- Blockhead - The Music Scene
- Qwel & Maker - So Be It
- Lushlife - Cassette City
- IsWhat?! - Big Appetite
- Willie Isz - Georgiavania
- Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
- Def3 & Factor - Drumbo
- Antipop Consortium - Fluorescent Black
- Finale - A Pipe Dream And A Promise
- Tanya Morgan - Brooklynati
- Dalek - Gutter Tactics
- Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
- Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin - Music Is My Medicine
- Grayskul & Maker - Graymaker
- Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge
- Camp Lo - Another Heist
- Brother Ali - Us
- Us3 - stop.think.run
- D-Sisive - Let The Children Die
- Aceyalone - The Lonely Ones
- Fresh Daily - The Gorgeous Killer: In Crimes Of Passion
- MAGr - No News Is Good News
- Super Chron Flight Brothers - Indonesia
- Fashawn - Boy Meets World
- Cyne - Water for Mars
- Skit Slam - A Blessing In Disguise
- Mr. Lif - I Heard It Today
- Paten Locke - Super Ramen Rocketship
- Blitz The Ambassador - Stereotype
- Sene & Blu - A Day Late & A Dollar Short
- Nomak - Muziq and Foto
- Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
- Moka Only - Lowdown Suite 2: The Box
- D.Black - Ali'yah
- Oh No - Dr. No's Ethiopium
- Apathy - Wanna Snuggle?
- Slug and Murs - Felt 3 (A Tribute To Rosie Perez)
- Moka Only - Airport 3
- Shin-Ski - Planetarium
- Boycott Blues - Irony
- Alex King - Reincarnated
- Nicolay - City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya
- MF Doom - Born Like This
- De La Soul - Are You In?: Nike+ Original Run
- Mos Def - The Ecstatic
- J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid
- Thaione Davis - Still Hear
- CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume One
- Thavius Beck - Dialogue
- Skyzoo - The Salvation
Friday, January 8, 2010
Top 50 Hip Hop Albums of 2009
I spent the last week listening to, skimming through, analyzing, ordering, and re-ordering these albums. Once you get past the top 20, don't get too caught up in the order because I got so caught up in trying to put those albums in order that I eventually had to just stop and post whatever I had. Otherwise this list may not have come out until June. My final verdict on 2009: best year since 2005.
