I know it's been done many times but i'm at lunch and bored so let's go!

when reason sleeps demons dance

california hardcore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5wYqi_t8iM

that's not the best song on the CD/LP

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Mama Said Knock You Out
$hort Dog's In the House
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Livin' Like Hustlers

Ice Cube "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted"
LL Cool J "Mama Said Knock You Out"
A Tribe Called Quest "People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm"
Public Enemy "Fear Of A Black Planet"
Boogie Down Productions "Edutainment"

Gang Starr - Step in the Arena
XClan - To The East, Blackwards
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Brand Nubian - One For All
EpMd - Business as Usual

Damn, looking back.... there was A LOT of quality hip hop coming out between 90 and 95!


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>Damn, looking back.... there was A LOT of quality hip hop
>coming out between 90 and 95!

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>>Damn, looking back.... there was A LOT of quality hip hop
>>coming out between 90 and 95!
>
>
Not so much... I'm speaking in terms of the quality and quantity then were pretty well defined. Now there is far more quantity than quality. So in turn, I guess I was speaking aloud in comparison with hip-hop today. Some of these lists were hard to narrow down to 5... more recent years, I would be lucky to have 5 I could solidly place on the list.

SEX PACKETS - Digital Underground
LE MYSTERE DES VOIX BULGARES, Vol. 2
LIVIN' LIKE HUSTLERS - Above The Law
STEP IN THE ARENA - Gang Starr
THE FUTURE - Guy

Eric B & Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit Em
Ice Cube - America's Most wanted
Ice Cube - Kill At Will
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Special Ed - Legal
Poor Righteous - Holy Intellect
Tribe - Peoples Instinctive Travels...
Public Enemy - Fear of A Black Planet
Kool G Rap & Polo - Wanted Dead or Alive
Brand Nubian - One For All
EPMD - Business As Usual
Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It
King Sun - Righteous But Ruthless
CMW - It's A Compton Thang
Intelligent Hoodlum - Intelligent Hoodlum
Lord Finesse - Funky Technician
Lakim Shabazz - Lost Tribe of Shabazz
Geto Boys - The Geto Boys
Above The Law - Livin Like Hustlers
X-Clan - To The East Blackwards
Digital Underground - Sex Packets
Too Short - Short Dog's in the House
Richie Rich - Don't Do It
D-Nice - Call Me D-Nice
Big Daddy Kane - Taste of Chocolate

A Tribe Called Quest "People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths Of Rhythm"
Ice Cube "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted"
Public Enemy "Fear Of A Black Planet"
Eric B. & Rakim "Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em"
Boogie Down Productions "Edutainment"

The Low End Theory
Death Certificate
De La Soul Is Dead
Quik Is the Name
Niggaz4Life

The UMC's - fruits of nature

Organized Konfusion - (self/titled)

De La Soul is Dead
Low End Thoery
Cypress Hill (self-titled)
Mr. Hood
Death Certificate

DE LA SOUL IS DEAD is #1

Main Source - Breaking Atoms

Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing

Del tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here

Leaders of the New School - A Future Without a Past

Ice Cube "Death Certificate"
A Tribe Called Quest "The Low End Theory"
Public Enemy "Apocolypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black"
EPMD "Business As Usual"
Brand Nubian "One For All"

THE LOW END THEORY - A Tribe Called Quest
A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING - Black Sheep
NEVERMIND - Nirvana
EFIL4ZAGGIN - NWA
DE LA SOUL IS DEAD - De La Soul

>THE LOW END THEORY - A Tribe Called Quest
>A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING - Black Sheep
>EFIL4ZAGGIN - NWA
>DE LA SOUL IS DEAD - De La Soul

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
Slint - Spiderland

Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Gangstarr - Step In The Arena
PRT - Pure Poverty
Black Sheep - Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
Tribe - Low End Theory
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Pete Rock & Cl Smooth - All Souled Out EP
Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion
Frestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern
CMW - Straight Checkin Em
DJ Quik - Quik Is The Name
De la Soul - De la Soul Is Dead
3rd Bass - Derlicks of Dialect
KMD - Mr Hood
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
LONS - A Future Without a Past
Showbiz & AG - Soul Clap EP
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature
Slick Rick - The Rulers Back
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Back
Ice T - O.G. Original Gangster
NWA - Efil4zaggin
Del - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
Nice & Smooth - Ain't A Damn Thing Changed
WC & The Mad Circle - Ain't A Damn Thing Changed
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now
O.G. Style - I Know how to Play Em
2nd II None - 2nd II None
Edo G & Da Bulldogs - Life of a Kid In The Ghetto
Scarface - Mr Scarface Is Back
Geto Boys - We Can't be Stopped
D-Nice - D-Nice To The Rescue
Genius - Words From The Genius
Two Kings in a Cipher - Pyramids to Projects

I didn't realize I already contributed to this post for 1991.
It was a LOT of great albums that released that year. I always talk about 88 and 94 but I gotta start talking about 91 in that same vein.

Music to Driveby
Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop
The Chronic
Daily Operation
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

Mecca and the Soul Brother
Dead Serious
Bizarre Ryde to the Pharcyde
Stunts, Blunts, and Hip-Hop
Whut? The Album

Redman - Whut? The Album
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Das Efx - Dead Serious
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ryde to the Pharcyde
Gang Starr - Daily Operation

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Gangstarr "Daily Operation"
Showbiz & AG "Runaway Slave"
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics "Stunts, Blunts, & Hip-Hop"
DJ Quik "Way 2 Fonky"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Mecca And The Soul Brother"

BIZARRE RIDE II THE PHARCYDE - Pharcyde
HEAVY RHYME EXPERIENCE VOL. 1 - The Brand New Heavies
BONE MACHINE - Tom Waits
DAILY OPERATION - Gang Starr
THE CHRONIC - Dr. Dre

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother
Gang Starr - Daily Operation
Eric B & Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
CMW - Music II Driveby
DJ Quik - Way 2 Fonky
Brand nubian - In God We Trust
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Paris - Sleeping With The Enemy
Showbiz & AG - Runaway Slave
Lord Finesse - Return of the Funkyman
Diamond D - Stunts blunts & Hip Hop
Redman - Whut?? Thee Album
EPMD - Business Never Personal
Ice Cube - The Predator
Kool G & Polo - Live & Let Die
Ultramagnetic MC's - Funk Ya Head Up
Grand Puba - Reel To Reel
Heavy D - Blue Funk
Penthouse Players Clique - Paid The Cost
Das Efx - Dead Serious
BDP - Sex & Violence
Double XX Posse - Put Ya Boots On
Original Flavor - This Is How It Is
Future Sound - The Whole Shabang Vol.1

In no order

Mecca And The Soul Brother
Stunts, Blunts, & Hip-Hop
Whut…Thee Album
Bizarre Ride 2 The Pharcyde
Check Your Head
Daily Operation

that's 6 but fuck it…i'm not NOT naming one of those.

Midnight Marauders
93 Til Infinity
Get In Where You Fit In
Doggystyle
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Slaughta House
Midnight Maruaders
Buhloone Mind State
Enter the 36 Cambers
'93 Til Infinity

De La Soul - Buhlooone Mind State
ATCQ - Midnight Marauders
Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
Del! - No Need For Alarm
Tha Alkaholiks - 21 & Over

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INNERCITY GRIOTS - Freestyle Fellowship
IN UTERO - Nirvana
BUHLOONE MINDSTATE - De La Soul
BACDAFUCUP - Onyx
MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS - A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest "Midnight Marauders"
Snoop Doggy Dogg "Doggystyle"
De La Soul "Buhloone Mindstate"
Black Moon "Enta Da Stage"
Threat "Sickinnahead"

Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
Tribe - Midnight Marauders
PRT - Black Business
Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots
Wu Tang - Enter The Wu Tang(36 Chambers)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
Del - No Need For Alarm
Tha Alkaholiks - 21 & Over
King Tee - Tha Triffin Album
Black Moon - Enter The Stage
De la Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Kam - Neva Again
The Coup - Kill My Landlord
Too Short- Get In Where You Fit In
KRS One - Return of the Boom Bap
Mobb Deep - Juvenile Hell
Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
LONS - T.I.M.E.
Lords of the Underground - Here Come The Lords
Naughty By Nature - 19 Naughty III
Beatnuts - Intoxicated Demons
Intelligent Hoodlum - Tragedy: saga of a Hoodlum
Onyx - Bacdafucup
Da Youngstas - The Aftermath
Ice Cube - Lethal Injection
Above the Law - Black Mafia Life
Ant Banks - Sittin On Something Phat
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Scarface - The World Is Yours
Digable Planets - Reachin...
Eazy E - It's On(Dr. Dre) 187um Killa

In no order

Midnight Marauders
36 Chambers
Enta Da Stage
93 Til Infinity
Doggystyle

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Hard to Earn
Illmatic
The Main Ingredient
Super Tight

Illmatic
Dare Iz a Darkside
Sun Rises in the East
Hard to Earn
Stress: Extinction Agenda

Organized Konfusion - Stress: Extinction Agenda
Jeru - Sun Rises in the East
Casual - Fear Itself
Redman- Dare Iz a Darkside
Gang Starr - Hard to Earn



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Nas - Illmatic
Kast - Southernplayalistic...
Big - Ready To Die
Scarface - The Diary
UGK - Supertight

Nas - Illmatic
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Common - Resurrection
The Roots - Do You Want More?!??!!?
Jeff Buckley - Grace

GROOVE COLLECTIVE - Groove Collective
THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST - Jeru Tha Damaja
STRESS: THE EXTINCTION AGENDA - Organized Konfusion
ILLMATIC - Nas
DO YOU WANT MORE?!!!??! - The Roots

Nas "Illmatic"
The Notorious B.I.G. "Ready To Die"
Organized Konfusion "Stress: The Extinction Agenda"
Jeru Tha Damaja "The Sun Rises In The East"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth "The Main Ingredient"

In no order

Illmatic
The Main Ingredient
Ill Communication
Blowout Comb
Word…Life

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Ready To Die
The Sun Rises In The East
Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Hard To Earn

all NEED a mention though

this and 96 are the toughest years to narrow down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=logN7CRzdDY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnfuBIafF-M&feature=related


the Amps - Pacer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hs0HvEsIig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyj6ZWloXPU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIkU-G2wqLo


The Flaming Lips - clouds taste metallic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-kvZtV04GE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC_InxiJRXU

Soul Food
The Infamous
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Liquid Swords
Dah Shinin'

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Coast II Coast
Liquid Swords
Do You Want More?!?!?!
Soul Food

Raekwon - Only Built 4...
Pharcyde - LabCabinCalifornia
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
GZA - Liquid Swords


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Goodie Mob - Soulfood
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Rae - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Bone - E.1999
GZA - Liquid Swords

(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - Oasis
EARTH AND HEAVEN - Repercussions
BROWN SUGAR - D'Angelo
GALACTICA RUSH - Jhelisa
COAST II COAST - Tha Alkaholiks

In no order

Liquid Swords
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
The Infamous
Dah Shinin'
Soul Food

Not sure how I missed that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hidvPHz7vg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCzglTSOYU&feature=related

ATLiens
Illadelph Halflife
Ridin' Dirty
It Was Written
Muddy Waters

De La Soul - Stakes is High
Redman - Muddy Waters
Outkast - ATLiens
Jeru - Wrath of the Math
Fugees - The Score



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De La - Stakes Is High
Kast - ATLiens
UGK - Ridin Dirty
Jay - Reasonable Doubt
Pac - All Eyez On Me

De La - Stakes Is High
Kast - ATLiens
UGK - Ridin Dirty
Jay - Reasonable Doubt
Pac - All Eyez On Me

HERE TO SAVE YOU ALL - Chino XL
STAKES IS HIGH - De La Soul
PEACE BEYOND PASSION - Me'Shell NdegeOcello
LEWIS TAYLOR - Lewis Taylor
KOLLAGE - Bahamadia

In no order

ATLiens
Illadelph Halflife
It Was Written
Stakes Is High
Muddy Waters

Ironman
Reasonable Doubt
Hell On Earth
Firing Squad
Makaveli

ALL NEED a mention though.

Swap those

Illadelph Halflife
ATLiens
Stakes is High
Muddy Waters
Reasonable Doubt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhYW2ZLAzeg&feature=related


Mulu - smiles like a shark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pktBmoMbYc4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQesBJ_ZrI&feature=related


Radiohead - ok computer

Ghetto Millionaire
OK Computer
Homogenic
Uptown Saturday Night
Portishead

ONE DAY IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE - Common
SOULFUL FRUIT - Rob Swift
TRAVELING WITHOUT MOVING - Jamiroquai
MELODICA EP - Blackalicious
PORTISHEAD - Portihead

In no order

Wu-Tang Forever
Jewelz
Uptown Saturday Night
The War Report
One Day It'll All Make Sense

In Order...

Uptown Saturday Night
The Carnival
Wu Tang Forever
The War Report
One Day It'll All Make Sense

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w35v4Z-nw1w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdoK36ZsdiA


Sunny Day Real Estate - how it feels to be something on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZpEe7H8qhg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCW4_oMNTB4&feature=related


Esthero - breath from another

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i80RbCc1tFE


Mudhoney - Tomorrow hit today

Rhythm-al-ism
Moment of Truth
Still Standing
Aquemini
Mezzanine

GOOD HUMOUR - Saint Etienne
ANCIENT TERMITES - PhonosycographDISK
DECKSANDDRUMSANDROCKANDROLL - Propellerheads
MOS DEF AND TALIB KWELI ARE BLACK STAR
MOMENT OF TRUTH - Gang Starr

In no order

Aquemini
Moment Of Truth
Soul Surivior
Foundation
First Family 4 Life

The Art of Storytelling
2001
In Our Lifetime
The Soft Bulletin
Things Fall Apart

THINGS FALL APART - The Roots
STEREO TYPE A - Cibo Matto
MULE VARIATIONS - Tom Waits
BLACK ON BOTH SIDES - Mos Def
STREET FAERIE - Cree Summer

in no order

Things Fall Apart
Blackout!
Murda Muzik
Black On Both Sides
Internal Affairs

Things Fall Apart
Operation: Doomsday
Black On Both Sides
Blackout!
Soundspieces: Da Antidote

Kid A
Mama's Gun
Supreme Clientele
Stankonia
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

hey

Supreme Clientele
Stankonia
Train of Thought
Fantastic Vol. 2
Kid A

I AM SHELBY LYNNE - Shelby Lynne
VOODOO - D'Angelo
MAMA'S GUN - Erykah Badu
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE - Common
AOI: MOSAIC THUMP - De La Soul

In no order

Supreme Clientele
Stankonia
Fantastic Vol 2
Train of Thought
Like Water For Chocolate

1st Born Second
Even In Darkness
The Blueprint
Amnesiac
Is This It

Cold Vein
Blueprint
Disposable Arts
Soon Come
Labor Days

TIMETABLE - Mikah Nine
LOVE, SHELBY - Shelby Lynne
THE BLUEPRINT - Jay-Z
ACOUSTIC SOUL - india.arie
KUDU - Kudu

No order

The Cold Vein
The Blueprint
The Best Part
Disposable Arts
Labor Days

Lord Willin'
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
In Search Of...
The Fix
Murray Street

O.S.T.
I, Phantom
Iron Flag
Dwight Spitz
Blazing Arrow

GOTTA GET THRU THIS - Daniel Bedingfield
PHRENOLOGY - The Roots
PRIMITIVE PLUS - Edan
WISHFUL THINKING - Edo G.
BLAZING ARROW - Blackalicious

No order

The Fix
The Lost Tapes
Blazing Arrow
Dwight Spitz
Aziatic

Philadelphia Freeway
Trap Muzik
De-Loused in the Comatorium
Comfort Woman
Hail to the Thief

Calla - Televise

A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Thicke
STONED, PART 1 - Lewis Taylor
BLACK ALBUM - Jay-Z
HERE COMES THE FUZZ - Mark Ronson
TASTE THE SECRET - Ugly Duckling

No order

One Word Extinguisher
Trap Muzik
8 Million Stories
Deliverance
The Black Album

The Listening
The End of the Beginning
Shadows of the Son
Take Me To Your Leader
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Talkie Walkie
Purple Haze
The Pretty Toney Album
Hot Fuss
Sonic Nurse

EVERYBODY LOVES A HAPPY ENDING - Tears For Fears
STONED, PART 2 - Lewis Taylor
BRAVEBIRD - Amel Larrieux
THE GRIND DATE - De La Soul
THE TIPPING POINT - The Roots

No order

Madvillainy
The Grind Date
Connected
No Said Date
Long Hot Summer

Be
Demon Days
Late Registration
Lullabies to Paralyze
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

BE - Common
THE CRAFT - Blackalicious
MULTIPLY - Jamie Lidell
THE LOST ALBUM - Lewis Taylor
TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC - Ladybug Mecca

No order

Be
Late Registration
Beauty and the Beat
1988
Starchild

The Minstrel Show-Little Brother
Late Registration-Kanye West
The Documentary-Game
True & Livin-Zion I
&
iono what else

o yeah I forgot about Demon Days

Game Theory
Fishscale
Hell Hath No Fury
FutureSex/LoveSound
Continuum

THE BEAUTY ROOM - The Beauty Room
LOVE GONE WRONG/THE BUTTERFLY THEORY - Project Move
TRUE INDEED - The Sound Providers
GAME THEORY - The Roots
FALLING IN BETWEEN - Toto (yep.)

No order

Donuts
Game Theory
A Piece of Strange
Hell Hath No Fury
Food and Liquor

Graduation
I'll Sleep When You're Dead
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Return of the Mac
In Rainbows

No order

Below The Heavens
Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Free At Last
Port Authority

8WM/NOVAKANE - Black Sheep
LITTLE VOICE - Sara Bareilles
BELOW THE HEAVENS - Blu & Exile

Below The Heavens-Blu
American Gangster-Jay-Z
Getback-Little Brother
Cross-Justice
Pharoahe Monch-Desire

Fun DMC
Rising Down
Vampire Weekend
The Way I See It
Absolute Value

Microcastle
Seeing Sounds
Third
The Renaissance
The Recession

THE RENAISSANCE - Q-Tip
JIM - Jamie Lidell
THIRD - Portishead
BOO! - Was (Not Was)
NEW AMERYKAH PART ONE: 4TH WORLD WAR - Erykah Badu

No order

The Renaissance
Los Angeles
Tobacco Road
Pain Language
Grey Hairs

Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Black Milk - Tronic
Scarface - Emeritus
Jean Grae - Jeanius
Evidence - The Layover

Only Built For 4 Cuban Linx 2
In the Ruff
I Heard it Today
The Ecstatic
Never Better

No Order

Never Better
Stereotype
The Ecstatic
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
In The Ruff

It's Blitz
Primary Colours
The Ecstatic
Deeper Than Rap
The Eternal

KAMAAL THE ABSTRACT - Q-Tip (or should this be on the 2001 list...?)
A STRANGE ARRANGEMENT - Mayer Hawthorne
MENTAL LIBERATION - Oddisee

Innerspeaker
Pilot Talk
Teflon Don
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Congratulations

HOW I GOT OVER - The Roots
STRAY BULLETS (mixtape) - Cee-Lo Green
NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO: RETURN OF THE ANKH - Erykah Badu
THE ARCHANDROID - Janelle Monae
COMPASS - Jamie Lidell

No order

Sir Luscious Left Foot
Distant Relatives
A Badly Broken Code
Marcberg
The Stimulus Package

Cape Verde
How I Got Over
Sir Lucious Left Foot
Apollo Kids
The Good Sun

MBDTF-Kanye
Teflon Don-Ross
Thank Me Later-Drake
Pilot Talk 1 & 2-Curren$y

With that said if Kendrick's O.D was an album it would blow all of these out of the water

What was the hardest year for you guys to narrow down to just 5?



What was the easiest (in other words, which year had a CLEAR CUT top 5 to you)?

91 was easy as hell for me but 94 was the hardest.

94 and 96 are the hardest years to narrow down because there are so many great albums that came out.

the easiest year was 95 to me. and that's not to say there weren't a lot of good albums that year because there definitely were, like Jealous One's Envy, The Natural, Coast II Coast, Me Against The World, Labcabincalifornia etc etc BUT, the 5 I chose, in my opinion, are LOCKED in their spots more so than any other year.

Not to mention, some years like 03 are hard to even find 5 great albums in my opinion.

thanks fam!

I kept all my choices to Hip-Hop albums.

Atlas Sound - Parallax
Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather
Evidence - Cats & Dogs
Phonte - Charity Starts At Home
James Blake - James Blake

Willie Evans Jr. – Introducin’
The Roots – Undun
Flash Bang Greneda – 10 Haters
People Under the Stairs – Highlighter
Kaimbr & Kev Brown – Alexander Green

Nas - Life Is Good
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Liars - WIXIW
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel

Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
El-P – Cancer 4 Cure
Ka – Grief Pedigree
Apollo Brown & OC – Trophies
Oddisee – People Hear What They See

Durag Dynasty - 360 Waves
Jenny Hval – Innocence Is Kinky
billy woods - Dour Candy
James Blake - Overgrown
Prodigy x Alchemist - Albert Einstein

Run the Jewels
Czarface
J-Zone – Peter Pan Syndrome
Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
Black Milk – No Poison, No Paradise

Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild - Silk Pyramids
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Theo Parrish - American Intelligence
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
D'Angelo And The Vanguard (3) - Black Messiah

People Under the Stairs - 12 Step Program
Run the Jewels - RTJ 2
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
PRhyme – PRhyme
L'Orange - Orchid Days

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
billy woods - Today, I Wrote Nothing
Beach House - Depression Cherry
U.S. Girls - Half Free
Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth

Czarface - Every Hero Needs a Villain
Dr. Yen Lo - Days With Dr. Yen Lo
Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth
Joey Badass - B.4.DA.$$
Oddisee - The Good Fight

Isaiah Rashad - The Sun's Tirade
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
Anderson .Paak - Malibu

Dillon & Paten Locke – Food Chain
A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here
De La Soul - …And the Anonymous Nobody
Mr. Lif – Don’t Look Down
Aesop Rock – Impossible Kid

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
JK Flesh - Suicide Estate
Big K.R.I.T. - 4Eva Is A Mighty Long Time
Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent
billy woods - Known Unknowns

Brother Ali – All the Beauty In This Whole Life
Rapsody – Laila’s Wisdom
Tanya Morgan – You Get What You $ 4
Oddisee – The Iceberg
Da Bruze Bruvaz – Adebisi Hat

yep

Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload
Low - Double Negative
Armand Hammer - Paraffin
Beach House - 7
Royce Da 5'9" - Book Of Ryan

Royce Da 5’9 - Book of Ryan
Phonte - No News is Good News
Elzhi & Khrysis are Jericho Jackson
Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 3
Westside Gunn - Supreme Blientele

Jean Grae and Quelle Chris – Everything's Fine
Phonte – No News Is Good News
Elzhi and Khrysis – Jericho Jackson
Roc Marciano – Behold a Dark Horse
Blueprint – Two Headed Monster

yep

Bjarki - Psychotic_Window
Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿
billy woods - Terror Management
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana
Cate Le Bon - Reward

Little Brother - May the Lord Watch
Skyzoo & Pete Rock - Retropolitan
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana
Rapsody - Eve
Griselda - WWCD

Also, it’s an EP but Benny the Butcher - The Plugs I Met was absolute FIRE and needs to be mentioned.

Little Brother – May the Lord Watch
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Bandana
Your Old Droog – Transportation
Quelle Chris – Guns
People Under the Stairs - Sincerely, The P

Jay Glass Dubs - Soma
The Bug x Dis Fig - In Blue
Mathimidori - Akebono
Blu & Exile - Miles: From An Interlude Called Life
Armand Hammer - Shrines

Stove God Cooks - Reasonable Drought
Conway the Machine - From King to a God
Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist - Alfredo
Benny the Butcher - Burden of Proof
Boldy James and Alchemist - The Price of Tea in China

I listed albums but 2020 probably had more dope EP’s than LP’s to me.

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo
Run the Jewels – RTJ4
Black Thought – Streams of Thought, Vol. 3
Your Old Droog – Dump YOD: Krutoy
Stove God Cook$ & Roc Marciano – Reasonable Drought

yep

Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 1
Topaz Jones - Don’t Go Tellin Your Mama
Tanya Morgan - Don and Von
Little Simz - Introvert
Boldy James - Bo Jackson

Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future
Madteo - Head Gone Wrong By Noise
Nas - King's Disease II
Moor Mother & Billy Woods - Brass
Casper Clausen – Better Way

Evidence "Unlearning Vol.1"
Madlib/Four Tet "Sound Ancestors"
Alfa Mist "Bring Backs"
Floating Points/P. Sanders/London Symphony Orchestra "Promises"
Cleo Sol "Mother"

1. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram
2. Evidence - The Unlearning Vol. 1
3. Blu - The Color Blu(e)
4. Your Old Droog - Time
5. Westside Gunn - Hitler Loves Hermes 8

I may have struggled on how to rate that, because it was released in 2 parts. First part I remember well. I know I liked part 2…but I gotta go back to it because it’s not sticking to me as well.

Where, for example, Boldy’s album was extremely cohesive and memorable as one project.

I’ve gotten dope releases from;
Aesop Rock
Lupe Fiasco
Black Thought
Nas (I’m counting Magic)
Black Star
Roc Marci
Method Man
Czarface
Elzhi
Ransom
Conway
Benny
Joey

And still the 4th quarter to go?

I need that KD3

Some I've been playing a lot. Others I need to give more spins.


I haven't checked for some of these yet:

>Aesop Rock (forgot this dropped)
>Method Man
>Ransom

>I’ve gotten dope releases from;

>Lupe Fiasco
>Black Thought
>Nas (I’m counting Magic)
>Roc Marci
>Elzhi
>Conway
>Benny
>Joey
>
>And still the 4th quarter to go?
>
>I need that KD3

I gotta check that Meth and Czarface and give more time to Random and Black Star. I’m not into Aesep Rock. But the rest of those, I like/love. In addition, I’ve been into:

Vince Staples
Rapper Big Pooh
Lloyd Banks
Domo Genesis
Big KRIT
JID
Kendrick
Boldy James
Curren$y
38 Spesh
Pusha T
Phife Dawg
Cypress Hill
Fly Anakin
DJ Premier EP
Sean Boog
Tab One
Kno/Sadistik

This year is loaded, IMO.