Bar Kokhba-Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 (Tzadik)
Louie Bellson & Clark Terry-Louie & Clark Exposition 2 (Percussion Power)
Marco Benevento-Invisible Baby (Hyena)
Bing Ji Ling-June Degrees In December (To The Curb)
The Black Crowes-Warpaint (Silver Arrow)
Blueprint-Blueprint vs. Funkadelic (Weightless)
Boo And Boo Too-s/t (Iron Paw)
Hussein Boon-Life Changes (Brown Baby)
Richard Boulger-Blues Twilight (b-1 music)
The Boxing Lesson-Wild Streaks & Windy Days (Big Bigness)
Braille-The IV Edition (HipHopIsMusic/Syntax/Koch)
theBREAX-When theBREAX Sold Out! (Eye Am)
The Breeders-Mountain Battles (4AD)
Jimmy Bruno-Maplewood Avenue (Affiliated Artists)
The Eric Byrd Trio-Brother Ray (Foxhaven)
The Camp-The Campaign (Commonwealth)
Paul Carr-Musically Yours: Remembering Joe Henderson (PCJ Music)
Felicia Carter-Feather/Step Lightly (Alberta)
Greg Chako-Everybody's Got A Name (self-released)
Coolzey-Coolzey vs. DJ Przm (Public School)
Nikka Costa-Pebble To A Pearl (Stax/Concord)
Curumin-JapanPopShow (Quannum)
Peter Daily-Who is Peter Daily? (Sideshow Media)
Dani Girl-It's About Time (Island Soul Entertainment)
Roger Davidson Trio-Bom Dia (Soundbrush)
The Diggs-ctrl-alt-del (Sugarspun)
DL Incognito-A Captured Moment In Time (Nine Planets Hip-Hop/Urbnet)
East Side Magic-s/t
John Ellis & Double Wide-Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Hyena)
Envelope-Shark Bolt (Weightless)
Fermented Spirits-Demystification (Pickled Beats)
Four Tet-Ringer (Domino)
Gnarls Barkley-The Odd Couple (Downtown/Atlantic)
The Grouch-Show You The World (Legendary Music)
Haj-Yoga At Home Vol. 1 (Dumhi)
Gunnar Halle/Jeppe Kjellberg/Steinar Nickelsen-Echidna (Ilk)
Bill Hart-Subject To Change (self-released)
Heltah Skeltah-D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) (Duck Down)
Herd Of Mers-Aurora Caught Napping (it's Twilight Time)
Hot In Pursuit-s/t (self-released)
Howlin Rain-Magnificent Fiend (Birdman/american recordings)
Hunger Pains-Dirty Aloha (Siq)
I Heart Lung-Interoceans (Asthmatic Kitty)
Improvvirussoundexperience-Supercoclea For New Apes (Setola di Maiale)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey-Lil' Tae Rides Again (Hyena)
Jazzanova-Of All The Things (Sonar Kollektiv/Verve)
Joe Dub-Pooretry (Asita)
Scarlett Johansson-Anywhere I Lay My Head (Atco/Rhino)
The David Joel Quartet-Spiral Sky (Turning Point)
Kelpe-Ex-Aquarium (D.C. Recordings)
Kid Dakota-A Winner's Shadow (Speakerphone/Graveface)
K-The-I???-Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Mush)
S�ren Kj�rgaard-Optics (Ilk Music)
Piers Lawrence Quartet-Stolen Moments (Jazz Net Media)
Lazy Magnet-He Sought For That Magic By Which All Glory And Glamour Of Mystic Chivalry Were Made To Shine or Is Music Even Good (Corleone)
Eliot Lipp-The Outside (Mush)
Lorna Doom-The Diabolical EP (Corleone)
Gary Louris-Vagabonds (Rykodisc)
Pete Malinverni-Invisible Cities (Reservoir Music)
M*anifest-Manifestations (self-released)
Menahan Street Band-Make The Road By Walking (Dunham/Daptone)
Mochipet-Microphone Pet (Daly City)
mr. Gnome-Deliver This Creature (El Marko)
Mr. Meeble-Never Trust The Chinese (Absolute Motion)
Doug Munro-Big Bossa Nova 2.0 (Chase Music Group)
N*E*R*D-Seeing Sounds (Virgin)
Nights Wounds-Allergic To Heat (Corleone)
No Doctors-Origin & Tectonics (self-released)
Noyeek The Grizzly Bear-Face Crunch (self-released)
The OaKs-Songs For Waiting (self-released)
O! The Joy's Zen Mode (Distile)
Obsidian Blue-Sound Design (self released)
Mauro Orselli-Sulle Tracce Di Ned (Studio V38)
Lizzy Parks-Raise The Roof (Tru-Thoughts)
Grant Peeples-It's Later Than You Think (self-released)
The Pharmacy-Choose Yr Own Adventure (Don't Stop Believin')
Pleasureboaters-�Gross! (Don't Stop Believin')
Power Struggle-Hearts & Minds (self-released)
Nancy Priddy-Christina's Carousel (Monte's Moolah Music)
Bill Prouten-Low-down, No-good... (self-released)
Psapp-The Camel's Back (Domino)
The Raconteurs-Consolers Of The Lonely (Warner Bros.)
Bess Rogers-Decisions Based On Information (self-released)
Roommate-We Were Enchanted (Plug Research)
The Roots-Rising Down (Def Jam)
Thom Rotella 4-Tet-Out Of The Blues (self-released)
S&S (Stephen Inglis and pianist Shawn Livingson Moseley)-Na Po Makole: The Night Rainbows ('Aumakua)
Felipe Salles-South American Suite (Curare)
Sonar Kollektiv Orchestr-Guaranteed Niceness (Sonar Kollektiv)
The Gus Spenos Quartet-Swing Theory (self-released)
Colin Stetson-New History Warfare Vol. 1 (Aagoo)
Dave Stryker-Strike Up The Band (Steeplechase)
Swamp Cabbage-Squeal (Zoho Roots)
Tangria Jazz Group-s/t (self-released)
John Tchicai/Jonas M�ller/Nikolaj Munch-Hansen/Kresten Osgood-Coltrane In Spring (Ilk)
tREBLEFREE-The Return Of The Dirty Cymbals (mitc.)
Vincent Black Shadow-More Deeper (Heartbreakbeat)
Walter "Wolfman" Washington-Doin' The Funky Thing (Zoho)
We Were The States-Believe The Thieves (Chicken Ranch)
Why?-Alopecia (Anticon)
Sam Yahel-Jazz Side Of The Moon: The Music Of Pink Floyd (Chesky)
Lindsey Yung-Opal Essence (self-released)
John Zorn-The Dreamers (Tzadik)


If we're looking for a rough Top 30, I'll go with:
Kylie Auldist-Just Say (Tru-Thoughts)
Erykah Badu-New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (Universal Motown)
Braille-The IV Edition (HipHopIsMusic/Syntax/Koch)
Felicia Carter-Feather/Step Lightly (Alberta)
Coolzey-Coolzey vs. DJ Przm (Public School)
John Ellis & Double Wide-Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Hyena)
Envelope-Shark Bolt (Weightless)
Fermented Spirits-Demystification (Pickled Beats)
Gnarls Barkley-The Odd Couple (Downtown/Atlantic)
Haj-Yoga At Home Vol. 1 (Dumhi)
Heltah Skeltah-D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) (Duck Down)
Herd Of Mers-Aurora Caught Napping (it's Twilight Time)
Hunger Pains-Dirty Aloha (Siq)
I Heart Lung-Interoceans (Asthmatic Kitty)
Jazzanova-Of All The Things (Sonar Kollektiv/Verve)
K-The-I???-Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Mush)
M*anifest-Manifestations (self-released)
Menahan Street Band-Make The Road By Walking (Dunham/Daptone)
Mochipet-Microphone Pet (Daly City)
mr. Gnome-Deliver This Creature (El Marko)
N*E*R*D-Seeing Sounds (Virgin)
Psapp-The Camel's Back (Domino)
Bess Rogers-Decisions Based On Information (self-released)
The Roots-Rising Down (Def Jam)
Sonar Kollektiv Orchestr-Guaranteed Niceness (Sonar Kollektiv)
Colin Stetson-New History Warfare Vol. 1 (Aagoo)
Tangria Jazz Group-s/t (self-released)
tREBLEFREE-The Return Of The Dirty Cymbals (mitc.)
Vincent Black Shadow-More Deeper (Heartbreakbeat)
Lindsey Yung-Opal Essence (self-released)


Obviously I haven't heard everything that was released, thus no Q-Tip or Foreign Exchange just yet, and I'm still going through my collection, column, and OKP reviews to be sure I haven't missed anything. I will say that a few months ago, the Sonar Kollektiv Orchestr album was on top of my list. When I heard Jazzanova's was coming out, I had to pave the way for that. I was late to her album, but once I heard Kylie Auldist, I knew it was going to be very close to the top, if not the top.

Again, another great year for good music, so despite the struggles of the industry, it hasn't stopped people from making quality work.










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When I make a list of albums, it consists of albums that I liked throughout the year. I still stand by my review:
http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/may-2008/scarlett-johansson-200805215763/

Was it ever going to be chosen as my album of the year, no. The Sonar Kollektiv Orchestr album had been my favorite album up until I knew Jazzanova were going to come out with one. Then I came across Kylie Auldist's album and was totally blown away by that. Badu's album would be up there, so right there that's a decent Top 4.

I did like The Roots' album a lot but they tend to do one album for the purists, one album that forces people to think and RISING DOWN was the thinking man's album. That's not to say that GAME THEORY wasn't a thinking man's album, because the concept was heavy, it was dark for the majority of the album until they hit the Dilla tribute, that to me represent optimism for the future. When they get into something more complex, you have to listen to it a number of times for it to settle in. So for now, my Top 5 would look like this:

1. Kylie Auldist-Say That
2. Jazzanova-Of All The Things
3. Sonar Kollektiv Orchestra-Guaranteed Niceness
4. Erykah Badu-New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
5. The Roots-Rising Down

I have not heard Foreign Exchange or Q-Tip's new one, and I don't want people to think "oh, Book's on OKP so he has to put up some Okayplayer's in his list to make it valid". That's not it. If an album feels good to me for whatever reason, it goes on. I would still make these choices regardless. I enjoy going for the underdog, and if I find something that moves me, I'll support it. Badu's album was very much like that, the woman is always heavy and the fact that the majority of people didn't understand it and felt "Honey" was a reason to soothe the bitterness of the album's tone made me realize that no one is tapping into what she's offering. The album was incredibly funky, it had Madlib on it and yet it was as if people bitched because she was getting "too weird". C'mon, this is Badu, who has never been afraid to do something left of center, it isn't Ashanti. This is why I also liked Scarlett Johansson's album, because as I've said many times before, it fucked with the notion of what people expected her to sound like. People expected bubbly, sexy, maybe some kind of dance record that they can fap to. Instead, it was an album with a dreadful vibe, and one doesn't normally associate someone who looks like that with music that sounds like new wave goth. It was the most un-mainstream mainstream album out there, and I'm a Tom Waits fan too, so the idea of a woman adding a female perspective to his work was unique. It's not unlike Prince singing Joni Mitchell lyrics. Words do not have sexual or gender orientation, but we do know who wrote them, and we are comfortable with the original author. When someone of the opposite sex sings those same lyrics, it can offer a different dynamic, even if it's only to say "she's singing the words of a man". Imagine if Rosario Dawson did an album of Leonard Cohen covers, would it work better? Of course we all know how Dawson's singing voice sounds, so maybe it would.

Anyway, it gets old having to explain myself why I liked Johansson's album, with people saying "try listening to it before reviewing it". I listened to the album a number of times before I wrote that review, that's how I always do it. How about "try reading my review before making any judgments, to know where I was coming from"? It also means someone read my work, enough to bash me for my opinion and I'm alright with that.





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"I enjoy going for the underdog, and if I find something that moves me, I'll support it. Badu's album was very much like that, the woman is always heavy and the fact that the majority of people didn't understand it and felt "Honey" was a reason to soothe the bitterness of the album's tone made me realize that no one is tapping into what she's offering. The album was incredibly funky, it had Madlib on it and yet it was as if people bitched because she was getting "too weird". C'mon, this is Badu, who has never been afraid to do something left of center, it isn't Ashanti."

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I obviously have personal favorites out of the bunch, so it's a mixture of both.


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Do you do anything besides listen to music? I don't think I could get thru all those albums in a year let alone still have time to put in throwback albums that I feel like listening to..

Probably why I don't get into new music as much, just don't have the time anymore so listen to established artists I like and once in a while take a chance on something new, usually ending up going back to the old stuff I enjoy more.

>Do you do anything besides listen to music? I don't think I
>could get thru all those albums in a year let alone still have
>time to put in throwback albums that I feel like listening
>to..

I find myself becoming more selective as far as what is new, and at times I do enjoy listening without a need to be critical, or having to do a review. Or even better, to take a break.


>Probably why I don't get into new music as much, just don't
>have the time anymore so listen to established artists I like
>and once in a while take a chance on something new, usually
>ending up going back to the old stuff I enjoy more.

I find myself wanting to explore more of what I missed or didn't know of, and it's nothing against the new. That's why when I do hear something that blows me away, I want to tell everyone. Unfortunately hearing something good means having to listen to a lot of bad.










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if you were assigned the next radiohead album to review, would you accept?

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as far as taking into consideration and addressing past releases, particularly of major and important artists, when reviewing a new album?

I do know what you're saying. Would I be qualified to write a review, sure. Would I be qualified to write a decent review, being someone who hasn't taken a deep listen to their music over the last few years, probably not. I would have to get all of their albums and take it all in first, if I wanted to do the review in the way you'd want me to.

I believe it was you who had brought it up, but I have listened to some of the albums I missed, and there's a lady I know in the Bay Area who is a huge Radiohead fan (she traveled to London just to see them) and had sent me their B-sides and everything. I now understand the buzz, and I wish I didn't shut myself off after PABLO HONEY. I like the singles, as far as what had been turned into videos, and by the time they were getting the buzz with OK COMPUTER, I was shocked to know that these were the guys who made "Creep". I got into a lot of other music, and I missed the bus basically, and I have found myself wanting to catch up. Unlike you, I'm not able to listen to it in real time the way you had with other Radiohead fans, but it has allowed me to listen to it without the current buzz that an album can have at any particular time.

If I were to review the next album, I would have to go back and listen to everything they've done so I can get a feel for what they were trying to do as a group. Along with that, I was always amazed when people compared them to Pink Floyd. I'm a huge PF fan, and I didn't want anyone to fuck with that. I do hear the similarities, as far as taking certain sounds to a new place, taking the lyrics down a new avenue, and any sense of continuity. It sounds like they enjoy what they're doing, and fans are there for the ride, not unlike nine inch nails.


EDIT: For me, I tend to get more music from new artists, so I don't have to go back into their catalog. If it's a band like Melvins, I can go directly to their 6 song EP on C/Z since I've been a fan for (yikes) 22 years. I'm able to at least know about their progression, the changes, the growth, all of the stuff that allows me to review it objectively. I don't have that with Radiohead yet, but it's not too late. As I said before too, as everyone started to jump on the Radiohead bandwagon, I avoided it. Now that we're a few years behind OK COMPUTER, I can appreciate what they did up to and afterwards, and hopefully get a grasp of what they'll do next.








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you told me a couple years ago that you hadn't listened to their albums and that you were interested but not planning to listen any time soon.

it's not that i think every person on earth should listen to them, let alone like them, it's just that i expect any self-respecting reviewer to be at least somewhat familiar with a major artist's work before reviewing something new. i can't imagine anyone professionally reviewing a radiohead album having not heard the other ones (or even having only heard 'pablo honey'). that said, it can be a good thing to divorce oneself from hype and buzz to be able to approach a piece of art/music on its own terms and judge it on its own merits. i do this myself with my aforementioned wait time between when i might buy (or download) an album and when i actually listen to it. it's sometimes years, as i said in that topic i couldn't find.

It wasn't so much that I never wanted to listen, I just didn't feel a need to at the time they were getting a heavy buzz.



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I feel the same way - I love listening to new artists and checking out real fresh music, but there's so many people trying to be up-and-coming, that it's rare that i find something real new that I love. Therefore I too end up going back to lots of established artists who i know and love. It's not a knock on new artists; I fully support them, just not all of them can be classics.

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shows how much of an off year it is. im sayin american gangster was a better album if we going by grammy calendar. is 808s gonna make the cut off? cuz hes 3 for 3 for hip hop album of the year

my favorites- rising down, the renaissance...umm tronic aight, mixtape about nothing does that count lol, million dollar backpack was pretty good. it was a better year for r&b

Oh wait, you did say "every hip-hop Grammy". Okay.

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but Wayne will probably sweep the hip hop grammys he's nominated for

TRONIC-BlackMilk

ODE TO THE GHETTO-GuiltySimpson

THE PREFACE-eLZhi

THE SET UP-BlackMilk & FatRay

BAR EXAM II-Royce da 5'9"

D.I.R.T-HeltahSkeltah

WHITE VAN MUSIC-JakeOne

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thank god you have jake ones album on there

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I give rappers the biz for being m-izza-a-archaic.

and in no particular order:

No Age: Nouns
TV on The Radio: Dear Science,
Black Milk: Tronic
Titus Andronicus: The Airing of Grievances
Q-Tip: The Renaissance
Hold Steady: Stay Positive
Santogold: s/t
Joe Budden: Halfway House
Roots: Rising Down

Passion Pit - Chunk Of Change
Black Milk - Tronic
Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

I'm probably missing a ton of stuff, and i haven't listened to alot of stuff..I bet TVOTR would make it to my top 5-10 whenever i get around to peeping it..

Damn...no one said MGMT-"Oracular Spectacular"...to me, it's my favorite of the year....the only record that has been consistently in my cd player.....TV on the Radio comes in at a close 2nd

benji hughes - a love extreme
mudcrutch - mudcrutch
beck - modern guilt
cat power - jukebox
david byrne and brian eno - everything that will happen will happen today
jenny lewis - acid tongue
lil wayne - the carter III
stephen malkmus - real emotional trash
raconteurs - consolers of the lonely
santogold - santogold

D. Rose & DJ Cosmos - Tasters Choice
H.I.S.D. - Summer Sessions
K-Otix - The Reckoning
Elucid - Police & Thieves
Che Grand - Breakfast At Wimbledon
Donwill - Suhburban Sprawl
Murs & 9th Wonder - Sweet Lord
88 Keys - Adam's Case Files
Kam Moye - Self Centered EP
Von Pea - Further Adventures of Von pea

I'll play, but my list goes from Jan. 1 to December 31st, so this ish aint official yet...

no real order:

Q Tip "The Renaissance"
J-Live "Then What Happened?"
Portishead "Third"
EL-P "Mega Mix 2"
The Roots "Rising Down"
Santogold
Raphael Sadiq "The Way I See It"
Buckshot and 9th "The Formula"
Invincible "Shapeshifters"
Elzhi "The Preface"

Honorable Mentions: Tonya Morgan "The Bridge", Johnson & Johnson, Flying Lotus "LA", Reks "Grey Hairs"

...still digesting "Tronic"

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1. Black Milk - Tronic
2. The Roots - Rising Down
3. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War
4. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
5. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
6. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
7. Guilty Simpson - Ode To The Ghetto
8. Counting Crows - Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings
9. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
10. Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/djmartian/2008_albums/

that list doesn't seem to be conclusive though, my bad.

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Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto
Black Milk - Tronic
Elzhi - The Preface
Elzhi - Europass

if i had to pick just one (and i can!)...it's definitely Guilty Simpson's Ode to the Ghetto. that sh*t just speaks to me.

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>if i had to pick just one (and i can!)...it's definitely
>Guilty Simpson's Ode to the Ghetto. that sh*t just speaks to
>me.

*smh, hides wallet*


actually, i was going to try to find that at borders today w/ the 40% off coupon. i was initially turned off by the negative reviews/comments, but you and other people propping it up throughout the year renewed my interest. i'll never, ever forget the first time i heard "strapped" and how impressed i was with guilty.

>>if i had to pick just one (and i can!)...it's definitely
>>Guilty Simpson's Ode to the Ghetto. that sh*t just speaks
>to
>>me.
>
>*smh, hides wallet*
>
>
>actually, i was going to try to find that at borders today w/
>the 40% off coupon. i was initially turned off by the negative
>reviews/comments, but you and other people propping it up
>throughout the year renewed my interest. i'll never, ever
>forget the first time i heard "strapped" and how impressed i
>was with guilty.

Meaning, first few listens I thought it had some gems......a 3 outta 5 mic album. And then I found myself still going back to it and now I don't see how I was kinda cool towards it. 4 mics!

Btw, that album contains two of the best beats EVER by Madlib and Black Milk.
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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers. (c) Kno

>Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto
>Black Milk - Tronic
>Elzhi - The Preface
>Elzhi - Europass
>
>if i had to pick just one (and i can!)...it's definitely
>Guilty Simpson's Ode to the Ghetto. that sh*t just speaks to
>me.


I can't lie, tho, 3 of those will probably be on mine, with "Tronic" somewhere Top 5.

Buff 1 (more Detroit!!! *smh* lol) will be in there, too.
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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers. (c) Kno