almost time to call it a wrap on 2018. im sure theres some albums that have yet to come out that will need to be added to this.

im more curious to know what albums i have missed out on.

these are the albums i have liked the most from 2018. what are your favorites??

Favorites:
Binary Star - Lighty Ears Apart
Pusha T - Daytona
Lupe Fiasco - Drogas Wave
Logic - YSIV
Jericho Jackson - Jericho Jackson
The Black Eyed Peas - Masters of the Sun Vol. 1
Black Milk - Fever
Skyzoo - In Celebration of Us
Royce Da 5' 9" - Book of Ryan

Great/Good: (might rise to favorites with more listens)
Atmosphere - Mi Vida Local
Nas - Nasir
Kanye West - Ye
Cypress Hill - Elephants on Acid
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V
The Internet - Hive Mind
Roc Marciano - RR2: The Bitter Dose
Kali Uchis - Isolation
Noname - Room 25
Black Thought - Streams of Thought Vol. 1
The Carters - Everything is Love
Jay Rock - Redemption
Mac Miller - Swimming
Various Artitsts - Black Panther Soundtrack
J Cole - KOD
Evidence - Weather or Not
Shad - A Short Story About War
PRhyme - PRhyme2
Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie
SiR - November
Anderson .Paak - Oxnard
Nao - Saturn

Rated as Good/Great but will probably be taken off on further listens:
MGMT - Little Dark Age
Kanye West & Kid Cudi - Kids See Ghosts
Ghostface Killah - The Lost Tapes
DJ Muggs & Roc Marciano - KAOS
T.I. - Dime Trap
Lyrics Born - Quite a Life
The Coup - Sorry to Bother You: The Soundtrack
Roc Marciano - Behold a Dark Horse
Peter Bjorn and John - Darker Days
Khalid - Suncity
Ella Mai - Ella Mai
Phonte - No News is Good News
Torae & Praise - All Praises Due
Buddy - Harlan & Alondra
Leon Bridges - Good Thing
Lavell Jones - Memento
Bobby Feeno - Flamingo and Koval
Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys
Smino - Noir
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy

edited to include some i filtered out on accident

and hometown shouts out to ANML PLNT's The Breakdown EP

JMSN dropped a record I still haven't listened to

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fairweather

not sure how i missed that.

Those are my clear top 4. Will have to give more thought to like a top 10.

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"Fuck aliens." © WarriorPoet415

plenty of *good* stuff but the only GREAT album I heard this year was Drogas Wave

a lot of stuff like Oxnard Ventura that I expected to be great but was just good or meh

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<--- Big Baller World Order

i did a top 10 for the first half of the year...i had SOT Vol 1 at 3...

Volume 2 is so much better than Volume 1...My goodness...

hard to come up with a list of 20 great/good albums in a regular year. after more listens im sure i might have 20 favorites this year. the great/good would easily be 50 including the favorites.

the first sot was really good, i was more hype to get a black thought solo project more than anything. with repeat listens its come down some. the second one though?? man i see this becoming an all time favorite soon.

then quest said vol 3 is coming.....

label talent. They both dope..but that Brainfeeder X is some fiyahhh

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2016 OK Survivor Champion

be about it or be without it

RIP GOATs

Nipsey Hustle - Victory Lap

J. Cole - KOD

Jorja Smith - Lost & Found

Jay Rock - Redemption

Pusha T - Daytona

Her - Her

Drake - Scorpion

Vince Staples - FM!

Anderson .Paak - Oxnard

The Internet - Hive Mind

Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E.

Freddie Gibbs - Freddie

Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS Wave

Black Thought - Streams of Thought, Vol. 1

PRhyme - PRhyme 2

Chloe x Halle - The Kids Are Alright

Phonte - No News Is Good News


Stuff I am starting to play more of:

Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

J.I.D - DiCaprio 2

Black Milk - FEVER

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We rationalize dumb shit

projects because some of these might not be considered full albums

1. The Black Eyed Peas - Masters of the Sun Vol. 1
2. Black Thought - Streams of Thought Vol. 2
3. Black Milk - Fever
4. Black Thought - Streams of Thought Vol. 1
5. Kanye West - Ye
6. Logic - YSIV
7. Nas - Nasir
8. Pusha T - Daytona
9. Skyzoo - In Celebration of Us
10. Lupe Fiasco - Drogas Wave
11. Jericho Jackson - Jericho Jackson
12. Binary Star - Lighty
13. Binary Star - Ears Apart
14. Royce Da 5' 9" - Book of Ryan
15. Kanye West & Kid Cudi - Kids See Ghosts
16. Masta Ace & Marco Polo - A Breukelen Story
17. Atmosphere - Mi Vida Local
18. Nao - Saturn
19. The Internet - Hive Mind
20. The Carters - Everything is Love
21. Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie
22. Torae & Praise - All Praises Due
23. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V
24. J Cole - KOD
25. Kali Uchis - Isolation
26. Evidence - Weather or Not
27. Anderson .Paak - Oxnard
28. Buddy - Harlan & Alondra
29. Phonte - No News is Good News

these are in order based on rating avg of all the songs on each project. maybe something is released this week that cracks into this list or i come across an album i have yet to listen to. i dont expect the ratings to move much from this.

these are my personal favorite projects from 2018. these are projects that have made a more personal connection and i expect to stick with me going forward.

this is in order of what i enjoyed the most regardless of avg rating.
Royce Da 5' 9" - Book of Ryan
Black Thought - Streams of Thought Vol. 2
Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie
Black Milk - Fever
Pusha T - Daytona
Skyzoo - In Celebration of Us
Lupe Fiasco - Drogas Wave
Jericho Jackson - Jericho Jackson
Nao - Saturn
Masta Ace & Marco Polo - A Breukelen Story
The Black Eyed Peas - Masters of the Sun Vol. 1